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Social construction of gender; ... Transgender organizations seek to promote understanding and acceptance, both legally and socially, of transgender people.
International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE) 1987: Intersex Campaign for Equality (IC4E) formerly OII-USA: 2011: Join the Impact: 2008: Keshet: 2001: Active Lambda Legal: 1971: Active Lavender Menace: 1970: Lesbian and Gay Band Association: 1982: Lesbian Avengers: 1992: LGBTQ Victory Fund: 1991: Love Makes a Family: 1992: Dissolved LPAC ...
This is a list of LGBTQ rights organizations around the world. For social and support groups or organizations affiliated with mainstream religious organizations, please see List of LGBT-related organizations and conferences .
Pride in London, 3 July 2010.The banner the crowd is holding up reads: "Respect and Equality for ALL Trans People. Press for Change". The transgender rights movement is a movement to promote the legal status of transgender people and to eliminate discrimination and violence against transgender people regarding housing, employment, public accommodations, education, and health care.
However, activists in the GLF-type groups generally were much more visible and more politically oriented than the pre-Stonewall gay student groups. These new activists were often committed to radical social change, and preferred confrontational tactics such as demonstrations, sit-ins, and direct challenges to discriminatory campus policies.
Shula Keshet (born 1959) – social and political activist and entrepreneur, Mizrahi feminist, artist, curator, writer, educator, and publisher; one of the founders and the executive director of the Ahoti – for Women in Israel; Vicki Knafo (born 1960) – social activist; led the 2003 single-mothers struggle against austerity decrees
LeanIn.Org – founded in 2013, runs programs that counter gender stereotypes and advance opportunities for all women. Time's Up (movement) Little Entente of Women – umbrella organization for Eastern European women's groups; National Association of Women in Construction – founded 1955 for the advancement of women in construction
Gender-variant peoples across the globe also formed minority rights movements. Hijra activists campaigned for recognition as a third sex in India and Travesti groups began to organize against police brutality across Latin America while activists in the United States formed direct-confrontation groups such as the Transexual Menace.