Political Groups

Citizens For Civil Rights

CCR is a group of concerned citizens and community organizations who represent a broad range of constituencies in Greater Lafayette, Indiana.Our goal is to ensure freedom from discrimination and harassment for targeted groups of people who are now and/or have been historically been treated differentlybased on but not limited to race, sex, religion, color, sexualorientation,handicap, familial status, national origin, creed, age, orpolitical affiliation.CCR engages in social action activities such as monitoring the media, providing community education, increasing politicalawareness, collecting reports of hate crimes, circulating petitions, and fundraising.

Human Rights Campaign - Indiana

Steve Sanders, Indiana state coordinator
(812) 336-4534
FAX: (812) 336-0866
Email:
National web site and Take Action Center: http://www.hrc.org
Local Steering Committee Website: http://www.hrc.org/local/indianapolis/index.asp

HRC is the nation's largest GLBT political organization. It lobbies Congress, works to elect GLBT-friendly political candidates, sponsors public education, and engages in training and grassroots organizing. HRCIndiana works on the state level to organize the GLBT community, lobby the state legislature, educate political candidates, engage in get-out-the-vote work, sponsor social and fundraising activities, network with other GLBT and progressive organizations, and advance HRC's missions in Indiana.

Indiana Civil Liberties Union

1031 East Washington Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3952
(317) 635-4056
Web Site: http://www.iclu.org/

The Indiana Civil Liberties Union (ICLU)  is an ardent support of the Gay and Lesbian communities.

The Gay and Lesbian Rights Task Force of the ICLU is active throughout the year. The Task force is comprised of 6 main committees, however ad-hoc committees are formed in response to current events. The 6 standing committees are:

• Fundraising
• Executive
• Education
• Legislation
• Screening

Indiana Chapter of Pride At Work, AFL-CIO

Bil Browning, Communications Director
Email:
Web Site: http://www.bloomington.in.us/~paw/
National Pride At Work Web Site: http://www.prideatwork.org/

Pride at Work (PAW) is an affiliate of the national labor organization, AFL-CIO, and is dedicated to working for GLBT rights and human rights in general in the workplace and in society at large, both at home and abroad.

Indiana Green Party

P.O. Box 3393
Bloomington, IN 47402
Web Site: www.indianagreenparty.org

The Green party is a political party which promotes grassroots democracy, social justice, ecological wisdom, and non-violence. They also embrace sexual orientation and include a "queer caucus".

Indiana Stonewall Democrats

P.O. Box 2912
Indianapolis, IN 46206-2912
(317) 767-2762
E-Mail:
Web Site: http://www.instonewalldems.org

ISD is the statewide affiliate of the National Stonewall Democratic Federation. The organization is for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Democrats and their friends who are committed to improving the record of the Democratic Party and educating voters about the vast difference that exists between the two major parties on issues of importance to our community. Our goal is to elect gay-friendly Democrats to office.

Indiana Transgender Rights Advocacy Alliance (INTRAA)

4084 Pendleton Way, Suite 283
Indianapolis, In 46226
(317) 466.2333

http://www.intraa.org/

The Indiana Transgender Rights Advocacy Alliance (INTRAA) works to organize the transgender community and work through education and legislative efforts to create a society that values and protects freedom of gender expression and the right to gender self-determination for all.

Specifically, INTRAA works to:

• Insure freedom from social and government sanctioned discrimination against gender variant people in the areas of employment, housing, insurance, public services, health care, public safety, child protection and advocacy, and education;
• Eliminate harassment and violence motivated by ignorance, fear and hatred of transgender, intersex, bisexual, lesbian, and gay people;
• Change the law to incorporate advances in medical science and current standards of care with regard to the legal status of people who are transgendered; and
• Join in efforts to create a society free of shame, secrecy, and unwanted surgery for intersex people.

Justice, Inc.

(317) 634-9212
P.O. Box 2387
Indianapolis, IN 46206
Web Site: http://www.justiceinc.org/

Justice is the state's oldest Gay and Lesbian civil rights organization. The group's annual membership is reasonable, with funds going towards the establishment of civil rights for Gays and Lesbians within the state of Indiana.

LGBT Fairness

P.O. Box 441396
Indianapolis, IN 46244
(317) 780-0001
E-mail

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Transgender Fairness of Indiana is a not-for-profit lobbying and public policy group which provides the Hoosier state with comprehensive work on LGBT rights and health issues.

LGBT Fairness lobbies all levels of government including Local, State and Federal. They cover the full range of issues of concern to our community, including hate crimes/victims rights, police/community relations, LGBT civil rights, AIDS, lesbian health, insurance, youth/education and laws relating to our rights to organize and raise funds politically and socially.

Log Cabin Republicans

P.O. Box 2921
Indianapolis, IN 46206-2921
(317) 767-9391
(317) 238-5444 FAX

The Log Cabin Republicans is a national organization that is dedicated to fighting for issues of concern to gay and lesbians.

We meet monthly on the third Sunday of each month at 7 p.m. at a site in Indianapolis.