Activist San Diego
web site: www.activistsandiego.org
e-mail: info@ActivistSanDiego.org
phone: (619) 226-1116
address: 4581 Alhambra Street, San Diego, CA 92107
Networking for Social Justice. Building Unity. Sharing Information. Taking Grassroots Action. Transforming Communities to Change the World

American Veterans for Equal Rights, San Diego Chapter
c/o Ben Gomez, Chapter President
4076 Oregon Street, Unit #2
San Diego, CA 92104
Phone: (619) 459-1019
e-mail: bgomez@gbhlaw.com
web: www.orgsites.com/ca/aver_sandiego
National web address: www.aver.us
Throughout the history of the United States of America, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered Americans have defended the principles of the Declaration of Independence and Constitution through service in the United States Armed Forces. We, the members of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Veterans of America , firmly believe that the inalienable rights secured to all Americans by those documents, the sentiments they represent, and the historic record of their defense by countless selfless citizens, include the right to privacy in our lives, and the right to live free open lives within the American society, irrespective of race, creed, ethnic, cultural or place of national origin, age, economic or marital status, gender or gender identification, sexual orientation, and actual or perceived differences in physical or other ability.

City of San Diego Council District 3 - Toni Atkins
web site: genesis.sannet.gov/infospc/templates/cd3/index.jsp
e-mail: toniatkins@sandiego.gov
Council District Three includes the communities of Burlingame, City Heights, Hillcrest, Kensington, Mid-City, Normal Heights, North Park, South Park, Talmadge, University Heights and Uptown, all of Balboa Park, and the northernmost portion of Golden Hill. Our zip codes include: 92101, 92102, 92103, 92104, 92105, 92115, 92116, and 92134.

Dyke March San Diego
web site: www.dykemarchsd.org
e-mail: dykes_2001@hotmail.com
The mission of the dyke march is to create visibility for the Dyke community and to come together as a united front of sisters to demand our rights and educate one another. It's also a day where women are put first and it is a day of fun.

Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund
web site: www.victoryfund.org
e-mail: victory@victoryfund.org
The Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund is the only national organization committed to increasing the number of openly gay and lesbian public officials at all levels of government. The Victory Fund recruits, trains, and provides qualified openly gay candidates with the financial and technical support they need to run winning campaigns.

GAY VOTE
web site: www.gayvote.com
e-mail: gayvote@gayvote.com
Non-partisan web site providing information on candidates and issues of the upcoming elections.

Immigration Equality
web site: www.immigrationequality.org
e-mail: immigrationequalitysd@yahoo.com
phone: (619) 692-2077 x 802
Immigration Equality, based in San Diego, addresses the widespread discriminatory impact of immigration laws on the lives of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgendered people through education, outreach and advocacy.

San Diego Lavender Greens
website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sdlavendergreens/
The Lavender Greens Working Group of the Green Party of San Diego County has been established to organize gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Greens. Membership is open to all registered Greens interested in LGBT issues.

Log Cabin San Diego
e-mail: LogCabinSD@aol.com
phone: (619) 583-6594
address: P.O. Box 632905, San Diego, CA 92163-2905
Seeks to educate the Republican Party on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender issues and services as a voice of moderation within our community.

San Diego County Registrar of Voters
web site: www.sdvote.com
e-mail: rovmail@rov.co.san-diego.ca.us
phone: (858) 565-5800
TDD: (858) 694-3441
address: 5201 Ruffin Road, Suite I, San Diego, CA 92123
mailing: P.O. Box 85656, San Diego, CA 92186-5656
Register to vote. On this site you can get a list of your elected officials and their contact information by entering your address.

San Diego Democratic Club
web site: www.sddemoclub.org
e-mail: info@sddemoclub.org
Political action group for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender community. Meets the fourth Thursday of each month at the Joyce Beers Center (Uptown District) at 7:00pm

Scouting For All
web site: San Diego Chapter - www.sdscoutingforall.org
web site: National - www.scoutingforall.org
e-mail: San Diego Chapter - howmen@aol.com
e-mail: National - info@scoutingforall.org
Advocacy group to change the Boy Scouts of America's discriminatory policies which exlude the LGBT and non-believing communities.

United Nations Association (San Diego Chapter)
web site: www.unasd.org
e-mail: una@gte.net
phone: 619.233.3970
Fax 619.233.5838
address: UN Building, Balboa Park San Diego, CA 92101
The United Nations Association-USA is a non-profit, non-governmental organization founded over a half-century ago. Its mission is to build public understanding of - and support for - greater international cooperation through the United Nations. With main offices in New York City and Washington, there are almost 200 chapters nationwide; San Diego is 6th largest. The San Diego Chapter (UNA-SD) was founded in 1946. Located in the heart of Balboa Park, the UN Building has been home to UNA-SD since 1960. Former First Lady and UN delegate, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, encouraged the San Diego City Council to provide the lease during her visit to San Diego in 1960.

Survivors of Torture
web site: www.notorture.org
e-mail: survivors@notorture.org
phone: (619) 582-9018
fax: (619) 582-7103
address: PO Box 151240, San Diego, CA 92175-1240
Survivors of Torture, International (SOTI) is an independent, non-profit organization founded in 1997 to care for survivors of politically-motivated torture and their families. San Diego is home to the largest land border crossing in the world. SOTI estimates that there are approximately 11,000 to 14,000 torture survivors living in the San Diego region, based on the number of refugees, immigrants, and asylum-seekers here. Community surveys in the U.S. have found that nearly 25 percent of refugees have experienced some form of torture. There are over 55,000 refugees in San Diego alone from countries that are documented as systematically practicing torture; including those in Africa, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, South and Central America. In the last six months the southern California Political Asylum Office has encountered 5,109 asylum applicants, the majority of which come through the US-Mexican border into San Diego County. SOTI's clients come from all over the world.

Equality California
web site: www.eqca.org
phone: (213) 427-0079
fax: (916) 914-2494
address: 3325 Wilshire Blvd Suite 1300, Los Angeles, CA 90010
EQCA is a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender organization that represents our diverse communities in the context of state-level policies and civil rights.


Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
web site: www.hrc.org
The Human Rights Campaign is dedicated to working for Lesbian and Gay Equal Rights. Look here for information about The Ryan White Care Act, DOMA and ENDA. Find out your representatives stand on these important issues. The HRC Quarterly Magazine in available online, as is a membership form.


Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
web site: www.lambdalegal.org
e-mail: lambdalegal@lambdalegal.org
phone: (323) 937-2728
fax: (323) 937-0601
address: Western Regional Office: 6030 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 900036-3617
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, and people living with HIV/AIDS through impact litigation, education and public policy work.

Lambda Letters Project
web site: www.lambdaletters.org
e-mail: lambdalp@aol.com
phone: (916) 965-6851
address: 6212 Silverton Way, Carmichael, CA 95608
The Lambda Letters Project is a California-wide, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to promoting gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, feminist, people of color and HIV/AIDS advocacy. Committed to bringing gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgenders, women, people of color and people affected by or living with HIV/AIDS into full participation in American society by working to change systemic and cultural attitudes and law.

Lavender Greens
website: http://www.lavendergreens.org
National Lavender Green Caucus

Log Cabin Republicans
web site: www.lcr.org
Touted as the "nation's largest gay and lesbian Republican organization" this site contains the press releases, list of chapters, membership information and a calendar of events.

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF)
web site: www.ngltf.org
phone: (202) 332-6483
fax: (202) 332-0207
TTY: (202) 332-6219
address: 1700 Kalorama Road NW, Washington, DC 20009-2624
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) is a leading progressive civil rights organization that has supported grassroots organizing and advocacy since 1973. Since its inception, NGLTF has been at the forefront of every major initiative for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights. In all its efforts, NGLTF helps to strengthen the gay and lesbian movement at the state and local level while connecting these activities to a national vision of change.

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