But I do know that for every check we write to the BSA, I plan to write a matching check to an organization that works to end discrimination against homosexuals. (Suggestions welcome.)
Lamda Legal does good work. While it has a broader focus than just LGBT rights, I'd also recommend the ACLU...which, bonus!, is working to prohibit government funding of the BSA and other organizations that discriminate against queer folk and atheists.
I wouldn't recommend donating to the Human Rights Campaign; it's a less progressive organization that engages in a lot of politicking and is (I think) overly willing to compromise, especially in those cases where the people who'd be most hurt by the compromise are groups other than middle-to-upperclass gay men, such as women, trans* folk, poor and working class people, etc.
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Date: 2011-10-19 05:26 pm (UTC)Lamda Legal does good work. While it has a broader focus than just LGBT rights, I'd also recommend the ACLU...which, bonus!, is working to prohibit government funding of the BSA and other organizations that discriminate against queer folk and atheists.
I wouldn't recommend donating to the Human Rights Campaign; it's a less progressive organization that engages in a lot of politicking and is (I think) overly willing to compromise, especially in those cases where the people who'd be most hurt by the compromise are groups other than middle-to-upperclass gay men, such as women, trans* folk, poor and working class people, etc.