"LGBTQ immigrants in the United States encounter unique obstacles to securing protection and safety, particularly when caught up in the immigration enforcement and detention systems. One in four substantiated incidents of sexual abuse in immigration detention involved a transgender individual over a four-year period. Further, LGBTQ immigrants pursuing claims to protection that are related to their sexual orientation or gender identity often face discriminatory attitudes in the immigration court system that lead to denials of immigration protection and longer periods of detention.

NIJC's LGBT Immigrant Rights Initiative provides legal services to LGBTQ immigrants across the country and engages in impact litigation targeting systemic flaws in the immigration system including the discriminatory adjudication of sexual-orientation and gender identity based claims and errors in the interpretation of refugee and asylum law."

Farmworker & Landscaper Advocacy Project
Proyecto de Ayuda para Trabajadores del Campo y Jardineros

"Our History and Mission

The Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project – Proyecto de Ayuda para Trabajadores del Campo y Jardineros – FLAP was incorporated February 8, 1999 in response to a 1996 Congressional ruling that prohibited federally funded legal services programs from filing class actions for, and representing many of low-wage workers. This prohibition includes H-2A agricultural workers, H-2B forestry workers, and victims of battery, extreme cruelty, sexual assault, or human trafficking. Justice and legal representation, that for decades inspired millions of oppressed people to come to America, were denied to hundreds of thousands of low-wage workers, most of them Latines. While FLAP serves all classifications of workers, it focuses on very low-wage laborers and their households."

FLAP’s mission is to improve working conditions and opportunities for low-income workers and their households in the cannery, farming, greenhouse, landscaping, meat, nursery, packinghouse, poultry, restaurants, and snow plowing industries.

The organization carries out its mission through advocacy, community outreach and education, litigation, community legal education, information and referrals, partnering with other organizations to fight human labor trafficking, preventing family separations by helping immigrants secure dual citizenship for their children and facilitating access to cash transfers to very low-income populations. FLAP provides these services free of charge and without regard to immigration status.”



"FLAP Statement on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) is already in the DNA of FLAP’s work and is updated at the first Board of Directors meeting of every year. FLAP’s constituency is comprised 100% of low-income immigrant workers and their families. The organization exists because of the injustices done in the workplace to low-income immigrant workers due to race and country of origin. Everything FLAP does promotes racial justice, diversity, inclusion, and equity.

FLAP is an equal opportunity employer and would be even if it were not required by law. All qualified job applicants receive consideration without regard to race, color, national origin, marital status, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, and/or political affiliation. The same is true with FLAP’s clients. The organization does its best to accommodate those with physical and/or intellectual disabilities who attend its workshops and programs, and makes certain that appropriate information and resources are provided in their native language. For those who cannot read, FLAP explains what the information is about. Individuals with a workplace discrimination case related to their sexual orientation are linked to pro bono representation with relevant legal expertise."


Evanston Office:
1740 Ridge Ave
#117
Evanston, IL 60201

"Legal resources for members of the LGBTQIA+ community. This includes people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and questioning. Find more info for legal problems under Resources."

"This guide offers an important overview of the types of discrimination LGBTQ individuals face in the United States and their legal protections."
Topics covered include:
- What Is Discrimination?
- LGBTQ Workplace Discrimination
- Medical Care Discrimination
- Discrimination In A Legal Setting
- Discrimination In Social Settings
- Laws Protecting LGBTQ Rights
- What To Do If You Have Experienced Discrimination
- LGBTQ Discrimination Lawsuits
- Find Legal Help
Have offices in Florida, Minnesota, Texas and Colorado.

"Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, asexual, pansexual, aromantic, genderqueer, nonbinary, and intersex students may have varied experiences in college depending on the community they encounter. Statistics published by the Human Rights Campaign revealed that only 26% of LGBTQ+ teens feel safe in their schools."

"For many young queer people, college is where things finally begin to change. To make college a little easier, we’ve created this ultimate guide of resources for LGBTQ+ students in higher education, including scholarships, resources, clubs, anti-bullying hotlines and more. For anyone considering themselves to be somewhere along the gender, sexuality, or romanticism spectrum, here’s what one might consider to be a handbook for LGBTQ+ college students, with helpful LGBTQ+ information such as ways to make the college campus feel more inclusive and less homophobic. Here are some top resources for LGBTQ students going to or getting ready for college."

Resource categories include information for Before You Go to College (including a list of scholarships/grants for LGBTQ+ students); Finding Community: LGBTQ+ Organizations, Clubs, and Events; information on How to Fight Discrimination and Homophobia; and LGBTQ Terms and Other Resources.

"The Nursing Home Abuse Center (NHAC) was founded on time-honored principles of restoring dignity for some of our most vulnerable and valuable citizens. Before we can begin to resolve the issue of nursing home abuse, we must understand what it is."

"Get Help Now: Were you or your loved one abused or neglected by a nursing home, senior living or assisted living facility? Ask Legal Questions at (877) 978-3170."

NHAC includes information specifically about Nursing Home Abuse and the LGBT community.

"Our mission is to stop the AIDS epidemic in Black communities by engaging and mobilizing Black institutions and individuals in efforts to confront HIV."
National programs include "We The People: A Black Plan to End HIV in America"; "Black Treatment Advocates Network" (a national network of HIV/AIDS stakeholders who mobilize Black communities across the country to confront HIV); planning bodies, task forces, and working groups around issues particular to health departments; “CUT THE STIGMA” (a campaign to combat HIV discrimination, in partnership with Lambda Legal.)
Los Angeles programs include "A Clinic for Us" (provides access to primary and specialty HIV biomedical prevention and clinic services from a uniquely and unapologetically Black point of view); and "Revolution in Color" (a group of young, Black, men who lead each other to personal success and development.)

"We’re working to build a Black Trans Futurist Framework for practical abolition as the way to liberation. The Solutions Not Punishment Collaborative is a black, trans-led, broad based collaborative to restore an Atlanta where every person has the opportunity to grow and thrive without facing unfair barriers, especially from the criminal legal system."
Programs include a fund to support the Trans community in Atlanta navigating personal crises; political education and professional development education programs; and efforts to divest from criminal legal system and invest in communities instead.
Primarily focused in Atlanta, Georgia.

"The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) is a civil rights organization dedicated to the empowerment of Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and same gender loving (LGBTQ/SGL) people, including people living with HIV/AIDS. NBJC’s mission is to end racism, homophobia, and LGBTQ/SGL bias and stigma. As America’s leading national Black LGBTQ/SGL civil rights organization focused on federal public policy, NBJC has accepted the charge to lead Black families in strengthening the bonds and bridging the gaps between the movements for racial justice and LGBTQ/SGL equality."

"The Campaign for Southern Equality is working to build a South where LGBTQ people are equal in every part of life. A South where your zipcode doesn’t determine your rights. Where all of us are free to be who we truly are and love who we truly love."