Academic Institutions

• International Academic Forum (IAF) on SOGIESC Law (since 2019, online)
• The Williams Institute  (UCLA, Los Angeles – USA) The Institute was founded in 2001 through a generous grant by businessman, academic, and philanthropist Charles R. “Chuck” Williams. Mr. Williams, offering an LL.M. specialization in Law and Sexuality 
• The Center for Gender and Sexuality Law at Columbia Law School  (New York – USA) since 2012 
• Human Rights and Gender Justice Clinic (HRGJ) (CUNY, New York – USA) , founded in 1992 to advance women’s human rights by Professors Rhonda Copelon and Celina Romany (under the name of International Women’s Human Rights Clinic)
• Chair in Comparative Sexual Orientation Law (Leiden University, The Hague Campus, Netherlands sponsored by Betsy Brouwer Fund at the Leiden University Fund, since 2011), Prof. Kees Waaldijk .
• European Research Centre on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity  (Centro Studi Europeo Stefano Rodotà, Centro Studi Europeo sull’orientamento sessuale e identità di genere Rete Lenford  – Università di Bergamo – Italy) (since 2010)

International Organisations and similar:

• Global:
  • United Nations: Free & Equal: https://www.unfe.org/learn-more/ 
  • United Nations: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (Geneva): http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Discrimination/Pages/LGBT.aspx 
  • United Nations: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP): https://www.undp.org/publications/lgbti-index 
  • ILO: https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/how-the-ilo-works/ilo-director-general/statements-and-speeches/WCMS_368652/lang–en/index.htm 
  • World Bank: https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity 
  • OECD: Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs – Social policies and data – LGBTI inclusiveness: http://www.oecd.org/els/soc/lgbti.htm 
• Europe:
  • EU:
    • European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA): http://fra.europa.eu/en/theme/lgbt 
    • European Parliament – Intergroup on LGBTI Rights: http://www.lgbt-ep.eu/about/ 
  • Council of Europe:
    • Council of Europe – Sexual orientation and gender identity: http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/lgbt/Default_en.asp 
    • European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI):  Sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics  
• Americas:
  • Organisation of American States (OAS) – Inter-American Commission on Human Rights – Rapporteurship on the Rights of LGBTI Persons : http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/lgtbi/default.asp 
  • Organisation of American States (OAS) – Unit on the Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Intersex Persons: http://www.oas.org/es/sla/ddi/derechos_humanos_orientacion_sexual_identidad_genero.asp 
• Asia/Pacific:
  • UNDP – Asia and Pacific: Being LGBTI in Asia: http://www.asia-pacific.undp.org/content/rbap/en/home/operations/projects/overview/being-lgbt-in-asia/ 

Teachings / Courses

• Chair in Comparative Sexual Orientation Law (Leiden University, The Hague Campus, Netherlands sponsored by Betsy Brouwer Fund at the Leiden University Fund, since 2011), Prof. Kees Waaldijk  – offering the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in International Law Summer School  (University of Leiden – Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies)
• Understanding Gender Identity: Trans People in the Workplace’ – A Free Online Course  (2018, Open University, UK) (34 USD)
• ILO training course for Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) people:  https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/features/WCMS_638927/lang–en/index.htm 
• Global Campus of Human Rights: Monitoring the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons (free MOOC) 
• OHCHR e-learning course on “The Human Rights of LGBTI people”: https://ecampus.itcilo.org/course/view.php?id=1008 
   

NGOs

• All Out (Boston, USA): http: http://allout.org/en/faqs/ 
• ARC International, Geneva (Switzerland): http://arc-international.net/about 
• Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice: is the only philanthropic organization working exclusively to advance LGBTQI human rights around the globe.https://www.astraeafoundation.org/ 
• Brújula Intersexual es un proyecto que se encarga de difundir e informar sobre todo lo relacionado con la intersexualidad:
• https://brujulaintersexual.org/ 
• ILGA, International Lesbian and Gay Association, Geneva (Switzerland): <http://www.ilga.org> 
• ILGA Europe (Brussels, Belgium): <http://www.ilga-europe.org> 
• International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Intersex Law Association (ILGLaw, formerly the International Lesbian and Gay Law Association): http://www.ilglaw.org/index.htm 
• ECSOL (European Commission for Sexual Orientation Law): http://www.sexualorientationlaw.eu/ 
• EqualJus: http://www.equal-jus.eu/ 
• GayLawNet: http://www.gaylawnet.com 
• Human Dignity Trust is a British legal charity that supports those who want to challenge anti-gay laws wherever they exist in the world: http://www.humandignitytrust.org 
• LGBTnet provides an introduction and resources on how to work with aspects of sexual orientation and gender identity for NGOs and others engaged in international development is developed by LGBT Denmark and The Danish Family Planning Association, Danish Refugee Council & Sabaah: http://www.lgbtnet.dk/ 
• ORAM – Organization for Refuge, Asylum & Migration – is the world’s leading advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) refugees: http://portal.oraminternational.org/index.php 
• Transgender Europe (TGEU):umbrella organization, which works towards the full equality and inclusion of all trans people in Europe, <http://tgeu.org/> 
• Global Action for Trans* Equality (GATE): <http://transactivists.org> 
• American Bar Association (ABA) – Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues Network (GIN): http://apps.americanbar.org/dch/committee.cfm?com=IC600003 
• Institute for Queer Theory (Hamburg/Berlin): http://www.queer-institut.de/ 
• Network of European LGBT Families Associations (NELFA): http://www.nelfa.org/ 
• International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex Youth & Student Organisation (IGLYO) is a pan European network, working with over 95 LGBTQI youth and student organisations. It is run for and by young people: http://www.iglyo.com 
• Organisation Intersex International: oiiinternational.com 
• Organisation Intersex International – Europe: OIIEUROPE.ORG 
• OutRight Action International (formerly known as: International Gays and Lesbian Human Rights Commission) (New York, USA): https://www.outrightinternational.org/ 
• The Yogyakarta Principles : https://yogyakartaprinciples.org/  This site is dedicated to the Yogyakarta Principles, a set of principles on the application of international human rights law in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity. They were  developed and unanimously adopted by a distinguished group of human rights experts, from diverse regions and backgrounds, including judges, academics, a former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Special Procedures, members of treaty bodies, NGOs and others.

• Amnesty International (AI) – LGBT Rights: http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/issues/lgbt-rights  or http://www.amnesty.org/en/sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity  or https://campaigns.amnesty.org/campaigns/my-body-my-rights 
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) – LGBT: http://www.hrw.org/en/category/topic/lgbt-rights/ 
• International Commission of Jurists (ICJ): Sexual Orientation and Gender Project: http://www.icj.org/default.asp?nodeID=408&langage=1&myPage=Sexual_Orientation_&_Gender_Identity 
• International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) – LGBT Rights: http://www.ishr.ch/news/lgbt-rights 
• European network of legal experts in gender equality and non-discrimination : https://www.equalitylaw.eu