About 3.6 million workers–4.7% of all hourly paid workers in the United States–earned the minimum wage or less in 2012, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The U.S. Department of Labor Web site provides an interactive map with information about minimum-wage laws in each state.

The Point Foundation grants scholarships to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students. Contact Eugene Patron, director of marketing and communications.

The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund and Leadership Institute works to elect LGBT leaders to public office in order to change America’s politics for the support of “true equality” for all. Aisha C. Moody-Mills is the president and CEO.

The U.S. Department of Labor provides information on the history of the minimum wage, from 1938 to the present.

See a chart that tracks minimum-wage legislation by state. Some of those bills would also link the minimum wage to the cost-of-living index.

Gender Odyssey-Family Conference is a the first stand-alone national conference for families of gender non-conforming and transgender children.

Campus Pride is an organization that works to create a safer and more inclusive LGBT environment on college campuses nationally.

Tim Gill is founder and chairman of the Denver-based Gill Foundation, which says it is the largest private foundation in the U.S. focusing on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender civil rights. It provides grants through the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado.