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.

National Center for Transgender Equality is a social justice organization dedicated to the advancement of equality of transgender people through advocacy and empowerment. Contact executive director Mara Keisling.

Integrity USA is an organization that calls for full and equal inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the Episcopal Church.

Soulforce is a national interfaith movement that promotes the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. The organization is based in Abilene, Texas. Haven Herrin is executive director.