Support Your Favourite LGBT Organizations When You Make a Purchase on Amazon

Donating to your favourite LGBT organizations just got easier! Amazon recently launched Amazon Smile, a feature where the company will donate 0.5% of eligible purchases to an organization of your choice. 

Amazon’s database includes almost a million charities, schools, and other nonprofits, including many LGBT organizations.

“Tens of millions of products” on Amazon are eligible for AmazonSmile donations, and those are marked as “Eligible for AmazonSmile donation.” All you need to do is select an organization and shop!

Can’t think of an organization to donate to? Here are just a few LGBT organizations available on AmazonSmile:

• Iola Foundation (The It Get’s Better Project)
• Human Rights Campaign Foundation
• Trevor Project
• Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Inc. (GLAAD)
• GLSEN, Inc.

Which organization will you be donating to?

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ACLU and Yale launch campaign to stop censoring LGBT websites in schools

ACLU has teamed up with Yale Law School to launch the “Don’t Filter Me” campaign, which aims to stop censorship of websites in public high schools.

The ACLU blog post reports that some schools have been blocking LGBT-related websites such as the GSA Network and the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN).

These schools even allow students to access to anti-LGBT sites that condemn LGBT people or urge LGBT people to try to change our sexual orientation. The ACLU describes this as viewpoint discrimination.

ACLU asks students to report unconstitutional web filtering at their schools by filling out a form at action.aclu.org/dontfilterme.

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Day of Silence on Twitter: Equalitopia’s Photo Project

Equalitopia is running this campaign to promote awareness on Twitter and to allow participants to creatively express their support.

The Day of Silence is the GLSEN’s annual day of action to create awareness of the bullying and harassment that many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) students go through. Supporters take a vow of silence to protest and raise awareness about these issues.

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Equalitopia and this project are not affiliated with GLSEN.