National Center for LGBTQ Rights

National Center for LGBTQ Rights
Founded1977
FounderDonna Hitchens
FocusCivil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families
Location
MethodLitigation, public policy advocacy, and public education
Key people
Imani Rupert-Gordon (President)
Shannon Minter (Legal Director)
Websitewww.NCLRights.org

The National Center for LGBTQ Rights (formerly the National Center for Lesbian Rights) is a non-profit, public interest law firm in the United States that advocates for equitable public policies affecting the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community, provides free legal assistance to LGBT clients and their legal advocates, and conducts community education on LGBT legal issues. It is headquartered in San Francisco with a policy team in Washington, DC. It is the only organization in the United States dedicated to lesbian legal issues, and the largest national lesbian organization in terms of members.

Through impact litigation, public policy advocacy, public education, collaboration with other social justice organizations and activists, and direct legal services, the National Center for LGBTQ Rights (NCLR) advances the legal and human rights of LGBT people and their families across the United States.