I had a conversation last week with some people who were frustrated that they saw a lot of discussion about lack of progress on LGBT rights, but didn't see the kind of practical, meat-and-potatoes organizing on LGBT issues as they did on things like health care-- things like, call this congressperson and exert pressure on this legislation. I was surprised to hear this, because I could name several groups or bloggers doing such organizing right now. We realized that maybe some of the less flashy but still quite practical activism on gay rights isn't getting the attention it needs, and as a result may not be connecting with potential volunteers.

Let's do something about that. Here, after the jump, is a short list of projects in need of volunteers and phone calls now. My rules for putting a group or project on this list is that it should:

• Have real volunteer activities that you can start doing right away-- not just "sign up for this mailing list and we'll ask you for money occasionally".
• Direct volunteer efforts toward a specific, immediate goal, preferably something where effort goes directly toward changing a law.

Let's not just talk about equality, let's start making it happen.

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