The National LGBTQ+ Bar Association’s Affiliate Congress is the governing body of all the voluntary bar associations under the LGBTQ+ Bar umbrella. For more information about the Affiliate Congress or to learn how your group can become an affiliate of the LGBTQ+ Bar, please contact Judi O’Kelley.
Visit our Bar Affiliate Spotlight blog to learn more about our fantastic affiliates!
For more information, click on a state in the map.
Listed by State:
Arizona
California
- Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom
Main Email: balif@balif.org or chair@balif.org
Contact: Rafael M. Langer-Osuna, Raisa Dyadkina, and Dustin Helmer - LGBTQ+ Lawyers Association of Los Angeles
Mail Email: lgbtbarla@gmail.com
Contact: Meehan Rasch and Peter Pierce - Orange County Lavender Bar Association
Mail Email: info@oclba.org
Contact: Matt Troncali - SacLEGAL, Sacramento’s LGBTQ+ Bar Association
Main Email: info@saclegal.org
Contact: Kibbe (Jennifer) Day, AJ Wipfler, and Jeremy Avila - Silicon Valley LGBTQ+ Bar Association
Main Email: svlgbtqbar@gmail.com
Contact: George Tran - Sonoma County Bar Association, LGBTQI Law Section
Contact: Kinna Crocker - Tom Homann LGBT Law Association
Main Email: info@thla.org
Contact: Jodi Cleesattle and Mark Simpliciano
Colorado
- Colorado LGBTQ+ Bar Association
Main Email: admin@clba.net - Contact: Scott Rosenbach and Charlie Fields
Connecticut
- Connecticut Bar Association LGBTQ+ Section
Main Email: msc@ctbar.org
Contact: Jenna Cutler and Yamuna Menon
Delaware
District of Columbia
- District of Columbia LGBTQ+ Bar Association
Main Email: info@lgbtbardc.org
Contact: Josh Mogil, Richard Kelley, Airin Chen, and John Heflin
Florida
- Central Florida Gay and Lesbian Law Association
Contact: Cleve Acree and Barry Miller - Florida Association of LGBT Lawyers & Allies
Georgia
- Stonewall Bar Association of Georgia
Main Email: info@stonewallbar.org
Contact: Ben Torres
Hawai’i
- Hawai’i LGBT Legal Association
Main Email: hawaii.lgla@gmail.com
Illinois
- LAGBAC, Chicago’s LGBTQ+ Bar Association
Main Email: info@lagbac.org
Contact: Vincent Rizzo
Indiana
Kentucky
Maryland
Massachusetts
- Massachusetts LGBTQ Bar Association
Main Email: administrator@masslgbtqbar.org
Contact: Eva Jellison
Michigan
Minnesota
- Minnesota Lavender Bar Association
Main Email: info@mnlavbar.org
Contact: Charlie O’Meara
Missouri
- Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, LGBTQ+ Committee
Main Email: bamsl@bamsl.org
Contact: Danny Barnett-Foster - LGBTQ Bar Association of Greater Kansas City
Contact: Rachel Orr and Jim Breckenridge
Nevada
New Mexico
- New Mexico LGBTQ Bar Association
- Main Email: nmlgbtqbarassn@gmail.com
- Contact: Gina Dennis
New York
- LGBT Bar Association and Foundation of Greater New York
Main Email: info@lgbtbaryny.org
Contact: Shain Filcher
North Carolina
- The Pauli Murray LGBTQ+ Bar Association
Main Email: lgbtqbarnc@gmail.com
Contact: Candelario Saldana and Cristal Robinson
Oregon
- OGALLA- Oregon’s LGBTQIA+ Bar Association
Main Email: info@ogalla.org
Contact: Alletta Brenner
Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County Bar Association, LGBT Rights Committee
Contact: Andrew Bell - Philadelphia LGBTQ Bar Association
Main Email: philalgbtqbar@gmail.com
Contact: Liz Weissert
Tennessee
Texas
- Austin Bar Association, LGBTQ+ Law Section
Contact: Matt Garcia - Dallas LGBT+ Bar Association
Main Email: info@dallaslgbtbar.org
Contact: Callie Butcher - San Antonio LGBT Bar Association
Contact: Michael Ritter - State Bar of Texas, LGBT Law Section
Main Email: sections@texasbar.com
Contact: Michael Debnam - Stonewall Law Association of Greater Houston
Main Email: slaghlaw@gmail.com
Utah
- LGBTQ+ & Allied Lawyers of Utah
Main Email:
Contact: Anaya Gayle
Vermont
- Vermont Queer Legal Professionals
Main Email:
Contact: Monica Allard
Virginia
- Virginia LGBTQ+ Bar Association
Main Email: info@valgbtqbar.org, president@valgbtqbar.org
Contact: Chris Svoboda and Sara Tandy
Washington
- QLaw Foundation of Washington
Main Email: info@qlawfoundation.org
Contact: Shaun Wha Nieh and Denise Diskin - QLAW: The LGBTQ+ Bar Association of Washington
Main Email: info@qlaw.org
Contact: Dana Savage
West Virginia
Wisconsin
- LGBT Bar Association of Wisconsin
Main Email: lgbtbar.wi@gmail.com
Contact: Danielle Bailey
Judiciary
- International Association of LGBTQ+ Judges
Main Email: lgbtqjudges@gmail.com
Contact: Judge Larnzell Martin, Jr.