LGBT organizations in USA as interest groups: Characteristics and influence

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of the major LGBT organizations in the U.S., their organizational resources, and ways to influence politicians and the media. LGBT movement during the 1990s, completed its transition from liberationist and the system outside position, to the lobbyist and system insider position. The paper discusses the criticism dissidents from LGBT movement consider the alienation of LGBT establishment of the true interests of its membership. At the end of the article LGBT movement and its organizations are considered from the point of success in achieving the goals and compared with the achievements and impact of counter-movement of Christian traditionalists.U radu se daje pregled najvecih LGBT organizacija u SAD, njihovih organizacionih resursa, kao i nacina uticaja na politicare i medije. LGBT pokret je, tokom 1990-ih, zavrsio tranziciju iz oslobodilackog i sistemski autsajderskog, u lobisticki i sistemski insajderski. U clanku se iznose kritike disideneta LGBT pokreta na racun otudjenosti lidera LGBT establismenta od istinskih interesa clanstva. Na kraju se LGBT pokret i njegove organizacije sagledavaju sa stanovista uspesnosti u ostvarivanju zadatih ciljeva i porede sa uspesnoscu i uticajem kontra-pokreta hriscanskih tradicionalista.