Stud Brno
STUD Brno is a Czech activist association of lesbians, gays, and their friends. Basic facts. STUD was established in 1996 as an independent non-government as well as non-profit organization (civic association), the mission of which is to benefit the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender minority, and to aim for legal and factual equality of their rights with other members and groups of the society. The name of the organization is abbreviated from ″students″. The full name was originally "STUD-lgb" and it meant ″lesbian, gay & bisexual students". STUD gathers people of homosexual and bisexual orientation, and  their heterosexual allies. STUD counted some thirty members at the beginning of 2010. STUD is an all-volunteer group, except for one paid half-time staff member. It was an active member of "The Association of Gay and Lesbian Citizens‘ Organizations in the Czech Republic" (SOHO) until its transformation in 2000. In 2003 STUD became a constituent member of the "Gay & Lesbian League" (GLL).