Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies (GLIFAA) is the officially-recognized organization representing gay and lesbian personnel and their families in the United States Department of State, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), United States Department of Commerce, Foreign Agricultural Service, and other agencies and entities working in foreign affairs in the United States Government. GLIFAA was founded in 1992 by fewer than a dozen employees who faced official harassment and potential loss of their jobs simply because of their sexual orientation. The organization grew to hundreds of Foreign Service, Civil Service, and contract personnel and their families serving in Washington, D.C., throughout the U.S., and at U.S. embassies and missions around the world.