Tegan and Sara.  (Photo by Derek Wood, courtesy NYLON)

Lesbian indie-pop duo Tegan and Sara have launched the Tegan and Sara Foundation to support LGBT women in a similar vein to organizations like GLAAD, the LGBT Center and the Audre Lorde Project.

According to the foundation’s website, the foundation aims to “fight for economic justice, health and representation for LGBTQ girls and women.”

The identical twins explain that after reading letters from LGBT fans and speaking with LGBT activists while on tour for their album “Love You to Death,” they realized the specific needs for LGBT women that weren’t being met.

“We learned that the lack of federal funding for LGBTQ services, limited training for doctors about the needs of their LGBTQ patients and severe workplace discrimination are disproportionately affecting women,” the twins write. “Most importantly, we learned that LGBTQ women and girls are feeling overwhelmingly rejected and left behind.”