A legal guide for LGBT couples covering defining family units; money, insurance, name changes, and immigration issues; renting a home together; parenting matters; medical and financial matters; estate planning and many other related subjects.
Start Your Recovery is an online resource, developed with the experts in the field, to help people with substance use disorder and mental health challenges. Our goal is to offer LGBTQ+ members a single source of relatable, reliable information at any stage of their recovery journey as well as information for their family members and friends. It’s a single source of reputable, objective information about signs, symptoms, conditions, treatment options. The resource locator offers a full breadth of recovery treatment options locally in Missouri and across the US.
Please see web links for more information.
- Familia Trans Queer Liberation Movement
- Gender Spectrum
- interACT
- Intersex Campaign for Equality (IC4E)
- Intersex Initiative
- Intersex Society of North America
- Advocates for Trans Equality (founded by National Center for Transgender Equality & Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund, which merged into one resource)
- Project HEALTH
- Sylvia Rivera Law Project
- Trans Folx Fighting Eating Disorders (T-FFED)
- Transhub
- Trans People of Color Coalition
- Trans Women of Color Collective
- Trans Youth Equality Foundation
- Transgender Map
- Transgender Law Center
- TransLatin@ Coalition
- TransYouth Family Allies
Global Faith and Justice Project
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)
Jewish Family & Community Services (JFCS), East Bay – LGBT Refugee Services
Los Angeles LGBT Center – Asylum Assistance
Organization for Refugee, Asylum & Migration (ORAM)
Heartland Alliance International (HAI) – Rainbow Welcome Initiative
The LGBT Asylum Project
Includes: Local Groups, Pride Events, Crisis Intervention, HIV/STD Testing, Housing, Food Banks & Pantries, Healthcare Providers, History
This website was created as part of a BSN Community Health Nursing project for Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College
Created June 2022
Found by Helpline Volunteer when researching social resources for an older gay man without Internet access. Some entries overlap with SQSHBook entries. Worth coming back to cross-reference with existing SQSHBook entries, or consider adding as a vetting org, or simply listing as its own resource list/guide.
List of queer and trans affirming healthcare providers compiled by a queer St. Louisans and distributed on queer Facebook group(s) for crowdsourced input.
We are a faith based organization that serves the community, regardless of someone's identity (with special consideration for women in or in transtion from abusive relationships).
Our food pantry (down the street, past the parking lot) has no zipcode restrictions and is open Wednesdays, 1:00PM to 3:00PM.
The Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence unites Missourians with a shared value that rape and abuse must end, and advances this through education, alliance, research and public policy.
Search for service providers in your region, or across Missouri, by selecting the area on our interactive map. You can also search for providers throughout the state by selecting more specific criteria such as Program Type, Location, Specific Services, and Member Agency Name.
"MCADSV successfully advocates to pass laws and improve policies to address rape and abuse in Missouri. They secure statewide funding for programs that help victims of rape and abuse.
Services: Information and resources to support survivors in Missouri.
Extensive listing of resources for women who have been, (or are) victims of assault or domestic violence. A statewide network of community-based programs and individuals providing shelter, support and advocacy to battered women and their children.
National Network to End Domestic Violence: www.NNEDV.ORG- provides information and stats on DV
Database of DV, SV, shelter, therapy resources. Includes different languages and regions that the resource services. Resource for information, education, and research on Domestic & Sexual Violence. Public policy advocacy on shelters, DV/SV services/resources, and information for immigrant women.
Wrap-around Maternal Mental Health Program for new or pregnant Latina mothers at high risk of depression or anxiety, & increased risk for infant mortality.
Financial Stability Services provide one-on-one coaching, financial education and access to credit and wealth-building products. Includes an on-site St. Louis Community Credit Union micro-branch
Many programs and classes offered in English and Spanish, including Financial Stability, Maternal Mental Health, Social Capital Building, Health & Wellness.
Services: Early Childhood Center, Literacy-focused After School and Summer Camp programs, and Kingdom Academy for teens. Life skills, job readiness, emotional support. Call for details and eligibility, including geographic areas served.
The Bodega offers discounted high-quality essentials and clothing. Open to the community on Thursdays from 10am - 2pm and 4 - 7pm. Cash only.
Many programs and classes offered in English and Spanish, inclu
The St. Louis Doulas of Color Collective is a vast network of Black and Brown Community Doulas in the St. Louis region, who've banded together to ensure that affordability and access to Doula care remains a staple for all pregnant people in St. Louis.
The collective lives by the mantra of, "Every woman who wants a Doula, should have a Doula", and is making this possible by hosting Misssouri's only and St. Louis's first BIPOC Doula directory. Our directory is a user friendly, inclusive tool to assist you on your journey in finding your ideal Doula.
Our new guide provides prospective students and their families with tools to identify the right schools, an overview of common challenges, tips for applying, and details on the federal laws that protect LGBTQ students.
FindCenter is a platform for personal development and growth.
FindCenter is the world’s largest platform related to personal growth, healing, and finding purpose. We have curated content from thousands of podcasts, articles, videos, books, and more to support the LGBTQIA+ life experience.
Core topics include:
- Coming Out
- Family Acceptance
- Self-Worth
- Self-Expression
- Self-Acceptance
- Body Image
- Belonging
- Reconciling Faith and Identity
- Relationship with Money
- Trans Health
- Sexuality
- Reproductive Health
- Romantic Relationships
- Intimacy
- Divorce and Breakup
- Domestic Abuse
- Neurodiversity
- Parenting
- Raising Queer Kids
- AIDS
- LGBTQIA Well-Being
The Regional Alliance for the Troops Was a website offering information about organizations supporting military members, veterans and their families; including specialized information and referral services, and social services for military personnel.
As of summer 2023 their website is no longer opperating. Their facebook is still available.
CAP4Kids (The Children’s Advocacy Project) was developed in 2005 as a way for healthcare providers, social workers, child advocates and parents and teens to find reliable, up-to-date information on community resources to help improve and enhance the lives of children and families. Each CAP4Kids city has it’s own content with local community resources organized into easy to locate Parent Handouts. These handouts are the backbone of CAP4Kids. They allow parents and families to find resources on a wide range of topics, ranging from after school programs and camps, to education resources or resources for children with special needs. There are resources for pregnant mothers, infants, school-aged children and teens.
Resources for Youth
Many services listed, including employment training, health care and housing.
Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM), St Louis Children’s Hospital, and Barnes Jewish Hospital are committed to providing multidisciplinary, patient-centered care to people who identify as LGBTQIA+. OUTMed is an organization for LGBTQ-identified faculty, residents, fellows and staff at WUSM.
WUSM OutMed developed a LGBTQ Friendly Health Provider Directory:
"If you are looking for an LGBTQIA+ friendly provider, check out our LGBTQ Friendly PROVIDER DIRECTORY (PDF).
The providers listed are self-identified as having an interest in providing culturally competent care to LGBTQIA+ patients. OUTmed cannot guarantee the cultural competence of providers listed. We recommend interviewing providers to find one who fits your needs and expectations."
Karis Agnew from PROMO sent SQSH a list of referrals for individuals looking for resources in the Mid-MO area: The Center Project just published their gender-affirming health care providers list for providers around Columbia.
Location: Columbia, MO (and surrounding areas)
The AANHPI (Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander) ‘Ohana Center of Excellence is an online resource for mental health and substance use disorder providers, health care providers, and AANHPI communities across the U.S. and its territories.
‘Ohana is most often translated as “family, relative, kin group, or to be related to”. But it can also mean “to gather for family prayers, lineage, race, tribe, or those who dwell together and compose a family.”
To find resources for LGBTQIA+ AANHPI Communities, please see database [here](https://aanhpi-ohana.org/lgbtqia-resources-for-asian-americans-native-hawaiians-and-pacific-islanders-aanhpi/).
Refuge Restrooms is a web application that seeks to provide safe restroom access for transgender, intersex, and gender nonconforming individuals. Users can search for restrooms by proximity to a search location, add new restroom listings, as well as comment and rate existing listings.
We’re trans led and seek to create a community focused not only on finding existing safe restroom access, but also advocating for transgender, intersex, and gender nonconforming people’s safety.
MO Rainbow Rights is a community created by and for the LGBTQIA+ community and its allies! Its website provides a wealth of resources, including educational materials, support networks, and opportunities for activism. MO Rainbow Rights also regularly hosts events, workshops, and discussions to foster dialogue, raise awareness, and promote positive change. Some favorites are game nights, park potluck picnics, and group walks. It also has a growing and active online community such as Facebook and Discord for gaming and socializing.
"Inspires people across the globe to share their stories and remind the next generation of LGBTQ+ youth that hope is out there, and it will get better.
Get Help page allows users to find LGBTQ+ youth support services in your community.
Pledges ask visitors to commit to a world where all LGBTQ+ young people are free to live equally and know their worthiness and power as individuals"
"Trans Education Service is a social enterprise created to further the acceptance and equality of Trans and LGBTQIA+ people through education and engagement. Our vision is to foster development within the St. Louis region through education and engagement that results in a step change improvement in acceptance and opportunity for the Trans and LGBTQIA+ community."
"TES uses education and engagement in the form of cultural competency presentations and training, awareness exercises, policy development, and implementation consulting, to foster accepting environments and inclusive work space."
They offer presentations on topics like Challenges & Opportunities in the Trans Community, LGBTQIA+ Cultural Competency & Inclusion, and Supporting Trans Students.
TES only works with clients who have or are willing to adopt diversity goals and work authentically toward inclusion e.g. they refuse to allow clients to whitewash or pinkwash LGBTQIA+ issues and marginalization.
Jaimie serves as a conduit for information, resources and services and welcomes any email inquiries including resource recommendations.
St. Louis LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce (formerly called the Gateway Business Guild) is a local non-profit organization committed to promoting development and growth of successful business enterprises within the LGBT community.
The St. Louis LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce is an affiliate of NGLCC (National LGBT Chamber of Commerce). Its mission is to strengthen the economic potential of the St. Louis metro area LGBTQIA+ business communities through business certification, education, networking, and advocacy.
Browse the member directory for businesses that are LGBTQIA+ owned/operated and businesses certified as Trans/LGBTQIA+ friendly.
"At the St. Louis County Children’s Service Fund, we are dedicated to improving the lives of the kids and families of St. Louis County. We do this by investing in services and programs led by experienced and caring professionals who deliver high-quality mental and behavioral health services. Explore the map to see what services are available in St. Louis County.
Our network of partners leads the way in providing a variety of mental and behavioral health services to the residents of St. Louis County, from respite care to transitional and temporary housing relief. Explore our trusted network of providers, and discover what mental or behavioral health care services are available in St. Louis County."
The Campaign for Southern Equality has launched the Southern Trans Youth Emergency Project (STYEP), a new regional effort which provides rapid response support directly to the families of youth who are impacted by anti-transgender healthcare bans in the South. Through STYEP, and in close partnership with state and local organizations, we are providing grants, patient navigation support, and accurate information to impacted families to ensure that youth can access the care they need and deserve, even in the face of oppressive laws. We have developed a regional referral network of providers in access states and are helping as many families as we can through this time of crisis.
This is a map of LBGTQ+ owned, operated, and allied spaces. This is open to any business or institution that has a physical location that people can go to.
Here is the map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1u3T-DzG_mMSvigPNsu8PqIyuFjjmMgs&usp=sharing
The map is open to any LGBTQ+ business or institution. Feel free to spread the signup to anyone you think would qualify for the map anywhere in the STL metro area.
Here is the signup form to be placed on the map: https://forms.gle/h7naVvAGnuZi7vLQ6
Tower Grove Pride is working on projects that use our resources and reach to help better connect LGBTQ+ St. Louisans to businesses and institutions that support them and provide safe and welcoming spaces. One of these initiatives is the LGBTQ+ Spaces Map of STL. The LGBTQ+ map of STL will be a regularly-updated resource to help people find and support the institutions and businesses that represent and support the LGBTQ+ community. Its goal is to provide a guide for LGBTQ+ people to know where our safe spaces are and to show appreciation for the allied businesses and institutions that support our community. The spaces should in some way be open to the public or be somewhere someone can physically go to participate in, support, or meet with the people running the business/establishment.
Learn more: https://www.towergrovepride.com/post/lgbtq-and-allied-spaces-map-of-stl?postId=aaf617f8-0437-4cf4-8dba-7089e2a73462&utm_campaign=b1a5da57-175e-49a7-bdcf-502a33863130&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail&utm_content=99b1e67c-c436-4e32-bbd4-990a8468249e&cid=0b15d477-93df-4e1f-aa5e-8afe77f34fb9
ANAD is here to help by providing free, peer support to anyone struggling with an eating disorder.
ANAD is a peer-run support organization that assists people struggling with eating disorders and provides resources for families, schools and the eating disorder community. ANAD advocates for the development of healthy attitudes, bodies, and behaviors. The organization promotes eating disorder awareness, prevention, and recovery through supporting, educating, and connecting individuals, families and professionals.f
"ANAD’s free, __Eating Disorders Helpline__ is here to provide you with support and encouragement when you need it. We also answer your questions and can even provide treatment referrals"
Services provided include:
- Helpline
- Online support forums and information
- ANAD online recovery support group (no longer offer a local St. Louis support group)
- Caregiver or sibling online support group
- A treatment directory
- Grocery Buddies Program
- Recovery Mentoring program
- Educational materials
- And more
__Past Local Support Group__ – met on Thursday’s from 7:00-8:00 PM at Edgewood – St. John’s, 970 Executive Parkway, Creve Coeur, MO 63141. The contact was Liz Fuhro at (314) 650-7174 or eholdefe@hotmail.com.
We offer peer support, active listening, and community resource guide for Chinese-speaking LGBTQ+ people around the world. Please make an appointment via the resource link. Our service can be accessed on WeChat or over the phone.
The St. Louis Office for Developmental Disability Resources(DD Resources) is a publicly funded agency that distributes funds to service providers for community-based services to persons who have a developmental disability and desire to remain in their homes and community.
Their website links The IDD Gateway Resource Guide which was developed as a resource for service providers, individuals, and families to have access to information about regional resources in one place.
Provided by therapist Patrick Frame to his clients to guide them through the process of checking their health insurance benefits. Contains helpful definitions and a script that clients can use to call their health insurance company.
SeniorAdvisor.com is one of the nation's largest senior living review sites. Browse photos, ratings, and opinions of assisted living, dementia care, independent living, senior apartments, and more. You'll also find top rated senior in-home care providers, elder care attorneys, and a community full of advice for virtually every facet of your retirement planning.
Whether you prefer modern assisted living communities or the comfort of residential care homes, you'll find real senior living reviews you can trust on SeniorAdvisor.com. Thousands of families have shared their unbiased reviews of alzheimer's care homes, nursing homes , retirement communities, and more. Add your own review of senior housing in your area and help senior care seekers around the country find the best care for their aging loved ones.
The National Resource Center on LGBTQ+ Aging is the country's first and only technical assistance resource center focused on improving the quality of services and supports offered to lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender older adults, their families and caregivers.
Board where people can post offers and/or needs for free, pay, or trade.
Julia Ho at STL Mutual Aid referred me to this earlier in the pandemic. It does not look like it's being used very actively, but does not seem to be inactive, either?
For trans people who are no longer able to legally receive gender-affirming care due to new state laws: ActionLink has compiled a list of resources to share with our member centers. It's meant to be used by LGBTQ community center staff when assisting clients.
This Google Doc will be updated as more resources become known.
- Director of Policy and Advocacy for CenterLink
A slideshow guide on gender-affirming healthcare by Planned Parenthood and Metro Trans Umbrella Group's TC2 Team. These were training slides for SQSH's Helpline Team (delivered December 2021). Includes resources for and information about: Transition Healthcare, Hormones, and Surgery.
As a public speaker and LGBTQ+ inclusion consultant, I regularly facilitate trans and queer 101, 201, and 301 sessions to workplaces, hospitals, schools, nonprofits, and families (among other categories of organizations) internationally and would be thrilled to deliver a welcoming and comprehensive training for your group.
Additionally, I offer free coaching to parents and families of trans and queer youth in the evenings and would be happy to support you however I can.
A community for Black queer and trans women, nonbinary people and allies interested in working remotely.
Historically, Black queer and trans women, non-binary, and gender nonconforming people have feared being our full selves in the workplace, but we are done hiding.
White supremacy culture has harmed, burdened, and traumatized us for far too long.
Our community deserves and demands safe spaces.
Black Remote She is a community for Black queer and trans women, nonbinary people, and allies interested in working remotely.
Our platform was created to build a safe space to transition into remote work with a progressive system of job sharing, a term coined by the late bell hooks in All About Love, which means we center the well-being of our community in everything we do.
__WHAT WE DO__
Black Remote She facilitates job creation for historically excluded, underrepresented, and underemployed candidates.
Black LGBTQI+ people are often faced with homophobia, racism, and discrimination from employers lacking and neglecting equity in their company culture.
To combat this, we help connect job seekers to safe and flexible remote work environments.
We conduct an annual job search check-in survey to align with the job opportunities posted to our platform with the needs of our community.
The job opportunities shared on our website are from companies and organizations committed to bringing positive and lasting change for Black people in the LGBTQI+ community.
We have an ongoing partnership with inside voices to capture BIPOC employee reviews about their current and former employer’s track record with diversity and inclusion. Company reviews are regularly reviewed and used for continued vetting of the opportunities posted on Black Remote She.
A comprehensive list of resources and information throughout Jefferson County, including housing and employment services.
Includes some resources beyond Jefferson County as well, but in the vast miniority
The Community Resources Directory is a comprehensive listing of public service agencies, organizations and other entities.
The directory is published by the Jefferson County Community Services Forum.
Formed in 1979, the Jefferson County Community Services Forum is a network of helping professionals representing various agencies, organizations, schools, churches, and concerned citizens who meet monthly to share concerns and resources available to Jefferson County residents. There is no membership fee. Those providing services to residents of Jefferson County or exploring the possibility of service provisions are welcome to attend.
Meetings are on the third Monday of each month at 1 :00 p.m. at Jefferson College-Student Center, Highway 21, in Hillsboro, Missouri.
Presentations explaining program services are always welcome.
If you discover an error in the information provided in the Community Resources Directory, it can be reported by sending an e-mail to webmaster@jeffersoncountylibrary.org.
We are not aware of any groups in the St. Louis area that focus on the experiences of survivors of suicide attempts. However, the Suicide Prevention Resource Center has these virtual resources listed. Not support groups, but may have some helpful information!
Trans Affirming
Queer Affirming