Bedsider.org (Bedsider) is an online birth control support network that works to ensure that every young person has the power to decide if, when, and under what circumstances to get pregnant—increasing their opportunity to pursue the future they want.

Links to National LGBTQ+ resources in the US - Ace and Aro - Addiction and Substance Abuse - Aging and Elderly - Bisexual and Multisexual - Camps for Youth, Adults, and Families - College and Higher Education - Ending Conversion Therapy - Financial Support - Health and Medical - Hobbie and Sports - Jobs and Careers - Journalism, News, and Blogs - K-12 Education - Legal Support and Rights - LGBTQ+ Conferences - LGBTQ 101 and Beyond - LGBTQ Awareness Events - Religion, Faith, and Spirituality - Safety and Shelter - Sexual Health and Education - Social Support and Mentorship - Storytelling - Suicide Prevention - Transgender, Nonbinary, and Gender Expansive

Gender-inclusive puberty education for ages 8-12 and their trusted adults.

We created a comprehensive resource that features helpful information about STDs in O'Fallon and a directory of local organizations that provide a wide range of health care services to help stop the spread. Nicole Philips (she/her) STD Prevention Advocate Testing.com | nicole@testing.com

As a boutique healthcare practice in St. Louis, Evora Women’s Health® brings medical, wellness, and self-care experts together in one supportive space. The concierge model serves women of all ages with collaborative and patient-centered care that treats the whole you, not just your condition. The team includes an internist, gynecologist, psychiatrist, chiropractor, dietitians, personal trainers, mental health counselors, physical therapists, and other wellness professionals.

A program of Williams and Associates. Safe haven, free wi-fi. STD/ST testing, social activities, health education. PREP available. Rustin’s Place is a program of Williams and Associates, Inc. that aims to provide health education, disease prevention services, and health promotion care, with particular regard to African Americans (but testing is still available for everyone, regardless of race). Their vision is zero percent disparity and one hundred percent access in healthcare services for minority populations in STL. FREE - STD/STI testing, condoms and lube, health education, support groups, wi-fi, laundry machines, social activities (game/movie nights, “The Tea” chat sessions, Black Men’s Exchange, cook outs

The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), formerly known as the (Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association (HBIGDA), is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, interdisciplinary professional and educational organization devoted to transgender health. Our professional, supporting, and student members engage in clinical and academic research to develop evidence-based medicine and strive to promote a high quality of care for transsexual, transgender, and gender-nonconforming individuals internationally. We are funded primarily through the support of our membership, and through donations and grants sponsored by non-commercial sources. Mission: To promote evidence based care, education, research, public policy, and respect in transgender health. Vision: We envision a world wherein people of all gender identities and gender expressions have access to evidence-based healthcare, social services, justice and equality. Goals and Tasks As an international interdisciplinary, professional organization, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) will work to further the understanding and treatment of gender dysphoria by professionals in medicine, psychology, law, social work, counseling, psychotherapy, family studies, sociology, anthropology, sexology, speech and voice therapy, and other related fields. WPATH provides opportunities for professionals from various sub-specialties to communicate with each other in the context of research and treatment of gender dysphoria including sponsoring biennial scientific symposia. WPATH publishes the Standards of Care and Ethical Guidelines, which articulate a professional consensus about the psychiatric, psychological, medical, and surgical management of gender dysphoria and help professionals understand the parameters within which they may offer assistance to those with these conditions.

Afrosexology is a community for discussing and discovering Black sexuality, encouraging empowerment, and seeking sexual liberation. Afrosexology was birthed out of its founders' desire to experience a more sex-positive Black community. One that encourages self agency & promotes love in regards to our bodies, relationships, and sexualities. One that liberates us from the sexual shame & policing that we've inherited from generations of sexual & body oppression. One that follows in the tradition of Black sexual politics by seeking to rediscover & reclaim our sexuality outside of a White patriarchal supremacy system. Offers curated educational content and workshops intended to educate, explore, and reclaim a variety of Black sexuality topics. Each workshop runs about 1.5-3 hours.

To protect the freedom, safety, and well-being of sex workers in Missouri via advocacy, community building, mutual aid, healing justice, arts and culture, and education. Committed to Black, trans, queer, disabled, and neurodivergent women and people.

Planned Parenthood provides and advocates for high-quality and affordable sexual and reproductive health care and is the nation’s largest provider of sex education.

In both my personal and professional life as a physician, I’ve been working with the LGBTQIA+ community for more than fifteen years. Notably, I served on the board of Doorways, a housing and healthcare service for people living with HIV/AIDS, from 2010-2020, was Chairperson of the Board for four years, and was granted the Michael Edlin Award from that organization in 2020. I’ve led numerous LGBTQ+ focused initiatives and associate resource groups in my time working in hospitals and private industry. I’m also active in the St. Louis Sex Positive community, and my practice is affirming for a wide range of lifestyle choices. We offer PrEP, discrete STI screening, and affirmation for those with unique relationship circumstances. Truth is, I’m still learning a lot, every day. I’m a cisgender straight man, and my lived experience doesn’t reflect that of the patients I serve. But I listen to my patients and learn a lot from them, and try every day to do a little bit better job supporting this community which I love.

Sexual Health Providing emotional support, referral resources, and education.

An organization offering progressive, inclusive and independent sex & relationship education & support centering teenagers and emerging adults! We cover safer sex, LGBTQIA issues, birth control, relationships, and more. It's dedicated to providing truly comprehensive and highly inclusive sex and relationships education, information and support that centers young people. __Services provided:__ - Online text-based content: Scarleteen contains thousands of original, comprehensive, and accurate sexuality, health and relationship⁠ articles, guides, factsheets and advice answers, based on the expressed needs of young people themselves and all available at no cost. Our widely inclusive, expansive content is thoughtfully written and edited by adult, emerging adult or teen writers, and regularly fact-checked and updated as needed with current, medically-accurate information. - Direct Services: Our message boards, live chat, text/SMS line and our reddit offer young people the ability to talk directly with one of our staff and members of our community at no cost to them. Our direct services are actively moderated to provide a safe, comfortable space and accurate, compassionately delivered information, staffed by our staff and trained peer volunteers. Our direct services are used for an array of questions and answers, long discussions, emotional support, help finding in-person care or other resources, and, in the services that are community based, to engage in safe, respectful peer-to-peer discussion. Our direct service interactions primarily inform our static content and outreach. - Outside resource referrals: We frequently help our users find outside sexual⁠/reproductive healthcare services, mental healthcare, LGBTQIA+ support, local children and family services, sexual abuse⁠ and other crisis care, books, other websites, community centers and other resources. Staff can also be available to users to make screening/intake phone calls if they feel nervous about first calling themselves or if they are not sure a service is bonafide. - Other outreach: We provide offline teen outreach education, support and training to other organizations and groups, primarily through or at sexual/reproductive health clinics, community and school groups and teen homeless/transitional shelters. We have provided additional outreach, training and education at colleges, universities, schools, community centers and conferences, to students, parents and to fellow teen and sexual health workers and educators. Scarleteen also frequently provides expert information for articles, books, podcasts, studies and other media about topics like teen, emerging adult and general sexuality, sexual health, relationships, queer⁠ sexuality and gender identity⁠, parenting, and sex⁠ education. You can see some of where we have appeared in media over the years here. - Mentoring and leadership: Scarleteen provides active, engaged mentorship and guidance for our volunteers and interns, and participates in and supports youth leadership events and initiatives outside the organization. Scarleteen is long considered by many to be a highly influential leader in progressive and inclusive sexuality education, and we have directly participated in and supported activism to influence and change public policy, like teaming up with the ACLU to fight the COPA.

Accessible, intersectional, mental health services & education centering the needs of Black, Indigenous, femmes of color, queer folks, survivors and sex workers. All of our services are digital and FREE for BIPOC.

The Right Time is an initiative of [Missouri Foundation for Health](https://mffh.org/) and is led by [Missouri Family Health Council, Inc.](https://www.sqshbook.org/resources/a0rt1iptBTqUmfkofW0iL) The Right Time is improving information about, and access to, quality contraceptive services by reducing costs and improving access. TheRightTime.org provides residents of Missouri with access to free and low-cost birth control, trustworthy information on birth control, and is committed to addressing persistent health disparities. Visit TheRightTime.org for more information. The Right Time health centers provide the following services: - Access to all methods of birth control. - Free or low-cost birth control to those who need it. - No insurance? No problem. - Telehealth appointments available at some locations.

Missouri Family Health Council, Inc. champions access for every individual to culturally sensitive, quality sexual and reproductive health education and services. They provide patient resources, programs & services, and policy & advocacy. Correcting misinformation about the legality of birth control, including emergency contraception (EC), is one of MFHC’s primary goals with its newly launched Free EC contraceptive access project which offers free emergency contraception to Missourians. Free EC kits can be picked up at over 40 locations throughout the state or requested by mail on the MFHC website. All kits are shipped via USPS and usually arrive within 5-7 business days. We are unable to express ship EC. If you need more immediate access to EC, it can be purchased over the counter at retail outlets, like Walmart, Target, or CVS. __Other Programs & Services__ - [Title X](https://www.sqshbook.org/resources/4j0ybnAhhNTlo1CiSc1fYK) - [The Right Time](https://www.sqshbook.org/resources/79yru9J1uBNMPuNFMPQUQy)

The Fourth City Sisters of the Abbey of the Glittering Arch are a fully professed branch of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence servicing the Greater St. Louis Metro Area. We are a volunteer-led social group and 501c3 that focuses on outreach to the LGBTQQIA+ communities, promoting sexual education and health, peer counseling and support, and raising funds and awareness for LGBTQQIA+ organizations and missions. We are a 21st Century Order of Queer Drag Nuns whose prime directive is to Promulgate Universal Joy and Expiate Stigmatic Guilt. Membership is open to all.

In this workshop, facilitators and participants will engage with material about the challenges and situations LGBTQ+ people may face in the context of healthy and unhealthy relationships. The overarching purpose of this workshop is for participants to learn skills to foster healthy LGBTQ+ relationships. 1 in 2 trans and non-binary people in the US (54%) have experienced some form of intimate partner violence in their lifetime. Intended audience: This workshop is intended for participants who are middle school age and up, with the exception of the section on Online Dating and Hook-Up Culture meant for high school age and above. This workshop is meant to be centered around LGBTQ+ voices, but allies are welcome and encouraged to participate.

Empowered is a local organization aimed at providing quality sexuality services to ALL people. Services include: - Sex Therapy for all populations, with specialty in LGBTQIAP, Polyamory, and Autism - Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) - Couple’s Therapy and Trauma Therapy - Intervention services - Sexuality Education and Partnership and/or Sexual Skills Training - Sexual Support Groups e.g. POZitive HIV+ Support Group Free parking

The City of St. Louis Department of Health is a resource for finding local sexual health testing, treatment and support resources as well as free condoms. Provides communicable disease planning, counsel, and support. HIV/AIDS medical care; PrEP, PEP, HIV awareness. Report notifiable disease or conditions by calling (314) 657-1501 or faxing to (314) 612-5267

WashU’s Division of Infectious Diseases HIV program is the largest provider of HIV primary care services, such as testing and counseling, in the STL region. https://hiv.wustl.edu Phone: (314) 747-1206 or (314) 362-9098 Fax: (314)747-4511 620 S. Taylor Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110 Accessibility: Across the street from the CWE MetroBus Center and MetroLink Station Free parking (surface lot) next to building Accepts Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurances https://wuphysicians.wustl.edu/for-patients/accepted-health-insurance If uninsured, the Ryan White Part C grant could provide coverage Requirements: have HIV and income less than about $37,000 (changes every year) PrEP but limited financial help Free testing and condoms Walk-in hours: Mon-Wed 9am-12pm and 1pm-3pm Appointments: Thurs/Fri; call (314) 747-1244 or (314) 747-1237 Sexual Health Unit (ID-CRU) 620 S Taylor, #200, St. Louis, MO 63110 Phone: 314-454-0058 Email: mklebert@wustl.edu Web: actu.im.wustl.edu Services: HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials, PReP, antifungal and antiviral treatments, vaccine, hepatitis B and C, immunology clinical trials serving primarily St. Louis and the greater metropolitan area. Will communicate with anyone who is interested in participation. Services are at no cost. Will work with you and your primary health care provider.

Sex+STL provides safe spaces for people to discuss and explore their sexuality. We host events that help the local community celebrate the many roles that sexuality plays in our lives. Website has calendar of local events for LGBTQ, BDSM and polyamory communities.

Sexual Health: The website for this national organization serves as a source of reliable information on sexual health and STIs.