Off-Campus Resources
Alcohol Rehab Guide (LGBTQIA+ Alcoholism)
ARG is dedicated to helping people overcome alcoholism and achieve long-term sobriety. Their team is made up of individuals who have personal experience with alcohol addiction, and understand the importance of delivering top-notch resources and information. ARG aims to educate people on the dangers of alcohol addiction and guide them or their loved one into a treatment program.
The mission of American Addiction Centers is to provide quality, compassionate and innovative care to adults struggling with addiction and co-occurring mental health disorders. Through comprehensive and customized treatment plans, they instill hope that long-term recovery is possible. Their purpose and passion is to empower you, your family and your community by helping you achieve recovery and optimal wellness of the mind, body and spirit.
American Civil Liberties Union
The American Civil Liberties Union was founded in 1920. The ACLU works in the courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to all people in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States.
DrugRehab.com LGBTQIA+ Addiction Guide
Advanced Recovery Systems (ARS) operates DrugRehab.com to equip patients and families with the best information, resources and tools to overcome addiction and pursue lifelong recovery. Advanced Recovery Systems is a behavioral health company focused on helping people on their path to recovery from substance abuse and mental health issues. Advanced Recovery Systems operates a network of inpatient and outpatient addiction and mental health treatment facilities around the United States.
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is an American non-governmental media monitoring organization, founded as a protest against defamatory coverage of LGBTQIA+ people. Its agenda has since extended to the entertainment industry and its portrayal of these groups.
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) National Help Center, founded in 1996, is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization that provides vital peer-support, community connections and resource information to people with questions regarding sexual orientation and/or gender identity. Utilizing a diverse group of LGBT volunteers, we operate three national hotlines: LGBT National Hotline, LGBT National Youth Talkline and LGBT National Senior Hotline, as well as a private, volunteer one-to-one online chat that helps both youth and adults with coming-out issues, safer-sex information, school bullying, family concerns, relationship problems and a lot more.
- LGBT National Hotline: 888-843-4564
- LGBT National Youth Talkline 800-246-7743
- LGBT National Senior Hotline 888-234-7243
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
GLSEN works to ensure that LGBTQIA+ students are able to learn and grow in a school environment free from bullying and harassment. GLSEN believes that every student has the right to a safe, supportive, and LGBTQIA+-inclusive K-12 education. They are made up of a national network of educators, students and local GLSEN Chapters working to make this right a reality.
Go Grad (LGBTIA+-friendly graduate degree resource site)
Go Grad is an online platform that provides an easy place where aspiring graduate students of all ages, backgrounds and specialties can get the information they need to make informed decisions about their education.
Guide to Housing and Mortgages for Gay and Lesbian Couples
This guide will help to explain the different approaches that same-sex couples can take to getting a mortgage, establishing ownership of a home, and creating legal documents that anticipate any legal or property-ownership issues that might occur if the couple breaks up or one partner dies.
The Human Rights Campaign is one of the largest LGBTQIA+ advocacy groups and LGBTQIA+ political lobbying organizations in the U.S. The organization focuses on protecting and expanding rights for LGBTQIA+ individuals, most notably advocating for same-sex marriage, anti-discrimination and hate crimes legislation, and HIV/AIDS advocacy. The organization has a number of legislative initiatives, as well as supporting resources for LGBTQIA+ individuals.
International Safe Zone (Flipboard)
This is a resource for learning more about intersectionality and complexity of international LGBTQIA+ people in the U.S. and provides safe place to learn and explore more about your sexual and affectional identity.
Founded in 1973, Lambda Legal is the oldest and largest national legal organization whose mission is to achieve full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and everyone living with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work.
Metro Trans Umbrella Group (MTUG)
MTUG works to bring together the community of trans, non-binary, genderqueer, androgynous, intersex and our allies in the St. Louis metro area through community, visibility, advocacy and education.
Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity
MASGD works to support, empower and connect LGBTQIA+ Muslims. They challenge the root causes of oppression, including misogyny, racism, capitalism and xenophobia. They celebrate gender and sexual diversity within Muslim communities and promote an understanding of Islam that is centered on inclusion, justice and equity.
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF)
The National LGBTQIA+ Task Force advances full freedom, justice and equality for LGBTQIA+ people. We are building a future where everyone can be free to be their entire selves in every aspect of their lives. They work and training activists to fight against the discrimination LGBTQIA+ people face in housing, employment, healthcare, retirement and basic human rights.
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
PFLAG is the first and largest organization for LGBTQIA+ people; their parents and families; and allies. With over 400 chapters and 200,000 members and supporters crossing multiple generations of families in major urban centers, small cities and rural areas across America, PFLAG is committed to creating a world where diversity is celebrated and all people are respected, valued and affirmed.
Personal Rights of Missourians (PROMO)
PROMO is Missouri’s statewide organization advocating for LGBTQIA+ equality through legislative action, electoral politics, grassroots organizing and community education.
Pride St. Louis is a 501(c)3 organization run by volunteers. Their mission is: To foster an understanding and tolerance of the LGBTQIA+ community in the general population by raising awareness through educational programs and events leading up to the annual PrideFest in St. Louis.
MyPronouns.org is a practical resource dedicated to the empowering and inclusive use of personal pronouns in the English language. This website will help you understand why and how to use the pronouns someone goes by. Shige Sakurai (they/them) is the author of MyPronouns.org, which was first published on January 22, 2017 and has gone through several updates.
SAGE Advocacy & Services for LGBT Elders
SAGE is the country’s largest and oldest organization dedicated to improving the lives of LGBT older people. Founded in 1978 and headquartered in New York City, SAGE is a national organization that offers supportive services and consumer resources to LGBT older people and their caregivers.
St. Louis Queer+ Support Helpline (SQSH)
SQSH is founded on the belief that every LGBTQIA+ person deserves to be treated with compassion and dignity. Their mission is to serve and strengthen the LGBTQIA+ community in the St. Louis MO-IL Metro Area and beyond - by providing an empathetic listening ear, safe and reliable connections to identity-affirming resources, as well as education and advocacy for LGBTQIA+ concerns and needs.
Sunshine Behavioral Health’s mission is to provide the highest quality substance abuse treatment services and deliver them with passion, integrity and company spirit. This particular resource looks at the how addiction affects the transgender community.
The LGBTQIA+ Community and Addiction
Since 2014, Addiction Center has been an informational web guide for those who are struggling with substance use disorders and co-occurring behavioral and mental health disorders. Addiction Center works with nationally recognized treatment facilities to provide treatment counseling, rehab placement and insurance/financial consultations for those seeking help.
ZIPPA LGBTQIA+ Workplace Resource Guide
This guide pulls together helpful resources and information for LGBTQIA+ individuals who are job searching.
