We envision a liberated St. Louis where queer and trans people of all identities are safe and empowered through compassion, healing, and community.
SQSH Announcements
After a year of organizational changes, we felt strongly that we needed to reconnect with our community. Through a community survey in October, over 100 people shared honest feedback, pointing to the need for a renewed guiding vision, improved communication, and greater organizational stability. Their input guided our first-ever strategic planning process.
Our 2026 Strategic Plan centers healing, rebuilding, and sustainability through three core goals:
Strengthening programmatic impact
Strengthening community engagement and trust
Building a healthy, connected organizational culture
Building a future of healing & community
SQSH is a grassroots nonprofit that nurtures connection, healing, and empowerment within our St. Louis Metro Area’s LGBTQIA+ community.
We act with intention and patience, investing in the people, relationships, and structures that sustain lasting transformation.
For the St. Louis queer/LGBTQIA+ community
We practice a variety of strategies to care for ourselves and each other – including peer support, resource connection, education, advocacy, and expansive avenues to personal and collective healing.
We honor healing, resilience, and sustainability as essential to personal and collective liberation.
By the St. Louis queer / LGBTQIA+ community
Our SQSH community includes a wide network of dedicated community leaders, peer counselors, healers, workers, educators, advocates.
As queer people who come from a myriad of identities, cultures, and experiences, we build bridges and foster relationships with each other that promote mutual understanding and care.
Ways to Support SQSH
Make a donation
Our donors are a vital part of SQSH, just like stars are a vital part of our galaxy! By donating, you are helping to fund SQSH’s community-driven programs as well as joining a connected network of supporters committed to uplifting the St. Louis queer/LGBTQIA+ community.
Share our programs
We understand how important word-of-mouth referrals are within marginalized communities – especially in St. Louis where resource networks can be siloed! That’s why we need your help to reach queer and trans folks across the St. Louis Metro Area.
Help us spread the word by downloading & sharing our flyers:
SQSHBook: full sheet | quarter sheets
Helpline: full sheet | quarter sheets
