Resources

Plug into a local network of community-vetted, queer/LGBTQIA-affirming resources.

Since founding, we have worked with local Community Partners to compile a network of St. Louis resources. We prioritize resources that are queer/LGBTQIA-affirming, such as those that have been vetted by the Metro Trans Umbrella Group, Trans Education Service, TransParent, or PROMO, or those that have been recommended to us by community members.

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SQSHBook Resource Guide

Word-of-mouth referrals play a key role in keeping marginalized communities alive. That’s why, since founding, we’ve been working hard to create the SQSHBook. The SQSHBook is a community-owned database of 1,200+ resources throughout the St. Louis region and beyond, compiled from various local resource lists and vetting efforts by SQSH’s Community Partners. Visit the SQSHBook to find resources for housing, food, healthcare, mental health support, social spaces, and more!

Our SQSHBook Team is working hard to bring a more user-friendly, searchable version of the SQSHBook to you by improving our web application! On the new SQSHBook, you’ll get the chance to rate and review local resources based on your experiences as a queer person – sort of like a Queer Yelp. In the meantime, learn more about the SQSHBook and how you can contribute.

Common SQSH Warmline Referrals

Looking for a quick resource fact sheet instead of a full resource database? We’ve compiled a quick reference for some of our team’s most commonly referrals. The SQSHBook Team hopes to develop functionality in the future that allows us to generate actual data on the most commonly searched resource entries. In the meantime, this list is an anecdotal approximation of what resources we’ve most used on our Warmline.

It isn’t comprehensive! But it’s a good starting point for folks who want to have a few resources ready to go without having to consult any resource platforms. The SQSHBook pages for each of the categories are linked for further reference.

Crisis Resources

SQSH’s Warmline is meant to provide short-term, one-time peer counseling. If you are experiencing a medical or mental health emergency, try reaching out to someone you trust, one of the below crisis resources, or 911 / 988 as a last resort. We still welcome you to call our Warmline after you’ve reached a place of physical and psychological safety.

Anti-Carceral Crisis Resources

Text-Based Support

 

National Hotlines

Local Hotlines

Care Providers

Check out Trans Education Service’s list of vetted, trans-affirming providers – including mental health, medical, legal, transition, faith, and crisis resources.

This list represents resources, agencies, practitioners, professionals, and organizations that are Trans and LGBTQIA+ welcoming and affirming based upon community recommendations. While each has been recommended or referred by at least two community members, individual experiences may vary. If any mistakes, errors, or omissions have occurred, please reach out via info@transedservice.com for correction/addition. — TES

Check out this compilation of abolition-centered, non-carceral care providers (therapists, social workers, peer supporters, healers) that are dedicated to providing care outside of oppressive systems (i.e. law enforcement, forced hospitalization, the psychiatric industrial complex).

This list is just a starting point to finding care, is non-exhaustive. If you have questions or concerns about any provider in this database, email Dandelion@PeerSupportSpace.org.

To add yourself to the database, visit tinyurl.com/AbolitionCare.

Community Connection

Looking for ongoing connection and peer support for trans & nonbinary humans? Consider joining the THRIVE Discord!

Queer/LGBTQIA+ Media Library

Are you hoping to expand your understanding and awareness of diverse queer/LGBTQIA+ identities and experiences? Check out our Queer/LGBTQIA+ Media Library! This is a curated list of articles, books, videos, and other forms of media that discuss different aspects of queer identity and history.

We are providing this resource list for free as we did not create the resources but rather compiled them. However, we put in a lot of labor into gathering these resources, and always appreciate donations to continue supporting SQSH’s work!

Black Liberationist Resources

For Black St. Louisans looking for community groups or resources to combat racism and anti-Black harm, these organizations are doing work to to make communities safer, defund carceral institutions, and move towards an abolitionist world.

Check out these St. Louis and national organizations doing movement work towards Black liberation:

  • Black & brown hands drawing a red circle with the text "a red circle" in the middle. The background is a light cream

    A Red Circle

    Education, Wellness, and Arts towards racial equity for North St. Louis County

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  • "ACTION" in white all-cap text. The "O" holds a raised fist with radiating lines. Below is smaller text that reads "– St. Louis –"

    Action STL

    Movement & power building for Black St. Louisans

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  • logo: "Black Pride" in big white and black text, with "St. Louis" in smaller black text underneath. The text is on top of a red STL arch, and the background is bright blue.

    Black Pride STL

    The nation’s second oldest Black LGBTQ + pride organization in the US

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  • a long golden mask with diagonal lines across the cheeks, against a black background

    The Black Rep

    “Theatre of the Soul” producing, reimagining, and commissioning work by Black playwrights

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  • logo: Three geometric outlined arrows. Below the arrows are the stacked text "BLK" (in thin black san serif letters) and "Transcendence" (in cursive, with two horizontal lines on either end). Above the arrows are the words "Body • Mind • Spirit"

    Black Transcendence

    Creative organizing firm offering policy workshops, organizational consulting, Black Trans Bike Experience, and more

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  • long handdrawn silhouettes of people, some holding jars over their heads, in Black gold and red colors. Below the silhouettes are block letters "CWP". Small black text at the bottom of the logo reads "Community Wellness Project"

    Community Wellness Project

    Community wellness through education, prevention, and resources for Black & brown folks

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  • "creative reaction lab" in all-cap black text, enclosed in boxes with 3D outlined shadows.

    Creative Reaction Lab

    Building an intergenerational movement of Black & Latinx Redesigners for Justice™️

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  • "da hood talks" in yellow, red, and green graffiti letters, next to a podcasting microphone. Underneath is "Black History 365" in red text.

    Da Hood Talks

    The podcast for the voiceless, empowering the everyday people and supporting the community in the STL area.

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  • logo: "Faith for Justice" written in angular, black letters, with orange and yellow stripes above and below and a teal background.

    Faith for Justice

    Connecting people of faith to Black-led movement and campaigns towards abolition & healing from racial trauma

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  • handwritten "FYI" carved in black on green, grey, and orange blocks. Surrounding the blocks are a circle of silhouetted kids in the same alternating colors. The background is black

    Ferguson Youth Initiative

    Empowering teens from Ferguson & surrounding communities through education, arts, community service, and more

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  • an illustration of three Black and brown masculine folks wearing flower crowns and smiling. Above and below them are handdrawn blue letters that read "flower boi"

    Flower Boi STL

    A peer lead support group created 4 masculine center people of color to unlearn toxic masculinity & heal

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  • Black silhouette of the arch. Inside the arch is the text "For the Culture" (in cursive) and "STL" (in black speckled block letters, with a white reverse-silhouette of the STL skyline at the bottom)

    For the Culture STL

    Connecting Black people with Black-owned businesses and events around the city

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  • "STL" in white, san serif letters with a frame corner in the right top corner. The background is a muted medium-tone blue.

    Forward Through Ferguson

    Catalyzing lasting positive change in the STL region as outlined in the Ferguson Commission Report

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  • "Freedom Community Center" in all caps letters. The letters are colored with an orange-to-dark sunrise gradient. The vertical bar of the F is extended to hold the white silhouette of a sun.

    Freedom Community Center

    Black-led org in North St. Louis dismantling systems of oppression that inflict harm & trauma on Black STL communities, particularly the police & criminal punishment system

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  • flowy illustration of a pregnant person, made of curved lines against a blue and purple background

    Jamaa Birth Village

    Doula care services for BIPOC pregnant people who are both low-risk and high-risk, for both medicated and unmedicated births, at any birthing location such as home, birth center or hospital

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  • four blobs forming the rough shape of a diamond. Going clockwise, the blob colors are muted yellow-green dark cream, muted navy, burnt umber, and muted olive.

    Kimbilio Fiction

    Community of writers and scholars developing, empowering & sustaining fiction writers and stories from the African diaspora

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  • Two large black "M"s with a red vertical line connecting them. Below is the text "Mentors in motion", with red lines above and below the text.

    Mentors in Motion

    Providing critical support to young people through education, employment, life skill building, and more

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  • logo: the letter T with a diagonal dash across the stem, and red - black - green colors.

    The T

    Holistic harm reduction program, bridging fatal gaps in care for people at risk for overdose due to Trauma-Related Drug Use

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  • logo: Overlapping colorful circles with the letters "TENS" on top. Underneath the circle in tiny white text reads, "Missouri • Tennessee • Indiana • Pennsylvania • Wisconsin"

    The TENS Experience

    The Haus of TENS is an interdisciplinary art project and live production through the lens of Ball culture

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  • "Uhuru Solidarity Movement" in black and white block letters, next to a Black silhouette of Africa and a red five-pointed star. Small text at the bottom of the logo reads "White reparations to African people"

    Uhuru Movement

    White solidarity with Black Power, under the leadership of the African People's Socialist Party

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  • handwritten letters "UjiMa" in yellow and green. The "j" letter has a leaf growing from the top, and the bottom of the letter curls and connects to the ground like a plant

    Ujima

    Pay-what-you-can farms providing equitable access to food, education, and employment in North St. Louis

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  • A flowy line forms the silhouette of a person with their arms outstretched, holding a pink star. Next to the person is the stacked text "Valeda's" (in bright pink cursive), "HOPE" (in purple thin san serif), and "My strength is your strength"

    Valeda's Hope

    Navigating women through the breast cancer process from Mammogram to survivorship and educate women on health issues

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  • a black and white simple drawing of a house in a square. Next to it is the text "The village path"

    The Village Path

    Increasing awareness, access + acceptance of mental wellness among self-identified Black men

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  • Yellow and Black stacked "WE" "POWER"

    WEPOWER

    Building power with Black & Latinx change-makers and transforming oppressive systems

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  • Black block letters "WA" with red, green, and black geometric shapes on either side

    Williams & Associates

    Community-based public health agency addressing minority health disparities and health equity

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