COMMUNITY & SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS

GLSEN Greater Cincinnati is a grassroots initiative, working locally in our community to ensure safe schools for all students, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity.  Our chapter supports students and educators locally, organizes around LGBTQ-affirming public policy, plans teacher trainings, and hosts events for students, educators, parents, and allies.
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Phone: 866-934-9119 

The mission of Lighthouse Youth & Family Services is to empower young people and families to succeed through a continuum of care that promotes healing and growth.  Lighthouse is working to prevent and end LGBTQ youth homelessness in Hamilton County, Ohio, implementing strategies to make sure every LGBTQ youth has the housing, resources, and connections to thrive.

PFLAG Cincinnati is a non-profit organization of volunteers who offer support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex individuals, families and friends in a safe and caring environment.

We support LGBTQ students and families address issues that will inhibit their ability to stay in school. We support students in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana with financial and social support.

​Santa Maria is human services nonprofit in Price Hill dedicated to breaking the cycle of generational poverty through programs in early childhood development, education, employment, finance, parenting, health and wellness, and youth development. here

The mission of Women Writing for (a) Change,  a nonprofit organization, is to nurture and celebrate the individual voice by facilitating supportive writing circles and by encouraging people to craft more conscious lives through the art of writing and the practices of community.  

We hold an ongoing writing-in-community series entitled "Let's Be Perfectly Queer," in which we explore our own writing within the broader context of queer literature. 

We read queer literary icons of our past, as well as engage with contemporary queer writers who continue questioning whose stories and modes of expression still live in the margins.  

(We're using queer as an inclusive term for all those in the LGBTQIA+ community, aka: if you think you might belong here, you do!)

​Our mission is to educate, create experiences, and nurture appreciation in music and other creative and performing arts across all ages, races, abilities, and backgrounds. With the support of ArtsWave, we have created Pride activities as part of our Loving Wyoming program. 

Thrive Empowerment Center offers practical, female-led, trauma-informed personal safety and assault resistance education. Our supportive community fosters growth, strength, confidence, and healing.

The Imperial Sovereign Queen City Court of the Buckeye Empire, also known as The Court, is Cincinnati-based 501(c)(3) incorporated, non-profit organization that seeks to support the financial needs of the Tri-State area’s gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning community and several other organizations through various fundraising events.

We aim to provide and promote safe and entertaining social and charitable events for all GLBTQA+ communities, allies, friends, and families while promoting human rights and equality amongst the general public through performances, social get-togethers, educational outreach projects and other worthwhile ventures.

Caracole is Greater Cincinnati tristate region's nonprofit AIDS Service Organization, devoted to positively changing lives in the fight against HIV/AIDS.  Caracole works to end HIV/AIDS by providing:

Prevention: Education, testing, PrEP support, safer-use supplies, and treatment referrals.

Housing: Stable, long-term housing for people living with HIV.

Care: Medical case management and pharmacy services.

Established in 1984, Equitas Health is a regional nonprofit community healthcare system.  Equitas serves their patients through patient-centered, integrated, and cutting edge services, including primary and specialized medical care, pharmacy, dentistry, behavioral health, HIV/STI treatment and prevention, PrEP/PEP, Ryan White/HIV case management, care navigation, advocacy, and other community health initiatives.

The Transgender Health Clinic at Cincinnati Children’s provides an accepting atmosphere and services for patients 5-24 years old. Our team of specialists is in a unique position to provide medical and psychosocial support for these children and their families.

Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio's mission is to provide access to high quality health care and education that empower people to make informed private decisions about their reproductive lives and sexual health.