Embedded Files
This site is under construction 🚧🙂🚧 Message the mods at our Reddit community if you'd like to help. We'd be excited to have it!
Introduction
Introduction
In what often feels like an increasingly hostile world, it can often feel a little intimidating to put ourselves out into new experiences and groups of people. There's certainly an uncomfortable jolt to the gut when you find what seems like a friendly group, only to realize one or more of the members are homophobic, racist, or have other unkind things to say about "people like us".
Fortunately there are a growing number of groups dedicated not only to making the world a better place, but also safe for people of any orientation to feel safe to be themselves.
Throughout our research, finding organizations around the world who are working to solve our many pressing problems, I was delighted to find groups of women, LGBTQ+, and other disadvantaged people coming together for the betterment of humanity through intersectionality and meaningful action.
This Page
This Page
Scroll down to search by location.
Not every group on this page specifically identifies as LBGTQ+, but many were started by queer activists and/or include queer members. Their activities and programs may or may not center on queer, human rights, or other overlapping topics.
Groups by Location
Groups by Location
International
International
Arcus Foundation "is an international charitable foundation focused on issues related to LGBT rights, social justice, ape conservation, and environmental preservation.[4][5] The foundation's stated mission is "to ensure that LGBT people and our fellow apes thrive in a world where social and environmental justice are a reality."[6][7] - Wikipedia
Planting Peace "is a global nonprofit organization founded for the purpose of spreading peace in a hurting world. Our projects focus on a range of humanitarian and environmental initiatives, including our multi-national deworming campaign; a network of orphanages and safe havens in developing countries; LGBTQ rights advocacy; the Equality House; and rainforest conservation efforts in the Amazon."
Pride in STEM "is a charity run by an independent group of LGBTQIA+ scientists & engineers from around the world. Proud of who we are and what we do. We aim to showcase and support all LGBTQIA+ people in STEM fields."
Sail to the COP "With a diverse group of changemakers we travelled to the UN Climate Conference COP25 in 2019. Our main reason for going is that we are largely worried about the emissions of aviation - that is why we will not travel by plane but by sailing ship."
Queers X Climate (QXC) "is an international an organization dedicated to unite and support climate and LGBTQ+ activism to develop and implement solutions for our common global climate crisis.
History has shown that vulnerable communities are the ones to be in the largest danger of being further marginalized during a crisis, and the group of people who carry the heaviest burden. In the case of climate change, this is arguably the single most dangerous threat ever faced by humanity. All the development accomplishments, including the achievements on LGBTQ+ rights, could be erased within barely a decade by exacerbating resource scarcity and social unrest.
Based on this, QXC seeks to be the catalyst toward a larger movement in which LGBTQ+ activists use their power and influence to rally greater climate change awareness and environmental activism; as well as to increase the viability of the contributions that the LGBTQ+ community is doing towards environmental protection."
Africa
Africa
Kenya
Kenya
National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC) "is an independent human rights institution working for legal and policy reforms towards equality and full inclusion of sexual and gender minorities in Kenya."
Senegal
Senegal
Association Prudence "a LGBT health and human rights advocacy group based in Dakar."
South Africa
South Africa
Pink Panthers is a feminist group fighting gender inequality while working towards climate justice.
Asia
Asia
India
India
Veggie Mijas "We are a community of women, trans, and gender non-conforming people who are dedicated to advocating for plant-based lifestyles and food justice within marginalized communities."
Europe
Europe
Are We Europe "is a non-profit media collective dedicated to innovation and diversity in the European media landscape. We support emerging creative talent in Europe and promote the creation of inclusive pan-European media initiatives."
Netherlands
Netherlands
Queers4Climate "We are LGBTQIA+ folks in the Netherlands who stand against climate breakdown and self-organize for the planet, our communities and species!"
UK
UK
Brook: Find LGBT Support Near You "There are many types of support and services out there for the LGBT+ community. Use this page to look for organisations that provide support in your area."
England
The Proud Trust Their "top priority is improving the lives of LGBTQ+ young people.
Through our regional youth work and national support services, we empower LGBTQ+ young people and the adults in their lives to create positive change for the future. Our work is building a safer environment for LGBTQ+ young people to thrive and achieve their full potential in all the spaces they exist. We do this because we believe all LGBTQ+ young people deserve to live happy, fulfilling lives.
We won’t stop until true equality is a reality for all LGBTQ+ young people.
We can trace our roots back to the 1970’s and the Gay Youth Group that met in Manchester, initially in Waterloo Place, and from 1988, the Sidney Street purpose-built Gay Centre.
In the years since, we have continued to put LGBTQ+ young people at the forefront of our work. We support young people across the North-West and beyond through youth groups, mentoring programmes and more. We work with and support adults in trusted positions, including schools and other children’s services, helping them make spaces more LGBTQ+ inclusive as well as improving confidence in tackling discrimination and celebrating diversity."
Queer Botany "is an ecocritical project that studies and affirms connections between queerness and nature. The project emerges from the theoretical lens of queer ecology, which brings together queer theory and eco-criticism. Queer Botany particularly focuses on the LGBTQ+ community and connecting to plant life. The project aims to share marginalised perspectives and support more diverse representations in the environmental movement and the outdoors.
Queer Botany has collaborated with Chelsea Physic Garden on A Dash of Lavender: Celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month, hosted online botanical drawing sessions, installed temporary interpretive displays at the Walthamstow Marshes, and held guided tours talking about plants from a queer perspective. Queer Botany has worked with Fringe! Queer Film & Art Festival, Elop, and Outcome: Islington Mind."
North America
North America
Canada
Canada
The Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf (RAD) "is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in 1977. The purpose of this Alliance is to establish and maintain a society of Deaf GLBT to encourage and promote the educational, economical, and social welfare; to foster fellowship; to defend our rights; and advance our interests as Deaf GLBT citizens concerning social justice; to build up an organization in which all worthy members may participate in the discussion of practical problems and solutions related to their social welfare. There are several Deaf LGBT organizations in the United States and Canada."
USA
USA
Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN): Resource Library contains a few resources including packets for parents and care takers. The Burnout guide can be particularly useful.
Interlocking Roots "is a network of QT*BIPoC farmers, foodies, and earth stewards. We center food and earthwork as decolonization tools to combat isolation, trauma, and accountability within our movement, community, and work spaces. We connect with one another, share lessons, affirm queer and trans* identities through our plant ancestor and life stories, talk about queer ecology, strategize and eat together! We honor our multifaceted strategies for liberation as sacred rituals that will transcend volatile political times and nourish our collective spirit."
National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance "empowers LGBTQ+ Asians and Pacific Islanders through community capacity building, policy advocacy, and resource development."
National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network (NQTTCN) "is a healing justice organization committed to transforming mental health for queer and trans people of color (QTPoC). We work at the intersection of movements for social justice and the field of mental health to integrate healing justice into both of these spaces. Our overall goal is to increase access to healing justice resources for QTPoC."
Out for Sustainability "provides a platform for co-creating climate resilience and environmental justice by and for LGBTQIA+ communities."
RADIKO "an organization that encourages marginalized communities to join the fight against climate change, putting on climate justice workshops for queer communities across the country."
The Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf (RAD) "is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in 1977. The purpose of this Alliance is to establish and maintain a society of Deaf GLBT to encourage and promote the educational, economical, and social welfare; to foster fellowship; to defend our rights; and advance our interests as Deaf GLBT citizens concerning social justice; to build up an organization in which all worthy members may participate in the discussion of practical problems and solutions related to their social welfare. There are several Deaf LGBT organizations in the United States and Canada."
TransLash Media "is an independent news organization that tells trans stories to save trans lives."
Programs & Projects
Programs & Projects
Qready Initiative "a program dedicated to “Resilience Preparedness by and for LGBTQ+ communities” that focuses on the needs of multiply-marginalized communities on the frontlines of climate injustice through partnerships and collaborations that honor their leadership in this work."
Queer Nature "is a project characterized by nature-based education & critical naturalist studies in Northwestern U.S. and Intermountain West. We dream into what queer ‘ancestral futurism’ and other alternatives to modernity could look like through mentorship in place-based skills with awareness of post-industrial/globalized/ecocidal contexts. Place-based skills include naturalist studies/interpretation, handcrafts, “survival skills,” and recognition of colonial and Indigenous histories of land and are framed in a container that emphasizes listening and relationship building with ecological systems and their inhabitants. We design and facilitate nature-based workshops and occasionally multi-day immersions mainly for LGBTQ2+ people (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Two-Spirit) and QT BI & POC (queer and trans Black and Indigenous folks and people of color). We carry the story and hope that these spaces create or revive narratives of belonging for folks who have often been made to feel that they biologically, socially, or culturally don’t belong—and inspire others to create similar spaces around the globe!
Other than offering a range of place-based skills and studies in affinity-based learning spaces, another unique aspect of Queer Nature is that we blend a rites-of-passage/transformational framework with studies of place characterized by detailed field observation influenced by the natural sciences. We support scientific movements and projects that center community involvement, local and Indigenous expertise, and that acknowledge the social and political realities of knowledge production. These understandings make it clear that creating community at the intersections of personal growth, environmental activism, and ecological fluency is a necessary step in our communities, where movements often center on either non-human conservation or human social justice, and rarely both. Based on our experience in nature-based or ‘wilderness’ based transformational spaces, we see a strong need to dream into spaces that center listening to the other-than-human world in ways that lead to stewardship of non-human life (since many contemporary rites-of passage frameworks are quite human-centric).
We teach public classes locally when possible and also work as guest or adjunct instructors at various educational organizations such as Colorado College, CU Boulder’s INVST Community Studies Program, and Weaving Earth."
Queer Ecojustice Project "organizes at the intersection of ecological justice and queer liberation. We are storytellers weaving together the threads of a complex, multidimensional story of queer survival and collective ecological futures through collaborative projects that aim to catalyze culture, consciousness, and community."
The Venture Out Project "We lead backpacking and wilderness trips for the queer and transgender community. We also conduct transgender inclusion workshops for educators, adventure professionals, summer camps and more!"
California
APIENC (API Equality – Northern California) builds LGBTQ Asian and Pacific Islander power to amplify their voices and increase visibility of their communities. Through organizing, they inspire and train leaders, establish intergenerational connections, and document and disseminate their histories. APIENC’s programs work to build strong communities attain cultural change, and fight isolation. Currently, their work falls l within the three main areas of: leadership development, visibility and storytelling, and trans justices.
Eastern Sierra Conservation Corps "Conservation corps serve their communities by helping to protect and manage natural areas so they can be enjoyed for generations to come. It takes tremendous grit and passion to thrive on a trail crew working outdoors.
The days may be long, the physical demands arduous, and the unexpected challenges difficult to navigate, but one thing is for sure: serving on a trail crew guarantees an unforgettable experience.
ESCC members gain hands-on job training while undertaking essential conservation projects in public lands. Crew members learn a range of new skills including those needed to accomplish the projects, tricks for thriving in the backcountry, and interpersonal skills that ensure the team’s success."NatureBridge "Our mission is to connect young people to the wonder and science of the natural world, igniting self-discovery and inspiring stewardship of our planet. Through our overnight, hands-on environmental science programs, we take more than 30,000 students each year into our national parks to explore the outdoors, connect with their peers, discover themselves and develop a lasting relationship with the environment."
The Outdoorist Oath "The Oath (for short) is an action-based commitment to planet, inclusion, and adventure. It offers tools for inquiry, a shareable educational model, and the hub for a community that cares to build a better future."
New York
The Ali Forney Center "The mission of the Ali Forney Center is to protect homeless Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning youth from the harms of homelessness and empower them with the tools needed to be independent.
Because of your support, we are able to give our youth quality service in an LGBTQ+-Positive environment."
North Dakota
South Dakota
Pennsylvania
Life Do Grow (LDG) "is an Urban Farm and Neighborhood Creative Commons, situated in the heart of North Central Philadelphia on the ancestral lands of the indigenous Lenni-Lenape. LDG is a dynamic and ever-evolving ecosystem of creative ideas, currently comprised of an urban farm, public park, outdoor classroom, community marketplace, venue for artistic and cultural expression, and co-working/co-creation space for local businesses, artists, organizers, growers, and creators. It is a canvas for ingenuity; a safe-space to explore boundaries, discover passions, and experiment with new ideas; a hub for community to organize, build equity, and foster economic opportunity; and an organic garden where we can all connect more deeply with the earth and one another."
Vermont
VINE Sanctuary "VINE is an LGBTQ-led farmed animal sanctuary that works for social and environmental justice as well as for animal liberation." "We were the first sanctuary to rehabilitate roosters used in cockfighting." "VINE stands for “Veganism Is the Next Evolution” AND “Veganism Is Not Enough.”" (Springfield)
Washington D.C.
Asian and Pacific Islander Queers United for Action (AQUA) "is a volunteer-based social and advocacy organization for the queer and transgender members of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) communities in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. To achieve this overall vision, AQUA works closely with other API and queer-identified organizations through advocacy, coalition building, education, networking, outreach, and support events."
South America
South America
Resources
Resources
British Ecological Society: Resources "For LGBTQIA+ ecologists and allies." includes "500 Queer Scientists", "Inclusive and accurate methods for teaching sex- and gender-related topics" and more!
Supporting LGBTQIA+ Ecologists: Pronouns and Gender Neutral Language "A guide produced by the ALDER Network to help reduce misgendering within the ecological community."
Europe
Europe
Netherlands
Netherlands
Grants & Funding
Grants & Funding
International
International
The Social Justice Program at Arcus "envisions a world in which all LGBTQ people live with dignity, safety, and opportunity in inclusive communities and societies. We work toward this mission by providing grants to organizations supporting the rights of LGBTQ people. We give priority to LGBTQ communities that have been pushed to the margins based on racial, gender, or economic status in specific countries in the Americas and Africa, where evidence suggests potential for concrete change over a 10-year period."
North America
North America
The Taking Care of Our Own Fund (TCOOF) "is committed to supporting Atlanta’s Black, queer, and trans communities. Our mutual aid fund provides emergency bailouts, short-term housing, and utility assistance. To qualify you must be referred by one of our partners organization. Join us in supporting our communities by donating to TCOOF today."
Page updated
Google Sites
Report abuse