These nonprofit organizations work across a range of LGBTQ+ issues, from crisis support and health care to legal advocacy and community building. Many offer free or low-cost services and rely on community support to keep doing their work.
Loom Collective is a queer and trans owned organization that offers continuing education, training, and community learning for therapists, educators, and community members working toward liberation-oriented care. Their work is trauma-informed, social-justice centered, and designed to support marginalized communities without replicating institutional harm. For clinicians, they offer trainings on deepening affirming practice with trans and…
The Well Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to changing the course of the HIV/AIDS epidemic by focusing on women, girls, and people who are pregnant or trying to become pregnant. Founded in 2003, it centers an often-overlooked population in HIV care and advocacy: cisgender women, transgender women, and nonbinary people who carry the disproportionate…
Rainbow Railroad is an international nonprofit that helps LGBTQ+ people escape state-sponsored violence and persecution. In addition to their evacuation and resettlement work, Rainbow Railroad operates an emergency fund that provides direct financial support to LGBTQ+ people in crisis — particularly those fleeing dangerous home environments, facing violence, or navigating immigration due to anti-LGBTQ+ persecution….
Trans Lifeline’s Microgrant program provides small financial grants to transgender people to help cover the cost of updating legal documents, including name changes and gender marker corrections on IDs, birth certificates, and other records. Legal document updates are often among the first steps trans people take toward living openly, and they carry real costs —…
Point of Pride is a nonprofit organization that provides financial assistance and direct support to transgender and nonbinary people who cannot otherwise access gender-affirming care. Their programs address the reality that gender-affirming care is often financially out of reach, even when it is medically necessary, and that financial barriers cause real harm to trans people’s…
Transgender Law Center is the largest national trans-led legal organization in the United States. Through impact litigation, policy advocacy, and community education, Transgender Law Center fights for the civil rights of transgender and gender-nonconforming people in the areas of healthcare access, immigration, criminal justice, education, and employment. Their legal resources include Know Your Rights guides…
The Ali Forney Center is one of the largest and most recognized organizations in the country dedicated to LGBTQ+ homeless youth. Based in New York City and named after a gay youth of color who was murdered while living on the streets, the Ali Forney Center provides housing, healthcare, and supportive services to homeless LGBTQ+…
True Colors United is a national nonprofit organization focused specifically on ending homelessness among LGBTQ+ young people. Founded by Cyndi Lauper and Tim Gunn, the organization works to transform the systems that serve homeless youth by helping shelters and service providers better understand and affirm LGBTQ+ identities. LGBTQ+ youth make up approximately 40 percent of…
SAGE is the country’s largest and most established organization dedicated to improving the lives of LGBTQ+ older adults. Founded in 1978, SAGE works to ensure that LGBTQ+ elders can age with dignity, connection, and access to affirming care — whether they are living independently, navigating healthcare systems, or seeking community. SAGE offers a national network…
OASIS Florida — originally Okaloosa AIDS Support and Informational Services — has been serving the HIV/AIDS community in Northwest Florida since 1991. Founded in response to the lack of HIV support and education in the Florida Panhandle, OASIS grew from the vision of David Neal, who devoted the last year of his life to making…
The Pride Center at Equality Park is one of the largest and most established LGBTQ+ community centers in the southeastern United States, located in Wilton Manors, Florida and serving the broader South Florida community. Founded with the mission of providing a welcoming, safe, and inclusive home for LGBTQ+ people, The Pride Center offers a wide…
26Health is an Orlando-based nonprofit healthcare organization founded in 2011 with a straightforward commitment: care for every letter, every person, every background. Their tagline is not a slogan — it is the operating principle behind one of Central Florida’s most comprehensive LGBTQ-affirming health practices. They provide accessible, compassionate care regardless of ability to pay, with…
PRISM is a South Florida nonprofit working to expand access to LGBTQ-inclusive education and sexual health resources for youth. Founded with the belief that race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression should never be barriers to health or belonging, PRISM serves high school and college students across Palm Beach, Miami-Dade, and Broward counties….
Compass Community Center, officially Compass LGBTQ+ Community Center, has been a safe space and support system for LGBTQ+ people and those living with or affected by HIV and AIDS in Palm Beach County and South Florida since 1988. Located in Lake Worth Beach, Compass connects people to care, resources, and community through a wide range…
Harmony Healthcare is a nonprofit primary care and infectious disease clinic founded by local healthcare providers in response to the growing need for accessible, affirming care for people seeking HIV treatment, PrEP, Hepatitis C care, and gender-affirming services. Their mission is to bridge the gaps in care and improve the health of the community by…
The Center Orlando, officially LGBT+ Center Orlando, is one of the oldest and most comprehensive LGBTQ+ community centers in Florida. Founded in 1978 as a safe gathering space for the gay community, The Center has grown into a full-service nonprofit serving LGBTQ+ people across Central Florida through health services, mental health counseling, transgender support, legal…
Crew Health is an Orlando-based LGBTQ-affirming primary care and infectious disease clinic dedicated to accessible, compassionate healthcare for the queer community. A division of Crew Community Health, a nonprofit organization, their mission centers on ending HIV, disparity, and discrimination, with a specific focus on LGBTQ+ people. Crew Health offers a wide range of services under…
