Resources connecting LGBTQ+ people of color and/or allies of color (US-focused)
Hotlines, support groups, and more...
A non-exhaustive list of resources for connecting online or in person:
National hotlines and support groups
Call BlackLine®
Hotline with an LGBTQ+ Black Femme Lens for peer support, counseling, reporting of mistreatment, witnessing and affirming the lived experiences for QTBIPOC folxs.
DeQH: Desi LGBTQ+ Helpline for South Asians
Trained South Asian peer support volunteers. Fill out contact form to be matched with a volunteer or call in on Thu/Sun nights.
Desi Rainbow
Monthly support groups for South Asian LGBTQIA+ people, families, and allies.
PFLAG: Asian American & Pacific Islander Community
Monthly virtual meeting for AANHPI relatives and members of the LGBTQ+ community.
PFLAG: Black/African American Community
Monthly virtual meeting for Black/African American relatives and members of the LGBTQ+ community.
PFLAG: Comunidad Latina
Monthly virtual meetings for Latine relatives and members of the LGBTQ+ community.
National organizations and advocacy groups
Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project
Transgender Law Center’s BLMP supports deportation defense and post-release support.
Chinese Rainbow Network 华人彩虹联盟
US-based non-profit organization provides community for Chinese-speaking sexual/gender minorities, including support hotline, peer support group, and scholarship opportunities.
National Black Justice Coalition
NBJC is a national civil rights organization dedicated to the empowerment of Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer+, and same gender loving (LGBTQ+/SGL) people through coalition building, federal policy change, research, and education.
National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance
Multilingual coming out guides and family acceptance fact sheets/videos.
Pride in the Pews
Training for Black faith leaders committed to LGBTQ inclusion.
QWOCMAP: Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project
Creates distributes films that authentically reflect the lives of queer women (both cisgender & transgender), Two Spirit people, intersex people and TGNC people (of any orientation) who are of African/Black; Native American; First Nations & Indigenous; Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander; West Asian, North African, South Asian; East Asian, Southeast Asian, Central Asian and/or Latine descent, including indígena and afrodescendiente.
The Muslim Alliance of Gender and Sexual Diversity
Extensive resource lists.
The National Black Trans Advocacy Coalition
BTAC organizes the National Black Trans Advocacy Conference.
The National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network
Searchable directory.
xHood
A space for Black Queer parents to create deep connections and build support systems. Organizes the annual Black Parent Pride Summit. Has a FB community.
Regional groups and programs
There are many QTBIPOC local organizations in cities around the U.S. doing community-building work. This list highlights a few of them:
Indigenous Pride LA’s List of Two Spirit, Indigiqueer, and Indigenous LGBTQPAI+ organizations in the US and Canada
https://www.indigenouspridela.org/connecting-communities
Liberation Camp
Annual weeklong camp in the Ozark Mountains for trans BIPOC leaders to build skills and network.
PFLAG NYC Black Family Circle (New York-based)
Meets online on fourth Sundays 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. ET.
Qhmer (California-based)
California-based LGBTQ Alliance For Khmers and Their Allies. Presents Cambodian American coming out stories.
Queer Hmong Intersectional Pride (California-based)
Initiative celebrating the intersectional identities of folx who are both Hmong and queer, established in partnership with Hmong Innovating Politics (HIP).
Sephardic Mizrahi Q Network (New York-based)
A community of Jewish LGBTQ+ people from a multitude of Sephardic and Mizrahi backgrounds.
Trikone (California-based)
Non-profit for LGBTQ people with ethnic heritage from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Tibet. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Viet Rainbow of Orange County (California-based)
Has Vietnamese language videos on LGBTQ stories and terminology.
Wild Diversity (Oregon-based)
Outdoor programs for LGBTQ2S+ & QTBIPOC.
International communities
Black Trans Alliance (UK-based)
Has monthly peer support group.
Ahwaa - أهواء - Arab LGBTQ platform
An open space to discuss LGBTQ issues in West Asia and North Africa. Arabic/English bilingual.
Global Black Pride
Founded by GBGMC, Global Black Pride (GBP) was first held in Toronto in 2022 and will be held in Atlanta in 2024.
Hidayah LGBTQI+ (UK-based)
Has queer Muslim Sharing Stories Circle on first Thursdays.
Queer Somalis (Minnesota-based)
Invitation-only digital platform for queer Somalis globally to connect, exchange ideas, and showcase art.
QSAW: Queer South Asian Womxn’s Network (Canada-based)
Has monthly virtual events.
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