Economic Justice
FIERCE (Fabulous Independent Educated Radicals for Community Empowerment)
Led by queer (LGBTQ) youth of color in New York City, FIERCE aims to develop politically conscious leaders who are invested in improving thier communities through youth-led campaigns, leadership development programs, and cultural expression through arts and media.
Based in Chicago, GenderJUST (Gender Justice United for Societal Transformation) is dedicated to developing leadership and building power through organizing. It has ongoing campaigns working with public high school students to combat violence and with city government to more equitably distribute HIV/AIDS funding throughout the city.
QEJ is a New York-based organization that is committed to promoting economic justice in a context of sexual and gender liberation through campaigns ranging from shelter organizing to immigrant rights.
Community Support
An inlcusive community group, Genderqueer Chicago aims to create safe spaces for discussions and thinking about gender. It also hosts events and programming to address the needs of the gender variant community and its allies.
Located in Chicago, the Gerber/Hart Library is the midwest's largest LGBT library and archive. In addition to perseving and protecting artice of importance to LGBT history, it offers a variety of support and educational programming for the queer community.
Located in Chicago, Howard Brown Health Center is one of the nation’s largest LGBT healthcare organizations. Its diverse health and social service delivery system focuses around the following programmatic divisions: primary medical care, behavioral health, research, HIV/STD prevention, case management, social services, youth services, elder services, and community initiatives.
Sexual Minorities Archives
In conjunction with the Massachusettes Transgender Political Coalition, the Transgender Emergency Fund (TEF) was created to provide critical assistance to low-income transgender people. Through the fund's intervention, transpeople have been able to avoid homelessness, maintain access to health care, and live with greater dignity and stability.
POC Led Groups
Affinity's mission is to provide comprehensive services and a safe space on the southside of Chicago for lesbians and lesbigay youth of African descent.
FIERCE (Fabulous Independent Educated Radicals for Community Empowerment)
Led by queer (LGBTQ) youth of color in New York City, FIERCE aims to develop politically conscious leaders who are invested in improving thier communities through youth-led campaigns, leadership development programs, and cultural expression through arts and media.
INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence
INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence is a national activist organization of radical feminists of color advancing a movement to end violence against women of color and our communities through direct action, critical dialogue and grassroots organizing.
Youth Action Coalition (YAC) is a youth media organization based out of Amherst, MA. It offers free arts programming to middle and high school youth to promote youth empowerment through creative expression and social action projects.
Legal Activism
Massachusettes Transgender Political Coalition
MTPC is a political action coalition who works to educate the public, advocate with state, local, and federal government, engage in political activism, and encourage empowerment of community members through collective action.
SRLP is a collective that works to improve access to respectful and affirming social, health, and legal services for gender nonconforming people in New York City.
Featured Artists
Caitlynn Abdel
Christy Roads
