The Scholars’ Program is a leadership development experience for lesbian, bisexual, queer and transgendered young women of African descent between the ages of 18 and 24. Four candidates receive a 10 month opportunity for training in social justice, non-profit management, and community organizing. Scholars also work on individual research projects Read more [...]

At The Care Plan, we cultivate a culture of client-directed care. Our client-directed approach to care means that we keep you firmly rooted at the center of health and aging decisions. We listen first, share expertise and advice on your aging future. Prepared with knowledge and perspective gleaned from our Read more [...]

Chicago’s gay community has contributed in many ways to the national and international fight for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights. However, those contributions have often been overlooked in documentations of the movement, and this new Chicago Gay History Project seeks to provide a comprehensive overview of those many important Read more [...]

Founded in 2007, CJR is a Chicago-based civil rights organization dedicate to the education, empowerment, freedom, and liberation of Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities. From the picket line to the church, CJR continues to fight for political, educational, social, and economic justice for our people.

Mission is to build community and personal alliances to alleviate the effects of discrimination due to sexual orientation and/or gender identification or expression. Goals: -Building a suburban community center where like minded people can meet. -Providing programs, activities, and entertainments to educate and celebrate our community and our diversity. Check Read more [...]

Every Family Education Project – We accomplish this mission through educational outreach to businesses, legislators, schools and community groups. We do public speaking and event participation, and each year host a Lobby Day in Springfield, IL. Equality Illinois is funded entirely from donor contributions, fund raising events, and grants from Read more [...]

The Mission of Equality Illinois is to secure, protect and defend equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Illinois We envision a fair and unified Illinois where everyone is treated equally with dignity and respect and where all people live freely regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.  

The Gay, Lesbian and Supporting Sailors (GLASS) seeks to foster a base free of prejudice, bigotry, harassment, and violence by providing a space for all Sailors to explore and increase their understanding of aspects related to sexual orientation and expression in an open and nonjudgmental environment.We support and affirm the Read more [...]

On-site GED programming to help LGBTQ individuals and allies to continue their education and to seek better job placement opportunities. The GED program is a comprehensive community learning course in collaboration between Center on Halsted and Truman Community College. Students and teachers meet 2 times a week to prepare for Read more [...]

We currently have youth programming for folks of all genders, as well as free HIV/STI Testing, Comprehensive Risk Counseling Services (CRCS) and a safe and identity-affirming drop-in space. Generation L is a community-level HIV prevention intervention for MSM and transgender (male to female) youth between the ages of 18-24. The Read more [...]

Pride Youth Program is open to all youth in grades 9-12 who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT). It is also open to youth who are questioning their sexual orientation. Pride provides a safe and confidential space for LGBT youth to build community and support each other. The Read more [...]

HIV testing, Referral, HIV/STD information, condom use, Risk Reduction and Participant Recruitment/Retention for Young MSM and their sexual Partners.

Connect to Care provides client level outreach, linkage, and education activities to help individuals with diagnosed HIV/AIDS connect or reconnect to continuous HIV medical care and other essential services. The program recruits case managed clients to conduct outreach to out-of-care people living with HIV in their social networks and facilitates Read more [...]

The ACLU of Illinois (ACLU), and its affiliated Roger Baldwin Foundation (RBF), are non-partisan, non-profit organizations dedicated to protecting the liberties guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, the state Constitution, and state/federal human rights laws. The ACLU accomplishes its goals through litigating, lobbying and educating the public on a broad array Read more [...]

A lesbian and gay library, archives, and cultural center, Gerber/Hart Library is dedicated to meeting the information needs of its unique community in a safe atmosphere that promotes research, exploration, and discovery. As a library, Gerber/Hart Library and Archives is committed to acquiring, preserving, and disseminating materials that embody the Read more [...]

Group Level Education Session – intervention program to prevent HIV and sexually transmitted diseases among black men who have sex with men (MSM) who may or may not identify themselves as gay.

Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) is dedicated to ensuring human rights protections and access to justice for all immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers, through direct services, advocacy, and public education. NIJC’s National Asylum Partnership on Sexual Minorities (NAPSM) focuses on representing and advocating on behalf of LGBTQ and Read more [...]

About LT Learning Trans is a project, the goal of which is to produce, and to highlight trans community-produced knowledge. This is something that we have been thinking about quite a bit. We are just starting to envision all of what this could look like; the extent of community-generated knowledge, Read more [...]

The prevention department’s mission at TPAN is to maintain the agency’s reputation as being Chicago’s first one-stop agency for individuals looking for HIV prevention information, HIV testing, counseling and/or referrals. OVAH! is primarily targeted towards young, at risk people of color. This can include MSM’s as well as substance users, Read more [...]

PFLAG Oak Park – Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays – is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their family and friends. On a public level, the group works by advocating for rights through meetings with Read more [...]