LGBTQ+ Resources

For questions, please contact lgbtqplusteam@thepalms.org.

The Trevor Project                             

The Trevor Project is the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention nonprofit organization for LGBTQ+ young people.

bloom365

Educates and activates high school and college students as Peer Advocates to help identify and get help to those suffering from domestic abuse.

Queer Center                                      

The Queer Center is a community center without walls. Our model endeavors to reflect the fluid world in which we live; our lives are mobile and our community center should be as well. We are a center that sees each other with empathy and works toward equality.

one n ten

one•n•ten is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to serving and assisting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth. We provide youth with tools to improve self-esteem and self-acceptance.

Valleywise Health 

Valleywise Health, is committed to treating every patient with the best care and without barriers – every time. Valleywise Health earns “LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader” Designation for Sixth Year in Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Healthcare Equality Index

Mulligan’s Manor

The only non-profit(501c3) LGBTQ home in AZ for children in Child Protection Services in Maricopa County. 

GLSEN    

GLSEN Arizona believes that every student has the right to a safe, supportive, and LGBTQ-inclusive K-12 education. We are a local chapter of a national network of educators and students working to make this right a reality.

New Pathways for Youth

Serving youth from disadvantaged areas. Every young person can live their life with joy and purpose, confident in their ability to decide their own path.

Aunt Rita’s Foundation          

We provide funding to local HIV/AIDS service agencies in Arizona that deliver an array of essential services to people living with HIV, or at-risk for HIV. Services provided by these agencies include testing, treatment, prevention, substance use counseling, housing, harm reduction, behavioral health, and more.

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental illness)

We are dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. Our Alliance includes more than 700 NAMI State Organizations and Affiliates who work in your community to raise awareness and provide support and education to those in need

Tools2Thrive

The Church of the Palms UCC in January 2021 received certification as a W.I.S.E. congregation for mental health under the guidelines of the UCC General Synod. The UCC General Synod voted in 2015 to overwhelmingly adopt a resolution to develop a network of churches that are welcoming, inclusive, supportive and engaged (W.I.S.E.) for mental health.

AZTYPO  

AZTYPO is a safe space for families with gender-diverse children. We provide a supportive environment for children, adolescents, and their families to explore issues of gender identity.  

LAMBDA Phoenix Center

The mission of the Lambda Phoenix Center is to provide an inviting, safe and supportive community space for individuals and families in the metro Phoenix LGBTQ community recovering from alcoholism and other addictions

Refuge Restrooms            

Refuge Restrooms is a web application that seeks to provide safe restroom access for transgender, intersex, and gender nonconforming individuals. Users can search for restrooms by proximity to a search location, add new restroom listings, as well as comment and rate existing listings.

Mama Dragons

Mothers who have traveled down this road and want to help you through this crossroads by providing a place for hope, support, learning, and community. In this time of political unrest, especially surrounding our LGBTQ+ loved ones, it is crucial to understand how to have courageous conversations to foster empathy, advocate for rights, and create inclusive environments for all.

I-HELP

I-HELP is a unique, cost-effective program that partners faith communities together in the effort to provide emergency shelter to people experiencing homelessness across the valley.  Through case management and the support of caring volunteers, our fellow neighbors move from crisis to stability. 

Trans Experience podcast

Gays For Good Phoenix

Gay For Good Phoenix mobilizes lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ+) and ally volunteers to promote diversity, foster inclusion and strengthen ties to the broader Phoenix community. We facilitate welcoming, inclusive service projects in support of a wide range of causes throughout Phoenix and the surrounding areas, and we look forward to meeting you.

Human Rights Campaign

We are more powerful together than apart, and we’ve never been more energized or more focused. Our work centers on three pillars of action to end discrimination and fight for change at every level — and for every single one of us. Mobilizing Equality Voters nationwide; Educating the public & the community about LGBTQ+ issues; Advancing pro-equality polity and litigation.