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Lamda Legal

Provides LGBTQ+Friendly services
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Services

  • Adoption and Foster Care
  • Anti-Discrimination (Workplace/Housing/Etc.)
  • Immigration/Asylum
  • Marriage
  • Other (Legal)
  • Spanish Speaking Legal Services
  • Trans Legal Aid (Change of Name/Gender Marker)

Location

120 Wall Street
19th Floor
New York, New York 10005-3919

Contact Info

Phone: 212-809-8585
Email:

Notes

Broad information on legal representation, support, current law, and ongoing cases.

Peoria TransGender Society

Provides LGBTQ+Friendly services

Services

  • Gender-Affirmation Services (Hormones/Surgery)
  • Trans Legal Aid (Change of Name/Gender Marker)
  • Professional Development/Scholarships/Higher Education
  • Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming
  • Youth Services

Location

Notes

"Peoria TransGender Society (PTGS) exists as a catalyst for making friends, creating allies, exploring our inner visions, sharing information and support, and nurturing our true identities. A place for Peoria-area transgender people, by Peoria transgender people."

Equality Illinois

Provides LGBTQ+Focused services

Services

  • Gender-Affirmation Services (Hormones/Surgery)
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Mental Health
  • Obstetrics, Gynecology, Breast Health
  • S.T.D./S.T.I.
  • Ally Training and Education
  • Professional Development/Scholarships/Higher Education

Location

PO Box 1313
Chicago, Illinois 60690

Contact Info

Phone: (773) 477-7173

Notes

"MISSION: Equality Illinois builds a better Illinois by advancing equal treatment and full acceptance of the LGBTQ community."

"VISION: Equality Illinois envisions a fair and unified Illinois where everyone is treated with dignity and respect and where all people live freely regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity or gender expression."

LGBT Chamber of Commerce of Illinois

Provides LGBTQ+Friendly services

Services

  • Professional Development/Scholarships/Higher Education

Location

3179 North Clark Street
Chicago, Illinois 60657

Contact Info

Phone: 773-303-0167

Notes

"To promote economic opportunities for the LGBT community by being an advocate and resource for all member businesses that encourage equality."

Center on Halsted’s State of Illinois AIDS/HIV & STD Hotline REFERRAL DATABASE

Provides LGBTQ+Friendly services

Services

  • Fertility/Conception (IVF/Surrogacy/etc.)
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Mental Health
  • Obstetrics, Gynecology, Breast Health
  • S.T.D./S.T.I.
  • Adults Questioning Their Sexuality/Gender Identity
  • Housing/Homelessness
  • Substance Abuse/Addiction
  • Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming
  • Youth Services

Location

Statewide

Contact Info

Phone: 1-800-243-2437
Email:

Notes

After providing some brief demographic information about yourself, "you will be redirected to a search portal that will enable you to find organizations close to you that provide services you are seeking."

Illinois Eagle

Provides LGBTQ+Friendly services

Services

  • Other (Community and Support)

Location

Statewide

Contact Info

Phone:

Notes

"The Illinois Eagle is a community e-newspaper covering the LGBTQ communities of Illinois, plus news of fandom and politics. The mission of the Eagle is to serve as a forum and voice for these communities at the local level and to inform the community of events and issues across the state."

Peoria Proud

Provides LGBTQ+Friendly services

Services

  • Other (Community and Support)

Location

PO Box 3275
Peoria, Illinois 61612-3275
Peoria County, IL

Contact Info

Phone:

Notes

River City Pride Festival; QueerTober Ball; Transgender Day of Remembrance; National Coming Out Day; LGBT History Month

Frontier Community College LGBT Club

Provides LGBTQ+Friendly services

Services

  • Adults Questioning Their Sexuality/Gender Identity
  • Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming
  • Youth Services

Location

233 East Chestnut
Olney, Illinois 62450
Richland County, IL

Contact Info

Phone: 618-395-7777, ext. 2138

Notes

Club for students of Frontier Community College

Eastern Illinois University Center For Gender and Sexual Diversity

Provides LGBTQ+Friendly services

Services

  • Adults Questioning Their Sexuality/Gender Identity
  • Ally Training and Education
  • Professional Development/Scholarships/Higher Education
  • Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming
  • Youth Services

Location

Stevenson Hall
320 Grant Ave
Charleston, Illinois 61920
Coles County, IL

Contact Info

Phone: 217-581-7117 lgbtqa@eiu.edu

Notes

"The EIU Center for Gender and Sexual Diversity aspires to create an inclusive community by instilling a culture of respect, advocacy, and empowerment towards an open, safe, welcoming and just campus. We provide services such as the Trans*formation Station, a large library full of books and movies, year round programming, and a comprehensive Safe Zone Training program."

PFLAG Charleston

Provides LGBTQ+Friendly services

Services

  • Housing/Homelessness
  • Professional Development/Scholarships/Higher Education
  • Sexual Trauma/Violence/Rape
  • Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming
  • Youth Services

Location

PFLAG Charleston
PO Box 551
Charleston, Illinois 61920
Coles County, IL

Notes

"We exist to provide support, education and advocacy for parents, families, and friends of the LGBT+ community." "PFLAG Charleston maintains an emergency fund to provide assistance to LGBTQA people who face short-term crises and are in need of emergency funds. These funds may be used for urgent needs such as payments on rent, phone, utilities, transportation, school-related expenses, etc. Those in need may apply by contacting PFLAG at pflagcharlestonil@gmail.com.