"The mission of Rainbow Cafe is to provide a safe and welcoming environment for youth who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans/gender expansive, queer, intersex, asexual, or questioning their orientation and/or gender identity, and their friends, by creating a space in which they are affirmed and offered non-judgmental support and access to personal, community, spiritual, and health resources."

Website states: "Rainbow Camp is a full day of fun, with water games, canoeing, fishing, horseback riding, archery, crafts, pontoon rides and more. We finish with a yummy dinner and closing circle as the sun sets over the lake." Rainbow Camp is for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer singles, couples and families. Straight allies are welcome too. "DuBois Center is a place where everyone is welcomed as a child of God. Come experience camp in the beauty of God’s creation and have a whole lot of fun."

Local PFLAG chapter offers monthly meetings.

"The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans*, Queer (LGBTQ) Resource Center, a unit of The Dean of Students, serves as a centrally located, safe campus space that provides educational outreach, referral information and advocacy services, which will add to an inclusive and diverse environment for LGBTQ students, faculty, staff, families, friends, alumni, and the greater community of Southern Illinois."

"UNITY is WIU's LGBTQA+ student organization, open to all members of the LGBTQA+ and WIU communities. The organization is dedicated to creating an inclusive environment on campus for all identities, and creates campus-wide programs as well as a weekly safe space during general meetings."

University of Illinois Springfield offers many groups, events and programs for the quer community--many open to all, not just students.

Volunteers are limited during day-time hours and *you must email to schedule an appointment. This is an LGBTQ+ hub located on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

"VA Illiana Health Care System, Danville, Illinois seeks to promote the health, welfare, and dignity of LGBT Veterans and their families. We are committed to making sensitive and high quality health care accessible. Our policies and practices focus on ensuring a safe, welcoming, and affirmative environment of care for LGBT Veterans. Our employees receive training in clinically competent care that is responsive to the unique needs of LGBT Veterans."

Weekly support group for LGBTQA+ youth and their allies in Woodford county (2 locations), transportation for LGBTQA+ youth to ?️‍? events in Bloomington Normal, Peoria, Champaign, Springfield & Chicago. Referrals to LGBTQA+ support services.

LGBTQA+ housing for students 16 through grad school without family support in cooperation with central IL LGBTQA+ support - Hollis home.