Services
- Adults Questioning Their Sexuality/Gender Identity
- Ally Training and Education
- Persons of Color/P.O.C.
- Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming
Location
Student Multicultural Resource Center
Student Services Building Room 140
Mail Code 4729
1263 Lincoln Drive
Carbondale, IL 62901
Jackson County, IL County
"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."
Services
- Adults Questioning Their Sexuality/Gender Identity
- Persons of Color/P.O.C.
- Sexual Trauma/Violence/Rape
- Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming
Location
Margaret Howard LCSW
1400 N. Wood Road
Murphysboro, IL 62966
Jackson County, IL County
"My flexible, individualized approach is based on current neurobiology (polyvagal theory) and depth psychology, & includes somatic, psychodynamic, cognitive, dream work, and EMDR. LGBTQ+ affirming, non-racist, non-misogynist, anti-colonial. Plus, I'm a veteran. "
Services
- Ally Training and Education
- Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming
- Youth Services
Location
Giant City Plaza 1320 S Giant City Road
Suite F
Carbondale, IL 62901
Jackson County, IL County
"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."
Location
Statewide
Jackson County, IL County
This collection of Southern Illinois LGBTQ resources includes medical, religious, and legal services.
Services
- Other (Community and Support)
- Pride March/Festival/Parade
- Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming
Location
Statewide
Organized by the Democratic Women of McDonough County.
"We seek to provide a safe space for all attendees to enjoy the freedoms all should enjoy with gender expression/gender identity until such time that every space is made safe and validating for all members of our community.
We pledge our support and allyship to that end, that all may live, work, play, and visit here, free from being targeted by those individuals who have yet to address their own issues. Those who project homophobia, transphobia, and ignorance onto others in our county will be confronted and held accountable with real-world consequences.
We will no longer silently tolerate ignorance which contributes to a toxic culture which puts members of the LGBTQIA at risk."
Services
- Adults Questioning Their Sexuality/Gender Identity
- Ally Training and Education
- Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming
- Youth Services
Location
Statewide
McDonough County, IL County
"We are a positive and supportive group for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and our Allies of Macomb, IL and the surrounding area. We come together in fellowship and friendship, to reach out and make a positive impact for one another. We seek to be the friend and confidant we all need, wished we had, or always longed to have. All ages are welcome to join the group as well as non-residents of Macomb, IL."
Services
- Adults Questioning Their Sexuality/Gender Identity
- Ally Training and Education
- Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming
- Youth Services
Location
Statewide
McDonough County, IL County
"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."
Services
- Adults Questioning Their Sexuality/Gender Identity
- Ally Training and Education
- Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming
- Youth Services
Location
LGBT*QA Resource Center
Multicultural Center - 2nd Floor
1 University Circle
Macomb, IL 61455
McDonough County, IL County
"Since its first year, the LGBT*QA Resource Center has made substantial progress in creating an inclusive environment for LGBT*QA individuals on the Western Illinois campus. Since its inception the LGBT*QA Resource Center has provided campus-wide programming, Safe Space Training, a cozy LGBT*QA Lounge, and spaces to engaging the Western Illinois University community in dialogue about LGBT*QA topics. Throughout the academic year, the LGBT*QA Resource Center will be sponsoring and co-sponsoring a variety of programs such as Trans* Week, Camp OUT, Pride Week, Lavender Graduation, and many more!"
Services
- Mutual Aid/Direct Giving/Fundraising
- Other (Community and Support)
- Professional Development/Scholarships/Higher Education
Location
P.O. Box 6286
Peoria, IL 61601
"Established in 1999, Acorn Equality Fund in Peoria, Illinois, is a grassroots nonprofit organization that provides financial support for the advancement of education, health, and civil rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons and their allies. We raise funds in order to give out grants and scholarships to promote higher education. Together we can build a bright, united future."
Services
- Ally Training and Education
- Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming
- Youth Services
Location
Statewide
Fulton County, IL County
"OUT! An LGBTQIA support group meets every other Thursday evening from 6-7 and is family and ally friendly." OUT! was founded by Angela Cousins and Reverand Sue Harrington in August of 2018. Angela and her husband John are the parents of 3 lovely children, one of whom is transgender. Reverand Harrington identifies as a gay women and is raising 2 beautiful grandaughters. When searching for LGBTQIA support groups we found that all were either in urban areas far from Canton or were targeting teens and young adults and may not be appropriate for families with younger children. Needing support and wanting to find families and persons like us, we formed OUT! as a support group that is family friendly and open to children and allies. We hope to provide much needed support to our LGBTQIA families in Canton and Fulton County, and in the process educate and promote acceptance.