LibGuides: LGBTQIA+ Resources: Organizations & Other Resources

Organizations & Resources

Campus & Local Resources
National Resources

Augustana Resources

OSID LGBTQIA+ Resources Page
"The Office of Student Inclusion and Diversity actively fosters the academic success and personal growth of LGBTQIA+ students, and it offers college-wide services to enhance the campus community's understanding and appreciation of LGBTQIA+ people and themes."
Gender and Sexuality Alliance (student organization)
"GSA provides a safe and supportive community for LGBTQ+ students on campus. Allies are welcomed into this space to help provide this support."

Local Organizations

Clock Inc.
"Clock, Inc is an organization that provides a consistent location for LGBT+ individuals in the Quad City area. The LGBT+ Center provides resources that include all ages, genders, and cultures. Our enhanced resources include: support and educational groups, classes/workshops, speaking/training, community gatherings, drop in hours, multicultural awareness, and offers counseling to those in need of non-discriminative support of equality."
The Project
The Project is a Quad Cities organization dedicated to serving and addressing LGBTQ-related health needs, including a sexual health clinic, gender-affirming care, mental health services, and much more
QCAD Out For Good
"Quad Citians Affirming Diversity is the longest running organization in the greater Iowa-Illinois Quad Cities region that provides education, advocacy and support to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender/gender non-conforming community"
QC Pride
QC Pride's "goal is to create a thriving LGBTQ+ community in the Quad Cities. QC Pride endeavors to host several events throughout the year, highlighted with the annual Unity Pride Week. We are a welcoming group of people who value unity above all. The theme of each of our events will be 'unity,' as we believe that community is the key to success. We've all heard the old adage of 'United we stand, divided we fall.' Well, let's prove to the world just how strong we can be when we stand together. Be friendly, be accepting, be true. "

Ace Week
"Ace Week, formerly Asexual Awareness Week, is an international campaign dedicated to raising awareness and expanding education of asexuality.
The week gives all of us an opportunity to celebrate how far our community has come and to dream about the future we will create together."
AVEN: Asexual Visibility & Education Network
"AVEN hosts the world's largest online asexual community as well as a large archive of resources on asexuality. AVEN strives to create open, honest discussion about asexuality among sexual and asexual people alike."
Demisexuality Resource Center
"This website was created to fill the void of informative websites about demisexuality....Demisexuality and asexuality are still little-known identities, so there aren’t a lot of reliable resources to point people to when you’re coming out or just discussing gender and sexuality. I aim to collect all sorts of resources to make this the best possible resource for demisexuals and their allies."
GLAAD
"GLAAD is a non-profit organization focused on LGBTQ advocacy and cultural change. GLAAD works to ensure fair, accurate, and inclusive representation and creates national and local programs that advance LGBTQ acceptance. Serving as a storyteller, media force, resource, and advocate, GLAAD tackles tough issues and provokes dialogue so that authentic LGBTQ stories are seen, heard, and actualized. GLAAD strives to protect all that has been accomplished and helps create a world where everyone can live the life they love."
Human Rights Campaign
"The Human Rights Campaign envisions a world where every member of the LGBTQ+ family has the freedom to live their truth without fear, and with equality under the law. We empower our 3 million members and supporters to mobilize against attacks on the most marginalized people in our community."
IGLYO
"IGLYO is the largest member-based network in the world dedicated to LGBTQI youth and their rights.... Our work focuses on the protection, empowerment, and freedom of LGBTQI young people between 18-30 years old."
It Gets Better Project
"The It Gets Better Project is a nonprofit organization with a mission to uplift, empower, and connect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth around the globe."
National Center for Transgender Equality
"The National Center for Transgender Equality advocates to change policies and society to increase understanding and acceptance of transgender people. In the nation’s capital and throughout the country, NCTE works to replace disrespect, discrimination, and violence with empathy, opportunity, and justice."
National LGBTQ Taskforce
"The National LGBTQ Task Force is dedicated to achieving freedom and justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer people, and their families through proactive, targeted, change-inducing initiatives."
Point Foundation
"Point Foundation (Point) empowers promising lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) students to achieve their full academic and leadership potential – despite the obstacles often put before them – to make a significant impact on society.

Point seeks to build community and springboard a new generation of LGBTQ leaders toward success. Point does this through scholarship funding, mentorship, leadership development, and community service training, and is the nation’s largest scholarship-granting organization for LGBTQ students of merit."
Quatrefoil Library
"Quatrefoil Library is a community center that cultivates the free exchange of ideas and makes accessible LGBTQ+ materials for education and inspiration."
Trans Lifeline
"Trans Lifeline is a grassroots hotline and microgrants 501(c)(3) non-profit organization offering direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community."
The Trevor Project
"The Trevor Project is the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention nonprofit organization for LGBTQ young people. We provide information & support to LGBTQ  young people 24/7, all year round."
interACT
"interACT uses innovative legal and other strategies, to advocate for the human rights of children born with intersex traits."