Local Resources
Avenues for Homeless Youth
Providing emergency shelter, short-term housing, and support services for youth in a safe and nurturing environment. Through such services, Avenues seeks to help youth acheive their personal goals and find a positive transition into youth adulthood.
Bi Cities
A show by and for the bisexual community.
Bi-Minnesota
Provides many resources for bisexuals in Minnesota
The Bridge for Youth
24-hour runaway and homeless youth program serving youth and their families in times of crisis. The Bridge offers a continuum of services including aftercare and support to help youth avoid becoming homeless again.
Council on Crime and Justice - General Crime Victim Services (GCVS)
Striving to discover solutions to reduce the stress associated with crime victimization for over 27 years. Services include lock changes, restorative repairs, emergency funds for victims of general crime as well as easily accessible guidance, advocacy, and support.
District 202
A center for GLBT youth, 21 and under
Face to Face
Proud to identify itself as a resource for GLBT adolescents and their families, and hopes to work closely with school personnel, programs such as Out for Equity, and other members of the community.
Family & Children's Services
Don't let the name fool you. Very GLBT friendly counseling; several offices around town.
Family Pride Coalition
A Community Group for Family based Pride Events & more
First Call for Help
Assistance with Health, Legal Help, Transportation, Counseling, Youth Services, Child Care, Food & Housing
Gay Minneapolis - Resource Guide
A resource guide for Minnesota's GLBT community & more
Gender Education Center
A Minnesota non-profit corporation of differently gendered people dedicated to support, advocacy & education.
GLBT Kids: Abuse Intervention Program
A program of Family & Children's Service
Resources, referrals, and support for youth who have been physically or emotionally mistreated and for concerned adults.
HIM Program (through the Red Door Clinic)
Offers information on the many and various groups they offer, all of them inclusive of bi men
Host Home Program
An extension of the GLBT case management services offered by Project Offstreets, this program recruits, screens, trains, and supports stable, nurturing adults who volunteer to open their homes to homeless GLBT youth (ages 18-21) as they work toward self-sufficiency.
Lavender Magazine
The major GLBT magazine in the Twin Cities
MAP Minnesota Aids Project
HIV Prevention, testing & education
The Men's Center
Provides resources for men seeking to grow in body, mind, and spirit. Advocates for healthier family and community relationships.
Open Arms
Home delivered meals for people with HIV/AIDS
Out4Good
A program to support and encourage the academic achievement, full participation, and contributions of GLBT students, teachers, staff, and families in the Minneapolis Public Schools.
Out for Equity
Creating safe and affirming school environments for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered students, staff and families in the St. Paul, MN, area.
Outfront Minnesota
24 hour info and crisis line. The #1 resource for Queer folk in the state
PFLAG St. Paul/Minneapolis
Local chapter of Parents and Friends of Lesbians & Gays
Pride Alive
Queer men's health initiative from the Minnesota Aids Project
Quatrefoil Library
The mission of Quatrefoil Library is to collect, maintain, document and circulate gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer materials and information in a safe and accessible space.
Rainbow Families
Rainbow Families continues to provide local programs to the LGBT families, extended family members and allies in the upper Midwest region while also joining Family Equality Council in its efforts to secure family equality in all 50 states.
Rainbow Rumpus
The Magazine for youth with LGBT parents.
RECLAIM
Increasing access to mental health support for LGBT youth so they may reclaim their lives from oppression in all its forms. Mental health services including individual counseling and various support groups brought to queer youth where they need it, reducing barriers related to finances, transportation, scheduling, and cultural differences.
Red Door Clinic
Provides confidential diagnosis and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. Clinic serves also as a counseling & testing center for HIV/AIDS antibody test.
Tubman (formerly Tubman Family Alliance and Chrysalis - A Center for Women)
Support groups, counseling and other services for women
Twin Cities PRIDE
The place to go for the scoop on the Twin Cities PRIDE events
Youth Link
YouthLink is one of the largest and most experienced nonprofit youth service providers in the Twin Cities. We specialize in the multiple needs of homeless and precariously housed youth (14-21). Street outreach, emergency crisis assistance, basic needs support, case management, housing support services, education, career/life transition planning and health and wellness are key areas of agency focus.
