RESOURCES
For Minnesota's Queer Immigrant Community
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envisions a world where no one is forced to give up their homeland, where all Black LGBTQIA+ people are free and liberated. We build and center the power of Black LGBTQIA+ migrants to ensure the liberation of all Black people through community-building, political education, creating access to direct services, and organizing across borders. Led by a directly impacted steering committee and staff and housed at the Transgender Law Center and, we build power, community, and knowledge in the U.S., while challenging the role the U.S. plays globally in creating the conditions that force us to leave our homes.
the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people. Grounded in legal expertise and committed to racial justice, TLC employs a variety of community-driven strategies to keep transgender and gender nonconforming people alive, thriving, and fighting for liberation.
a critical platform for contemporary literature, art, film, and cultural programming centering the work of Southwest Asian and North African artists. For twenty years, we have sought to reflect the depth and multiplicity of our community and have been committed to being a space for Arab, Muslim, and other artists from the region to reclaim our narratives and engage audiences in meaningful and artistically excellent art.
OutFrontMN’s mission is to create a state where lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people are free to be who they are, love who they love, and live without fear of violence, harassment or discrimination. OutFront envisions a state where LGBTQ individuals have equal opportunities, protection and rights. They are working toward the day when all Minnesotans have the freedom, power and confidence to make the best choices for their own lives.
A radio show & nightlife platform cutivating more safer and inclusive experiences for Queer and Trans youth in the Twin Cities.
A NYC-based nonprofit organization and digital community made up of conversation starters, documentarians, artists, technologists, activists, and allies who are committed to supporting trans/non-binary/intersex/two-spirit people through trans stories to save trans lives.
Infusing art & cultural power in Chicago organizing and amplifying queer & trans, Black & brown artists since 2015
a non-profit organization committed to promoting literacy and higher education in the Black community, as well as amplifying Black narratives and research through a Black Queer lens.
Providing digital travel resources for Black queer travellers to navigate the world safely
a collective that provides resources and meals to Black trans people. The Okra Project has also set up The Nina Pop Mental Health Recovery Fund and The Tony McDade Mental Health Recovery Fund, emergency mutual aid funds that raise money for mental health therapy.
a member of the National Bail Fund Network, which was established following the death of Layleen Polanco. The mutual aid fund raises money to post bail for trans people, though in light of COVID-19, the fund has expanded its mission to post bail for medically-vulnerable individuals and those who identify as LGBTQ.
a Black-led, Queer and Trans centering organization whose mission is to organize powerful, connected Black communities and dismantle systems of violence
provides low-cost civil legal services and community programming to LGBTQ+ people as well as other marginalized communities.
provides opportunities for and uplifts the narratives of trans people of color.
(Solutions Not Punishment Collaborative) is a Black trans- and queer-led abolitionist organization based in Atlanta.
is an organization working to provide Black trans women with the financial resources needed to access safe transportation alternatives.
is a collective that connects Black trans women and non-binary femmes in the arts.