Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity (MASGD) Resource Guide

MASGD has compiled a basic resource guide for LGBTQ+ Muslims. Each category provides a link to the organization’s website, a description of what services they provide, and includes annotations that specify if they are geared towards Muslim people of specific descent/identities (e.g. Black, South Asian, South West Asian, or North African) or if they have resources to accommodate our diverse and complex identities and experiences. 
**All included providers/services/resources have been minimally vetted in terms of quality of experience for LGBTQ Muslim people. Please note this list is not comprehensive and MASGD as an organization does not expressly endorse any of the following providers/services. This guide does not replace counseling or other forms of therapy and is simply offered as a community resource that we hope to build upon in the future. If there is a resource you are aware of that you don't see listed here, please contact us at hey@themasgd.org. 
 

Organizations and Resources located in the United States

The following is a list of Muslim organizations that are LGBTQ+ focused or queer-friendly. While many of these organizations exist for community building, some also focus on advocacy or can help you in other ways. Included on this list are also queer-friendly masjids.  
The American Islamic Congress is a non-religious, civic society organization that provides an alternative Muslim voice for the promotion of civil and human rights through advocacy, engagement and education.

Location

National U.S. Organization

Contact

AIC Contact Form 
Email: info@aicongress.org 
Phone: 202-595-3160 
Address: 1030 15th Street NW, #243, Washington, D.C. 20005

What can they help me with?

  • AIC has worked to change the discourse both within the American Muslim community and in American society about coexistence, democratic freedom, and humanitarian issues. They organize interfaith and interethnic events, providing discussion guides and educational curriculum to the public, and launching a student-led initiative in American universities.

Is this a queer-led Muslim organization?

Muslim Advocates is a national civil rights organization working in the courts, in the halls of power and in communities to halt bigotry in its tracks. They ensure that American Muslims have a seat at the table with expert representation so that all Americans may live free from hate and discrimination.

Location

National U.S. Organization

Contact

Muslim Advocates Contact Form
Email: info@muslimadvocates.org 
Phone: (202) 897 2622
Address: Muslim Advocates, P.O. Box 34440, Washington, DC 20043

What can they help me with?

  • Muslim Advocates provides expert representation in the courts, the policy making process, and in the public dialogue so that American Muslims and all people can live free from discrimination.
  • They litigate, educate, and advocate to uphold our country’s promise of equal treatment under the law for all Americans. 

Is this a queer-led Muslim organization?

  • Muslim Advocates is not a LGBT organization but is friendly towards LGBT issues.
  • They are a big tent organization that recognizes the rich and full diversity of the American Muslim community in race, sex, place of birth, ability, income, education, gender identity, sexual orientation, sect of worship and level of religiosity.
The Muslim Youth Leadership Council (MyLC) is a group of Muslim-identifying people ages 17-24 from across the country, working locally and nationally as activists, organizers, writers, leaders and more to promote LGBTQ rights, immigrant rights, and sexual and reproductive health and rights for Muslims. 

Location

National U.S. organization

Contact

Email: Khadija@advocatesforyouth.org

What can they help me with?

  • MyLC focuses on four main areas of work: countering Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hate, strengthening sexual health and reproductive rights for young Muslims, promoting LGBTQ rights and supporting queer Muslims, and working towards racial justice and countering anti-Blackness in our communities.
  • MyLC advocates for the inclusion of young Muslim identifying people in Reproductive Justice programming and promotion of health and rights, and host the #MuslimAnd campaign. 

Is this a queer-led Muslim organization?

  • Yes
The mission of RAHMA is to address HIV/AIDS in Faith communities, primarily the American Muslim community through education, advocacy, and empowerment.

Location

Washington D.C.

Contact

RAHMA Contact Form 
Email: info@haverahma.org 
Phone: (202) 223-9054 x 222
Address: 1320 19th Street, NW, Suite 601, Washington, DC 20036
Facebook

What can they help me with?

  • RAHMA has a specific focus on faith communities in the US and is working hard to eliminate stigma around HIV/AIDS. RAHMA is dedicated to breaking down barriers and creating safe spaces for all who are infected or affected by HIV/AIDS.
  • Toolkit and online resource for survivors and women at risk of female genital mutilation or cutting along with support for Health Care Providers that service their needs. 

Is this a queer-led Muslim organization?

  • RAHMA doesn’t focus specifically on LGBTQ+ issues, however, they are queer-friendly, as seen by being a past sponsor to the LGBT Muslim Retreat.  
  • RAHMA is dedicated to creating a safe space where everyone is welcome regardless of religious background, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, race, ethnicity, cultural background, age, physical or mental ability. This space includes establishing rules so everyone feels respected and encouraging everyone to reciprocate that respect. 
The Trans and Muslim project of Transfaith seeks to fulfill the need in service to the vibrant and varied population of transgender Muslims in the U.S.
The Trans and Muslim project is sponsored by Transfaith, in collaboration with Tynan Power, a transgender Muslim activist and faith leader.

Location

National U.S. organization

Contact

Email: muslim@transfaithonline.org 

What can they help me with?

  • Focused on targeted advocacy and education efforts that address the specific needs of transgender Muslims. 
  • They are currently seeking volunteer leaders and facilitators who would be excited and energized by the opportunity to make connections and build relationships with transgender leadership and allies in Muslim traditions.

Is this a queer-led Muslim organization?

  • Yes
FORGE is a national transgender anti-violence organization, founded in 1994. Since 2009, they have been federally funded to provide direct services to transgender, gender non-conforming and gender non-binary survivors of sexual assault. Since 2011, FORGE has served as the only transgender-focused organization federally funded to provide training and technical assistance to providers around the country who work with transgender survivors of sexual assault, domestic and dating violence, and stalking.

Location

National, United States
Wisconsin 

Contact

Address: P.O. Box 1272 Milwaukee, WI 53201
Phone: 414-559-2123 
Email: AskFORGE@forge-forward.org 
Forge Forward Contact Form 

What can they help me with?

  • MENTAL HEALTH: There is a rapidly-growing body of resources for trans and non-binary individuals, but it can be hard to find specific referrals. To help, FORGE maintains many searchable database:
  • Anti-Violence Resources: FORGE provides a wide range of assistance to anti-violence professionals who are seeking support to  provide competent and respectful care to transgender survivors. Also, if you are a survivor of sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, or hate violence, please contact them for resources. 
  • While most of FORGE’s work is national, they remain Wisconsin’s largest, active transgender organization that provide direct services to transgender, gender non-conforming, and SOFFA individuals. You can find resources of specific interest to the Wisconsin transgender community. 
Gaylesta: The Psychotherapist Association for Gender and Sexual Diversity, was founded in 1987, established as an unincorporated association in 1988, and incorporated as a non-profit organization in 1997. Since this beginning, Gaylesta has grown to include over 300 mental health professionals. They are one of the oldest and largest collections of individuals focused on LGBTQ mental health.

Location

National, United States

Contact

Mail: Gaylesta, Inc., 584 Castro Street, #230, San Francisco, CA 94114-2512
Phone: (415) 729-3996  

What can they help me with?

  • MENTAL HEALTH: they provide mental health services including therapist referrals, education and consultation. Their members offer a wide range of specializations, allowing them to serve as a unique resource both to the LGBTQ communities and to other service providers.
  • Resources: Some national, mostly with a focus in the San Francisco Area. Resources include mental health, substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, and legal organizations. 
Inclusive Therapists offers a safer, simpler way to find a culturally responsive, social justice-oriented therapist. We center the needs of marginalized populations, including Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, the LGBTQ+ community, neurodivergent folx, and people with disabilities.
All identities in all bodies deserve equal access to quality, culturally responsive care: they aim to make this process simpler and safer.

Location

National, United States

Contact

Contact Information 
Email: care@inclusivetherapists.com  

What can they help me with?

  • MENTAL HEALTH: easy to use database of therapists on their website. 
  • While not queer-Muslim specific, one can select multiple filters when looking for therapists and narrow down their database by the identity of the therapist and their specialties (including spiritual knowledge). 
The Institute of Muslim Mental Health is committed to optimizing the Muslim community’s emotional health and well being by mobilizing a network of mental health professionals to ensure all American Muslims have access to high quality resources.
Since 2006, the Institute for Muslim Mental Health (IMMH) has been mobilizing mental health professionals interested in caring for Muslims to exchange resources, disseminate original research on Muslim mental health, trained professionals and community leaders, mentored students and young professionals, and connected American Muslims to mental health services.
The organization is queer friendly, as seen by these articles IMMH has posted about LGBTQ+. 

Location

National, United States

Contact

Find A Therapist: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
Address: 847 Sumpter Road, Belleville, MI 48111
Email: mail@muslimmentalhealth.com  
What can they help me with?
  • MENTAL HEALTH: The Institute for Muslim Mental Health is committed to optimizing the Muslim community’s emotional health and well being by mobilizing a network of mental health professionals to ensure all American Muslims have access to high-quality resources.
  • This directory is a very useful tool to help people find a counselor, therapist, psychologist, and/or psychiatrist throughout North America. Includes various other Islamic mental health organizations (unsure if they are queer-friendly however). 
MAP's mission is to provide independent and rigorous research, insight and communications that help speed equality and opportunity for all. MAP works to ensure that all people have a fair chance to pursue health and happiness, earn a living, take care of the ones they love, be safe in their communities, and participate in civic life.

Location

National, United States

Contact

Address: 1905 15th Street #1097, Boulder, CO 80306-1097
Phone: (303) 578-4600 
Email: info@lgbtmap.org 
Islamic Healing Space of A2 & Ypsi was created with the vision of providing an affirming space for Muslims of all proximities and connections to Islam, and center the most marginalized Muslims.

Location

Ann Arbor & Ypsilanti, Michigan

Contact

Via Facebook

What can they help me with?

  • Community-building and social group. 
  • Affirming and liberatory prayer space: commitment to nurture a space where members can choose to reclaim prayer and their right to pray safely when and where we choose.

Is this a queer-led Muslim organization?

  • Yes
Masjid al-Rabia is an Islamic community center in Chicago providing inclusive, affirming Muslim community while fostering in an Islam that leaves no one behind.

Location

Chicago, Illinois

Contact 

Contact Form 
Email: info@masjidalrabia.org
Address: 637 S Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60605 
More Location & Prayer Schedule information can be found HERE

What can they help me with?

  • Jummah prayers every Friday, plus community meetings and classes on Wednesdays.
  • Regular social events for Muslims and allies who want to get involved
  • Advocacy on behalf of women, queer & trans people, and other marginalized Muslims.
  • Library of Qur'ans and critical Islamic texts free for anyone to borrow (including Feminist interpretations, LGBTQ Muslim scholarship, and Sect-diverse scholarships)
  • Longest Days, Sacred Nights: Ramadan Programming for LGBTQ+ youth. 
  • The Black & Pink Crescent: Prison Ministry and Outreach Program. Masjid al-Rabia operates programs that provide advocacy and direct services to incarcerated and detained LGBTQIA+ Muslims. 

Is this a queer-led Muslim organization?

  • Yes
The LGBTQ Association of Middle Eastern Americans (Al GAMEA) is a minority owned and operated tax-exempt organization housed in a multi-use facility in the heart of downtown Ferndale at the Northern border of the city of Detroit. Established in 2004, they provide direct services to meet the ever-changing demands of the LGBTQ community, focusing on health services and social groups for the Arab/Chaldean and Middle Eastern population in the greater Detroit metropolitan area.

Location

Detroit, Michigan

Contact

Address: PO Box 471, Hazel Park, MI 48030
Phone: (313) 427-3771 
Email: info@algamea.org
Al GAMEA Contact Form

What can they help me with?

Is this a queer-led Muslim organization?
  • This is not a Muslim organization. 

MPV Columbus

See “El-Tawhid Juma Circle (Unity Mosque)” and also “Muslims for Progressive Values” under the International section for more info. 

Location

Columbus, Ohio

Contact

Email: info@jumacircle.com 
MPV Columbus Facebook Group
 

NORTHEAST

el-Tawhid Juma Circle: New England Unity Mosque

See “El-Tawhid Juma Circle (Unity Mosque)” under the International section for more info. 

Location

Boston, Massachusetts 

Contact

Email: info@jumacircle.com 
New England Unity Mosque Facebook Group
 
An accessible and inclusive space for Muslims to connect socially, spiritually, and culturally.

Location 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Contact

Email: HavenIMUP@gmail.com 

What can they help me with?

  • Community: their vision is to have a regular program where attendees are given space to comfortably express themselves and engage with each other on a community level.

Is this a queer-led Muslim organization?

  • Yes
The Nur Ashki Jerrahi Community is an order of dervishes within the Halveti-Jerrahi Tariqat (Sufi Order). Their gatherings are open to students of all sacred paths and sincere seekers of any personal orientation.

Location

Dergah al-Farah in New York City,  with various circles throughout the U.S. and Mexico.

Contact

Contact Form 
Email: info@nurashkijerrahi.org 
Phone: (212) 966 9773
Facebook
Address: Nur Ashki Jerrahi Community, 245 West Broadway, New York, NY 10013

What can they help me with?

  • The Nur Ashki Jerrahi Community is a Sufi Islamic Community open to all seekers and devotees.
  • Dhikrullah held on Thursday evenings.
  • If you would like to attend a meeting, send an email via the online form. 

Is this a queer-led Muslim organization?

  • This organization is not specifically orienteered towards LGBTQ+ Muslim issues, however, the community is queer-friendly.

Pioneer Valley Progressive Muslims - Masjid al-Inshirah

Pioneer Valley Progressive Muslims (Masjid al-Inshirah) provides an opportunity for progressive Muslims in Western Massachusetts to gather with open minds to share ideas, support one another, and worship together. 

Location

Northampton, Massachusetts  

Contact

Email: pvprogressivemuslims@gmail.com
Facebook Group

What can they help me with?

  • Community: As an organization, they are explicitly feminist, anti-racist and LGBTQ-inclusive. This group is explicitly open to all people regardless of race, ethnicity, national origin, class, religious affiliation or practice, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or ability/disability.

Is this a queer-led Muslim organization?

Queer Muslims of Boston (QMOB) builds community for queer Muslims in the Greater Boston area. They are inclusive of all individuals who identify as Muslim and LGBTIA, Queer, or Questioning, and are committed to increasing the visibility of queer Muslims as a group, while respecting the need for privacy of individual members.

Location

Boston, Massachusetts 

Contact

Email: queermuslimsofboston@gmail.com 
QMO Boston Facebook

What can they help me with?

  • Community: Dinner and discussion meetings are held on a monthly basis. Email for more information.
  • Participation in various actions and hold socials open to the community and allies.

Is this a queer-led Muslim organization?

  • Yes
Queer Muslims and Allies at Penn is a student group aimed at providing support for the University of Pennsylvania's LGBTQIA Muslim community and allies of all faiths, sexual orientations, gender identities, and cultural backgrounds. The term "Muslim" may encompass anyone who identifies with any form of Islam in any capacity, whether religiously, culturally, by familial association, or otherwise. All are welcome.

Location

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

Contact

Email: qmapenn@gmail.com 

What can they help me with?

  • Confidential safe space sessions organized on an individual basis. Safe space sessions give people a chance to discuss issues in a non-judgmental, completely confidential setting with coordinators who can lend an ear, offer help, and/or share resources.

Is this a queer-led Muslim organization?

  • Yes
Their providers have extensive experience working with Asians and Pacific Islanders, Latinos, African Americans and other people of color. They also specialize in serving individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, as well as people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS. 

Location

New York City, New York

Contact

Address: 400 Broadway New York, NY 10013
Phone: (212) 334-6029 
What can they help me with?
GLASS provides a continuum of services to LGBTQ+ youth of color and their allies in the Greater Boston and Greater Framingham areas. As a leader in LGBTQ+ youth services, they also provide education and consultation to other providers and community organizations.

Location

Boston, Massachusetts 

Contact

Addresses: (two locations)
  • 75 Amory Street, Garden Level, Boston, MA  02119
  • 1 Grant Street, Framingham, MA 01702
Boston GLASS Contact Form

What can they help me with?

  • MENTAL HEALTH: Their counselors provide culturally responsive mental health support and clinical case management, often focused on navigating the coming out process, gender identity transitions, developing healthy coping strategies, and further support for family, work, and school issues. 
  • SEXUAL HEALTH: They offer free and confidential prevention and testing services for HIV, Hepatitis C, and sexually transmitted Infections (STIs) such as Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Syphilis, with no appointment necessary Monday through Friday at both locations.
Callen-Lorde Community Health Center provides sensitive, quality health care and related services targeted to New York’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities — in all their diversity — regardless of ability to pay. To further this mission, Callen-Lorde promotes health education and wellness, and advocates for LGBTQ health issues.

Location

New York City, New York

Contact

Locations 
Phone: (212) 271-7200  

What can they help me with?

  • MENTAL HEALTH: For patients receiving medical care at Callen-Lorde, their Behavioral Health team offers individual and group counseling to support your emotional and physical well-being. Callen-Lorde is committed to providing services that are affirmative, sex-positive, culturally sensitive, consistent with risk reduction principles, and that promote patient self-determination.
  • HEALTH: Their model of primary care is patient-centered and fully comprehensive, encompassing a full range of services delivered in a skilled and culturally sensitive team model, stressing prevention and wellness in both mind and body.
Fenway Health has been working to make life healthier for the LGBTQIA+ community, people living with HIV/AIDS and the broader population. Fenway was founded in 1971 as part of the free clinic movement by students who believed that “health care should be a right, not a privilege.”

Location

Boston, Massachusetts

Contact

Address: 1340 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215
Email: information@fenwayhealth.org 
Phone: 617.267.0900
Location & Hours

What can they help me with?

  • HEALTH: Fenway Health’s Medical Providers are Committed to Helping You Live Your Life to The Healthiest. Areas of specialty at Fenway include infectious disease, gynecology, psychiatry, gerontology, dermatology, nutrition, and podiatry. If a required specialty is not available at Fenway, your provider will refer you to a specialist through our partner network.
  • MENTAL HEALTH: In keeping with Fenway Health’s commitment to care for the whole person, behavioral health is a fundamental part of our primary care model. They offer individual, group, couple, and family therapy; psychiatric consultation; and addiction services.
GMHC is one of the world’s first and leading providers of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and advocacy. Building on decades of dedication and expertise, they understand the reality of HIV/AIDS and empower a healthy life for all.

Location

New York City, New York

Contact

Address: GMHC Main Offices and Testing Center, 307 West 38th Street, New York, NY 10018-9502
Phone: (212) 367-1000
Email: info@gmhc.org   

What can they help me with?

  • HEALTH: GMHC is one of the largest non-profit HIV/AIDS organizations in the United States, and they provide direct services for people living with HIV, as well as people who are HIV negative, those unaware of their HIV status, and those affected by HIV/AIDS.
  • MENTAL HEALTH: GMHC provides safe and nonjudgmental mental health services to help guide you toward healthier well-being. Stress, depression, anxiety, and other challenges can be difficult to deal with, especially in New York City. Their staff understands the distinct needs of people from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and identities, including: Lesbian, gay, bisexual and straight people, transgender and gender non-conforming people, and people of color. 
  • LEGAL: They have a staff of experienced attorneys, accredited immigration advocates, and volunteers who provide free legal services to people living with HIV/AIDS. They assist clients with immigration matters, eviction prevention, family law issues, permanency planning, employment discrimination, debt collection, bankruptcy, public benefits, wills, living wills, health care proxies, and confidentiality complaints.
  • Meals and Nutrition 
Muslim Wellness Foundation (MWF) is a (501c3) nonprofit organization established in 2011 to reduce stigma associated with mental illness, addiction and trauma in the American Muslim community through dialogue, education and training.

Location

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Contact

Address: 7433 Limekiln Pike, Suite 204, Philadelphia, PA 19138
Phone: (267) 571-1730
Email: info@muslimwellness.com 
Muslim Wellness Contact Form

What can they help me with?

  • MENTAL HEALTH: MWF offers community-wide workshops to increase mental health literacy and which address pressing issues of concerns such as impact of trauma on family relationships, stepfamily challenges, link between physical and mental health, fatherhood and emotional well-being, religious perspectives on mental health, stress and self-care, and recovery from mental illness
    • The Deeply Rooted Project will focus on addressing the “acute social invisibility” which affects the mental health of Black Muslims, particularly in light of rising anti-Muslim bigotry and ongoing racial violence and trauma in the Black community.
    • Community Trauma
Community focused sustainable sliding scale mental health practice in Manhattan providing treatment to individual adults ages 18+. 
“By affirmative we mean that we do not view individuals from the perspective of being defective or needing to be fixed. We instead recognize the innate strengths that continue to allow people to function while enduring difficult life circumstances.”

Location

New York City, New York

Contact

Address: 19 W. 34th St., New York, NY 10001 
Phone: 347-625-5020
Email: contact@nycaffirmative.com 

What can they help me with?

  • MENTAL HEALTH: Their goal is to fill a gap in mental health services provided to those that are historically marginalized and disenfranchised, and they are especially committed to serving queer communities of color. Email to set up a free 15 minute phone consultation to get started.
    • All therapists are QPOC. 
  • QTPOC Resources within the area. 
Rest for Resistance strives to uplift marginalized communities, those who rarely get access to adequate health care or social support. This includes Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Pacific Islander, Asian, Middle Eastern, and multiracial persons. They also seek to create healing space for LGBTQIA+ individuals, namely trans & queer people of color, as well as other stigmatized groups such as sex workers, immigrants, persons with physical and/or mental disabilities, and those living at the intersections of all of the above.

Location

New York City, New York

Contact

Address: 1814 Bleecker Street Ridgewood, NY, 11385, United States 
Facebook 

What can they help me with?

  • MENTAL HEALTH: QTPoC Mental Health exists to provide greater access to community healing. They host meditations for queer & trans people of color (QTPoC)
The Meeting Point is a collective of independent body workers and mental health practitioners who believe support and acceptance of complicated bodies is a social justice issue. As such, they are committed to meeting the needs of underserved populations, particularly GLBTQ identified individuals, people who have experienced trauma, and those with physical and/or emotional disabilities.

Location

Boston, Massachusetts

Contact

Address: 3464 Washington St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 
Email: themeetingpointboston@gmail.com  

What can they help me with?

  • MENTAL HEALTH: They provide mental health and body work services, and they collaborate with community groups and other grassroots organizations. They serve all people, and they specialize in communities of people whose needs have been unrecognized and under-served in medical settings. This includes people of color, those with physical and psychiatric disabilities, and queer and trans people of all genders and identities. 
  • Women of Color Group
BAGLY: The Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth, is a youth-led, adult-supported social support organization, committed to social justice and creating, sustaining, and advocating for programs, policies, and services for the LGBTQ+ youth community.  

Location

Boston, Massachusetts
There are also 14 other AGLY locations throughout all of Massachusetts. 

Contact

Address: 28 Court Square, Boston, MA 02108
Phone: (617) 227-4313
Email: info@bagly.org

What can they help me with?

  • HEALTH: They offer an array of clinical services for LGBTQ+ people ages 29 and younger. These services are free-of-cost and you do not have to have insurance or identification. 
  • MENTAL HEALTH: At BAGLY, they believe LGBTQ+ youth deserve access to high-quality, barrier-free mental health therapies. They offer four distinct mental and behavioral health therapies, all of which are free for LGBTQ+ youth ages 25 and under, and do not require proof of insurance or identification.
  • Resources for Youth: includes resources for mental health, medical care, sexual & reproductive health, legal help, and more resources near the area.  
  • Community Resources

SOUTH

Light of Reform Mosque (Masjid An-Nural Isslaah)

Masjid An-Nural Isslaah is a progressive Muslim prayer center in Washington, DC.  They are associated with El-Tawhid Jum'ah Prayer Circle, and provide sacred prayer space that is inclusive in Quranic philosophy, gender equal in practice, queer friendly in acceptance, intrafaith welcoming and interfaith involved.

Location

Washington, DC

Contact

Email Imam Daayiee Abdullah
Facebook Group  

What can they help me with?

  • Counseling services and Friday prayers

Is this a queer-led Muslim organization?

  • Yes
MECCA Institute is a non-profit organization focused on Women, LGBT, and the Youth. It is a theological school and think tank that focuses on Progressive Islam. 

Location

Washington, DC

Contact

Email: meccainstitutepr@gmail.com 
Phone: (202) 559 4641
MECCA Institute Facebook 
Address: P.O. Box 26022, Washington, DC 20001

What can they help me with?

  • MECCA Institute provides, through its think tank and online school, modern academic research and courses that are devoid of political interpretations, providing men, women and sexual minorities an inclusive Islamic theological training.

Is this a queer-led Muslim organization?

  • Yes
Muslims for Progressive Values is a faith-based, grassroots, human rights organization that embodies and advocates for the traditional Qur’anic values of social justice and equality for all, for the 21st Century. 

Location

Atlanta, Georgia

Contact

Address: Phillip Rush Center
 1530 Dekalb Ave NE A, Atlanta, GA 30307

What can they help me with?

  • MPV is a progressive Muslim voice on contemporary issues. They voice their perspectives by participating in civil discourse, engaging with the media and government entities, and by partnering with both Muslim and non-Muslim progressive organizations.
  • Friday Jummah prayer. Here everyone can participate in the Kutbah and actually have a conversation on what is on their mind about Islam.  Anyone can ask to lead prayer and pray together next to each other regardless of gender. 

Is this a queer-led Muslim organization?

  • MPV is not specifically an LGBT organization, but a progressive Muslim organization. They are very queer-friendly however; see “Muslims for Progressive Values” on the International section for more information. 
Muslim Space, a non-profit, is a Muslim community organization that fosters an open, inclusive, multicultural, and pluralistic space for self-identifying Muslims and the larger Austin community. It is founded on the Islamic principles of service to humanity and equal, respectful, tolerant, and egalitarian treatment of all human beings.

Location

Austin, Texas

Contact

Muslim Space Contact Form 
Email: info@muslimspace.org
Facebook 

What can they help me with?

  • Muslim Space provides programs, projects, and initiatives that cultivate and nurture an autonomous, diverse American-Muslim identity; provide opportunities for Islamic enrichment, personal growth and advancement, social and charitable services; promote intra-faith, inter-faith, and cultural education and dialogue, and develop bridges between Muslims and across the larger Austin community.
  • Muslim Space provides three tracks of programing and services: faith-based, service-based, and social-based. They aim to create a sense of fluidity and belongingness for each member, that their personal interests and involvements are reflected in the activities of Muslim Space. 

Is this a queer-led Muslim organization?

  • This is not an LGBTQ+ organization. However, they are listed on the MPV website as an LGBTQ+ resource organization, and they do provide inclusive Friday prayers that are welcome to everyone, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, etc.
The Health Initiative provides education, advocacy, support and improved access to care to Georgia’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community. Founded in 1996, we are the largest non-profit organization in the southeast devoted solely to the health and wellness of LGBTQ people.

Location

Georgia, United States

Contact

Address: The Phillip Rush Center, 1530 DeKalb Avenue, NE, Suite A, Atlanta, GA 30307
Phone: 404-688-2524
Email: info@thehealthinitiative.org 

What can they help me with?

  • HEALTH: The Health Initiative is dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Georgians through education, advocacy, support and access to care. Year round programming is a vital part of their organization.
  • LGBTQ Friendly Provider Directory: Connecting the community to the right provider.  If you are in need of a provider, please email or call and they will assist you with the process. 
 
An all-inclusive LGBTQI (and Questioning) confidential meeting space for individuals in the greater Seattle area that have ever identified as Muslim. No leaders or hierarchy, just organizers and attendees.

Location

Seattle, Washington

Contact

Email: seattle.qtm@gmail.com 
Phone: (206) 651-4678
Facebook

What can they help me with?

  • Community building: They aim to build a supportive and conscious community through solidarity in order to remove the isolation the intersection of these identities often cause.

Is this a queer-led Muslim organization?

  • Yes
Queer Crescent focuses on building community, culture, healing arts and justice with LGBTQI+ Muslims.

Location

Bay Area & Beyond, California

Contact

Queer Crescent Contact Form  
Email: shenaaz@queercrescent.org  
Queer Crescent Facebook

What can they help me with?

  • Queer Crescent Healing is a healing justice organization with programs focused on building resilience, emerging leadership, connecting to spiritual practices and reclaiming dignity, place and power within community.
  • Healing Circle: free program with the goal of providing a space to practice mutual support, witness, and be in tender collective care.  

Is this a queer-led Muslim organization?

  • Yes

Redwoods Unity Mosque Initiative (RUMI)

Redwoods Unity Mosque Initiative (RUMI) is part of the El-Tawhid Juma Circle family of Unity Mosques. They are egalitarian, gender equal, and LGBTIQ affirming; they also practice shared authority. Everyone who self identifies as Muslim as well as friends, spouses, family and allies are welcomed. 
  • See “El-Tawhid Juma Circle (Unity Mosque)” under the International section for more info. 

Location

Northern California 

Contact

Email: info@jumacircle.com 
Chapter-specific Email: etjcredwoods@gmail.com 
RUMI Contact Form 
Phone: (707) 296 4008
The Brown Boi Project is a community of masculine of center womyn, men, two-spirit people, transmen, and their allies committed to changing the way that communities of color talk about gender.

Location

Oakland, California 

Contact

Address: 436-14th Street, 5th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: 510-962-6999
Email: info@brownboiproject.com  

What can they help me with?

  • Community building: Launched in 2010, the Brown Boi Project works to transform the way that communities of color talk about gender. They build the leadership, economic self sufficiency, and health of LGBTQ people of color--pipelining them into the social justice movement.
  • Leadership Retreat: Launched in 2010, the Brown Boi Project (BBP) leadership retreats offer a space to rising leaders of color (35 and under) to build their skills in leadership, economic self-sufficiency, and health. 
Since 1978, W.O.M.A.N., Inc. has offered survivors of domestic violence comprehensive services, tailored to meet their individual needs. In reading our history, you will see a lot has changed over our agency’s 35 years. W.O.M.A.N., Inc. has experienced programming and funding shifts, changes in leadership, and exponential growth.


Location

San Francisco, California

Contact

Women Organized to Make Abuse Nonexistent, Inc. (WOMAN, Inc.)
Address: 26 Boardman Place, San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: 415-864-4777
Support Line: (877) 384-3578
WOMAN Contact Form

What can they help me with?

  • MENTAL HEALTH: They offer both on-going individual therapy and family therapy for survivors with their children. Therapy services are offered in English and Spanish. They also provide a 24-hour support line for counseling, safety planning, and referrals for needed resources.
  • SHELTER: If you’re experiencing domestic violence and need a place to stay, contact WOMAN Inc.
  • Domestic Violence Information and Referral Center (DVIRC): DVIRC is an online interactive community network that provides a safe space for member domestic violence service providers to share, network, and access updated information on services available in the Bay Area and beyond. 
  •  Domestic Violence Resources
The mission of the SF LGBT Center is to connect our diverse community to opportunities, resources and each other to achieve our vision of a stronger, healthier, and more equitable world for LGBT people and our allies.

Location

San Francisco, California 

Contact

Address: SF LGBT Center, 1800 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: (415) 865-5555 
Email: info@sfcenter.org 

What can they help me with?

  • Their building on Market Street is a focal point in San Francisco; where LGBTQ individuals who need resources, support, and a safe space to gather, find comfort and celebration. Upon arrival, individuals find information on free services such as career counseling, job fairs, a computer lab, social activities, mentorships, youth meals, and various workshops. The Center hosts over 200 events each month. Here LGBTQ people can connect and organize to secure our equal rights.
  • Programs
    • EMPLOYMENT: they offer a range of services, events, and workshops tailored to support participants’ job searches and networking opportunities. Learn more about their Trans Employment Program as well. 
    • HOUSING: The Center offers targeted programming and education around thoughtful money management, maintaining stable housing, and achieving financial health.
  • Resources: Whether you’re looking for services and support, LGBT-friendly businesses, or opportunities and training, The SF LGBT Center is here for you. Including resources for Housing (shelters), Legal, Immigration, Employment, & Trans related resources. 
They are an LGBTQ and people of color health organization that believes EVERYONE deserves to be healthy and needs access to the highest quality health care. They foster resilience, strength, connection, health, and wellness for all communities. To them, healthcare will always be grounded in social justice.

Location

San Francisco, California

Contact

Main Office: 
730 Polk St. 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94109 
Phone: (415) 292-3400
Contact Form


What can they help me with?

San Francisco AIDS Foundation promotes health, wellness, and social justice for communities most impacted by HIV, through sexual health and substance use services, advocacy, and community partnerships.

Location

San Francisco, California

Contact

Main Address: 1035 Market Street, 4th floor, San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: 415-487-3000 
Email: info@sfaf.org 

What can they help me with?

  • SEXUAL HEALTH: They provide free sexual health services including HIV & sexually-transmitted infection (STI) testing, at sites across San Francisco.
    • Strut is their health and wellness center in the heart of the Castro, offering community events, sexual health services, substance use counseling, PrEP, HIV and STI testing, learning events and so much more. 
  • HOUSING: They partner with the San Francisco Department of Public Health and the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD) through the Plus Housing Program to stabilize people’s housing through rental assistance and promote access to HIV care and medication. Many of their clients have been provisionally housed for significant periods, and without assistance, they would be unable to afford their rental units, leaving them in danger of homelessness.
    • Along with the PLUS Housing Program, the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development operates the Database of Affordable Housing Listings, Information and Applications (DAHLIA), an online housing lottery system. Applicants can fill out a form to find out if they qualify for any upcoming housing lotteries for Below Market Rate units.
  • Social Support Groups: They have a variety of social support groups and events to help you meet new people, establish friendships and find a community of belonging.
  • Programs for Queer & Trans People of Color. 
  • Resources for Trans and Non-Binary People.
The Oakland LGBTQ Community Center is dedicated to enhancing and sustaining the well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals, our families and allies, by providing educational, social, and health related activities, programs and services.


Location

Oakland, California


Contact

Address: Oakland LGBTQ+ Center, 3207 Lakeshore Ave. (Entrance on Rand Ave.) Oakland, CA 94610
Phone: ​510-882-2286
Email: info@oaklandlgbtqcenter.org 

What can they help me with?

BACH provides a wide spectrum of health education, healthcare, and social services to everyone, without regard to financial position, ethnicity, language, culture, sexual orientation or any other criteria. BACH is a fiscally responsible, independent, not-for-profit community health center and a key member of the community’s vital health safety-net.

Location

Fremont, California 

Contact

Address: 39500 Liberty St., Fremont, CA 9453
Main Phone: (510) 770-8133 
Online: https://tri-cityhealth.org/contact/ 

What can they help me with?

  • HEALTH: Tri-City Health Center’s TransVision Program plays an important role in giving support and service to transgender patients across the Bay Area, earning local and national honors. TransVision’s primary goal is to lower HIV infection rates among transwomen by increasing knowledge of HIV risk and behaviors. The center also improves access to trans-affirming treatment, PrEP, and primary care services. TransVision used the Informed Consent Model of care.

Website

Founded in 1973, Pacific Center for Human Growth is the oldest LGBTQ+ center in the Bay Area, the third oldest in the nation, and operates the only sliding scale mental health clinic for LGBTQ+ people and their families in Alameda County.

Location

San Francisco Bay Area, California 

Contact

Address: 2712 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94703
Email: info@pacificcenter.org 
Phone: 510-548-8283

What can they help me with?

  • The Pacific Center fosters and enhances the well-being and self-respect of diverse Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer, youth, seniors, adults, and families through the delivery of LGBTQ-proficient mental health and wellness services, and through the training of a strong and inclusive community of LGBTQ-proficient mental health care professionals. To learn more about what they do, click here. 
  • Pacific Center also offers ongoing, drop-in, peer-facilitated groups covering a range of topics and issues.  These groups provide connection, support, information, and enjoyment.  Peer groups are volunteer-led and are not therapy groups. 
  • The Pacific Center can also guide people to resources that can be even more specific to them.
QTOC is a San Francisco/Bay Area grassroots, volunteer-led group providing support, networking, leadership development, and community building opportunities for LGBTQs of Color in Psychology, Social Work, and Counseling. 

Location

San Francisco/Bay Area, California

Contact

QTOC Contact Form   

What can they help me with?

  • MENTAL HEALTH: Directory of psychotherapists organized by location plus additional resources within the area. For inquiries related to accessing psychotherapy services, please make inquiries directly to a particular psychotherapist(s) listed in the directory.
They are a network of Muslim mental health practitioners- based throughout San Francisco Bay Area, CA. They provide a range of services that aim to support the psychological needs of our Muslim neighbors.

Location

San Francisco, California 

Contact

Bay Area Muslim Therapists Contact Form

What can they help me with?

  • MENTAL HEALTH: This website is a searchable social directory that provides access to multilingual, religious, spiritual, culturally and ethnically diverse mental health providers and resources. The general public can search for, evaluate and connect with providers of their choice. 

Dr. Jay M Seiff-Haron

Psychologist certified in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), an empirically validated model for helping couples and families to turn conflicts into opportunities for connection.

Location

San Francisco, California

Contact

Address: 582 Market Street (montgomery Bart), Suite 715, San Francisco, California 94104
Phone: (415) 574-0973 

What can they help me with?

  • MENTAL HEALTH: Dr. Seiff-Haron specializes in working with interracial, interfaith or LGBT families, as well as parenting and services for children ages 1-7. His practice is poly-friendly and has a social justice orientation. Has a client focus on Islam too. He has extensive training and experience in working with Asian, Asian-American, Muslim (primarily Malay, Afghani and Pakistani), Indian (primarily North Indian), Russian and Latino/a clients, plus experience in cross-cultural adaptation with a wide range of South American, African, European, Middle Eastern and Asian ethnicities.

    Websites

Founded in 1979, CUAV works to build the power of LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) communities to transform violence and oppression. They support the healing and leadership of those impacted by abuse and mobilize our broader communities to replace cycles of trauma with cycles of safety and liberation. As part of the larger social justice movement, CUAV works to create truly safe communities where everyone can thrive.

Location

California, United States

Contact

Address: 427 S Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: (415) 777-5500
Email: info@cuav.org 
Online: https://www.cuav.org/contact 

What can they help me with?

Community Resources: counseling & emotional support, legal assistance, & medical care resources