988 Suicide & Crisis LIfeline

Call or Text 988

Louisiana 211 Resource Hotline

Call 211

Text Zip Code 898-211

National Suicide Prevention Llifeline

1-800-273-TALK

The Trevor Project

Text ‘START’ to 678-678

Call 1-866-488-7386

Virtual Chat Available

LGBT National Hotline

888-843-4564

LGBT National Coming Out Support Hotline

888-688-5428

LGBT National Youth Talkline

800-246-7743

LGBT National Senior Hotline

888-234-7243

Acadiana Queer Collective
we are driven by a single goal; to build safe and accepting community spaces for Acadiana's LGBTQIA+ of all ages. We strive to grow collaborative relationships and make a positive impact with all of our pursuits.

ACLU Louisiana
Working to ensure that LGBTQIA+ individuals have equal opportunity to participate fully in civil society, advocating for nondiscrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations.

Baton Rouge Pride
Baton Rouge Pride is dedicated to providing resources, education, cultural events, and other community-building activities for the South Louisiana LGBTQ+ community and its friends, families and allies.

Forum for Equality
Louisiana’s LGBTQIA+ human rights organization. Since 1989, we have been at the forefront of every major LGBTQIA+ civil rights victory in Louisiana.

House of Tulip offers TGNC people in New Orleans “zero-barrier” access to transitional housing, case management, and community programming. The trans-led organization also keeps a free community closet and organizes the NOLA Trans March of Resilience each November. Donations are 501(c)3 tax deductible.

Louisiana Trans Advocates
We're advancing the core human rights of self-determination and expression for all trans, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming people in Louisiana.

Mapping Trans Joy
Mapping Trans Joy is a direct response to the onslaught of anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ+ legislation many of us are facing around the country. Mapping Trans Joy celebrates trans life, trans joy, and trans resistance to erasure and elimination.

New Orleans Pride Center
The New Orleans Pride Center is a welcome, inclusive hub for local and regional LGBTQ2IA+ individuals and communities where all feel safe to celebrate their authentic selves and thrive through connection. Our Vision is a permanent, sustainable community center that facilitates a connection-centered, equitable, and joyful existence for LGBTQ2IA+ individuals and communities in New Orleans and the Gulf South.

Queer Northshore
“We started Queer Northshore in 2022 in hopes of building an LGBTQ+ community in a part of Louisiana where there wasn't one. Over the past 2 years, we’ve produced or facilitated nearly 100 events, recruited over two dozen LGBTQ+ people to join community boards and democratic committees, produced one of the largest protests in Northshore history, created the first LGBTQ+ krewe to parade on the Northshore, and introduced the first PRIDE parade to the Northshore, with over 500 participants”

Shrevepride
To provide diverse, inclusive, affordable, safe spaces for our region’s entertainment that are created with the LGBTQ+ community in mind.

Youth Oasis
To support youth and young adults recovering from the trauma of homelessness and family separation through housing, healthcare, and advocacy.

‍Southern Poverty Law Center‍
Phone: 334-956-8200
‍www.splcenter.org/‍

Lambda Legal, Southern Office
Phone: 1-866-542-8336
‍www.lambdalegal.org/help/

National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR)
‍Phone: 1-800-528-6257 (ask for the “Legal Hotline;” open 9 AM -5 PM PST)
‍www.nclrights.org‍

Transgender Law Center‍
Phone: 415.865.0176 x306
‍www.transgenderlawcenter.org/‍

Immigration Equality‍
Phone: 212 714-2904 or 202 347-0002
‍www.immigrationequality.org/‍

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)‍: The ACLU has state chapters across the South. Use the search function at www.aclu.org to find your local chapter.

Advocates for Trans Equality (A4TE): Visit A4TE’s website for resource related to gender marker changes on ID documents, name changes, gender-affirming healthcare, workplace discrimination, and more. 
https://transequality.org/

Trans Lifeline
Peer Support for Trans people, by Trans people
1-877-565-8860

Trans Justice Funding Project
Trans-led Grant Funding for Trans-led grassroots organizations.

Trans In The South Guide:
A Directory of Trans-Affirming Health & Legal Service Providers

Louisiana Trans Advocates offers gender-diverse support groups and links those in need to medical and mental health providers. The group also co-administrates the Louisiana Trans Name Change Fund, which provides monetary aid for name change fees, and maintains a directory of trans-affirming faith groups. Donations are tax-deductible.

House of Tulip offers TGNC people in New Orleans “zero-barrier” access to transitional housing, case management, and community programming. The trans-led organization also keeps a free community closet and organizes the NOLA Trans March of Resilience each November. Donations are 501(c)3 tax deductible.