Directory of Organizations

What is DeQH?

• Trained South Asian LGBQ/TGNB+ peer support volunteers

• Call or write with questions, concerns, struggles, and hopes

• ​It's always free — and 100% confidential

DeQH can help with…

• questions on gender, identity, coming out

• dealing with family, culture, or faith

• trying to find community in your area

• advice for a friend or family member

• listening as you work through things

 DeQH serves people of South Asian heritage, including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Tibet, as well as from South Asian communities in diaspora, such as Fiji and the Caribbean.

Desi Rainbow Parents & Allies works to provide affirming spaces for South Asian LGBTQ+ individuals and their families to talk about issues related to gender identity and sexual orientation. We all come from different circumstances and backgrounds, but we share the desire to find culturally sensitive support that will help our family stay whole and healthy. DRPA offers two support groups to best suit your needs. 

Equal Rights Washington (ERW) is Washington's statewide lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) advocacy and community outreach organization. ERW's mission is to ensure and promote dignity, safety, and equality for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Washingtonians.

Equality Arizona is the leading statewide LGBTQ advocacy organization for the State of Arizona. They organize the LGBTQ community of Arizona to fight for the full social, economic, and political inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people in Arizona.
 

Equality California brings the voices of LGBTQ people and allies to institutions of power in California and across the United States, striving to create a world that is healthy, just, and fully equal for all LGBTQ people. We advance civil rights and social justice by inspiring, advocating, and mobilizing through an inclusive movement that works tirelessly on behalf of those we serve.
 

Working to ensure and promote dignity, safety and equality for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Delawareans.

Equality Florida is the largest civil rights organization dedicated to securing full equality for Florida's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community.

Equality Illinois builds a better Illinois by advancing equal treatment and full acceptance of the LGBTQ community.

Equality Illinois envisions a fair and unified Illinois where everyone is treated with dignity and respect and where all people live freely regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity or gender expression.

EQMI educates and advocates to change Michigan laws and address issues that disproportionately impact LGBTQ+ lives throughout the state. 

We Believe that every LGBTQ New Mexican is a vital community member in our Land of Enchantment, that we are more than just our LGBTQ identities, and that the health and wellbeing of LGBTQ New Mexicans is crucial to creating a stronger, more balanced world. This belief compels us to challenge structural and individual barriers that limit our self-determination and ability to thrive.