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Highlighted Local LGBTQ+ Owned and/or Safe Businesses

Psychotherapy & Forensic Services, LLC

Psychotherapy & Forensic Services, LLC

Psychotherapy & Forensic Services, LLC

LGBTQ+ owned, affirming & safe mental health therapy 

& advocacy organiztion 

Staffed with experts in LGBTQ+ mental health and advocacy for LGBTQ+ rights among healthcare and other bureaucratic systems. 

i want a safe space

Plus1

Psychotherapy & Forensic Services, LLC

Psychotherapy & Forensic Services, LLC

Plus1 handles fundraising via tours, merch, and events for musicians. Their  extensive experience with effective nonprofits allows them to identify grassroots beneficiaries. Plus1 gives  opportunities for artists and brands to raise funds and awareness for nonprofits doing urgent work in pandemic relief, racial justice, and civic engagement. We are proud to have supported our partners in distributing a record $6M in 2021.

Amazing magic happens here

Russell & Russell Consulting

Psychotherapy & Forensic Services, LLC

Russell & Russell Consulting

  A  Public Administration & Affairs Consulting Firm that specializes in 

  • Making sure our government is strong
  • Assisting nonprofits with operational needs 
  • Helping entities achieve public policy goals 
  • Helping businesses secure and manage grants 
  • Strategizing political victory 

We are family!

CAC Office On Aging

Planned Parenthood of Tennessee & North Mississippi

Russell & Russell Consulting

 We are an organization that welcomes and respects everyone. The Benefits Counselors help LGBTQ+ seniors  check if they’re eligible for public benefit programs and assistance, like with food, utilities, housing, taxes, and health insurance & prescription premiums. They will assist with applying for these money-saving benefits. 

 

Gayging is not for the faint of heart!

Planned Parenthood of Tennessee & North Mississippi

Planned Parenthood of Tennessee & North Mississippi

Planned Parenthood of Tennessee & North Mississippi

    LGBTQ+ safe & affirming place for medical and Hormones

Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi is one of Tennessee's oldest and largest private, non-profit health care agencies. For over 75 years, PPTNM has remained committed to providing high-quality, affordable reproductive services and education throughout Tennessee, north Mississippi and part of Arkansas.

Plan To Go here!

Held Law Firm

Planned Parenthood of Tennessee & North Mississippi

Planned Parenthood of Tennessee & North Mississippi

 A social justice-minded law firm that is LGBTQ+ safe and affirming. Our goal at Held Law Firm is to be your trusted advisor, and the one you call for help. We represent clients in the most defining moments of their personal lives through divorce, child custody, orders of protection, or when they need an advocate to stand and support their cause. 

Give a Hug, get held!

Local LGBTQ+ Safe and Affirming Community Resources

bryant's Bridge

Positively Living

bryant's Bridge

  Bryant's Bridge is a "safe, supportive and empowering home for the local Knoxville LGBTQ+ community in need of housing." This non-profit LGBTQ+ organization is making positive changes for our communities.  

I need a home

Knox Pride

Positively Living

bryant's Bridge

 This fantastic organization is growing, expanding, and has a welcoming, safe space in Knoxville. Knox Pride has a long history of being there for us, giving us inspiration for being visible, and giving all of us hope for our futures!

Scruffy City Pride

Positively Living

Positively Living

Trillium Voice Services

  Positively Living & Choice Health Network serve East Tennessee individuals and families struggling to survive the challenges created by HIV, homelessness, mental illness, substance use, and disabilities   


Serving executive realness

Trillium Voice Services

Trillium Voice Services

Trillium Voice Services

   Kelli Turczyn is a safe and affirming speech/voice coach who welcomes our transgender and non-binary family.   

Come to my window

Trans Empowerment Project

Trillium Voice Services

Trans Empowerment Project

  LGBTQ+ owned and local resource that is aimed at furthering the empowerment & progression of the transgender community

Empower Me!

Rescuing Health

Trillium Voice Services

Trans Empowerment Project

 Rescuing Health seeks to financially aid individuals who do not qualify for any other type of public or private healthcare assistance in obtaining specific health treatments or surgeries. 


Glitter makes everything better

TN Equality Project

Home Source of east tn

Home Source of east tn

   LGBTQ+ operated organization. Learn about the folks who are taking on the folks who make decisions about LGBTQ+ rights in Tennessee

What's the T???

Home Source of east tn

Home Source of east tn

Home Source of east tn

 Covid-19 HOUSING ASSISTANCE Through a grant from the State of Tennessee, HomeSource east tennessee is able to provide assistance to homeowners and renters in East Tennessee.  The assistance will be in the form of a direct payment to your mortgage company, landlord or utility company. 

 

Put some shingle on that single

BCBS of TN

Home Source of east tn

BCBS of TN

 Our commercial plans will continue to include benefits for medically necessary gender identity-related services, including medically necessary gender identity-related surgery, hormone therapy, and behavioral health services.  We’ve provided benefits for gender identity-related services, like gender identity-related surgery, We’ll continu

 Our commercial plans will continue to include benefits for medically necessary gender identity-related services, including medically necessary gender identity-related surgery, hormone therapy, and behavioral health services.  We’ve provided benefits for gender identity-related services, like gender identity-related surgery, We’ll continue to cover these services because doing so aligns with our company’s mission and values. 

btw bcbs is lgbtq fyi bc fomo

Local LGBTQ+ Safe and Affirming Community Resources

Tn HIV Prevention & Care

FOOTHILLS UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP (FUUF)

FOOTHILLS UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP (FUUF)

  The TTF is a work group comprised of transgender and gender-variant individuals representing each of the five HIV Prevention regions of Tennessee. The TN Department of Health HIV Prevention program convened the statewide Transgender Task Force (TTF) in July, 2018.  The ultimate goals of this body are to prevent transgender individuals f

  The TTF is a work group comprised of transgender and gender-variant individuals representing each of the five HIV Prevention regions of Tennessee. The TN Department of Health HIV Prevention program convened the statewide Transgender Task Force (TTF) in July, 2018.  The ultimate goals of this body are to prevent transgender individuals from acquiring HIV, increase access to care and improve health outcomes for transgender people who are living with HIV, and reduce HIV-related health disparities for transgender communities.   

Don't be a chicken, get to clickin'!

FOOTHILLS UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP (FUUF)

FOOTHILLS UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP (FUUF)

FOOTHILLS UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP (FUUF)

  LGBTQ+ operated & local organization that is a welcoming, affirming, & inclusive congregation

Love is Love

Sober Pride

FOOTHILLS UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP (FUUF)

United Way of Blount County

  Meeting Information
Zoom Meetings - Tuesdays @ 7:30 pmMeeting link: https://zoom.us/j/2089387448 Password 697167
*Meetings are online during Covid-19 Pandemic  


Pride is the secret ingredient!

United Way of Blount County

United Way of Blount County

United Way of Blount County

   United Way of Blount County is advancing the common good by creating opportunities for a better life for all.  Our goal is to create lasting changes in our community by addressing the root causes of Blount County’s problems. Together, we can accomplish more than any single group can on its own. 


Click for Resources

United Way of Blount County

United Way of Blount County

United Way of Blount County

    The Community Food Connection of Blount County is a nonprofit, volunteer organization dedicated to reducing food insecurity for citizens in Blount County and helping individuals and families improve their quality of life. 

Click here for st. dolly blessings

Little River Montessori

United Way of Blount County

United Way of Blount County

    LGBTQ+ Safe & Affirming Learning Environment. Our students are inspired to grow in responsibility, tolerance, compassion, patience, organization, and motivation. Children at Little River Montessori learn in an environment that supports the individual child’s social, emotional, intellectual, and moral development.  

Now I Know my Gay-b-C's!

Local LGBTQ+ Safe and Affirming Employers

Sanofi

REI Co*op

REI Co*op

At Sanofi, our passion is to prevent, treat and cure illness and disease throughout life.


LGBTQ+ safe employer with a 100 for their HRC Corporate 

Equality Index score: https://www.hrc.org/resources/buyers-guide/sanofi

Presciption for Equality!

REI Co*op

REI Co*op

REI Co*op

 LGBTQ+ affirming employer, safe place to shop & awesome sales on outdoor stuff for the 

Brokeback Mountaineer in you!

Giddyup!

Accenture

REI Co*op

Guitar Center

 LGBTQ+ Affirming Employer

Serving executive realness

Guitar Center

Guitar Center

Guitar Center

 LGBTQ+ Affirming Employer, Offers health insurance coverage for gender affirming surgeries  

It's time to slay

Kroger

Guitar Center

Kroger

 LGBTQ+ Friendly Employer 

 Recognized by the Human Rights Campaign as one of the Best Places to Work for LGBTQ+ Equality, we remain committed to creating a more diverse, equitable and inclusive environment for the LGBTQ+ community. Join us in celebrating our LGBTQ+ associates, customers and vendors! 

Let's have a kiki

Local LGBTQ+ Owned and/or Safe Shops/Restaurants/Cafes

VG's Bakery

Orange Hat Brewing Co.

VG's Bakery

  VG’s Bakery is a 100% scratch bakery offering a full line of handcrafted pastries, pies, cakes, cookies and artisan breads. When we say ‘from scratch’, we mean it. We grate the cheddar cheese; we zest and juice the lemons and oranges; we toast our own pecans and walnuts; we roast the apples and cherries; we cook the bacon in-house. It’s

  VG’s Bakery is a 100% scratch bakery offering a full line of handcrafted pastries, pies, cakes, cookies and artisan breads. When we say ‘from scratch’, we mean it. We grate the cheddar cheese; we zest and juice the lemons and oranges; we toast our own pecans and walnuts; we roast the apples and cherries; we cook the bacon in-house. It’s a serious thing around here and we hope you can taste the quality.  

Take my tummy to the land of yummy!

South Press

Orange Hat Brewing Co.

VG's Bakery

 LGBTQ+ owned, locally sourced, eco friendly, hand crafted coffee and tea house. Specializing in french press coffee, and custom locally sourced tea blends.Open 8am-8pm every day but Sunday3715 Chapman highway 

Sashay Your way to south press today!

Orange Hat Brewing Co.

Orange Hat Brewing Co.

Orange Hat Brewing Co.

LGBTQ+ safe & affirming place to socialize! "Our passion for providing an exceptional taproom experience and libations is why we exist.  We are honored to call Hardin Valley home and to provide our craft beverages to all our thirsty friends and neighbors in the Knoxville area and beyond. Cheers!"    

OPEN DAILY 11AM - 11PM 10246 Hardin Valley Rd.  Knoxville 37932 

Go big o!

LGBTQ+ Owned and/or Safe Services

Blount Pride

Off Leash K9 Training

Sassy and Sprayed

  LGBTQ+ operated & local organization. Learn the who, what, when, & where regarding the fabulousness that is Blount Pride.

Click here for unicorn sprinkles

Sassy and Sprayed

Off Leash K9 Training

Sassy and Sprayed

Contact Kirksey 865-679-5856

All body types are appreciated and welcome! LGBTQ+ safe and affirming. 

Kirksey has great reviews of her work.

Off Leash K9 Training

Off Leash K9 Training

Off Leash K9 Training

"Let the bond with your K9 be UNLEASHED"

Any age    Any size    Any breed


*Obedience *Behavior Modification *Aggression Management *Therapy Dog *Scent Detection *Tracking & trailing


Knoxville    Sevierville    Chattanooga 

I want my dog to have pride!

Hard Knox Wire

Ethan's Apothecary

Off Leash K9 Training

 Real People. Real News. 

Real Stories. 

An LGBTQ+ affirming and ethics-driven source of news for our community that is "completely independent of anything and anyone except you, our readers." 

 

I like my news how i like my coffee: fresh

Ethan's Apothecary

Ethan's Apothecary

Ethan's Apothecary

"We want to help you be the best you can be."


Lotions, Soaps & Shampoos made right here in Maryville! 

slip and slide to ethan's side!

Scruffy Cafe

Ethan's Apothecary

Ethan's Apothecary

We are more than just a cafe.

We are people focused & cat obsessed. We want to help cats find loving homes & bring joy to all people. Community togetherness is our first mission with mental health being our second. If you have struggles, you can shed them here. Please talk to our staff and use the phrase "feeling blue" if you need us. 

Happy Purrrrride!

Smokieee's

Coffin Curse Records

Rainbow Tutoring

Is an extension of GSMNP's Parks as Classrooms program in collaboration with Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont,  DLiA and GSMA, and in partnership with Friends of the Smokies. 

Everytime you click this, a Bear & an Ursula get their wings

Rainbow Tutoring

Coffin Curse Records

Rainbow Tutoring

Safe tutoring for LGBTQ+ children & teens. Camille is a high school student who can provide tutoring in Math and English. 


For tutoring rates and arrangements, please contact her Mama Bear at 865-591-5352.

Coffin Curse Records

Coffin Curse Records

Coffin Curse Records

 Knoxville, TN based Punk, Emo & Hardcore record label. No bullshit.  Specializing in releasing material from punk, emo and hardcore bands that we love we strive to bring you the best material we can find and are always open to hearing from the community we seek to serve.  

PUt some punk in your trunk

National LGBTQ+ Clothing Companies

Wild Fang

Dapper Boi

Dapper Boi

Is it too much to ask for a button up without boob gap? Why is the fashion industry still clinging to outdated gender norms that serve no one? We’re on a mission to rethink gender norms and how they show up in fashion. We embrace our masculine, our feminine, and our-everything-in-between.

Sink your teeth into these threads!

Dapper Boi

Dapper Boi

Dapper Boi

Dapper Boi is a gender-neutral and size-inclusive apparel line founded in 2015 by married couple, Vicky and Charisse Pasche. They’re partners in business and in life and still somehow able to raise twin preschoolers without going (completely) grey.

Roses are red violets are blue Tombois are hot. That's all.

Kirrin Finch

Kirrin Finch

Kirrin Finch

We challenge fashion industry norms for what is considered menswear & womenswear and instead focus on creating apparel designed to fit a range of female and non-binary bodies that makes you feel comfortable & confident in who you are. 

Click if you are "constant craving" some dapper duds

Tomboy X

Kirrin Finch

Kirrin Finch

TomboyX was founded the way many brands are, trying to fill a need that had gone unfilled for far too long. We asked ourselves, “How hard can it be to make good underwear?” And by that we meant underwear that fit regular bodies and fit how we saw ourselves. And underwear that any body could feel comfortable in, regardless of where they fell on the size or gender spectrum.  you are. 

Make your wedgies worth it!

LGBTQ+ National Organizations and Businesses

The American LGBTQ+ Museum

The American LGBTQ+ Museum

The American LGBTQ+ Museum

Visitors will be enlightened, entertained, and exposed to our culture as well as a documented history otherwise unavailable or difficult to access. 

Shablam this button!

Included Health

The American LGBTQ+ Museum

The American LGBTQ+ Museum

 Included Health is the first comprehensive health platform partnering with employers to connect LGBTQ+ members to culturally competent, quality providers who understand the unique needs of the community.  


Clicking this button is so gay...really, it is!

Trans Lifeline

The American LGBTQ+ Museum

Trans Lifeline

  Trans Lifeline is a grassroots hotline and microgrants 501(c)(3) non-profit organization offering direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community.  Trans Lifeline provides trans peer support for our community that’s been divested from police since day one. We’re run by and for trans people. 

I need a lifeline

Wet For Her

Love Is Respect

Trans Lifeline

 Wet For Her was originally created by lesbians for  lesbians, but the mission and the toys don't discriminate. It is Wet For Her's goal to make this a welcoming space for queer women and the folx they love by celebrating a
diverse range of bodies, genders, and orientations. 

Oh Yes

Love Is Respect

Love Is Respect

Love Is Respect

 Love Is Respect is an info/resource organiztion about LGBTQ+ dating abuse and partner violence and is a project of the National Domestic Violence Hotline. Love Is respect was launched in February 2007 as loveisrespect, National Dating Abuse Helpline with a supporting grant from Liz Claiborne, Inc.

Respect Love with Non-Violence

Point of Pride

Love Is Respect

Love Is Respect

 Point of Pride works to benefit trans people in need through gender-affirming support programs that empower them to live more authentically. **Thanks Sarah G! 

Pride is the point

Voter Registration

Voter Registration

Voter Registration

Voting is important & easy. If you haven't registered to vote, get started here:

Register to Vogue

Trevor Project

Voter Registration

Voter Registration

National LGBTQ+ crisis intervention & suicide prevention for youth & young adults: 

Click for 24/7 Trevor Lifeline Help Now

Advocate Magazine

Voter Registration

Gay Parent Magazine

LGBTQ Magazine that provide news and information related to LGBTQ culture, politics, art and other media.

Yassss, Queen!

Gay Parent Magazine

Human Rights Campaign (HRC)

Gay Parent Magazine

LGBTQ parenting resources & information magazine that empowers LGBTQ parents.

You better werk!

Human Rights Campaign (HRC)

Human Rights Campaign (HRC)

Human Rights Campaign (HRC)

LGBTQ+ organization that advocates for equality and advancement.

This is my resting butch face

OutRight Action International

OutRight Action International

OutRight Action International

Human rights for LGBTQ people across the globe.

LGBTQ+ Rights are human rights

Trans In the South

OutRight Action International

OutRight Action International

  A Directory of Trans-Affirming Health & Legal Service Providers: more than 350 Southern health service providers that the Campaign for Southern Equality team has confirmed to be trans-friendly and trans-competent.  

Bless Your Heart

GenderCool Project

GenderCool Project

GenderCool Project

 

  GenderCool is a youth-led movement replacing misinformed opinions with positive, powerful experiences meeting remarkable kids who identify as transgender and non-binary. 

 

Click for Gender Coolness!

OutCare Health

GenderCool Project

GenderCool Project

 

OutCare, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is the nation’s first comprehensive resource for LGBTQ+ healthcare offering provider and healthcare resource directories, mentorship, medical education reform, and cultural competency training. OutCare’s most notable endeavor, the OutList, is an online, nationwide directory of healthcare providers who iden

 

OutCare, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is the nation’s first comprehensive resource for LGBTQ+ healthcare offering provider and healthcare resource directories, mentorship, medical education reform, and cultural competency training. OutCare’s most notable endeavor, the OutList, is an online, nationwide directory of healthcare providers who identify as culturally competent in the care of the LGBTQ+ community.

Shantay, you stay!

Free Mom Hugs

GenderCool Project

Free Mom Hugs

 Free Mom Hugs is a group of affirming parents and allies who love the LGBTQ+ community unconditionally. We are dedicated to educating families, church, and civic leaders encouraging them to not only affirm the LGBTQ+ community but to celebrate them.

I want a Mama Bear hug!

Gay & Sober

Drug Rehab USA

Free Mom Hugs

 Provides a safe, fun, and enriching experience to the sober LGBTQ community. Our primary purpose is to encourage unity and enhance one’s sobriety.  

Don't drink the kool-aid, drink the Sobrie-tea!

GaL-AA

Drug Rehab USA

Drug Rehab USA

GaL-AA serves the LGBT+ members of Alcoholics Anonymous. Our sole purpose for existing is to provide our experience, strength and hope to any arm of A.A. when called upon to do so, to work in the spirit of Unity and Service with A.A. as a whole.

That's so gaay!

Drug Rehab USA

Drug Rehab USA

Drug Rehab USA

Drug Rehab USA offers connections to LGBTQIA+ friendly drug rehab facilities across the US.


Locate drug rehab facilities that provide  LGBTQIA+ clients with an inclusive and accepting place for addiction recovery through evidence-based treatment for substance abuse, sexual health and mental health. 

Take pride in finding the right fit!

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    Additional Local LGBTQ+ Resources for East TN

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    Process for Name Change for your Child

    Click the link below to learn what the the steps are in Tennessee for changing your transgender or nonbinary child's name


    click to learn more

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