Sponsors That Are LGBTQ+ Owned or Safe Spaces

  The Rising Flame Candles – where the warm glow of our candles meets the warmth of our commitment to sustainability and customer satisfaction. Join us in illuminating your space and the world with beauty, style, and a conscience. 

 “WHERE FAITH AND LIFE CONNECT” 

We seek to follow Jesus Christ in an open and inclusive community of faith where God’s transforming love for all creation is celebrated through worship, discipleship and service.

Westminster continues to be a place where people can ask questions and explore together, a place where genuine intergenerational relationships are fostered, a place that values integrity in worship, music and education, and a place that seeks to live out the implications of what it means to be a gathered community of disciples of Jesus Christ in the 21st century.

 Dual Citizen is a community-focused brewhouse born from a few simple beliefs. An understanding that substance beats trends. A recognition that community roots run the deepest. The understanding that what unites us is far greater than what divides us. We just celebrated our 5th Anniversary, won a World Beer cup gold medal (22′) and our brand new 5,000 bbl production facility is fully operational. 

Dual Purpose provides space and resources to local community members and organizations to establish long-term partnership with Dual Citizen Brewing Co. 

Starbucks' commitment to the LGBTQ+ community goes far beyond flying a rainbow flag at their Starbucks Support Center. For years, they’ve offered benefits to partners in same-sex relationships, and their Workplace Gender Transition Guidelines support partners who are transgender or considering transitioning. The Human Rights Campaign Foundation recognized them as a top employer for LGBTQ+ workplace equality. 

Their dedication to the cause also extends outside of the workplace. In 2012, they endorsed same-sex marriage equality in their home state of Washington. 

Starbucks also continues to be a supporter and donor of Appalachian OUTreach.

 
Given the Castro district's pivotal role in queer history we specialize in LGBTQ+ books, but science & nature writing, ethnic studies, witchcraft, poetry, progressive politics, history, cookbooks, sci-fi, and all types of literature are also well represented. And if you can't find what you're looking for, we'll  order it!

In response to the nationwide wave of book banning by reactionary bigots, we've launched BOOKS NOT BANS, a program allowing customers to buy books for us to send to LGBTQ+ organizations in conservative areas.  

Call: 1-800-832-1901 

The Network/La Red’s 24-hour hotline 

Call: 1-866-488-7386

Text: "Start" to 678-678

 Providing confidential support for LGBTQ youth in crisis, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 

 Call: 908-367-3374 

We are trained South Asian LGBQ/TGNB+ peer support volunteers. 

If you need a queer-safe babysitter, these sisters are your people to call! Click on flyer for more info!

  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.  

 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!

 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. 

  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   

Lost In Sensation Therapeutic Yoga is owned by Valery, who is an ERYT-500 and YACEP- Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider. Valery offers group events, workshops, retreats and private sessions. Her Intuitive Healing sessions incorporate Chakra Yoga, Reiki and bio-energetic grounding exercises to release and purge emotions, tension and trauma stored in the body.  

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

   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. 

    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.  

The mission of Presbyterian Homes of Tennessee, Inc., (Shannondale) a charitable not-for-profit corporation, is as follows: To provide personal privacy and security and to maintain a high quality of life for the residents it serves. And to provide a friendly, wholesome, safe, healthy, and attractive environment which will enhance quality of life.

The Travel division at Pride Health allows healthcare professionals to expand their career experiences in different cities. 

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

Brokeback Mountaineer in you!

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

 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 

  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.  

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

 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.  

The Okra Project is a collective that seeks to address the global crisis faced by Black Trans people by bringing home cooked, healthy, and culturally specific meals and resources to Black Trans People wherever we can reach them.     

 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.  

 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.

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

LGBTQ+ organization that advocates for equality and advancement.

 MASGD works to support, empower, and connect LGBTQ+ Muslims.* In our work, we challenge root causes of oppression, including misogyny, racism, capitalism, and xenophobia. We celebrate gender and sexual diversity within Muslim communities and promote an understanding of Islam that is centered on inclusion, justice, and equity. Our intention is to be inclusive.
  

National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network (NQTTCN) is a healing justice organization actively working to transform mental health for queer and trans Black, Indigenous and People of Color (QTBIPOC).

We envision a world where all people have access to health and healing resources rooted in healing justice and collective liberation to recover from trauma, violence, and systemic oppression. Through political education and field building, we work to create a future where health, mental health, and healing practitioners build power to intervene against the harm perpetuated by the medical-industrial complex while actively creating new liberatory ecosystems of care for our communities. 

 This guide is a sexuality and sex education resource written specifically for autistic people age 15 and up. Autistic people sometimes don’t have the chance to learn about sexuality and sex in ways that work for them, so OAR created this guide as a starting point to change that.  

Interlocking Roots is a network of Queer and Trans* Black and Indigenous People of Color  farmers, foodies, and earth stewards. We center food and earthwork as decolonization tools to combat isolation, trauma, and accountability within our movement, community, and work spaces. We connect with one another, share lessons, affirm queer and trans* identities through our plant ancestor and life stories, talk about queer ecology, strategize and eat together! We honor our multifaceted strategies for liberation as sacred rituals that will transcend volatile political times and nourish our collective spirit. 

The Queer Food Fund is a community mutual aid project designed to feed and nourish those impacted by food insecurity in the Black Queer and Trans community. We redistribute funds donated through Venmo and CashApp directly to individuals (18+) who fit these criteria across the United States. This fund is completely operated by volunteer efforts through Queer Food Foundation.  

  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.  

The Eagle bar originally was a longshoreman’s pub called the Eagle Open Kitchen at 142 11th Avenue at 21st Street from 1931 to 1970. In 1969 the stonewall riots in Greenwich Village produced a new found pride in being gay and the closet doors were slowly opening. In 1970, the Eagle Open Kitchen was acquired by Jack Modica who turned the pub into a leather/ levi bar. With a few coats of black paint and an old beat up motorcycle for decoration, an institution was born. The Eagle remains a thriving queer space and a large donor to Appalachian OUTreach.

The QSAW network was founded in August 2019 by Sonali (Alyy) Patel, a gay gender-fluid Indo-African Gujarati in the Canadian diaspora, with a desire to challenge the invisibility of Queer South Asian Women in Western LGBTQ+ communities. 

 OutCare is the nation’s first comprehensive resource for LGBTQ+ healthcare offering provider and healthcare resource directories, mentorship, medical education reform, and cultural competency training. 

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

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

 Southeast Detox provides a comfortable, intimate setting for you or your loved one to recover from addiction and gain the tools needed to live a happy, healthy, and drug-free life. Because of the intense disparity in access to healthcare specifically for black women who are struggling with addiction, finding trustworthy resources is incredibly important.  

Sanctuary Mental Health & Wellness is a mental health treatment provider with locations around the country including right here in Seymour, Tennessee. 

QORDS' mission is empowering Southern queer youth and building community through music and the arts, QORDS is a vehicle for expressing gender and sexuality and harbors an environment of self-discovery and social change.