LGBTQ+ Resources and Support
It is no secret that times are tough right now. Regardless of what may be going on in our lives, we can get help. We've put together a substantial (yet not comprehensive) list of helpful organizations that provide various forms of assistance to queer people. We highly recommend clicking through their websites to see what they offer and do for the queer community.
General Support
A queer mental health support group that provides 24/7 services such as free counseling and suicide prevention for anyone under 25 years old.
If you are in need to help or support right now, this link will take you straight to their contact information.
A free, confidential service that has a plethora of hotlines, as well as ways to meet others.
Hotline hours:
M - F 1 pm - 10 pm CST
Sat 11 am - 4 pm CST
Provides free gender-affirming items, as well as free flight assist to get you to gender-affirming care. BIPOC and disabled individuals can get early access to gender-affirming item drops.
Support for Queer People of Color
Call center that prioritizes BIPOC individuals. Provides a safe space for peer support, counseling, and reporting mistreatment, especially by police and vigilantes.
1 (800) 604-5841
First and only hotline in the US for South Asian individuals. Provides free, confidential peer support. Can help get any additional resources one may need.
908-367-3374
Hotline hours:
Thurs 7 - 9 pm CST
Sun 7 - 9 CST
(Also by appointment)
Support for Trans People
Geared towards families and family resources. Can help explain the gender spectrum and what being trans means to families.
Organization of lawyers and policy experts that tracks federal legal attacks on the trans community.
Hotline for trans individuals that provides peer support for a wide range of topics including mental health, crises, and help coming out in both English and Spanish.
(877) 565-8860
Hotline hours:
M - F 12 pm - 8 pm
Helps provide access to gender-affirming services such as free chest binders and femme shapewear, and cheaper access to hormone therapy.
Support in Iowa City
Provides support, counseling services, advocacy, and activism for people of all identities, especially women and genderqueer people.
Bowman House
230 N. Clinton Street
Iowa City, IA 52242
Open M-F 9 am - 5 pm
319-335-1486
Provides a safe venue for students and community members as well as free and sustainable gender-affirming clothing through the QT Closet.
601 Melrose Ave.
Iowa City, IA 52242
M-Th 3 - 9 pm
Friday 12 - 5 pm
Provides primary and preventative care to transgender and gender non-conforming people such as HRT, PrEP, STI testing, and menstrual resources.
Not-for-profit independent clinic that provides free or affordable health care services for women and genderqueer people.
227 N. Dubuque Street
Iowa City, IA, 52245
Open M-F 9 am - 5 pm & some Saturdays (call first)
319-337-2111
800-848-7684