Resources in Southwest Missouri

AIDS Project of the Ozarks (APO) is a non-profit community-based organization serving a 29 county region in southwest Missouri. APO currently serves over 600 clients with HIV/AIDS and their families.

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Pride St. Louis is an organization that strives to serve the LGBT+ community in the STL metropolitan area. Their mission is to foster unity, visibility and equality for the LGBT+ community through advocacy, education and celebration.

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OLGA’s mission is to document the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) experience in the Ozarks region. The Special Collections and Archives Department encourages prospective donors to assist us in preserving this often overlooked, hidden, and neglected aspect of Ozarkiana by donating their materials to the Ozarks Lesbian and Gay Archives.

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Lambda Organization  is a group of LGBT faculty and staff that meet monthly to socialize, work on issues that affect all LGBT people on campus, and to encourage faculty, staff and student engagement.  We want to create a safe zone for our LGBT student to know about us, and to be visible role models for that population.

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Missouri State University’s Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Ally Alliance.

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Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG) is a national non-profit organization with over 200,000 members and supporters and over 500 affiliates in the United States.

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JoMo EQ is an LGBT support community for queers in Joplin, it was created to give kids, teens, young adults, parents and seasoned adults within the LGBT community a safe place to express who they are. Their page consists of multiple event postings and community resources.

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JOMO Pride’s mission is to eradiate discrimination and prejudice of our LGBT communities, foster and encourage a sense of pride, inclusion and diversity while educating and promoting awareness of health, culture, diversity and acceptance.

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The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of the Ozarks supports the well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) persons in the greater Springfield, Missouri region by organizing and sponsoring community activities and by increasing public understanding and appreciation of GLBT citizens.

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