Community Resources: peopleofcolor

St. Louis Black Pride is dedicated to standing and working together to overcome challenges of the Black LGBTQ community. Programs include Black Pride Weekend, fitness programs, kickball and volleyball programs, free sexual health screenings and PrEP screenings. 

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Founded in May of 1999, the Black AIDS Institute is the only national HIV/AIDS think tank focused exclusively on Black people. The Institute’s Mission is to stop the AIDS pandemic in Black communities by engaging and mobilizing Black institutions and individuals in efforts to confront HIV.

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The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA) is a federation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) Asian American, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander organizations. NQAPIA seeks to expand collaborations with allied organization, and promote social justice values by challenging homophobia, sexism, racism and xenophobia that adversely impact our communities

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Trikone is a  non-profit organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people of South Asian descent. Founded in 1986 in the San Francisco Bay Area, Trikone is the first group of its kind in the world. South Asians affiliated with Trikone trace their ethnicities to one of the following places: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Tibet.

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Indigenous Peoples Task Force (IPTF) is a Native American provider of HIV education and direct services to the Native community in Minnesota. For over 20 years, IPTF has developed and implemented culturally appropriate programs to prevent further transmission of HIV, increase access to traditional and western medical services, and improve the quality of life for clients, families, and communities.

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NMAC represents a coalition of faith based and community based organizations as well as AIDS Service organizations advocating and delivering HIV/AIDS services in communities of color nationwide. Our mission is to develop leadership in communities of color to END the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

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Lavender Lotus is a supportive network organization based in the St. Louis area for Asian & Pacific Islander American individuals who identify as LGBTIQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, questioning, etc.). We organize activities that range from potlucks, movie nights, bike rides, casual afternoons at a coffeehouse, etc., as well as partake in events at the annual Pridefest.

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The ACLU of Kansas and Western Missouri also works to extend rights to segments of our population that have traditionally been denied their rights, including women, people of color, lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender people, mental-health patients, prisoner, people with disabilities, immigrants and the poor.

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