Community Resources: southwestmissouri

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. We meet on every third Sunday of the month at the National Avenue Church, 1515 National Avenue, Springfield, MO at 3:00 PM.

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This group is a clearing house for gay & lesbian events in the greater Joplin, MO area. It is open to everyone but focuses on issues important to or geared to the LGBTQQI community & its allies.

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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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