Minnesota 2SLGBTQIA+ Resources

Statewide

  • Our Space
    • Our Space is a community-driven campaign to create, build, and dream up physical and virtual spaces for queer and trans and LGBTQ+ communities in the Twin Cities and greater Minnesota.
  • Outfront Minnesota
    • Our mission is to build power within Minnesota’s 2SLGBTQIA+ communities and address inequities through intersectional organizing, advocacy, education, and direct support services.
  • MN LGBTQ+ Therapists Network
    • As a diverse community of LGBTQ+ and allied helping professionals, we are committed to honoring the complex intersections of gender and sexuality with race, age, ability, size, spirituality, education, country of origin, immigration status, family composition, and class.
  • Transforming Families
    • Transforming Families is a community where transgender, gender non-conforming, and questioning youth and their families come together to support each other in a safe, welcoming space. At our monthly gatherings, separate breakout groups for parents, kids, siblings, and teens provide the opportunity to meet and learn from other people traveling the same path. 
  • TIFERRS
    • TIGERRS is a nonhierarchical collective dedicated to delivering programs and resources that build solidarity and safety among transgender, intersex and gender-expansive Minnesotans.
  • MN Trans and Intersex Resource Network
    • This group is a collaboration between local LGBTQIA+ organizations and individuals with the goal of assisting Trans and Intersex folx coming to Minnesota.
  • The Bisexual Organizing Project
    • Build, serve and advocate for an empowered bisexual, pansexual, fluid, queer, and unlabeled (bi+) community to promote social justice.
  • One Voice Mixed Chorus
    • One Voice has been “building community and creating social change by raising our voices in song” for over 35 years. At One Voice Mixed Chorus, we believe in the transformative power of music to build community, foster inclusion, and amplify voices that need to be heard. As one of Minnesota’s largest and most vibrant LGBTQIA+ and straight ally choruses, we are committed to celebrating diversity and driving social change through the arts.
  • Telling Queer History
    • Telling Queer History is a series of storytelling and community-building gatherings that connect LGBTQ+ people across generations and identities.
  • Rural AIDS Action Network (RAAN)
    • RAAN envisions rural communities where persons living with or affected by HIV/AIDS live dignified lives and receive appropriate and compassionate medical care, and where communities understand the realities of transmission and prevention.
  • Lavender Magazine
    • Magazine for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and ally community. Publishes biweekly as glossy mag in Minnesota, daily online. Always free.
  • Tristate Transgender
    • Building support for transgender, non-binary, & gender non-conforming people of North Dakota, South Dakota, & Minnesota.

Northwest

  • Bemidji Pride
    • Bemidji Pride is dedicated to sponsoring, supporting, and producing events that cultivate hope and provide support for 2SLGBTQIA+ youth and adults. Our commitment extends to educating the community about 2SLGBTQIA+ issues and collaborating with allied individuals and organizations to foster growth. Together, we strive to propel equity and justice, particularly among marginalized groups in Bemidji, Beltrami County, and the Tri Reservation areas of Red Lake, Leech Lake, and White Earth Reservations.

Northeast

  • East Central Minnesota Pride
    • Pioneering Rural Pride Across Pine, Isanti, Chisago, Kanabec and Mille Lacs Counties: Embracing the Full Spectrum.
  • Cook County Pride
    • Cook County Pride is committed to creating public events which foster a safe, healthy and empowered queer community for residents and visitors of Cook County, MN.
  • Itasca Pride
    • Building queer empowerment within and throughout our community through empathy, education, safe spaces, and equity
  • Rang Iron Pride
    • We strive for Equality, Diversity, Equity, Acceptance and Belonging on the Iron Range.
  • Duluth-Superior Pride
    • The mission of this organization is to serve the people of the Duluth-Superior area community’s diverse sexual and gender identities by organizing safe and inclusive events that celebrate equality and self-expression.
  • Two Harbors Pride
    • Two Harbors Pride will host social events to provide safe and fun activities for the LGBTQIA+ community in Two Harbors, Minnesota.

Central

  • Brainerd Lakes Pride
    • Brainerd Lakes Pride partners with local, state and national businesses and governments to increase acceptance of the LGBTQIA+ community. through support, education, and a bit of fun for those who wish to further understand LGBTQIA+ terminology, lifestyles and more. 
  • Wright-Sherburne Pride
    • This event is dedicated to promoting equal rights, as well as increasing LGBTQ visibility as a a social group while celebrating sexual diversity and gender variance.

Metro

  • Queermunity
    • Queermunity is a resource center and social club committed to bringing the LGBTQ+ community together in Minneapolis.
  • QUEERSPACE Collective
    • QUEERSPACE collective is the first mentorship program created specifically for LGBTQ+ youth in Minnesota.
  • Queer Birth Project
    • The Queer Birth Project is a collection of LGBTQ-identified birth and postpartum professionals based in and around Minneapolis, Minnesota who work together to support LGBTQ families during family building and early parenting. 
  • Prime Timers Minneapolis – St. Paul
    • Prime Timers Minneapolis/St. Paul is a diverse social organization for the enrichment of gay and bisexual men at all stages of their lives. Our members embrace the Prime Timer’s commitment to Community, Connections, and Caring. We provide opportunities to socialize and build relationships that go beyond Prime Timers Minneapolis/St. Paul.
  • Quatrefoil Library
    • Quatrefoil Library is a community center that cultivates the free exchange of ideas and makes accessible LGBTQ+ materials for education and inspiration.
  • Minnesota Leather Pride
    • Minnesota Leather Pride (MNLP) is a Minnesota-based organization dedicated to celebrating, honoring, and nurturing leather/kink/BDSM culture and history by facilitating communication and building alliances among individuals and groups within communities; offering opportunities for education, social interaction, visibility, activism, and community service.
  • Twin Cities Trans Mutual Aid
    • Supporting and amplifying the material needs of trans folks in the Twin Cities, Minnesota
  • Team Trans Twin Cities
    • Team Trans is an an international collective of all Trans and Non-Binary hockey players. We have over 500 players globally.  Team Trans Twin Cities is it’s first state chapter and has over 100 players with 50 of them actively skating year round. 
  • Twin Cities Queer Hockey Association
    • Our goal at TCQHA is to create a safe and inclusive space for everyone to have fun and play hockey. We are excited to bring back Queer hockey to the Twin Cities and we hope that we grow large enough to have a full league where we get to exist as we are and play some competitive and fun hockey. 
  • Gray Ducks LGBTQ+ Team
    • Home of LGBTQ+ & Allied Soccer in Minneapolis-St Paul
  • Minnesota Freedom Band
    • The Minnesota Freedom Band is a Twin Cities-based, non-profit community band that celebrates and uplifts LGBTQIA+ musicians. We are committed to representing and honoring our communities through quality performances, opportunities to improve musicianship, and building relationships within and among our various communities.
  • Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus
    • The goals of the Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus continue to be three-fold: 1) to achieve a high level of musical integrity; 2) to give voice and visibility to a cultural minority; and 3) to confront homophobia and intolerance and affect positive social change.
  • MNPOC Pride
    • The Minnesota People of Color LGBT Pride organization, also known as MN POC Pride, we play a significant role in supporting and enhancing the lives of LGBTQ+ people of color in Minnesota. Here’s how we contribute to the community:
  • STP Pride
    • Uniting St. Paul pride in downtown!
  • Columbia Heights Pride
    • We are striving to create a sustainable community for everyone. That means respect for all cultures, genders, skin colors, sexual orientations, ages, body types, and abilities. We are an organization that strives for inclusion, equality, and safety for everyone to be themselves and work together as a community.
  • Golden Valley Pride Festival
    • The Golden Valley Pride Festival is an annual celebration of Golden Valley LGBTQ individuals, families and friends. This family-friendly event, held annually at Brookview Park, includes exhibits from local businesses and community groups, live music, food trucks, bouncy houses and games, a beer and wine garden and more. All are welcome.
  • Bloomington Pride Celebration
    • a welcoming afternoon filled with treats from food trucks, great music and entertainment, fun activities for kids, and vendor booths to visit.
  • Chaska Pride Celebration
    • The Chaska Pride Picnic is put on by the Chaska Human Rights Commission in partnership with the Chaska High School Gender and Sexuality Alliance and the Chaska Parks & Recreation Department.

Southwest

  • Marshall Pride
    • We are so grateful to say that Marshall Pride is a part of the Marshall community. As we continue hosting events and developing connections, we will share the history of what’s going on in the Marshall community

South Central

  • South Central Minnesota Pride
    • You are not alone and we’re here to prove it! Sometimes it can get lonely in rural Minnesota for people who identify as LGBTQIA+. SCMN Pride is here to remind all of us that LGBTQIA+ people are flourishing and happy all over this great state.

Southeast

  • Northfield Pride in the Park
    • Northfield Pride had its humble beginnings in 2020 with our inaugural Pride in the Park celebration. Since then, we’ve evolved into a full-fledged non-profit organization, boasting a dedicated board of directors and a team of remarkable volunteers. We’re grateful for the generous support we’ve received from numerous local organizations and businesses.
  • Rochester Pride
    • Our mission is to provide Pride events for the gender-identity and sexual-orientation minority communities and their allies; that inspire, educate, commemorate and celebrate our diverse community; in order to promote an environment for advocacy, outreach, inclusion, and equity for gender-identity and sexual-orientation minorities.
  • Red Wing Pride
    • PRIDE Events – Red Wing MN
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