ELECTED Officials/Representatives Work for US
Please contact for your voice to be heard. We are valid!
Governor Sarah Sanders (501)682-2345
Call Arkansas Congress Members at (202)224-3121
Senator John Boozman
Senator Tom Cotton
Rep. Rick Crawford
Rep. French Hill
Rep. Steve Womack
Rep. Bruce Westerman
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If you are thinking about harming yourself — get immediate crisis support. Connect to a crisis counselor 24/7, 365 days a year, from anywhere in the U.S via text, chat, or phone.
If you or someone you know needs help or support, The Trevor Project’s trained crisis counselors are available 24/7 at 1-866-488-7386, via chat at TheTrevorProject.org/Get-Help, or by texting START to 678678.
The Trevor Project is 100% confidential and 100% free.
In Need Of Help Or Support? You are not alone! If you are struggling with your mental health, the NAMI HelpLine is here for you. Connect with a NAMI HelpLine volunteer today. Available Monday Through Friday, 10 A.M. – 10 P.M. ET.
Call 1-800-950-NAMI (6264), text “HelpLine” to 62640 or email us at helpline@nami.org
LGBTQIA+ ORGANIZATIONS
ARKANSAS 2SLGBTQIA+ Organizations
To be listed, please submit your organization at infor@arpride.org Include org. name, mission statement, and logo.
Arkansas Queer Men’s Social Club offers a pop-up “third space” for GBT+ men - friendship, connection, and networking. Regular weekly real-world events plus special events and trips. No cost for membership. Email info@queerar.org or visit queerar.org to learn more and find the third space you’ve been missing
Arkansas Rainbow Diamond Deaf Social - Rainbow Diamonds Deaf Social is a social event, workshops, and advocacy for the LGBTQIA+ community.
Email rddeafsocial@gmail.com for more information.
Arkansas RAPPS is a 501c 3 designated community-based entity serving as an HIV prevention program to offer both HIV and HCV screenings by appointment, linkage to care options, health navigation and events services.
Contact them by email info@arrapps.org or website arrapps.org
Be YoUUU Empower and Uplift BIPOC transmasculine and TGNC individuals by offering holistic support through peer leadership, education, advocacy, direct services an addressing key issues as gender affirmation, harm reduction, reproductive justice and Healthcare
Central Arkansas Queer Collective -Gathering together queer families of Central Arkansas for support, community, and joyful living! Check out their Facebook page for monthly calendar of events
Email: QueerCollectiveAR@gmail.com
Reel Queer LGTB Film Festival- Kaleidoscope Arts and Culture’s mission is to provide innovative and unique programming that will engage the hearts and minds of audiences in the State of Arkansas and the surrounding region. Our main event is the Reel Queer Film Festival.
The festival celebrates the diversity of the LGBT community and filmmakers by presenting poignant and thought-provoking films documenting LGBT lives truthfully and with respect. The festival exhibits the power of film to transform lives and opinions of those both inside and outside the LGBT community through the universal medium of the cinema.
Reel Queer is produced by Kaleidoscope Arts and Culture and is Arkansas's only major outlet for LGBT films, as well as LGBT filmmakers.
Visit Reel Queer at Reel Queer Film Festival
NATIONAL Organizations
GLAAD — www.glaad.org — Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. “GLAAD works with print, broadcast and online news sources to bring people powerful stories from the LGBT community that build support for equality.”
GLSEN — www.glsen.org — Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network. “Every day GLSEN works to ensure that LGBT students are able to learn and grow in a school environment free from bullying and harassment.”
Forge — http://forge-forward.org/ is a progressive organization whose mission is to support, educate and advocate for the rights and lives of transgender individuals and SOFFAs (Significant Others, Friends, Family, and Allies). They have recorded webinars on many different issues related to trans* individuals and SOFFAs.
It Gets Better Project — www.itgetsbetter.org — “The It Gets Better Project’s mission is to communicate to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth around the world that it gets better, and to create and inspire the changes needed to make it better for them.”
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force — http://www.thetaskforce.org/ — “The mission of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force is to build the power of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community from the ground up.” They also run Creating Change the “largest annual gathering of LGBTQ activists, organizers, and leaders within the LGBT movement” in the US.
National Center for Transgender Equality — https://transequality.org/ — “The nation’s leading social justice advocacy organization winning life-saving change for transgender people.”
The “Not All Like That” (NALT) Project – http://notalllikethat.org – videos of (awesome) Christians (mostly families) explaining how they fully support LGBTQ people and that being Christian shouldn’t mean being anti-gay.
PFLAG —www.pflag.org — “Parents, Families, Friends, and Allies United with LGBT People to Move Equality Forward.”
Transgender Law Center — https://transgenderlawcenter.org/ — “The largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people. Grounded in legal expertise and committed to racial justice, TLC employs a variety of community-driven strategies to keep transgender and gender nonconforming people alive, thriving, and fighting for liberation.”
The Trevor Project — www.thetrevorproject.org — “Crisis intervention and suicide prevention for LGBTQ youth.”
United States Association of Prides (USAP) Mission USA Prides supports LGBTQ+ Pride organizations in the United States and its territories through collaboration, networking, resource-sharing, and education. USA Prides envisions a nationwide network of LGBTQ+ Pride organizations working together to successfully create safe, accessible, and inclusive spaces within their communities. Values of Collaborate, Unite, Educate, Network. Creating a vibrant and robust community of Pride organizations. USA Prides was established in October 2018 with the purpose of creating a vibrant and robust community of Pride organizations in the United States.
We welcome any LGBTQ+ organization that produces Pride events for their respective community as one of its purposes or activities. Pride events may include a parade, march, rally, festival, arts or cultural festival or event, or some other activity organized for the LGBTQ+ community.
Membership in USA Prides provides significant value, with opportunities to network, collaborate, share resources, and learn with fellow Pride organizers. These opportunities are provided on a regional level through our four districts, at the national level through national member meetings, resources, and the annual national conference, and internationally through our partnership with InterPride, the International Association of Pride Organizers. We partner with InterPride as a national Pride platform representing the unique, domestic national interests of Pride organizers in the U.S. and its territories. USA Prides members enjoy joint membership with InterPride.
