Resources

Affirmations is metro Detroit's community center for lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender people and their allies.

For more than a century, BBBS has provided one-to-one mentoring relationships for young people - especially those facing the most challenges - empowering them on a path to a bright future with a mentor whose impact can last a lifetime.

BBBS is dedicated to serving ALL youth who need mentors. We know that LGBTQ+ youth face extremely high risks of bullying, depression, and homelessness, and often lack a support system. All young people - regardless of sexual orientation or gender identification require and deserve safe and affirming environments and relationships to flourish.

Through a lens of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI), child safety is our priority for our LGBTQ+ youth/Littles and our goal is to provide them with safe and supportive mentoring relationships.

LGBTQ+ Friendly coffee shop and bakery that also makes inclusive wedding cakes

A student club for LGBTQIA students. Meets weekly in person and on Zoom.

My name is Captain Soderstrom, LPC, (they/them) and I offer online counseling from an affirming, culturally sensitive, inclusive perspective. I serve individuals or relationship partners of any kind struggling with their sense of wellbeing or who wish to deepen their understanding of themselves. No topics are off limits – you can bring your whole, authentic self to our sessions. I believe that your care should be compassionate and collaborative, and that you are the expert on you. I will work with you to help develop therapy goals that are truly, uniquely yours. I firmly believe that you are worthy of respect, empathy, & acceptance, and I look forward to crafting your mental health journey together!

Dare To Be Counseling, LLC is a LGBTQ owned practice providing strength-based counseling services. All of our clinicians are LGBTQ affiirming and competent. We offer online counseling to clients throughout the State of Michigan and in-person counseling in Grand Rapids. We strive to create a safe, caring, and empowering environment in order to support our clients in becoming all they Dare To Be.

Dial Help is a non-profit crisis center serving the Upper Peninsula

Duncan Lake Speech Therapy, LLC is a small, private speech practice based out of Grand Rapids. We offer collaborative, client centered services, and strive to lean into our values of inclusion, diversity, representation, and cultural competency/humility.

While we do specialize in many pediatric services (articulation/language, AAC, apraxia, myofunctional therapy, stuttering, etc.), one of our clinic specialities is gender-affirming voice modification. We offer both in-person and virtual sessions, and accept many insurances .

EQMI is Michigan’s statewide lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) political advocacy organization.

Our primary goal is to connect victims of individual incidents of bias, discrimination, harassment, and violence, including intimate partner violence, to the support, referral, and navigational services they need to achieve justice.

The Growing in Grace Retreat is an annually occurring retreat for adults who value fostering diversity in a ministry context. LGBTQIA+ people have historically been marginalized by the Church, and the goal of this retreat is to continue to explore ways that we can support our LGBTQIA+ neighbors, how everyone can enter into community together, and allow everyone to come away affirmed in their call to be Change Makers.

To learn more about Fortune Lake's Inclusion work and find our welcome statement: https://fortunelake.org/about/growing-in-grace/

Here at Glow, we are passionate about improving the self esteem of members of our community. We already have several community outreach programs in place & this perfectly aligned with our mission to make our community better one laser treatment at a time.

We recently learned of a Transgender Woman in our community who was turned away at a local hair removal business & it has inspired us to take action.

We NOW are offering Scholarships for Full Face & Neck Laser Hair Removal to any transgender member of our community.

If you or someone you know could benefit from this program please text or call us at 906-360-9774.

We are an LBGT-owned speech therapy private practice that offers voice training to trans and nonbinary people virtually via telehealth throughout Michigan. We are passionate about helping trans and nonbinary people increase voice euphoria through feminizing, masculinizing, or deemphasizing voice gender.

Our mission is to assist anyone who has been victimized by sexual assault or abuse. Our website is a compilation of information around different instances of sexual violence. We offer resources to assist survivors and their families, and we will continuously be adding more

Our new guide provides prospective students and their families with tools to identify the right schools, an overview of common challenges, tips for applying, and details on the federal laws that protect LGBTQ students.

Keweenaw Pride is the LGBTQIA+ and Straight Ally organization of Michigan Technological University and the surrounding Keweenaw area that seeks to provide an inclusive and supportive space for the queer community.

We're a group dedicated to connecting all generations of queer people in the Keweenaw Peninsula.

Lake Superior Zendo is organized as a Soto Zen Buddhist Temple

SAFE (Student Alliance For Equality) is a group at Marquette Senior High School focused on community awareness, bullying prevention, and supporting LGBTQ+ students and their rights.

Nuture your spirit. Help heal our world.

You are welcome here at Messiah Lutheran Church, just as you are as you come through the door.

We focus on providing virtual mental health therapy for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex, queer, polyamorous, asexual, non-traditional, and allies in a safe, non-judgemental, secure, and trauma informed manner.

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I am a therapist in Michigan with both virtual and in person (Kalamazoo) hours. I tend to use an integrative approach that combines aspects of cognitive behavioral, solution focused, and dialectical behavioral therapy. I use a trauma informed and strength based lens with my clients. I am currently focusing on teen and adult clients who are experiencing life changes, depression, anxiety, grief and loss, relationship issues, transitions to adulthood, LGBTQ+ needs, and difficulties with self esteem and self compassion.

MCDC provides care for everyone, including those on Medicaid or those who are uninsured. We offer the same quality of care you would receive at a private, for-profit dental office.

Community organization for LGBTQA+ people and their allies to meet on NMU's campus.

A local P-FLAG group in the Marquette area. Our goal is to provide supports and education, by meetings and bringing in speakers of interest.

Planned Parenthood of Michigan is proud to provide gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) to transgender, nonbinary and gender-expansive folks.

We are committed to providing high quality, reproductive and sexual health care — including abortion — to people of all genders, and to ensuring our patients are treated with compassion and respect.

Planned Parenthood in Marquette now offers gender affirming hormone replacement therapy for 18+ transgender, non-binary, and gender expansive folks. PrEP, PEP, STI/HIV testing, and other sexual/reproductive wellness services also available.

Sault Ste. Marie LGBTQ Professionals Network is a connecting place for people in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, who seek to break down systemic and attitudinal barriers of homophobia, transphobia and heterosexism in the workplace.

Shine Therapy and Rachel McClure LMSW, CAADC she/her (the owner and sole therapist) provides LGBTQIA+ virtual or in person therapy based in Grand Rapids. Rachel is a queer therapist and has experience working with those on their journey to coming out, addressing internalized homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia, as well as gender identity affirmation and transgender support. Rachel is trained in, and follows, WPATH’s Standards of Care and writes letters of support for medical transition procedures and services. She specializes in treating trauma with EMDR therapy and is adept at doing so virtually.
Although she is not a sex or relationship therapist, she is poly/enm/kink friendly and knowledgeable.

We are Queer people reclaiming our spirits from weaponized religion.

Stand with Trans empowers and supports transgender youth and their loved ones.

The Student Equity and Engagement Center partners with students, faculty, staff, and alumni to build a vibrant, stimulating, and safe learning community where cultural diversity is highly valued, differences are respected, and people from all cultures and backgrounds flourish

The mission of SAIL is to assist individuals with disabilities and promote accessible Upper Peninsula communities for all.

Mission: Our mission is to provide more accessible services to underserved clients, particularly in the LGBTQIA+ community, folx with neurodivergence, racial and ethnic minorities, and for other underserved populations who lack access to in-person services, or lack access to counselors competent in these areas due to living in areas that are smaller, more rural, or more conservative.

We open our doors to individuals who have grown up Jewish, chosen to be Jewish, are part of an interfaith family, or are seeking more information or an attachment to Judaism.

Passionate about providing compassionate care for LGBTQIA patients, including gender affirming care

Upper Peninsula Commission for Area Progress

Dr. Lemanek - LGBTQ+ Primary Care

Resources are available from VA for LGBTQ+ Veterans. Listen as Becca, a Navy Veteran, and Tim, a Marine Corps Veteran, discuss living openly after the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy was revoked and the importance of opening up to their healthcare providers

Intersectional Feminist Theory Explained

Provide programs and services in Marquette and Alger Counties that Protect, Educate, Advocate, Counsel, and Empower survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.