The community beyond Penn and the city of Philadelphia offers many valuable opportunities and we urge you to take full advantage of them, whether through your membership or offering volunteer services. Becoming involved is a rewarding experience, both for you and your organization of choice, and we hope you choose to do so.
Though this Guide was intended to be extensive, we’re sure we’ve missed a few things here and there. And, though all of the listings have been verified to be correct, community and campus organizations wax and wane and details change quickly. Please notify the Center of any omissions or incorrect listings. The online version you are looking at right now is the most up to date version.
We hope that you find the Resource Guide useful and that your experiences at Penn and in the Philadelphia area are fulfilling and enjoyable.
Philly Support Services
- AIDS Fund
- The Attic Youth Center
- Broad Street Ministry
- COLOURS Organization
- Equality Forum
- GALAEI: A Queer Latin@ Social Justice Organization
- LGBT Elder Initiative
- LGBT Peer Counseling Services at the William Way Community Center
- Morris Home
- Office of LGBT Affairs
- Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbian & Gays (PFLAG)
- Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations & Philadelphia Fair Housing Commission
- Philadelphia Family Pride
- Philadelphia NOW
- Sisterspace
- TransYouth Family Allies
- Women Against Abuse
- Women In Transition
- Women Organized Against Rape (WOAR)
- Philly Asian Queer
Pennsylvania Support Services
National Support Services
- American Veterans for Equal Rights (AVER)
- AVEN (The Asexual Visibility and Education Network)
- COLAGE
- Desi LGBTQ Helpline for South Asians
- Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
- Human Rights Campaign
- National Black Justice Coalition
- National Center for Transgender Equality
- National LGBTQ Task Force
- Services and Advocacy for LGBT Elders (SAGE)
- The Trevor Project
Health and Wellness
- Access Matters
- Action Wellness
- Association of LGBTQ Psychiatrists
- Bilingual Domestic Violence Project Hotline
- Blacks Educating Blacks About Sexual Health Issues (BEBASHI)
- Healthy Minds Philly
- Imi (LGBTQ Youth Mental Wellbeing)
- Infertility and Adoption Counseling Center LGBT Support Group
- MANNA
- Mazzoni Center (LGBT Health and Wellness Services)
- Courdea (formerly Menergy)
- National Domestic Violence Hotline
- Philadelphia FIGHT Community Health Center
- Philadelphia Health Department
- Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania
- Prevention Point
- Siloam
- Washington West Project
Professional Groups
- Gay and Lesbian Lawyers of Philadelphia (GALLOP)
- Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
- Independence Business Alliance (IBA)
- National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association – Philadelphia Chapter
- National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals (NOGLSTP)
- Out and Equal
- Out Professional Network
Philly Gayborhood
Recreation
- Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse
- ANNA Crusis Women’s Choir
- Bearded Ladies
- City of Brotherly Love Softball League
- Fairmount Park Women’s Softball League
- FINS Aquatics Club
- Frontrunners
- Greater Philadelphia Flag Football League
- Independence Squares
- Leeway Foundation
- Liberty Belle Bowling Invitational
- Liberty City Democratic Club
- Log Cabin Republicans
- Mauckingbirg Theatre Company
- Out Philly Athletic League
- Penn Jersey Roller Derby
- Philadelphia Falcons Soccer Club
- Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus
- Philadelphia Gryphons Rugby Football Club
- Philadelphia Liberty Tennis Association
- Philadelphians Motorcycle Club
- Philadelphia Voices of Pride
- Philadelphia Women’s Rugby Football Club, Inc.
- Philly Black Pride
- Philly Dyke March
- Philly Radical Faeries
- Philly Roller Derby
- PHL Pride Collective
- PYC (Pennsylvania Youth Congress)
- Spartans Wrestling Club
- Stonewall Sports Philly
- William Way LGBT Community Center
Spirituality
- Affirmation: Gay and Lesbian Mormons
- All Souls Ecumenical Catholic Communion
- American Friends Service Committee
- Arch Street Friends
- Arch Street United Methodist Church
- Calvary United Methodist Church
- Central Baptist Church
- Chestnut Hill United Church
- Collenbrook United Church
- Congregation Rodeph Shalom
- Dignity Philadelphia
- First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia
- First United Methodist Church of Germantown
- Grace Epiphany Episcopal Church
- Hillel at Steinhardt Hall
- Imago Dei Metropolitan Community Church
- Integrity Philadelphia
- Kol Tzedek
- Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion
- Mishkan Shalom
- Muslim Alliance for Sexual & Gender Diversity
- Muslims for Progressive Values
- Old First Reformed Church
- Open and Affirming Coalition United Church of Christ
- Pride in the Pews
- Q Christian Fellowship
- Rainbow Buddhist Meditation
- Saint Mary Magdalene Community
- St. Luke’s United Church of Christ
- St. Mary’s Church, Hamilton Village
- Tabernacle United Church
- Unitarian Universalist Church of the Restoration
- United Christian Church
- Unity Fellowship of Christ Church Philadelphia
- University Lutheran Church of the Incarnation
- Whosoever Metropolitan Community Church