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SQSHBook is a program led by the St. Louis Queer+ Support Helpline (SQSH)

SQSH is a grassroots, queer-led collective dedicated to facilitating healing spaces and providing holistic support for queer St. Louisans to thrive.

Our Peer Support Helpline is open
Friday through Monday, 1:00-7:00 PM CT

Local: 314-380-7774

Toll-Free: 884-785-7774

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4220 Duncan Ave, Suite 201
St. Louis, MO 63110

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New Journey Baptist Church

1.1 Food Pantries

1.2 Emergency Food

3.1 Clothing & Furniture

3.3 Household Essentials

8.4 Co-Counseling & Peer Counseling

11.6 Menstrual Products

12.1 Relationship & Sexual Violence: General Resources

12.2 Relationship & Sexual Violence: Obtaining an Order of Protection

12.3 Relationship & Sexual Violence: Legal Resources

12.4 Relationship & Sexual Violence: Educational Resources

20.4 Job Postings & Referrals

22.9 Educational Supplies (Textbooks, etc.)

25.4 Nutritional Support

26.1 Religious & Spiritual Resources – General

26.2 Faith-Based Organizations

28.1 Support Groups

29.1 Social Groups & Events

29.2 Self-Care & Wellbeing

29.26 Educational Classes & Groups

31.1 Resource Guides & Centers

We are a faith based organization that serves the community, regardless of someone's identity (with special consideration for women in or in transtion from abusive relationships). Our food pantry (down the street, past the parking lot) has no zipcode restrictions and is open Wednesdays, 1:00PM to 3:00PM.

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newjourney314@gmail.com

Yes Honey

28.3 Community-Building & Spaces

29.1 Social Groups & Events

29.17 Local/Small Businesses

29.2 Self-Care & Wellbeing

29.4 Sports & Fitness

Dance and fitness studio that's body positive and queer affirming

Genre Blender Book Club @ Schlafly Library

Temporarily Closed

29.1 Social Groups & Events

29.2 Self-Care & Wellbeing

Meets on the third Wednesday of every month to talk about books that defy categorization. Join us as we read and discuss authors who aren’t afraid to mix influences and think outside the genre box.

zfletcher@slpl.org shane.m@left-bank.com

St. Louis Queer Support & Healing (SQSH) (Formerly St. Louis Queer+ Support Helpline)

8.5 Mental Health Hotlines & Helplines

12.1 Relationship & Sexual Violence: General Resources

21.2 Educational Resources for Allies to Marginalized Populations

28.3 Community-Building & Spaces

29.1 Social Groups & Events

29.2 Self-Care & Wellbeing

Queer Affirming

Trans Affirming

Grassroots, community-based organization based in St. Louis Metro Area, offering 4 programs: __1. Peer Support Line:__ Provides free, confidential, identity-affirming emotional support and resource referrals, by and for the St. Louis LGBTQIA+ community, using a peer counseling approach. Anyone can call to process experiences, brainstorm ideas, explore resources, or simply have a good conversation. Friends, family members, and allies are welcome to call to discuss how best to support the LGBTQIA+ individuals in their lives. 314-380-7774 (toll-free: 844-785-7774), open Fridays-Mondays 1-7pm. Request a call from a trained LGBTQIA-affirming peer counselor at tinyurl.com/SQSHCall. __2. Education & Training:__ SQSH offers high-quality, sliding-scale training services in peer counseling, protest support, facilitation, LGBTQIA-affirming care, and related socio-emotional skills from a trauma-informed, LGBTQIA-centered, and anti-oppressive lens, using best practices from the fields of social work, mental health, and peer support. Potential audiences include: Service providers, Administrative staff, Community organizations, Support groups, Schools and universities, Guidance and career counselors, Teachers and faculty, Friend groups and family units, Roommates and flatmates, Conferences and social networks. Request a Training or Schedule a Free Consultation; SQSH Training Promotional Package. __3. SQSHBook Resource Guide:__ We boost LGBTQIA+ community access to resources using our SQSHBook resource guide, which catalogues 1000+ St. Louis resources, consolidates vetting information from queer-led organizations, and connects users to LGBTQIA-affirming services. Unlike national hotlines, SQSH can connect you with grassroots community wisdom and culturally competent local resources. Use the SQSHBook to find queer-vetted, identity-affirming resources across a range of categories, including housing, food, healthcare, support groups, and more. Submit a Resource, Edit a Resource. __4. Call Data & Advocacy:__ As the only group systematically collecting qualitative, holistic data on the lives of queer St. Louisans, we offer a much-needed evidence-based assessment of the local queer population. If you’d like to receive a presentation on our needs assessment data, request for call data on particular topics, or better understand the needs of the St. Louis LGBTQIA+ community: Request a Data Presentation, or Email SQSH's Program Evaluation Team.

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partnership@thesqsh.org general@thesqsh.org

TRX Tattoos & Piercing

7.6 Other Transition Services

12.1 Relationship & Sexual Violence: General Resources

13.2 Human & Sex Trafficking

29.17 Local/Small Businesses

29.2 Self-Care & Wellbeing

Current collaborations (specialty services) as of Dec 5, 2023 __Cover Ups for Marked Individuals__ Free consultations and cover-ups for survivors who have been tattooed/branded with or received a trauma-related tattoo (resulting from domestic/intimate partner violence, sexual abuse/assault, or human trafficking) __Gender Affirming Piercings__ Free consultations and piercings with Zach Powell for gender affirming piercings for folks transitioning within the LGBTQ+ community

Collaboration Services Website

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Deanna Sophia Danger

9.1 Addictive Behavior & Substance Use

9.2 Disordered Eating

9.5 Non-Western Medicine & Holistic Healing

10.3 Sex & Pleasure

10.4 Sex Worker Support

21.1 Education & Advocacy: General Resources

21.2 Educational Resources for Allies to Marginalized Populations

23.4 Neurodivergence Resources

26.1 Religious & Spiritual Resources – General

28.3 Community-Building & Spaces

29.2 Self-Care & Wellbeing

29.26 Educational Classes & Groups

31.2 Tips, Instructions, Templates

Queer Affirming

Deanna Sophia Danger (they/them) is a Certified Insight Meditation Teacher & Mentor, queer Dharma practitioner, social impact organizer, retired professional performance artist, and WEAVER. Deanna’s approach to the Dharma finds ground within the intersection of spirituality and social impact. In their full time work, they are the Systems Change & Healing Justice Facilitator for the St. Louis Queer+ Support & Helpline (SQSH), where they are also a member of the STARLING Somatic Healers Collective. Deanna supports the St. Louis community as the facilitator of “STL QUEER SANGHA: You Can Sit With Us,” a monthly, inclusive Insight meditation group and community gathering for all LGBTQIA+ folks and co-conspirators, cultivating a path of Spiritual Solidarity, and an Advisory Circle Member at Empowered Spaces, a trauma-aware, holistic, healing collective. Deanna is accredited to teach Insight meditation through The Awareness Training Institute and the Greater Good Science Center of the University of California at Berkeley, and accredited as a Mindfulness Mentor through Banyan (formerly Cloud Sangha). Deanna’s guiding teachers are internationally recognized authors, Theravada Buddhist meditation teachers, and psychologists, Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield. Through an accessible, relatable, creatively expressive and engaged praxis of Spiritual Solidarity, Deanna is motivated by co-cultivating embodiment of liberation at the cellular and global levels. As a working class, queer, nonbinary, neurodiverse & chronically ill, IPV + trauma survivor, and former sex worker Deanna is passionate about weaving webs of support that take interdependence from transactional to reciprocal. Suitable for all experience levels & identities, Deanna’s interactive support meets you where you are. Their facilitation offers an intrinsically anti-oppressive, trauma-aware and neurocognitive-aware foundation supporting you to hone your self-agency, dissolve shame & self-blame, move from dissociation to embodiment, and increase your access to joy, pleasure and felt-sense belonging.

Website - Meditation Substack Meditation & Mental Health Resource List STL Queer Sangha: You Can Sit With Us

deanna@deannadanger.com

Triangle Wellness Bodywork (Formerly Triangle Wellness Collective)

9.5 Non-Western Medicine & Holistic Healing

29.2 Self-Care & Wellbeing

29.8 Massage Therapists

Queer Affirming

Trauma-informed, trans-inclusive massage, sound healing, and reiki. Offered by Andy Prescott, a trans, queer, polyamorous, AudiHD (autistic and ADHD), white, licensed massage therapist and holistic healing practitioner.

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andyprescott@trianglewellnessbodywork.com

A Self Defense Study Guide for Trans Women and Gender Non-Conforming / Nonbinary AMAB Folks

28.3 Community-Building & Spaces

29.2 Self-Care & Wellbeing

29.4 Sports & Fitness

Published in coloration with Transfighters/Traction Project, A Self-Defense Study Guide for Trans Women and Gender Non-Conforming / Nonbinary AMAB Folks offers strategies based in lived experience, ranging from using body language and creating safety in numbers, to training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu moves. The zine includes chapters on how to handle people who have legal or financial power over you, cis women gropers, and menfolk bullies, along with instruction on how to back each other up as a group and how to pause a makeout. Trans women, AMAB nonbinary, and AMAB gender-nonconforming people need self-defense that reflects the specific kinds of threats we get. This study guide is one resource for expanding your toolkit to keep on living in this world.

Golden Oak Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine

7.6 Other Transition Services

7.7 Information on LGBTQIA+ Health

9.5 Non-Western Medicine & Holistic Healing

11.1 Reproductive Health Services: General

23.3 Pain Management

23.4 Neurodivergence Resources

29.2 Self-Care & Wellbeing

29.9 Chiropractors & Acupuncture

Acupuncture medicine clinic offering acupuncture, customized herbal formulas, & qigong instruction owned and operated by Dr. Kade Stotler DACM, MSOM, LAc (they, them) a queer-trans identified practitioner.

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GoldenOakAcupuncture@gmail.com

Bad Drawing Club of St. Louis

29.1 Social Groups & Events

29.2 Self-Care & Wellbeing

30.1 Visual Arts

Bad Drawing Club is an informal group for women, non-binary and gender non-conforming folks who love to draw. Hang out, draw, and chat online! Doodle on the collaborative drawing board with everyone or use your own drawing utensils. Children accompanied by adults are welcome. Events are currently hosted virtually each month from St.Louis, MO.

Everywhere is Queer App

1.4 Grocery Stores & Supermarkets

8.3 Individual Counselors & Therapists

8.8 Mental Health Advocacy Groups

10.6 Sex Therapy

21.1 Education & Advocacy: General Resources

28.1 Support Groups

29.1 Social Groups & Events

29.12 Restaurants & Food Places

29.13 Beverage Shops (Coffee, Tea, etc.)

29.14 Bookstores

29.15 Record/CD/DVD Stores

29.16 Metaphysical/Witchcraft Stores

29.17 Local/Small Businesses

29.2 Self-Care & Wellbeing

29.21 Music & DJs

29.26 Educational Classes & Groups

29.7 Salons & Barbershops

"Worldwide queer-owned business map and online community hub. Everywhere Is Queer is a public resource (and ever-growing searchable map!) created for the LGBTQIA2S+ and ally community to find welcoming, queer-owned spaces to shop, connect, eat, learn, and grow all over the world… even in your own neighborhood!" Featuring over 9,000 businesses.

Stronger U

7.6 Other Transition Services

8.4 Co-Counseling & Peer Counseling

8.6 Mental Health Online Resources

9.5 Non-Western Medicine & Holistic Healing

28.1 Support Groups

29.1 Social Groups & Events

29.2 Self-Care & Wellbeing

Stronger U is a grassroots community dedicated to non-carceral wellness approaches, including free and low cost peer support, group and individual coaching, workshops, and educational resources. We partner with THRIVE Lifeline through a revenue sharing model; together, our services help THRIVE to keep thriving! Our team is made up of people with intersecting marginalized identities and we prioritize serving clients who also have intersecting marginalized identities and experiences. Our specialties include LGBTQ2S+ people; complex trauma survivors, including people living with DID and other dissociative experiences; neurodivergence; disability and chronic conditions (including chronic suicide and self harm). Join the Stronger Together discord community to access free peer support: [https://discord.gg/tGWKTX6uka](https://discord.gg/tGWKTX6uka "Stronger Together Dischord")

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info@strongeruwellness.com

Queer Joy Collective

8.6 Mental Health Online Resources

21.1 Education & Advocacy: General Resources

21.2 Educational Resources for Allies to Marginalized Populations

28.1 Support Groups

28.3 Community-Building & Spaces

29.1 Social Groups & Events

29.2 Self-Care & Wellbeing

30.1 Visual Arts

30.2 Literature

31.3 History & Archives

Queer Joy Collective's work revolves around community-based resilience building through positive expression. Rather than dismantling our oppression through reactionary methods, our organization combats discrimination through transformative actions which lead to greater social change. Within a broader network of organizations dedicated to queer liberation, QJC serves as the emotional undercurrent propelling these efforts.

empowerqueerjoy@gmail.com

CONNECT Community Center for Wellbeing

28.3 Community-Building & Spaces

29.1 Social Groups & Events

29.17 Local/Small Businesses

29.2 Self-Care & Wellbeing

29.26 Educational Classes & Groups

29.8 Massage Therapists

Queer Affirming

We intend to engage people in St. Louis to facilitate containers for connecting to life, ourselves, each other, and the land where we gather. We mobilize our collective brilliance, resources and modalities to facilitate this connection through hosting practitioners and organizations that offer practices such as trauma-informed therapeutic bodywork, energy work, sound healing, transformational coaching, meditation, movement, empowerment education and community gatherings.

connectcommunitycenter@gmail.com

Novus Health

5.3 Obstetrics and Gynecology

7.2 Hormone Replacement Therapy

8.2 Mental & Behavioral Health: Provider Organizations & Clinics

10.5 STI Testing & Treatment

11.1 Reproductive Health Services: General

29.2 Self-Care & Wellbeing

Novus Health is a primary and preventive care clinic providing comprehensive, personalized, and trauma-informed care in a compassionate and nonjudgmental environment. Clinic providing specialized services: - General wellness - Telehealth - Behavioral health - Case management - Prevention services - STI clinical care - Gender affirming care - Women's wellness - Pharmacy Novus Health was formerly known as Central West Healthcare

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adminsupport@novushealthstl.org

Carrie Burnett

8.3 Individual Counselors & Therapists

29.2 Self-Care & Wellbeing

Somatic-based trauma recovery, massage therapist, and lactation therapist Population served: All people who want to heal, feel better, and/or provide nourishment for their babies by trouble-shooting breast-feeding issues. Community scholarships available "Carrie Burnett (they/them) is a licensed massage therapist, somatic experiencing bodyworker, and academic stress researcher. They use the tools and concepts from Somatic Experiencing and their background studying trauma and touch to help support the people they work with. - Somatic Experiencing: A healing modality for anyone who has experienced trauma or for someone who has a chronic pain or sensation that is otherwise unexplainable - Massage Therapy: The benefits are endless! From allowing our body to relax to the therapeutic relief of muscle ailments, to emotional release within our body"

carrie@carrieburnett.com

Earth Body Somatics

23.3 Pain Management

29.2 Self-Care & Wellbeing

29.26 Educational Classes & Groups

29.8 Massage Therapists

Queer Affirming

Trans Affirming

Somatic Experiencing, somatic bodywork, and massage therapy

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earthbodysomatics@gmail.com

Daniel Morgan, Tailor

Permanently Closed

3.1 Clothing & Furniture

29.2 Self-Care & Wellbeing

A tailor formerly located in St. Louis.

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LaFayette Square Chiropractic Center - Dr. Gregory Neff

29.2 Self-Care & Wellbeing

29.9 Chiropractors & Acupuncture

Dr. Greg has exclusively practiced in the St. Louis region his entire career. He has 23 years of experience inspiring those in his community with steps toward better health. The caring and proficient team, proud to serve all walks of life, utilizes chiropractic care to restore proper nervous system function throughout the body.

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Finding Normal

8.2 Mental & Behavioral Health: Provider Organizations & Clinics

8.3 Individual Counselors & Therapists

28.1 Support Groups

28.3 Community-Building & Spaces

29.2 Self-Care & Wellbeing

We are a team of therapists, coaches, and advocates who believe that our minds, emotions, bodies, behaviors, and relationships are all impacted by traumatic experiences. We believe that a comprehensive mind-body-community approach to recovery is necessary and that support should be accessible and affordable. Above all, we believe that there is no real ‘normal’. Rather, feeling normal happens when you find your normal.

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Tattoos by Kerry Soraci

29.2 Self-Care & Wellbeing

Formerly of the artistic food venture I Scream Cakes, Kerry Soraci is a veteran tattoo artist offering post-mastectomy realistic nipple tattoos. Kerry's other work is a specialized blend of Art Nouveau, mandala designs, flowers, and other natural subjects - giving her the experience and understanding of color and shading to create three dimensional illusions. Text her at 1-314-440-0165.

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St. Louis Skin Solutions

7.3 Typically Feminizing Surgery

29.16 Metaphysical/Witchcraft Stores

29.2 Self-Care & Wellbeing

29.5 Parks & Outdoor Spaces

"St. Louis Skin Solutions is the leading medspa in the St. Louis area. We evaluate your skin, discuss your goals, and come up with optimal treatment plans and customized skin care regimens to help you achieve amazing results! Regain confidence in your appearance! Look at the website and learn about the wide range of lasers, peels, facials, fillers and neurotoxin we deliver"

Healing Arts Center, Professional Wellness Clinic

29.16 Metaphysical/Witchcraft Stores

29.2 Self-Care & Wellbeing

29.5 Parks & Outdoor Spaces

The region's largest and oldest massage therapy and holistic healing school, with a professional wellness clinic open to everyone Services: - Pain and anxiety elimination - Nutritional replenishment - Detoxification - Breath and energy building practices

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info@thehealingartscenter.com

Strong Couples Project

25.2 Parenting Support – General

29.2 Self-Care & Wellbeing

29.26 Educational Classes & Groups

The Strong Couples Project combines traditional elements of online relationship education with couples coaching. As a part of the program, couples will complete six online modules of the evidence-based ePREP relationship education program from the comfort of their own home. They will also be paired with a trained MU Extension Specialist in Human Development, who will serve as their coach throughout the program--All Missouri couples coaches are allies or LGBT-identifying. To enroll in the program, couples must be 18 years or older; Missouri residents; and married, engaged, or living together for at least six months.

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brianna.anderson@missouri.edu

AriaSound108 Sound Healing

29.2 Self-Care & Wellbeing

Queer Affirming

Sound Healing services to promote bodily, mental, spiritual, and communal health

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aria@ariasound108.com

29.2 Self-Care & Wellbeing