Resources for LGBTQIA+ Students

These resources are intended to support students in their academic and personal success, as well as uphold the university values of inclusive excellence.

Emergency resources

Are you currently experiencing a crisis? There is help. People care, want to help and are here to listen.

• Domestic Violence Hotline 
• Kansas City Anti-Violence Project or 1-816-561-0550
• National Deaf Domestic Violence Hotline
• National Sexual Assault Hotline or 1-800-656-HOPE (4619)
• National Suicide Prevention Hotline or 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
• Trans Lifeline or 1-877-565-8860
• Trevor Project youth hotline or 1-866-488-7386

Campus resources

• Counseling Center
• Financial Wellness Center
• Gay and Lesbian Archive of Mid-America (GLAMA)
• Multicultural Student Affairs
• Out List
• Rainbow Lounge and Library
• Resources, Intervention, Support and Education (RISE)
• Student Health
• Women's Center
• UMKC Policies and Reporting

Local resources

• AIDS Walk Kansas City
• OutVoices magazine
• Kansas City Anti-Violence Project
• Kansas City Center for Inclusion, offering education, resources and activities
• KC CARE Clinic health and wellness
• KC Pride Fest
• Mid America Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
• Passages: Kansas City's LGBT Youth Center
• Perform OutKC performing arts program
• PFLAG-Kansas City, providing help for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBTQIA) youth, their families, and communities 
• PROMO legislative action, electoral politics and grassroots organizing
• Thrive Health KC HIV/AIDS and STI advocacy, care and education 

National resources

• The Asexual Visibility & Education Network (AVEN)
• Bisexual Resource Center
• Campus Pride, leading national nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization for student leaders and campus groups working to create a safer college environment for LGBTQ students
• Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
• Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
• Human Rights Campaign (HRC), largest national lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer civil rights organization
• Lambda Legal, national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and everyone living with HIV
• National Center for Transgender Equality
• National Coalition for LGBT Health
• National LGBTQ Task Force
• Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
• The Trevor Project

International resources

• International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Intersex Association (ILGA)