From creating safe, kind, and affirming spaces to serving people with essential items (and hope!), learn how each of these LA-based nonprofit organizations are making a difference and how you can support their work!
Rainbow Labs
Rainbow Labs founders Jacob Toups and Luis Vasquez launched the mentoring organization in 2020 to address the unique challenges faced by queer and gender non-conforming youth. In creating Rainbow Labs, they want to ensure the next generation of LGBTQ+ youth find their community, peers, and safe spaces earlier on while gaining a sense of empowerment to propel them into bright futures.
Rainbow Labs emboldens Queer and Gender Nonconforming Youth to discover, curate, and experiment with the elements of a fulfilled life through community building and the lived experiences of mentors.
Support Rainbow Labs with a donation here and be sure to follow them on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter!
Check out this video of one of Rainbow Lab’s young people, Diego, performing a Folkorico Dance!
Q Youth Foundation
https://www.qyouthfoundation.org/
Q Youth Foundation is an organization that promotes positive culture for the LGBTQIA2-S+ community by creating brave spaces for all community members and youth. They provide resources, education, and outreach for the LGBTQIA2-S+ community in California.
Q Youth Foundation is dedicated to anti-racism, anti-violence and survivor-centered values for LGBTQIA2-S+ and BIPOC community. Q Youth Foundation relies on cooperation, sharing, diversity and mutuality.
Support Q Foundation with a donation here and be sure to follow them on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube!
Rainbow Pride Youth Alliance
https://rainbowprideyouthalliance.org/
The mission of Rainbow Pride Youth Alliance is to provide a safe, healthy, and enriching environment for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, and intersex (LGBTQI) youth of the Inland Empire.
Support Rainbow Pride Youth Alliance with a donation here and here and be sure to follow them on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and YouTube!
Radiant Health Centers
https://www.radianthealthcenters.org/
Radiant Health Centers in Orange County California provides compassionate and comprehensive primary health care and support services to underserved individuals with a focus on the LGBTQ+ community and those living with and affected by HIV. Their vision is healthcare equity for all and the end to the HIV epidemic.
Support Radiant Health Centers here and be sure to follow them on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube!
Latino Equality Alliance
Latino Equality Alliance is a nonprofit organization based in Boyle Heights. Their mission is to advocate for the safety, equity and wellness of the Latinx LGBTQ+ communities in southern California. Since the organization’s inception in 2009, they have focused on promoting change by challenging systemic inequities and creating safe schools and neighborhoods for their community’s youth.
Support Latino Equality Alliance with a donation here and be sure to follow them on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube!
Beauty2TheStreetz
https://www.beauty2thestreetz.org/
Recognizing that the lack of a home does not mean a lack of humanity, Beauty 2 The Streetz © aims to serve the homeless by providing necessities alongside the things that make us feel inherently human: a hot shower, a hearty meal, the hope-inducing feeling of looking in the mirror and loving what you see. They are building friendships based on equality and compassion and it is this, more than simply the hair and makeup, that brings beauty to the streets.
Support Beauty2TheStreetz with a donation here and be sure to follow them on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and YouTube!
The WOW Flower Project
The WOW Flower project is a mentoring program that empowers youth to reach their full potential, Working and learning in partnership in the fields of Educational Travel, Culture experience, building self-esteem, leadership responsibility and life skills of youth through experiential learning programs and a positive youth development approach. The WOW Flower Project Prepares young people to make a positive impact in their communities and the world.
Support The WOW Flower Project’s work by reaching out about making a donation here and follow them on Instagram and Facebook.
Positive Results Center
Positive Results Center’s mission is to create culturally specific awareness to prevent and end trauma as a result of domestic violence/intimate partner violence and sexual assault by helping people develop healthy relationships.
Support Positive Results Center with a donation here and be sure to follow them on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn!
Junior High
http://juniorhighlosangeles.com/
Junior High is a non-profit 501(c)3 community arts space prioritizing the safety and expression of female, queer, nonbinary, and artists of color. Their physical space, publication, podcast, and other ventures function on principles of radical empathy, equity, and mutual aid.
Support Junior High with a donation here and be sure to follow them on Instagram and Twitter!
APAIT
“Established in 1987, APAIT – a division of Special Service for Groups Inc., has held a distinctive record of providing high-quality programming through its vision – to advocate, educate, and achieve optimal health and well-being for vulnerable communities. APAIT’s mission is to positively impact the quality of life for vulnerable communities experiencing behavioral health challenges, housing insecurity, justice-involved, and at-risk for HIV/AIDS and sexual health issues. APAIT is grounded by its core values of compassion, commitment, communication, empowerment, integrity, mentorship, respect, and teamwork.”
Support APAIT with a donation here and be sure to follow them on Instagram and Twitter!
CA Families in Focus
CA Families in Focus’s mission is to develop and provide positive and innovative events and social service programs for youth and their families to achieve empowerment and purpose.
Support CA Families in Focus with a donation here and be sure to follow them on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Twitter!
Viet Rainbow of Orange County
Viet Rainbow of Orange County (VROC) strives to create a world where everyone has the resources and agency to thrive with dignity. VROC is a grassroots organization based in Orange County, California that builds community and mobilizes intergenerationally. They are grounded in values of equity, healing, joy, and social justice. Viet Rainbow of Orange County primarily works with LGBTQ+ Vietnamese Americans and their loved ones through research, education, and advocacy, while also strengthening collective power alongside other communities working towards liberation.
Support Viet Rainbow of Orange County (VROC) with a donation here and be sure to follow them on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube!
Miry’s List
Miry’s List is a movement of neighbors and friends dedicated to welcoming new arrival refugee families through inspired crowdsourcing solutions.
Support Miry’s List with a donation here and be sure to follow them on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and YouTube!
