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We love parties + parades, but Pride can be about so much more. Celebrate love in all its forms by supporting Chattanooga’s LGBTQ+ community. Here’s how you can give back to several local organizations and nonprofits.
Chattanooga Pride | 501(c)3 nonprofit
- Manages the Chattanooga Pride festival
- Brings the LGBTQ+ community and allies together to celebrate diversity, build networks of support, and educate and strengthen the local community
- Advocates to improve the quality of life and defend the rights of all LGBTQ+ individuals
- Donate or volunteer at upcoming events
Soft Animal | Queer-owned local business
- Works to bring marginalized people to the center through accessible, safe, and inclusive events, classes, and community work
- Offers an array of events and classes for the local community
- Work with or support Soft Animal by filling out this form
Parents, Family, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) Chattanooga | LGBTQ+ support group
- Serves as the Chattanooga branch of the first and largest organization for LGBTQ+ people, their parents, families, and allies
- Meets monthly on the third Sunday of each month at Barking Legs Theater (1307 Dodds Ave.) at 1 p.m
- Donate to PFLAG
Chattanooga Trans Liberation Collective | Community organization
- Aims to make Chattanooga and Tennessee safe spaces where trans people can be themselves without fear or limitation
- Check out the organization’s Facebook + Instagram pages for upcoming events and ways to get involved
- Donate to the organization
Spectrum | UTC’s Queer Collective
- Engages in activism, education, and building community
- Hosts events and provides an inclusive space for students, staff, faculty + community members
- Meets Wednesdays at 8 p.m. in the Lupton Prism Center
Chattanooga Queer Community Forum | Community organization
- Aims to empower the LGBTQ+ community through conversation and consensus-driven activism
- Connect through the group’s Facebook page with ways to get involved
Seed Theatre – B4ck | Community organization
- Offers a safe space + venue to express art for all people
- B4ck — Binders for Confident Kids — provides free chest binders to any trans person who needs one and cannot afford or safely get one
- Support or donate to the organization
Nooga Diversity Center | Nonprofit
- A community-based fiscal sponsor for local and regional LGBTQ+ groups that offer resources, host events, and create opportunities to uplift and support the community
- Provides community outreach programs to bring broader acceptance + understanding of diversity
Cempa Community Care | Community health center
- Provides affordable, compassionate, and high-quality care through advancing comprehensive support services + person-centered best practices
- Offers treatment, prevention, and support services to those impacted with health disparities with a focus in primary and infectious disease care
Did we miss an organization? Send us an email and we will continue to update this list on our website.
