Resources for Queer Media

  • KFAI-FM
    Phone: 612-341-3144
    Community Radio, including the GLBT-themed shows Fresh Fruit, Lesbian Power Authority and This Way Out.
  • Lavender
    Phone: 612-436-4660, 877-515-9969
    Bi-weekly Minnesota GLBT magazine.
  • Minnesota Women's Press
    Phone: 651-646-3968
    Bi-weekly Minnesota women's newspaper

Resources for Queer Politics

  • Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
    Phone: 212-629-3322
    Nationwide media watch and anti-defamation group.
  • Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
    Phone: 800-777-4723
    National organization that seeks equal rights on a federal level.
  • HRC / Twin Cities Steering Committee
    Phone: 612-827-0567
    Local steering committee of national HRC.
  • Lavender Greens
    Phone: 612-317-0741
    Officially recognized caucus of the Green Party with a state chapter.
  • Log Cabin Republicans
    Phone: 612-588-2044
    Local chapter of national Gay & Lesbian Republican organization.
  • National Center for Lesbian Rights
    Phone: 415-392-6257
    Legal center devoted to advancing the rights and safety of lesbians and their families.
  • National Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF)
    Phone: 202-393-5177
    Nation-wide grass roots organization and think-tank.
  • OutFront Minnesota
    Phone: 612-822-0127
    Working for GLBT equality in Minnesota.
  • Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf
    Phone: 612-824-4724 TTY, 800-627-3529 Relay
    Local chapter of national gay and lesbian organization.
  • Soulforce
    Phone: 612-374-5401
    Local chapter of national group engaged in non-violent struggle within religious institutions to end spiritual violence against LGBT people.
  • Stonewall DFL Caucus
    Phone: 612-441-7617
    Group for involved GLBT Democrats.

Delta Lambda Phi brothers at TC-GLBT Pride parade

Resources for Social and Recreational Activities

  • Alliance of Minnesota Gay & Lesbian Bowlers
    Phone: 612-722-9806
  • Boys Into Gardening (BIG)
    Phone: 651-452-9217 x514
    Gay male gardening group.
  • Calliope Women's Chorus
    Phone: 612-285-5835
    Women's choral group.
  • Cheer, Dorothy, Cheer!
    Wizard of OZ, drag and cheer routines.
  • Feminist Eclectic Martial Arts Group
    Phone: 612-729-7233
    Nonprofit organization working to empower women & girls.
  • The FIRM
    Phone: 612-377-3003
    Serious gym just west of downtown serving primarily the GLBT community.
  • FrontRunners
    Phone: 612-831-3753
    Running and Walking club for gay men and lesbians.
  • GAMMA
    Phone: 612-822-5002
    Social group for gay men.
  • Gay & Lesbian Amateur Sport Society
    GLBT sports group, primary focus on tennis & volleyball.
  • GLBT Jewish Teens
    Phone: 651-698-0751
    Support of Jewish GLBT teens at Jewish Community Center of Saint Paul.
  • Gay & Lesbian Elders Active in MN (GLEAM)
    Phone: 612-489-8306
    Social group for 50+ community members.
  • GLBT Pride/Twin Cities Committee
    Phone: 952-852-6100
    The group organizing annual Loring Park festival held the last weekend in June.
  • Minnesota Freedom Band
    Phone: 612-374-8639
    GLBT and Allied concert and marching band that presents several concerts and appears in many parades.
  • Minnesota Men of Color
    Phone: 612-821-2314
    Group of men of color united to celebrate cultural and sexual identities.
  • Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra
    Phone: 612-362-4344
    GLBT concert orchestra.
  • Minnesota Wild Roses Square Dancing Club
    Phone: 763-536-8862
    Instruction with dancing for GLBT community.
  • Naked Minnesota
    Gay and Bisexual Nudists.
  • North Star Gay Rodeo Association
    Phone: 612-82-RODEO
    Local group for GLBT rodeo fans and participants.
  • Old Lesbians Organizing for Change (OLOC)
    Phone: 612-724-6541
    Local chapter of national group that confronts ageism.
  • One Voice Mixed Chorus
    Phone: 612-332-1302
    Local GLBT chorus group.
  • Out to Brunch
    Phone: 763-391-3449
    Local lesbian social group.
  • Out in the Valley
    Phone: 612-822-0127 x502
    GLBT social group in the Saint Croix Valley.
  • Outward Spiral Theater
    Phone: 952-455-2233
    GLBTA theatre company.
  • Outwoods
    Phone: 612-825-1953
    GLBT outdoor activities social group
  • Patrick's Cabaret
    Phone: 612-721-3595
    Performance-art space of GLBT interest
  • PFund
    Phone: 612-870-1806
    GLBT community foundation.
  • Prime Timers
    Phone: 612-676-0837
    Social Group for GLBT people over 50.
  • Quatrefoil Library
    Phone: 651-641-0969
    GLBT community library and archives.
  • Quorum
    Phone: 612-822-8535
    GLBT Chamber of Commerce.
  • The Quotient Group
    Phone: 612-870-4943
    Event organizers for the GLBT community.
  • Rainbow Cloggers
    Phone: 952-925-0932
  • Soul Essence Minnesota
    Phone: 612-414-2102
    Integrating race into GLBT topics and issues; organizing Soul Essence weekend in August.
  • Twin Cities Black GLBT Pride
    Phone: 612-870-2695
    Festival held every August.
  • Twin Cities LGBT Film Festival
    Phone: 612-627-4431
    Organized every fall by the U Film Society.
  • Twin Cities Gay Hockey Association
    Phone: 612-655-1342
    Affiliated with the International Gay & Lesbian Ice Hockey Association.
  • Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus
    Phone: 612-339-SONG
    Provides several popular concerts throughout the year.
  • Unity Basketball League
    Phone: 612-381-9659
    Co-recreational GLBT basketball league.
  • Women's Drum Center
    Phone: 651-695-1941
    Women's percussion groups
  • Womyn of Color Building Project
    Phone: 612-827-1666
    Providing safe space to Two Spirit, Queer women of color and their allies.
  • Womyn’s Twilight Golf League
    Phone: 651-645-7227
  • Womyn Unlimited Minnesota
    Phone: 651-405-9346
    Non-profit organization providing & facilitating social & networking opportunities for women.