We envision a liberated St. Louis where queer and trans people of all identities are safe and empowered through compassion, healing, and community.

SQSH Announcements

Our recent Organizational Transparency & Accountability Letter explains SQSH’s challenges faced since founding, what we learned, and how we are healing and holding ourselves accountable. We confront the mistakes we made as an organization and reflect on why we made them. We share tangible changes we’ve made to repair internally and move forward, and an opportunity to be in dialogue with SQSH.

Read our Organizational Transparency & Accountability Letter

Building a future of healing & community

SQSH is a grassroots nonprofit that nurtures connection, healing, and empowerment within our St. Louis Metro Area’s LGBTQIA+ community.

We act with intention and patience, investing in the people, relationships, and structures that sustain lasting transformation.

Our Mission

Three SQSH volunteers sitting at a colorfully-decorated SQSH table. On the table are SQSH buttons, pins, merch, and pride flags.

For the St. Louis queer/LGBTQIA+ community

We strengthen our community’s capacity to care for ourselves and each other — through peer support, resource connection, education, and advocacy.

We honor healing, resilience, and sustainability as essential to personal and collective liberation.

Our Programs

SQSH volunteers and staff at a bonding event

By the St. Louis queer / LGBTQIA+ community

Our SQSH community includes a wide network of dedicated community leaders, peer counselors, healers, workers, educators, advocates.

As queer people who come from a myriad of identities, cultures, and experiences, we build bridges and foster relationships with each other that promote mutual understanding and care.

Our Team

Since our founding in 2019, SQSH has:

Provided 510+ hours of helpline service; fielded 710+ Helpline calls
Published and maintained 1,9000+ resources and 115+ reviews on SQSHBook
Trained 90 peer counselors
Provided 90+ hours of training on topics that impact the St. Louis LGBTQIA+ community, reaching 1,300+ participants
Hosted 15+ events and classes for the community, reaching 300+ attendees
Partnered with 20+ healers to provide mental and holistic healing services to 45 clients

Ways to Support SQSH

Make a donation

Our donors are a vital part of SQSH, just like stars are a vital part of our galaxy! By donating, you are helping to fund SQSH’s community-driven programs as well as joining a connected network of supporters committed to uplifting the St. Louis queer/LGBTQIA+ community.

Share our programs

We understand how important word-of-mouth referrals are within marginalized communities – especially in St. Louis where resource networks can be siloed! That’s why we need your help to reach queer and trans folks across the St. Louis Metro Area.

Help us spread the word by downloading & sharing our flyers:

SQSHBook: full sheet | quarter sheets

Helpline: full sheet | quarter sheets