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St. Louis Queer+ Support Helpline Our mission is to support and empower the St. Louis LGBTQIA+ community through: 1. Non-hierarchical, peer-based emotional support and non-judgmental space-holding, rooted in the principles of healing justice, community care, and holistic wellness; 2. Fostering connections with identity-affirming resources, rooted in the principles of mutual aid and interdependence; 3. Building community power and systems of feedback and accountability, rooted in the principles of transformative justice and abolition; 4. Facilitating education and advocacy to uplift queer St. Louisans’ stories, rooted in the principles of oral history and intersectionality.
To carry out our mission, SQSH operates six core programs: Peer Support Warmline, to provide free, confidential, identityaffirming emotional support and resource referrals SQSHBook Resource Database, to provide community-vetted, transparent resource referrals Storytelling and Advocacy, to promote systems-change informed by community voices and stories STARLING Collective, to promote anti-carceral community healing Education for the Queer Community, to promote intra-community skill-building and peer-based healing Allyship Training for Partners, to promote knowledge-sharing and cultural humility among other ecosystem stakeholders
