Please contact the service provider to verify information as some services may have alternate hours and/or offerings at this time.
Are you a member of the LGBTQIA+ community and need a space to learn, connect, and find support?
- Tacoma Rainbow Center
- The Tacoma Resource Center is a resource hub for the LGBTQ community in South Puget Sound. Rainbow Center has daily open hours, where resources — including a lending library, computer and WI-FI access, advocacy services, and educational materials — are available to community members.
- Address: 2215 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, WA 98402
- Phone: 253-383-2318
- The Tacoma Resource Center is a resource hub for the LGBTQ community in South Puget Sound. Rainbow Center has daily open hours, where resources — including a lending library, computer and WI-FI access, advocacy services, and educational materials — are available to community members.
- Oasis Youth Center
- The Oasis Youth Center is a non-profit dedicated to providing a safe place to learn, connect and thrive with other LGBTQ youth. Centers are in Tacoma, Vaughn, and Lakewood.
- Visit the Oasis Youth Center website for locations and hours.
- Emergency Phone: 253-988-2108
- Email: oasis@oasisyouthcenter.org
- Contact Form
- The Oasis Youth Center is a non-profit dedicated to providing a safe place to learn, connect and thrive with other LGBTQ youth. Centers are in Tacoma, Vaughn, and Lakewood.
- The Trevor Project
- The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning youth.
- Phone: 1-866-488-7386
- Human Rights Campaign
- The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) operates with the goal of ensuring that every LGBTQIA+ person is free to live their life openly, with their equal rights ensured. HRC maintains a list of information and advice on a range of topics in support of this mission.
- Preferred Name Change
- Pierce College recognizes that referring to students by the name they wish to be called in classrooms and when interacting with college personnel supports a respectful learning environment. You can add or update a preferred name in ctcLink, at the Admissions or Registration Office at any campus.
- Pierce College Library Resources
- The Pierce College Library maintains a guide with LGBTQIA+ Information Competency and Queer Pedagogy resources, the Pierce College Library Diversity Statement, and other relevant calls to action.
- EDI CARES
- Equity, Diversity, Inclusion – College Access, Retention, and Engagement Services (EDI CARES) provides a brave space for Black, Indigenous, Persons of Color (BIPOC), LGBTQ/QTPOC, students with disabilities, and all students and staff to seek refuge, and an opportunity for them to cultivate their strengths, intelligence, resilience, and creativity.
Are you a family member of an LGBTQIA+ child and need information, resources, and support in order to support your child?
- P-FLAG Tacoma
- P-FLAG is a national organization that provides advocacy and support for LGBTQ people, their families, and allies. They have a chapter in Tacoma.
- Phone: 253-234-9790
- Email: mail@pflagtacoma.org
- Address: 621 Tacoma Ave S, Tacoma, WA 98402
- P-FLAG National website
- P-FLAG is a national organization that provides advocacy and support for LGBTQ people, their families, and allies. They have a chapter in Tacoma.
- Gender Diversity
- Gender Diversity is a family support group organization that provides a safe space for family members with trans and gender-diverse children who need information and support for their child’s gender expression or identity.
- Phone: 855-443-6337
- Email: info@genderdiversity.org
- Address: 6523 California Ave SW #360, Seattle, WA 98136
- Gender Diversity is a family support group organization that provides a safe space for family members with trans and gender-diverse children who need information and support for their child’s gender expression or identity.