The Anti-Violence Program at the Montrose Center provides support services for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, trafficking, and hate crimes regardless of sexual orientation. The program also includes a Crisis Help section with a switchboard providing crisis counseling and intervention around the clock, including holidays. Any Texas resident facing an emotional or domestic crisis is welcome to call and speak with volunteers and staff who are trained to provide information and resources. Other offerings include advocacy, accompaniment, counseling, compensation, education, and an emergency shelter.

Through fun events such as drag shows, club nights, and even Easter bonnet competitions, nobody throws a good party for a good cause like Bunnies on the Bayou. Over the past 46 years, this organization has raised millions for local LGBTQ+ nonprofits and initiatives, including scholarships for LGBTQ+ college students.

Offering stigma-free care, Crofoot MD is an LGBTQ+ general clinic focused on the treatment of HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, and other infectious diseases. The clinic gives patients the opportunity to disclose their preference for either feminine, masculine, or gender-neutral pronouns and a choice between male or female doctors, creating a safe and welcoming environment.

Hatch is Houston’s oldest social group dedicated to serving LGBTQ+ youth. The organization, facilitated by the Montrose Center, provides those between the ages of 7 and 20 with a safe and affirming environment in which to socialize with their peers. Educational programs provided by Hatch include mental health and wellness, LGBTQ+ rights, queer history, creative writing, art, social justice, and community resources.

Offering in-person and virtual appointments, Heights Family Counseling creates a nonjudgmental space for the LGBTQ+ community to work through challenges in understanding sexuality,  gender identity, and a variety of LGBTQ+-related issues. The center also offers teen therapy, family therapy, and assistance for parents processing and supporting LGBTQ+ teens.

Lambda Center serves members of the LGBTQ+ community and allies who seek recovery from substance abuse or sex addiction. Children with parents suffering from these conditions are also welcome to attend support group sessions. It’s a clubhouse dedicated to the 12 steps, with nearly 60 meetings a week and special events for individuals looking to make friends and have fun in sober spaces.

Nationally recognized as an HIV/AIDS primary care, prevention, and treatment clinic, Legacy Community Health serves the LGBTQ+ community with care and respect, offering free HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis C testing; HIV/AIDS treatment; transgender specialty care; and a host of social services. For those who are uninsured, the clinic has an assistance program that allows some patients to receive treatment free of charge. Those who don't qualify are able to pay on a sliding scale based on income.

The Mahogany Project helps transgender people of color through mutual aid and the arts, with resources like a food pantry, clothing closet, counseling, name and gender change clinics, emergency cash grants, transportation assistance, career training, and more. Visitors can even contribute to the Trans Safety Quilt.

Since 1978, Montrose Center has served Houston’s LGBTQ+ community with a variety of resources, from mental health support, HIV/AIDS prevention, and addiction recovery to food pantries, legal help for asylum seekers, and youth groups. It opened the Law Harrington Senior Living Center in 2022, providing affordable housing and health care to queer seniors.

Since 2010, Montrose Grace Place has served as a welcoming and affirming place for LGBTQ+ youth, ages 13 through 24, who are experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity. Every Monday and Thursday at 6pm, the organization hosts a drop-in program where area youth are provided a hot meal, clothing and toiletries, bus passes, and computer and Wi-Fi access. Volunteers offer mentorship, and the organization also provides assistance in obtaining government identification and navigating resource and service networks for things like housing, HIV and STI testing, legal aid, social security insurance, and disability insurance.

Founded and led by transgender Latinx immigrants, this organization is dedicated to protecting and defending the rights of all transgender, gender-nonconforming, and LGBTQ+ people in Texas. To that end, the organization works to assist members of the local trans and gender-nonconforming community through direct aid as well as access to emergency shelter, services, and physical meeting spaces. The organization’s Casa Anandrea, the only LGBTQ+ migrant shelter in Houston, prioritizes serving undocumented people and those living with HIV. OLTT is also home to empowerment groups that provide participants with pathways to resources, emotional support, and peer connections, and works to make legal services more accessible to the community.

Named an LGBTQ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign, Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast offers affordable health care, including HPV testing and vaccines, STI testing, and gender-affirming hormone therapy.

Sing loud, sing proud. Singers of all skill levels, genders, and orientations come together to share their joy of music, performing all over Houston with shows themed around the holidays, women composers, ’80s music, Sondheim, and more. They’ve also made appearances at the Houston Zoo, Pride parades, Rockets games, and national gatherings.

Refuge Restrooms is an online resource locator for restrooms rated safe for transgender, intersex, and gender-nonconforming individuals. Users can search in their area and add new locations as well as rate and comment on existing entries.

This Montrose Center initiative includes resources that offer a safe place for LGBTQ+ seniors ages 60 and over to get support and connect with other seniors. The program includes the Law Harrington Senior Living Center, as well as programs that offer life-enhancing services like community outreach, support groups, counseling, case management, recreational activities, and other health and wellness services. Part of the program includes the SPRY Montrose Diner, which is a hub for friendship and community in an LGBTQ+-affirming environment. The diner, located at Law Harrington, serves lunch on weekdays at noon, and guests are welcome to bring partners and caregivers. There is no charge for eligible seniors, but guests are encouraged to make a reservation by emailing [email protected] or calling 713-485-5072 and leaving a message.

This freestanding clinic provides a range of health services for Houstonians living with or at risk of developing HIV. Services include HIV primary care, addiction counseling, hepatitis C care, HIV prevention (a.k.a PrEP), mental health counseling, as well as physical therapy and wellness services.

This nonprofit organization focuses its efforts on educating and mobilizing LGBTQ+ communities of color through social arts that promote mental, emotional, and sexual health. Programs at the T.R.U.T.H. Project include a confidential monthly support space for queer people of color, for men and nonbinary people of color living with HIV, and for long-term HIV survivors of color, as well as a monthly yoga meetup.