Resources - LGBTQ Resource Office
RESOURCES
UIS Affiliates:
Division of Student Affairs| website
The UIS Safe Zone Program| website
University of Illinois- Springfield| website
Office of Multicultural Student Affairs | website
UIS Queer-Straight Alliance (QSA)| website email
Diversity Task Force | website
Office of Access and Equal Opportunity |website
UIS Counseling Center | website
Local Organizations:
PFLAG Springfield West Central Illinois | website | email
NOW Illinois website | email
The Phoenix Center website | email
SARA Center (Springfield AIDS Resource Association) website | email
links
Related Resources:
American Civil Liberties Union website
BiNet USA website
Campus Pride website
Day of Silence website
Division 44, American Psychological Association website
Family Pride Coalition website
Fine By Me website
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) website
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) website
Human Rights Campaign website
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission website
National Coalition for LGBT Health website
National Consortium of Directors of LGBT Resources in Higher Education website
National Center for Lesbian Rights website
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force website
National Youth Advocacy Coalition website
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays website
Prairie Flame website email
Queer Resources Directorywebsite
SCHOLARSHIPS
LGBTSA Specific Awards
- Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center - Queer Asian & Pacific Islander Pride Scholarship Fund
730 Polk Street, 4th Floor (Between Ellis and Eddy streets)
San Francisco, CA 94109
Phone: 415.292.3400
E-Mail: max@apiwellness.org
- Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice Invites Entries for Writers Fund
- Audre Lorde Scholarship Fund
ZAMI, Inc.
PO Box 2502
Decatur, GA 30031
Phone: 404.370.0920
E-Mail: zami@zami.org
- Deaf Queer Resource Center Scholarship
- Fund for Lesbian and Gay Scholarships (FLAGS)
Whitman-Brooks
The Scholarship Fund
PO Box 48320
Los Angeles, CA 90048-0320
Phone: 213.650.5752
- Heller Ehrman LLP Diversity Fellowship
Summer Internship and $7,500 Scholarship - Open to first year law students only
- Hofstra University School of Law - Fellowships for the Advocacy for the Equality of LGBT People
121 Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11549-1210
Phone: 516.463.5916, Fax: 516.463.6264
E-mail: lawadmissions@hofstra.edu
- LEAGUE Foundation - An Academic Scholarship Fund
Attn: Charles Eader, President
LEAGUE Foundation
One AT&T Way, Room 4B214J
Bedminster, NJ 07921-2694
Phone: 703.691.5734
E-mail: ATTLEAGUE@aol.com
- LGBT HEART Scholarship Program for the Graduate Health Professions
51 N. 3rd Street, Suite 331
Philadelphia, PA 19106
E-mail: scholarships@lgbtheart.org
- National Gay & Lesbian Task Force Messenger-Anderson Journalism Scholarship and Internship Program
1325 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202.393.5177
E-mail: thetaskforce@thetaskforce.org
- National Gay Pilot's Association
PO Box 7271
Dallas, TX 75209-0271
Phone: 214-336-0873
Email: info@ngpa.org
- National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association - Scholarships
Phone: 202.588.9888 (ext. 12)
E-mail: jlclement@nlgja.org
- National Women's Studies Association - Lesbian Caucus Scholarship
Lesbian Scholarship Application
7100 Baltimore Ave, Suite 502
College Park, MD 20740
Deadline: February 15 of each year
- Parent, Family, & Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
Attn: Judy Hoff
PFLAG National Scholarships Program
1726 M Street, #400
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202.467.8180 (ext. 219)
E-mail: schools@pflag.org
- Pride Foundation Scholarships (For students from the Pacific Northwest)
1122 E. Pike Street, PMB 1001
Seattle, WA 98122
E-mail: scholarships@pridefoundation.org
- The Point Foundation
PO Box 11210
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone: 866.33.POINT (866.337.6468)
Email: info@thepointfoundation.org
- Project 10 - Models of Excellence Scholarships
Phone: 626.577.4553
E-mail: project10@hotmail.com
- Reaching Out MBA Case Writing Competition
- Sarah Pettit Doctoral Fellowship
Attn: Rachel Pepper/Sarah Pettit Fund
PO Box 208334
100 Wall Street, Room 312
New Haven, CT 06520
E-mail: ygs@yale.edu
- Skadden Fellowship Foundation (Law)
E-Mail: info@skadden.com
- Transgender Scholarship and Education Legacy Fund
TSELF Awards Committee
PO Box 540229
Waltham, MA 02454-0229
Phone: 781.899.2212
Email: julie@tself.org or carrie@tself.org
- Third Wave Foundation Scholarships
- Queer Foundation Scholarship Fund
Attn: Joseph Dial, Ph.D. - Executive Director
3213 W Wheeler St., #145
Seattle, WA 98199
Phone: 206.999.8740
Email: jdial@post.harvard.edu
- Youth Courage Awards
PO Box 29903
San Francisco, CA 94129-0903
Phone: 415.561.6350
E-mail: info@colinhiggins.org
National or State Financial Aid Resources for LGBTSA Students
