Community Links
Pride Events in Missouri
LGBT Organizations
- The Center Project: Mid-Missouri’s first and only lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning and ally community space. Located in downtown Columbia, Mo., we offer a friendly, safe facility for a wide variety of groups and events.
- University of Missouri LGBTQ Resource Center
- University of Missouri Women’s Center
- Human Rights Campaign: National LGBTQA advocacy group.
- PROMO: Missouri equality organization.
- Mid-Missouri PFLAG
- Gay, Lesbian, Straight, Education Network (GLSEN): The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression
- Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN): A nonpartisan, nonprofit, legal services, watchdog and policy organization dedicated to ending discrimination against and harassment of military personnel affected by ”Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT).
- The Trevor Project: A national 24-hour, toll free confidential suicide hotline for gay and questioning youth.
STD/HIV/AIDS Prevention and Services
- Columbia/Boone County Health Department: HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention.
- SHAPE (Sexual Health Advocate Peer Education)
- RAIN: HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention.
- Trail To A Cure: Annual bike ride along the scenic Katy Trail to benefit HIV/AIDS agencies.
- AIDS Project of the Ozarks
Other Local Gay and Lesbian Bars
- Arch & Column Pub: 1301 Business Loop 70 E (at the intersection of College and Business Loop), 573-441-8088
University of Missouri Resources
- STRIPES: Provides free, no-questions-asked rides to University of Missouri students with valid student ID on select nights
- My BAC: A resource for the University of Missouri Wellness Resource Center
- Wellness Resource Center: Resources for students about alcohol
- Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention Center
Friends of SoCo Club
- Salon Rouge: The official hairstylist of Miss Gay Missouri, America
- Equal Creative: SoCo Club’s website design and graphic design agency
- Missouri Contemporary Ballet: Professional ballet company in Columbia, Mo.
- Lyceum Theatre: Professional, regional theatre in Arrow Rock, Mo.


