LGBTQ Resources & Rights
TruEvolution
TruEvolution fights for health equity and racial justice to advance the quality of life and human dignity of LGBTQ people. They offer clients many different services and programs. Core services are:
- HIV Care, PrEP, PEP, and Prevention Services
- Transitional Housing Program
- Behavioral Health, Therapy, and Support Groups
Inland Empire LGBTQ+ Center, powered by TruEvolution!
3839 Brockton Avenue, Riverside
(951) 888-1346
The Inland Empire LGBTQ+ Center was founded in 2023 by Senator Sabrina Cervantes (then Assemblymember), TruEvolution President & CEO Gabriel Maldonado, and community leader Jesse Melgar. The Center is located in downtown Riverside on TruEvolution's Project Legacy campus. They support, educate, and advocate for queer individuals living in the Inland Empire, and also promote the health and well-being of all communities by providing a safe and inclusive community space.
IE PRISM Collective
Creates safe spaces and support groups, offers educational programs and mentorship for youth, conducts workshops to raise awareness about LGBTQ issues, advocates for comprehensive healthcare, provides mental health services, and promotes HIV/AIDS prevention.
Riverside Pride
A local nonprofit that is fully volunteer-driven, Riverside Pride holds public events, headlined by the annual festival in downtown Riverside, to create safer and joyous spaces, to educate and raise visibility of the community. The organization fosters an alliance of local LGBTQIA+ community programs and nonprofits to uplift each other.
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Rainbow Youth Pride Alliance
A nonprofit service organization for LGBTQ+ youth and allies in the Inland Empire, they provide a safe space for young people to meet, make friends, and participate in various weekly events and activities. They also offer support and resources for gender affirmation and community building. They promote education for youth and parents, wellness, and advocacy opportunities.
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UCR LGBTQ Center
Established in 1993, the LGBTQ Resource Center provides support, education, and advocacy regarding sexual orientation and gender identity/expression for the UC Riverside community.
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AIDS Foundation
For four decades, DAP Health has remained committed to its founding principles based on equitable access to health care. Guided by the voices and needs of the diverse communities it serves, the nonprofit has protected and expanded access to quality programs and services for people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, orientations, and socioeconomic statuses.
Legal Help Desk - Lambda Legal
Western Regional Office
800 South Figueroa Street, Suite 1260, Los Angeles
(213) 382-7600
- Lambda Legal’s Help Desk cannot provide legal advice, and communication to the Help Desk does not establish an attorney-client relationship.
- Lambda Legal’s Help Desk is a resource for the community in providing general legal information and resources relating to discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, and HIV status.
Legal Clinic & Lawyer Referral
Legal Clinic & Lawyer Referral - Los Angeles LGBT Center
- Know Your Rights: Free Legal Clinics at the Los Angeles LGBT Center
- Spanish & English Flyers for their monthly clinics in 2025
- L.A. LGBT Center
1625 N. Schrader Blvd., Los Angeles
(323) 993-7400
Legal clinic provides help preparing name/gender change legal docs; also provides legal assistance for survivors of violence, immigration issues, and discrimination.
LetsGo! Liberation Clinic at El Centro, UCLA Law School
Los Angeles
(323) 960-9279
elcentro@lawnet.ucla.edu
Operates name and gender marker clinics with partner organizations.
About TLC — The TransLatin@ Coalition
The TransLatin@ Coalition (TLC) was founded in 2009 by a group of Transgender and Gender nonconforming and Intersex (TGI) immigrant women in Los Angeles as a grassroots response to address the specific needs of TGI Latin@ immigrants who live in the United States.
- Legal Services focusing in supporting (TGI) individuals exiting immigration detention centers who need legal representation and support.