Directory 2019-2020

October 2019
Welcome to the 2019-2020 OutReach Directory. Our Directory provides a lot of
information for our community: listings of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender (LGBT) supportive non-profit community groups, advertisements
from hundreds of LGBT supportive businesses, and additional governmental
and national LGBT group listings.
OutReach and our parent organizations The United and Madison Gay &
Lesbian Resource Center have served as Madison and south-central Wisconsin’s
LGBT Community Center since 1973. After working together for decades, the
two groups merged in 1998 and moved to our longtime location at the Gateway
Mall in Madison. In June of 2016 we moved our location to 2701 International
Lane, Ste 101, Madison WI 53704.
OutReach’s mission is “a commitment to equity and quality of life for all
LGBTQ+ people through community building, health and human services, and
economic, social, and racial justice advocacy.” Our vision is “to create a community
where the presence and contributions of LGBT people are celebrated,
where intolerance is challenged and defeated, where justice prevails, and
where civil rights of all people are valued and respected.”
One of the important services we have provided for decades is the Directory.
OutReach Program Services include:
• Resource Identification and Referral — We provide a wide array of LGBT print
material at our office and community event tables, referrals by phone and in
person, cyber-center access, websites, social media, and our Center Connection
E-Newsletter.
• Publications — Our monthly Calendar & Guide and annual Directory as well
as other print material.
• Peer Support — Support by phone or in-person with our front desk
volunteer and paid staff.
• Social and Support Groups — 18 LGBTQ social/support groups currently meet
at OutReach, including OutReach programs and community groups.
• Educational Services — Our panels of volunteer speakers travel throughout
south-central Wisconsin, speaking to schools, businesses, governmental
entities, and civic groups about many aspects of LGBTQ life, rights, and culture.
Our LGBT 101 presentations provide a more formal in-service on LGBT issues for
employee and professional associations. For more info: www.lgbtoutreach.org.
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