At Diverse & Resilient, we see a future in which lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people in Wisconsin thrive, living healthy, satisfying lives in safe, supportive communities.
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Our name serves as reminder that LGBTQ people are everywhere, engage in interesting and meaningful lives, and contribute to the welfare of each other and the broader community.
Our name serves as reminder that LGBTQ people are everywhere, engage in interesting and meaningful lives, and contribute to the welfare of each other and the broader community.
Mission: Our mission is to achieve health equity and improve the safety and well-being of LGBTQ people and communities in Wisconsin.
Operating as usual
Love from some of our youth.
Enjoy some queer cheer created by some of our LGBTQ youth! Whatever traditions you may celebrate, we hope this season brings you a bit of joy, comfort, and safety.
Our offices may be closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Years Day, but our warmline will still be staffed for emergencies through the holidays. Call or text 414-856-LGBT(5428) to connect with a Room to Be Safe Anti-Violence Program advocate.
All of us at D&R are wishing all of you a Safe & Peaceful Holiday Season and a Wonderful New Year!
The women “believe that every young person, and especially youth who are transgender, or intersex, should be able to participate fully in sport alongside their peers and gain the benefits that sports participation brings,” according to the brief.
"Every young person, and especially youth who are transgender, or intersex, should be able to participate fully in sport...
"Here's to not only normalizing gender pronouns, but respecting them, too. Whether you use he/she/them or something else, we acknowledge, affirm, and LOVE you!"
The beloved TV network is doing awesome and inclusive work!
Happy holidays!!
We are feeling the love from African Heritage, Inc. who just helped QTBIPOC surivors have a very happy holidays in Appleton! Their gifts are helping them start over with a fresh safer start in their new homes.
Boxes of household goods not pictured.
Thank you to Tasha Banks for this merry delivery. Pictured here with D&R's Youth Advocate Reiko Ramos.
Happy holidays to all from our grateful hearts!! 💕
Loving the body positivity in this diverse lineup!
Photographer Anthony Patrick Manieri set out to help change culture but has seen the project himself personally.
In case you needed some positivity on your timeline.
Audra McDonald, Javier Muñoz, Peppermint, Jai Rodriguez, BD Wong, and more also took part.
We are so proud of D&R Peer Navigator Program Manager Justin Roby! This weekend Justin graduated with a Masters of Science in Organizational Leadership and Administration. Congratulations on excellence, Justin!
Photos by: Paul ByDesign
In addition to overall LGBTQ, this poll (and so many others) finds that Black (95%) and Latinx (70%) LGBTQ households report even higher rates of serious financial problems since the start of the pandemic than their white counterparts.
The Disproportionate Impacts of COVID-19 on LGBTQ Households in the U.S. (PDF)DownloadInfographicsDownloadPress Release — New Report Finds LGBTQ People Are Disproportionately Impacted by COVID-19VisitRelated Report — Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on the LGBTQI MovementVisitIn...
A heartwarming donation that is making a difference!
A big thank you to Lesley and Chuck McKee in Appleton. Lesley dropped off a large cash donation this morning. From this we are able to make a difference here in the lives of people in Appleton including a queer family secure housing with a deposit, a newly out trans woman with some styling & clothing needs and another queer family with groceries. This warms our hearts and spirits this holiday season.
Also, if you are inspired to give to D&R, you can do so before December 31 to be included in your tax write-offs! Your funds help keep people warm, loved, and fed this holiday season!
Join Wisconsin's Legislative LGBTQ+ Caucus to discuss your LGBTQ+ policy priorities for the 2021-22 Legislative Session!
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: LGBTQ Caucus Listening Session. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
We will once again have a President who actually supports LGBTQ equality.
Biden promises to extend non-discrimination protections to LGBTQ+ Americans, after four years of Trump chipping away at them.
Such a beautiful list, what do you all think?
These stars are proud to be out and so are we
Listen in as Black Queer Femme's sip and share about "Coming Out", locating femme and bisexual/pansexual community, safety, and more. There will be drinks sipped and some tea spilling. It's a happy hour event you DO NOT want to miss! Join Resilient by Design with D&R ✨
"Today's ruling opens the door for more than one million immigrant youth who have been unfairly denied their chance to apply for DACA and secure their future in this country," Tumlin told CBS News. "Our brave plaintiffs have said from the beginning of this lawsuit that their home is here, and the court rightly recognized that today."
One million undocumented immigrant teens and young adults who qualify for DACA on paper could apply for the Obama-era protections from deportation following the court order.
We are so honored to have received the LGBTQ Progress in Youth Activism award last night at the Shepherd Express LGBTQ Progress Awards. Thanks to our friends at Courage MKE for sponsoring our award. Congratulations as well to our friends at The Tool Shed: An Erotic Boutique, recipients of the LGBTQ Progress in Business award sponsored by D&R. Congratulations to all the other winners as well. We look forward to next year's awards when we can all gather in person again!
Join us and community leaders at tonight's 2020 LGBTQ Progress Awards!
Welcome to the Sixth Annual LGBTQ Progress Awards! Presented by Cream City Foundation and hosted by the lovely Dear Ruthie. Join us as we celebrate your favo...
Join us LIVE now for our last event of today for World AIDS Day with D&R Peer Navigator Manger Justin Roby and several colleagues in NE Wisconsin.
"I just want to make sure that we're getting that message out there that there are prevention methods that are amazing," Roby said. "There are care and treatment options out there that are amazing, and no one should have to live in fear of HIV. We are going to end this pandemic by 2030," said Justin Roby, D&R Peer Navigator Program Manager
In 2019, more than 6,500 Wisconsinites were living with HIV, according to the state Department of Health Services. Experts want people to know treatment and prevention options are available during the coronavirus pandemic.
Living lives of Trans experience means that we have joy and sorrow sometimes all at the same time. While we celebrated another actor's coming out as Trans today, we learned of this horrific attack on Laverne Cox. She and her friend are physically safe. Once again, this highlights the risks for Black Trans Women.
Content warning: Transphobia and violence.
'When these things happen, it's not your fault,' actress Laverne Cox said after she and a friend were attacked while hiking through Griffith Park.
Congratulations to the actor Elliot Page on this coming out announcement! All the love from D&R!
Join us tomorrow as we kick off World AIDS Day with the second annual brunch brough to you by our Peer Navigator Julius Pittman.
We will also be live on Facebook at 11 am with a panel discussion, trivia, and HIV/AIDS data from local and global resources.
Stay tuned to this page for your connections to live feeds later in the day, too!
Hope to see you tomorrow!
Peace and blessings!
We are involved in a few World Aids Day events tomorrow. Here is one that begins at 6:30 p.m. Please sign up to register at https://bit.ly/3nlmN8v
We are thankful for this Cyber Monday deal in which Flour Girl and Flame has offered to give their tips to D&R today only! So.....holla for some Challah :-) (and other yummy things)
Alright fam, Happy Cyber Monday👩💻 and Happy Challah-Days! ❄️🎄🕎
Our wood-fired Challah-Day #horchata French toast kit is now available for pre-order to pick up at @zocalofoodpark December 12th and and 13th. Cashdrop.biz/flourgirl
We’ll also be there slangin our wood-fired pies 🍕 and dropping an ALL NEW winter ❄️ menu 🙌🏼
Kit includes: ($25)
🥖 1 large loaf wood-fired challah
🥛 16 oz @mazorcamke #horchata
🍁 4 oz. @tappedmaplesyrup cinnamon infused maple syrup
🍎 4 oz wood-roasted spiced apple jam
All of the tips from this online event will go to Diverse & Resilient whose mission is “to achieve health equity and improve the safety and well-being of LGBTQ people and communities in Wisconsin.”
Limited amount available so challah at ya girl and get your order in! 🔥
#woodfired #challah #linkinbio #challahfrenchtoast #hannukah #hanukkahgifts
Today and everyday, we are grateful for you, our beloved community.
May we all be safe this holiday season.
We look forward to the day when we can all gather together again. 💜
Hello Beautiful Humans of our Beloved Community,
Come on down and enjoy a free meal and pickup any resources you may need.
https://diverseandresilient.formstack.com/forms/thanksgiving_dinner
In case someone could use this resource.
Event is today at 10:00 am.
Milwaukee County is giving away 1,500 free turkeys ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.
Goodbye to Jan Morris, an extraordinary writer and trans women. Who lived a full life of adventures through 94 years.
“To me gender is not physical at all, but is altogether insubstantial. It is the essentialness of oneself, the psyche, the fragment of unity. Male and female are sex, masculine and feminine are gender, and though the conceptions obviously overlap, they are far from synonymous.” - written in her book Conundrum
It wasn’t until her latest book, “In My Mind’s Eye,” was serialized on BBC that many of her neighbors realized there was a celebrity in their midst.
Check out this video to remember and celebrate the beautiful Black Trans Women of Milwaukee! Put together by the women of SHEBA ✨We will miss our founding Sheba Member Tikka Paris Mahone and our Milwaukee sisters lost to anti-trans violence: Chanel, Sasha, Azhani, and all worldwide. Rest in Power.
It’s not enough to mourn. We must also love, celebrate, and protect all Trans and Non-Binary people while they (we) are still alive. 💜
Today we remember transgender and gender non conforming people whose lives were taken through violence.
Black and Latinx Transgender women continue to be at the highest risk.
Today we light a candle for this loss and every day we fight to make our communities safer.
If you are experiencing violence and need help getting to a safer place, please call or text our statewide line at 414-856-LGBT (5428). :trans:
We have advocates ready to help.
We're happy to be receiving the Youth Activism award at this year's 2020 LGBTQ Progress Awards! Join us virtually for the ceremony on December 3rd. Enjoy this picture of us and many of our loves from last year. ✨
Black and Brown LGBTQ Liberation is the priority of Diverse and Resilient’s work. Since 1996, D&R’s statewide efforts have been to sustain and promote healthy lives for our queer and trans young people. All done through in-school curriculum, statewide conferences, youth development groups, mental health support, and training everyone from school officials to hospital staff. Driving our youth to excel as leaders and advising adults on how to support them.
So we are pretty excited about this, happy to announce two new D&R board members, Angela Lang, Executive Director of Black Leaders Organizing for Communities, and Brendan Fleming, Senior Accountant at Scribner Cohen + Company. The D&R board is deep in our LGBTQ health equity and anti-racism work - welcome!
It’s Trans Awareness Week ✨
We are thriving and surviving out here! What does Trans joy look and feel like for yall?
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Hello to all of the beautiful Queens of SHEBA! See you on Wednesday at 3pm 💜 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81778097191
SCOTUS LGBTQ Employment Decision w/former US Atty James Santelle SCOTUS ruled today that federal employment discrimination laws DO protect LGBT employees. We’ll discuss LIVE on Facebook TONIGHT at 7 p.m. CT
For those who could not be there, here are the words of: Montell Ross - Event Organizer and local entertainer Chris Walton - Chair of Democratic Party of Milwaukee County and candidate for State Assembly District 17 Elle Halo - D&R Board Member and Trans Activist Lex Allen - Local LGBTQ singer songwriter Thank you to everyone who made this event possible. It was truly beautiful to witness. #BlackLivesMatter #BlackQueerLivesMatter #BlackTransLivesMatter #BlackGenderNonconformingLivesMatter #BlackNonbinaryLivesMatter #ALLBlackLivesMatter
Flashback Friday to last week's Spirit Week Silent Party sponsored by D&R's Intersectionality Among Men. Doing the Mil-Town version of Bikers Shuffle by Big Mucci. Check out those moves!
A week ago tonight we were at the Challenge Party singing "Seasons of Love." We may not be Broadway bound (just yet), but we could all feel the love. Thanks to Matt Luther for his piano playing skills.
This is how D&R rolls when we are waiting for a Pride Parade to start - We DO believe in Pride!
Sharing this special moment from last night's LGBTQ Partnership youth event Night of Noise in Appleton with Lex Allen at The Refuge. Imagine a world where all queer youth can know they are beautiful, loved, worthy. Just as they are. Let's keep focusing on building that world.
A Day without Latinx and in Waukesha
Bethamie Wyatt and Kofi Short of Diverse & Resilient address HIV/STI outbreak in social networks in Milwaukee.
Women Against Hate United in Love
Lex Allen & Taj Raiden live at #WILGBTQSUMMIT debuting #ColorsinBloom
SNEAK PEEK! At Diverse & Resilient, we believe that in order to help end LGBTQ violence, we must create a culture that nurtures LGBTQ youth by promoting loving, resilient, and diverse experiences of LGBTQ communities to foster self-love and acceptance. D&R has partnered with Lex Allen Productions to create the Colors in Bloom campaign reminding LGBTQ people that we are beautiful, loved, and worthy. Intrigued? We'll be unveiling the Colors in Bloom campaign at our LGBTQ Summit on February 24 in Milwaukee.
It is an honor to partner with Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin in our work. Tonight we received the Fantastic Supporting Organization award from Planned Parenthood. Here is Planned Parenthood CEO Tanya Atkinson and Annia Leonard presenting as Diverse & Resilient 414ALL414ALL Program Coordinator Mark Silva accepts on behalf of D&R.
This is a wonderful clip of the current exhibit at the RedLine Gallery - Life of An Artist. Paul Mandracchia is the late husband of our Founding Executive, Gary Hollander. This exhibit is free and open to the public.
Diverse & Resilient was founded by Gary Hollander in 1995 as a program to build the capacity of LGBTQ groups in Wisconsin. We have grown to be an independent nonprofit agency that employs 19 staff and serves over 5,000 LGBTQ people every year. We do both capacity-building and direct-service work to address the health disparities experienced by LGBTQ people in Wisconsin. Our work is focused on six priority areas: Acceptance, Cultivating Leaders, Mental Health, Sexual Health, Partner & Community Violence, and Substance Use.
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