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Aids Project
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www.aidsprojectoftheozarks.org
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Gay & Lesbian Community
Center of the Ozarks
http://www.glocenter.org/ |
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AIDS Project of the Ozarks (APO) began in 1985 as a grass-roots response to the increasing numbers of HIV/AIDS cases in Southwest Missouri. Today, APO’s mission is to provide education to the general public and services to persons with HIV infection, their families, and significant others in a confidential, caring environment.
- Serving over 600 clients in 29 counties throughout Southwest Missouri
- 26 Staff Members, On-site Physician, Four satellite offices
- Offering Medical care, Dental care & Lab services
- Emotional Support & Education
- On and Off-site HIV/STD testing
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The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of the Ozarks supports the well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in the greater Springfield, Missouri area. GLO has been serving the Southwest Missouri LGBT community for over 35 years.
- Longest running LGBT community center in the state of Missouri.
- Provides a place for support groups to meet
- Galaxy’s Open Forum - a safe place for LGBT teens to meet and discuss issues important to their lives.
- Organizes an annual PRIDE where individuals can gather to celebrate their community once a year.
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Ozarks Lesbian and Gay Archives
http://www.library.missouristate.edu
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Promo Fund
http://promoonline.org/
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OLGA’s mission is to document the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender experience in the Ozarks region.
- Collection contains: regional newsletters, university organization meeting records, news clippings, scrapbooks and copies of the video series, This Gay Life.
- Archives housed in a permanent special collection of the Meyer Library on the campus of Missouri State University.
- Collection includes a growing number of oral histories. To date, more than 70 men and women from throughout the Ozarks have shared their stories. Volunteers, including Missouri State faculty, students, and members of the LGBT community, conduct the interviews.
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PROMO FUND is Missouri’s only statewide rights advocacy organization working for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender equality through community outreach and education.
- Builds alliances with other progressive groups or reaching out to
marginalized segments of the LGBT community.
- PROMO FUND identifies issues of importance to Missouri's
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender citizens and
- Educates both members of the LGBT community, as well as the
community at large, on important issues.
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| Springfield Black Tie, Inc. is exempt from Federal Income Tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions made to Springfield Black Tie, Inc. are tax deductible under section 170 of the Code and bequests, devises, transfers or gifts are qualified as tax deductible under section 2055, 2106 or 2522 of the Code. |
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