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This Colorado Gives Day, we are asking for your support during one of the most challenging times our LGBTQ+ community has faced in recent history. Since 2016, Queer Asterisk has been here—providing affirming mental health services, creating safe spaces, and offering vital support to LGBTQ+ individuals across Colorado. Now, more than ever, we need your help to continue this work.
As we look ahead, the rising tide of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation is undeniable. Policies that seek to strip away our basic rights are gaining traction across the country, and Colorado is not immune. With a new administration poised to roll back the progress we’ve fought so hard to achieve, many in our community are feeling vulnerable, afraid, and uncertain of what the future holds.
For countless LGBTQ+ youth, adults, and families, Queer Asterisk has been a lifeline—a place to find understanding, healing, and hope. We are a sanctuary for those who have been marginalized, discriminated against, or left behind. But the threats we face are real, and the resources we need to meet these growing challenges are stretched thin.
Your donation this Colorado Gives Day will make an immediate difference. It will allow us to continue offering critical mental health care to those who need it most, to foster connection through our peer support groups, and to advocate fiercely for the rights and dignity of our community in the face of an uncertain future.
Your support can help ensure that Queer Asterisk remains a beacon of hope and resilience for LGBTQ+ Coloradans. Together, we can push back against hate and ensure that love, justice, and belonging prevail.
"Receiving therapy/mental health services from Queer Asterisk has been life-changing. From the moment I sent the first email inquiring about services, I felt held and respected by their thoughtful, inclusive staff. In a day and age where fear and intolerance can run rampant, Queer Asterisk is a beacon of hope, showing what the best of humanity has to offer the LGBTQIA+ community."
- WOODZICK
"Queer Asterisk acts as a safe haven for queer and transgender clients and as an educational powerhouse for clinicians looking to improve their cultural competency around gender and sexual diversity. These conversations are important to have if we are to be truly prepared for the future."
- MARC AZOULAY MA, LPC, LAC, CGP
PRESIDENT OF THE FOUR CORNERS GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY SOCIETY
"I can't say enough about Sorin Thomas and Queer Asterisk! Sorin took the time to partner with us and customize the presentation to include our district's protocol and equity framework. The training was professional, interactive, relevant and very well received by our diverse audience."
- RONALD LEE, PSYD
DIRECTOR OF MENTAL HEALTH, CHERRY CREEK SCHOOLS
Queer Asterisk's work was even endorsed by Governor Polis
Queer Asterisk empowers and nurtures the diverse ways of being that queer people embody by providing accessible counseling, education and community programs that uplift queer, trans and gender expansive lives.
Founded in Boulder in 2016 by Naropa University graduates Sorin Thomas and Brett Adamek, Queer Asterisk is a team of queer and trans therapists and educators serving the LGBTQ+ communities. Education regarding the needs of this community is not typically included in the training medical professionals, creating a lack of access to LGBTQ+ aware/competent mental/behavioral health care. Queer Asterisk eliminates the fears that our community often face in seeking care by providing a safe space and affirmation of gender identity and sexuality. Additionally, our community groups provide space for folks who feel isolated to build connections within the community. As a nonprofit with revenues generated through clients covered by insurance or able to pay out of pocket, we can provide reduced and no cost services to community members without access to paid services. Despite gains around accessibility and informed care, the need for affordable care remains higher than our capacity to provide it.
Read our annual report here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tUJVGVxHfxMmyhxnXH44MEMscftMd5PD/view
Organization name
Queer Asterisk
2016
Category
Mental Health & Crisis Intervention
Organization Size
Large Organization
Address
1575 FranklinBoulder County, CO, US
Denver, CO, US
Adams County, CO, US
Jefferson County, CO, US
Broomfield, CO, US