UWM Libraries Research and Course Guides: Social Work 591/791: Practice with LGBTQIA+ Communities: Find Practice, Services, and Resources

LGBTQIA+ Resources

LGBTQIA2S+ - NASW
This section provides resources to enhance social workers’ capacity to support LGBTQIA2S+ people across the lifespan. Social workers have a responsibility to promote policies, laws, and programs that affirm, support, and value LGBTQIA2S+ individuals, families, and communities.
National LGBTQIA Health Education Center Learning Resources
The National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center is part of the Division of Education and Training at The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health. The Fenway Institute (TFI) is an interdisciplinary center for research, training, education, and policy development that works to ensure access to quality, culturally affirming medical and mental health care for traditionally underserved communities, including LGBTQIA+ people and those affected by HIV/AIDS.
LGBT Evidence Based Resources - Healthy People 2030 - Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Check out these evidence-based resources (EBRs) to learn about proven, science-based methods to improve health and prevent disease. Use EBRs to develop programs and policies that are informed by evidence on what's effective, replicable, scalable, and sustainable.
LGBTQ Health Resources - Wisconsin Department of Health
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) people have similar health concerns as others. These include health concerns and risks. The following resources can help understand LGBTQ health issues.
LGBTQ+ Mental Health Resources - Milwaukee Health Department
City of Milwaukee LGBTQ+ Mental Health Resources
LGBT Center of SE Wisconsin
Resources provided by the LGBT Center of SE Wisconsin
Milwaukee LGBT Community Center
The Milwaukee LGBT Community Center delivers educational, health promotion, and community-building services that meet the needs of LGBT youth, adults, and their allies in the Greater Milwaukee area. The Center offers services and resources designed to connect LGBTQIA+ people with emergency food, clothing, housing, survivor advocacy, and health services.
Courage MKE Resources
Local Milwaukee resources and organizations that provide support
Milwaukee LGBTQ+ Community Resources (MPS)
Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) District LGBTQ Community Resource List
MPS Gender Inclusion Guidance
The Milwaukee Public Schools Gender Inclusion Guidance was created to provide information about how to best ensure the protection of students and staff in terms of gender inclusion.
LGBTQ Veterans
Mission Statement: Provide national leadership through policy, education, advocacy, and innovative data-driven programs to promote LGBTQ+ Veteran health and well-being (last update 2/18/25)

Finding censored government information

To comply with Executive Orders from the Trump Administration, federal agencies removed government documents and datasets from official government websites, including information mentioning gender identities. Despite a court order to restore the information to federal health websites issued on February 11, 2025, some documents and data have not been restored by government agencies.

The Wayback Machine
Search by original URL or within collections. Choose a capture date before January 20, 2025 and select a capture link from that date. When citing, indicate the date and Internet Archive URL that you accessed/retrieved the document from

Datasets

DataLumos
DataLumos is an ICPSR archive for valuable government data resources. ICPSR has a long commitment to safekeeping and disseminating US government and other social science data. DataLumos accepts deposits of public data resources from the community and recommendations of public data resources that ICPSR itself might add to DataLumos.
Data Rescue Project - Existing Alternative Sources
There are many individuals, organizations, and community-based resources that document and assist with rescuing efforts. Below is the list of tools, data sources, library guides, and articles we are aware of and their associated scopes.