Frequently asked questions
Yes, we do not share data from Courage+ Bravespace.
Bravespace is a digital hub that connects LGBTQ+ youth to resources offering acceptance, advocacy and support in their cities and towns simply by entering their ZIP codes. And the contacts, places and tools found here are vetted to ensure they’re safe and welcoming.
Bravespace is a hub designed for LGBTQ+ youth, teens and young adults who are seeking community, acceptance and support. The services and resources listed are intended to help a wide range of ages, with some resources also being available to adults.
Bravespace connects LGBTQ+ youth with places that accept and welcome them — including hangout spots, Pride events and safe spaces. This hub also provides resources and connections for health and housing programs, learning resources, peer support, rights advocacy and youth mentorship.
Along with these contacts and resources, Bravespace also provides links to additional resources that can support LGBTQ+ youth.
Bravespace is run by Courage+, a nonprofit organization that provides services, support and resources to LGBTQ+ youth across the state of Wisconsin and beyond.
Courage+ started in 2015 as Courage MKE (the MKE is short for Milwaukee), helping young people one by one by providing support and housing to get them out of vulnerable situations.
Now, we are expanding our outreach as we strive to create a sense of community centered around care, safety and acceptance while bringing about real systemic change for LGBTQ+ youth.
Bravespace started by offering resources in Milwaukee and is now expanding to other counties across Wisconsin. So, the majority of our resources are based in the Milwaukee area.
However, Bravespace is intended to be a national tool for LGBTQ+ youth. If you think your area is underrepresented, let us know. We’d love to keep adding more resources to this hub as we continue to grow.
If you’re in rural areas or outside of Wisconsin, the resources could be limited in your area. The search results will show the resources closest to you.
However, Bravespace is intended to be a national tool for LGBTQ+ youth. If you know of a resource that is not listed, please complete our online form. We’d love to keep adding resources to this hub as we continue to grow.
Bravespace is intended to be a national tool for LGBTQ+ youth. If you’d like to add resources from your area, complete our online form. We’d love to keep adding resources to this hub as we continue to grow.
Community Resources
The Trevor Project
The Trevor Project is the leading organization in the United States providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBTQ+ young people under 25. Whether you’re struggling, questioning, or just need someone to talk to, Trevor offers 24/7 support through phone, text, and online chat — all free and confidential.
2 • 1 • 1
211 is available for all Milwaukee area residents and can be called at no charge 24 hours a day. The service is similar to the 911 network that can be called in case of police, fire, and medical emergencies. Operators will provide callers with information on a wide variety of nonemergency family, financial, health and social service issues.
BESTD
The mission of the Brady East STD Sexual Health Clinic is to provide quality, professional sexually transmitted disease diagnosis and treatment as well as HIV/AIDS prevention counseling and testing in a manner that is sensitive to the sexual orientation and gender identity of our clients.
Children’s Wisconsin
We are the region’s only independent health care system dedicated solely to the health and well-being of children. In Milwaukee and throughout the state, we provide kids and their families a wide range of care and support — everything from routine care for earaches or sore throats to lifesaving advances and treatment options.
Cream City Foundation
Cream City Foundation mobilizes philanthropic resources and fosters strategic partnerships by harnessing the pride, passion, and commitment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer+ (LGBTQ+) people and their allies to advance human rights and respond to the human needs of LGBTQ+ people in Southeastern Wisconsin.
FORGE
FORGE is a national transgender anti-violence organization, founded in 1994. Since 2009, we have been federally funded to provide direct services to transgender, gender nonconforming and gender nonbinary survivors of sexual assault. Since 2011, FORGE has served as the only transgender-focused organization federally funded to provide training and technical assistance to providers around the country who work with transgender survivors of sexual assault, domestic and dating violence, and stalking.
Holton Street Clinic
Holton Street Clinic’s mission is to provide specialized health care to all populations with actual or perceived sexually transmitted infections through consultation, testing, treatment, and follow-up with compassion and understanding in a respectful and confidential manner.
Milwaukee LGBT Community Center
The Milwaukee LGBT Community Center is dedicated to serving the needs of LGBTQ people and to making the greater Milwaukee area safer and more inclusive. We focus on anti-violence, healthy relationships, counseling, Youth & Elder Adult programming and more. Our center’s resources include a lending library with over 2,000 LGBT titles, meeting space for over 100 groups during the year, computer/internet access and referrals.
Outreach Community Health Centers
OCHC’s mission is to provide the highest quality health care and support services to the most vulnerable people in the greater Milwaukee area: the homeless, those experiencing extreme poverty and the uninsured.
Pathfinders
Pathfinders empowers youth confronted by homelessness, crisis, or trauma to be safe and connected in order to develop a path toward self-sufficiency, healthier families, and a stronger community.
PFLAG
Founded in 1973 after the simple act of a mother publicly supporting her gay son, PFLAG is the nation’s largest family and ally organization. Uniting people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) with families, friends, and allies, PFLAG is committed to advancing equality through its mission of support, education, and advocacy.
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood delivers vital reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of people worldwide.
Project Q
Whether you’re thinking about coming out, hoping to connect with other LGBTQ+ young people or simply want to make new friends, the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center offers programming specifically geared toward youth, age 13 to 24, through Project Q.
Sixteenth Street
Our comprehensive health services include adult and pediatric medicine, behavioral health services, social services, women’s health, HIV prevention and treatment, STI testing, and an array of other supplemental programs for our patients.
UWM LGBT+RC
The UWM LGBT+RC strives to create a welcoming campus community by providing social-justice-based education, resources, programming, and support for students across the spectrums of gender and sexuality, with an emphasis on intersectional experiences.
Vivient Health
Previously known as the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin, Vivent Health is Wisconsin’s largest and fastest-growing HIV health care system. Through its integrated medical, dental and mental health clinics along with its pharmacy and dedicated social services that include food pantries, a legal program, and social work case management, more than 3,300 HIV patients in Wisconsin gain the health care and social services they need for long-term survival with HIV disease.
Wisconsin Department of Children and Families
The Division of Milwaukee Child Protective Services (DMCPS) works with families to ensure the safety and well-being of children. With its many community partners, DMCPS provides services to families in crisis that help keep children safely in the home. When it is necessary, DMCPS looks to foster and adoptive families to provide appropriate temporary and permanent homes for children who cannot live with their parents.