LGBTQ Bloomington Visitor’s Guide

LGBTQ Welcoming Spaces Bloomington

Spencer commUnity Pride Center

FOOD PANTRIES

Positive Link - provides services for HIV positive individuals

People’s Market - A marketplace to combat racism and food injustice with locally sourced foods, art, plants, and self-care items.

Area 10 Agency on Aging - The Area 10 Nutrition Program, More Than a Meal, serves homebound seniors and people with disabilities who are either unable or have great difficulty getting out of their homes and obtaining and cooking food for themselves.

Bobby’s Pantry - We are here to help residents with food and any household items available that their family may be in need of.

Breaking Bread Food Pantry - Breaking Bread Food Pantry is a community-driven, non-profit organization dedicated to addressing food insecurity in Bloomington, Indiana

Crestmont Community Food Pantry - located at 1007 N Summit Street, directly across from the BHA offices, the pantry provides free groceries and essential food supplies to those in need

Feed the Needy (Second Baptist Church) - Located at 321 North Rogers Street, the pantry provides quality food items to households experiencing hunger, ensuring that individuals and families have access to essential nutrition.

First United Methodist Church Food Pantry - Located at 219 East 4th Street, the pantry operates every Wednesday from 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM, providing essential groceries and household items to those in need.

Genesis Church Food Pantry - Located at 801 E State Road 45/46 Bypass, the pantry operates on the third Sunday of each month from 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM and the last Tuesday of each month from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM.

Grace Center Food Pantry - The Choice Food Pantry is the first step to receiving help at the Care Center. Using the pantry weekly will allow us to get to know you and your family more and see how we can help you with other programs and services of the Care Center.

Groceries to Go

Healing Hands Food Pantry

Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard - The Hub's Food Pantry is set up like a small grocery. Patrons are welcome to shop for the groceries that best support their household in the quantities they need. Patrons don’t need ID or proof of need.  All they have to do is sign in

Pantry 279

Redeemer Church Resources Pantry - The food pantry provides quality food items to households experiencing food insecurity. This program supplies critical nutrition to hungry individuals and families.

Richland Township Trustee - Through partnerships with Agency 10 on Aging and the Hoosier Hills Food Bank, we offer Indiana residents a wide range of grocery items to choose from

Salvation Army of Bloomington

St. Paul United Methodist Church Food Pantry - We invite anyone to come in and take whatever they need to feed their household for a week, no questions asked. We don’t force items upon you that you may not want, as you are free to shop for what your family actually enjoys and will use

Tabitha’s Storehouse - A ministry of HVC, providing food to families in need. Open the last Thursday of each month from 10 AM - 2 PM.

Van Buren Township Trustee - Van Buren Township Trustee’s Office is a member agency with Hoosier Hills Food Bank. Our neighbors will be able to receive food once per week from our pantry.

Walnut Woods Food Pantry

PREPARED MEALS

Community Kitchen of Monroe Country -

Warm, nutritious meals are served on site to anyone in need. No fees or eligibility requirements.

Meals include a main entrée (vegetarian option available), two side dishes, and a beverage.

Breads, desserts and other items available as resources permit. Cold carryout meals are also available (limit one per person).

Community Kitchen Express

Community Kitchen Food Truck

Shalom Center

Wheeler Mission Center for Men

CLOTHES

Gender Affirming Closet - No student/IU affiliation needed!

Monroe County Health Department - providing free testing for symptomatic individuals

Positive Link - Housing assistance, Food assistance, HIV case management, STI testing

Planned Parenthood - reproductive health checks, HIV testing, gender-affirming hormone care

HealthNet - basic healthcare and support services

Centerstone - mental health and recovery resources

Damien Center - a link to LGBTQ friendly providers and services in the state of Indiana

IU Maurer’s LGBTQ+ Project  - The LGBTQ+ Project at the IU Maurer School of Law provides pro bono legal research and advocacy services to Indiana LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations and LGBTQ+ Hoosiers. The Project engages law students, attorneys, scholars, and LGBTQ+ advocates to address the unmet legal needs of Indiana’s LGBTQ+ community and support equality efforts of Indiana LGBTQ+ organizations.

Positive Link  - Positive Link offers housing options for registered patients that are HIV positive.

Middleway  - At Middle Way House, we work to support all survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking.

A Friend’s Place - Emergency Shelter that can house forty women, men, and nonbinary adults experiencing homelessness. Clients can sleep, wash their clothes, and take care of personal hygiene needs while meeting with a case manager to meet their housing needs.

Wheeler Mission- Wheeler Mission—Bloomington offers life-changing care services and programs— grounded in God’s unconditional love—to meet the unique needs of every man, woman, and child who comes to our door.

New Hope Family Shelter* - We provide emergency shelter for up to 12 families at a time while our dedicated team of skilled and caring professionals work with those families.

Shalom - Shalom Center, Beacon’s day shelter, is an all-inclusive resource center in Bloomington, IN for people who are living in poverty and experiencing its ultimate expressions: hunger, homelessness, and a lack of access to basic life necessities.

Rapid Rehousing - Beacon, Inc.'s Rapid Rehousing program helps people experiencing homelessness move into homes as quickly as possible.

Rainbow Elders - Provides support, educational activities, and social outings for aging LGTBQ+ individuals 

Kaleidoscope Youth Community - All-inclusive social group for ages 12-20

Trans and Allies Support Community -program working to support and affirm transgender and nonbinary gender-diverse people in Central Indiana through support, advocacy, and social connection. 

Quarryland Men’s Chorus

Indiana Youth Group - Creating safer spaces and empowering queer young people since 1987.

Spencer CommUnity Pride Center - Spencer Pride is dedicated to improving the quality of life of rural LGBTQ+ people in south central Indiana. They host book clubs, birding groups, free dance classes, crafting nights, and more!

First United Church -

“First United Church is an inclusive community of Christian faith, living out the good news of God’s love, revealed in Jesus Christ.”

Bloomington Unitarian Church -

“We are a Welcoming Congregation, recognized by the Unitarian Universalist Association. This means we affirm and include people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer at every level of congregational life—in worship, in program, and in social occasions—welcoming them as whole people.”