How can your community be a part of Beloved Arise’s work?
Spread the word
Help us raise awareness about who we are and what we do by displaying a Beloved Arise flier in your space, so your community can easily access our resources.
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Join our community map
Register your queer-affirming religious, ethical, or spiritual community, youth program, campus group, or community center for our resource map.
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Become a mentor
Sign up to be a mentor for a queer youth of faith and share your experiences and advice over the course of a year.
Host our founder for speaking engagements
Invite our founder, Jun Love Young, to speak at your community. Jun has delivered inspiring sermons, informational presentations, or participated in panel discussions around the topics of queerness and faith.
Host an event benefiting Beloved Arise
Consider hosting a fun event to celebrate queer joy while benefiting the work of Beloved Arise. For example, a faith community in Seattle hosted an amazing “Drag Tea” benefiting Beloved Arise.
Become a donor
or sponsor
We are deeply grateful to communities who support our work with LGBTQ+ youth of faith. Please consider becoming a donor or monthly/annual sponsor of Beloved Arise.
How can we support youth in your community?
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Our faith resource pages are developed by queer youth of faith for queer youth of faith. Share the videos, testimonies, organizations, articles, and podcasts with the queer youth in your communities!
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Beloved Arise is proud to host the first-ever national mentorship program for queer youth of faith. We connect queer youth with mentors who share their queer and/or religious, ethical, or spiritual identities for a year-long program.
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The queer youth in your communities have access to our Youth Alliance—a youth-led network committed to making the world a safer, more loving place for LGBTQ+ youth of faith. The Alliance is open to youth and young adults (ages 14-24) and is free to join!
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Beloved Arise hosts an annual National Essay Contest, which awards higher education scholarships every year. We’d love for the queer youth in your communities to apply!