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About this map. A community-first guide to LGBTQ+ student resources, affirming spaces, health and gender-affirming care, faith communities, and queer-owned or queer-friendly spaces near University of Notre Dame and across Notre Dame, IN. Not affiliated with or endorsed by University of Notre Dame. Every pin sits within five straight-line miles of the campus anchor, and each card tells you how far it is from that center. 16 places are mapped here: 12 rest on stronger public evidence, and 4 are flagged verify first and listed again at the bottom of this page. 2 of them sit on campus itself, starting with PrismND and Notre Dame LGBTQ student support. 2 listings carry LGBTQ+ health or gender-affirming care. Clinical services and eligibility are shifting with state law in a lot of these states, so confirm what is offered and to whom before you count on it. 9 affirming faith communities are included under the affirming-denomination standard in the RIR methodology. Congregations change, so confirm an active affirming affiliation before you walk in. No bars or 21+ nightlife cleared the standard within range, so this is a connection-and-care map rather than a nightlife guide. Listings come from public information, campus and community directories, local reporting, and the places' own statements, gathered under the published methodology at rainbowsinrevolt.com/methodology. Confirm hours and current status before relying on any pin.
Regional Resources & Verify First
These pins are on the map, and they are real, but each one carries something the research could not confirm. Read the note before you go, and call first.
Brain Lair Books: evidence is a lead rather than a published affirming statement.Verify
Temple Beth-El: the congregation's own website could not be read this session, so confirm its denominational affiliation and service times.Verify
St. Joseph County Public Library Main Library: evidence is a lead rather than a published affirming statement.Verify
AIDS Ministries and AIDS Assist of North Indiana: no ZIP code or office hours were published on the pages read and no explicit LGBTQ affirming statement was found, so both the address and the affirming practice need confirming.Verify
Some of what holds a queer community together has no street address: house shows, private group chats, mutual-aid networks, and student orgs whose meeting rooms rotate by semester. Those are not pinned, but they are worth asking about once you are in the room with people.
For the standard every pin was judged against, see the Rainbows In Revolt methodology at rainbowsinrevolt.com/methodology. Know a place in Notre Dame that belongs here, or one that has changed? Tell us and we will check it.

