Resources & Events
Outreach Center: The Lititz Chooses Love Outreach Center encompasses our free resources which include a Gender Affirming Closet, Food Pantry, Book Collection and more! Open Wednesday 5-8pm and Saturday 9am-Noon.
Supportive Space Initiative: This community outreach is designed specifically for youth and young adults who are part of the LGBTQ+ community*, who are looking to connect with their peers in a supportive social atmosphere. Board games, art and painting projects, community service projects, knitting, musical instruments for jam sessions, and more possibilities! We want the community creating the space to make it their own. Every Wednesday evening, 5:00-8:00pm and Saturday mornings 9:00am-12:00pm *This includes friends and family of LGBTQ+ folks, allies, advocates.
Monthly Family Karaoke Night: Join DJ LadyD and Lititz Chooses Love for a fun-filled night of Karaoke! This will be the launch of a monthly event sponsored by our awesome friends at both Lancaster Pride and Jason Burkholder Real Estate Team - Welcome Home Real Estate!! Follow the Food Pantry signs to the door underneath St Paul Penryn. If you have any questions, please contact parker@lititzpride.org. This is an all ages event which is alcohol and drug free.
Queer Hike: Join us to walk. Come enjoy a nice springtime walk.
Coming out Festival:
Pride Festival: Held once a year in June at Lititz Springs Park!
Transgender Day of Remembrance: Is an annual observance on November 20 that honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) was started in 1999 by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honor the memory of Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was killed in 1998. The vigil commemorated all the transgender people lost to violence since Rita Hester's death, and began an important tradition that has become the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance. Lititz Chooses Love and Lancaster Pride are coming together to do a candlelight vigil on the sidewalks along route 501. We will meet at the entrance to Lititz Springs Park. We want to station as many participants as we have through our town holding posters with the names of those we've lost and candles. We will have a special poster for Robyn and Brayden, the 2 young transgender people we've recently lost in Lancaster County. This will be a silent event, but we're always here if you need to talk Parker@lititzpride.org
Our events are free to attend and also free from transphobia, homophobia, sexism, ableism, xenophobia, fatphobia, ageism, hatefulness or discrimination of any kind. If you do not abide by these rules, you will be warned and/or may be asked to leave.
Trans Lifeline: Support for transgender people by transgender people 1-877-565-8860
Sage LGBT Elder Hotline: Peer support and local resources for older adults 1-888-234-5428
The LGBT National Hotline: Peer support and local resources for all ages 1-888-843-4564
THRIVE Lifeline: Text "oSTEM" to 1-313-662-8209
Aaron's Books: As a community minded bookshop we are happy to support those sharing love with our LGBTQA+ friends, families and community members. Lititz Chooses Love is a local non-profit supporting the LGBTQA+ community by hosting events, starting a center for support and fellowship gathering, and presenting Lititz Pride. In their efforts to create a center that will host gatherings and support our community, they have a wishlist of books to build a library for the LGBTQA+ community and allies. CLICK HERE to buy one of their requested books and we will deliver it to the center. In your order, note if you would like a book plate in honor or in memory of someone recognizing your donation. A portion of each sale of a wishlist book donated to the center will also be donated.
Health & Medical Resources:
Hershey Gender Clinic- https://www.pennstatehealth.org/
childrens/services-treatments/gender-health-program
CHOP- https://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/gender-and-sexuality-development-program
Alder Health- https://www.alderhealth.org/
Employment Resources: https://www.pacareerlink.pa.gov
/jponline/
Clothing Resources: Lititz Chooses Love Gender Affirming Closet- Open to the community on Wednesdays from 5-8pm and Saturdays 8:30-10am at 1258 Newport Rd, Manehim, PA 17545
Housing Resources: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/
datasets/il.html
https://payouthcongress.org/
resources/emergency-housing/
https://www.sageusa.org/
what-we-do/national-lgbt-housing-initiative/pennsylvania-lgbt-housing-resources/
Food Resources: Lititz Chooses Love Food Bank- Open to the community on Wednesdays from 5-8pm, and Saturdays from 8:30-10am. Located at 1258 Newport Rd, Manheim, PA 17545 http://www.manheimcentral
foodpantry.org/
https://www.ephrataareasocialserv
ices.org/
https://emeralde.org/
http://www.lwcommunitychest.
org/
Mental Health & Recovery Resources: https://www.therapyden.com/
therapists/us/pa/lancaster/lgbtq-issues
https://www.alaketherapy.com/about-alexis
https://www.pridecounseling.com/
https://recoverydharma.online/
queer-sangha/
https://www.mainlinehealth.org/
specialties/mirmont-lgbtq
https://www.clearbrookinc.com/
locations/pennsylvania/special-program-and-therapies/lgbtq-substance-abuse-treatment/
https://988lifeline.org/help-yourself/lgbtq/
Trevor Project: Here you can reach out to a counselor if you’re struggling, find answers and information, and get the tools you need to help someone else. They provide information & support to LGBTQ young people 24/7, all year round.
Trevor Lifeline: Available 24/7 @ 1-866-488-7386.
TrevorText: Text "TREVOR" to
1-202-304-1200.
TrevorChat: Via thetrevorproject.org