The Queer Joy Collaborative is dedicated to promoting individual and collective queer joy through the transformational and healing power of art, music, and mutual aid. Their programming currently includes adult and youth choruses, recurring craft nights, recurring Sending Joy Postcard nights, writing workshops, partnerships with local arts organizations, and more.

Since 1986 the mission of Northampton Parents Center (NPC) has been to provide a safe, nurturing, and non-judgmental space for young children and their caregivers to meet and play: a place for caregivers to find support, information, affirmation and frieindship.

The support of individuals, businesses, and grants sustains our programming at no cost to families. NPC is a lifeline and a landmark in the Pioneer Valley and beyond and we welcome ALL families!

Martha is a licensed massage therapist, full spectrum doula, and fertility awareness educator. They offer trauma informed and gender inclusive care to all bodies on Nipmuc and Pocumtuc land. With a specific expertise in reproductive & generative health, they cultivate spaces where their clients feel fully informed, autonomous, relaxed, and empowered.

Indë (they/he) is a multimedia composer based in Northampton, making interdisciplinary work about intersectional experiences. Painter/performer/songwriter/designer/multi-this/poly-that. A renaissance person passionate about music theory & production, communication design, fairies, expressionism, and liberation.

Jovan Sage (they/she) is a Heart Consoler, Death Midwife, and Grief Weaver who threads sacred space and heart medicine together. 

Translate Gender is a trans-led nonprofit organization founded in 2006 to serve its community here in Western Massachusetts. They provide innovative programming for youth and families, gender affirming therapeutic services, host and collaborate on community events to empower and inspire. They offer resources to advocate for gender justice in K-12 schools, organizations, and communities, and provide training and education services to ensure all spaces can be affirming for our communities. At the heart of the organization, they pride themselves on being a space for trans and gender expansive people to build community, resilience, and joy.

Bloom Local’s Community Guide highlights small businesses, nonprofits, and working artists who are supporing the LGBTQ+-community of the CT River Valley of Western Massachusetts.

Sanctuary is a center for personal healing and collective well-being located in downtown Northampton, Mass.

CopyCat Northampton is a local, woman-owned business with over 30 years of dedicated, quality service to the Pioneer Valley.