WE'RE HIRING!

Are you passionate about young people and LGBTQIA+ issues?! Do you love developing creative activities that are also educational and community-building? Do you enjoy networking with other professionals? Are you interested in growing and learning with a grassroots community organization?


Thanks to a grant from the Community Foundation of the Florida Keys funded by The Driftwood Fund, Queer Keys is able to hire our first dedicated Youth Program Coordinator (part-time)!


Check out our job description and send us your resume and cover letter. We look forward to talking to you.


We will be accepting applications until the end of the year, and we intend to have the position filled by mid-January. Please reach out to Chris with any questions: chris@queerkeys.org or 305-735-4106.

Picture from our grand opening celebration by Larry Blackburn

GRAND OPENING CEREMONY WAS AN INCREDIBLE SUCCESS!

Thank you to everyone that came out to our grand opening celebration and ribbon cutting on Thursday, October 10. We had over 100 people come through our doors that day to celebrate the creation of space to serve the entire LGBTQIA+ community in Key West and the Florida Keys.


Thank you to all of our volunteers, sponsors, and friends for coming and supporting this day and this project.

Announcing our 2024-2025 Sponsorship Program

We are so proud of the work we've accomplished so far this year, and we're even more proud of the impact we've been able to make in our local community. Some of the highlights include:


These offerings are a sampling of the work we've been doing, but they do represent who we are and where we're headed. If you would like to invest in this type of community work, we ask that you consider being a sponsor of the community center.


Donate to our library!

We have a beautiful library that was built specifically for our center by local makers Bob Sanders and Grace Simpson. We also have 85 books already, most of which were donated by members of our community!


We still have a lot of room to fill with books by queer authors and books with queer content, both fiction and nonfiction. If you have books you would like to donate, you can drop them off at 1100 Truman Avenue between 10am and 4pm Monday through Friday. If you would like to donate a new book from the wishlist curated by our friend Faith, you can click here: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1DU8208J3EPS5?ref_=wl_share


Thanks to our volunteer Phil, our current library is now catalogued online. You can see our available titles, sign up for an account, and even checkout books! See what we have available here: https://queerkeyslibrary.librarika.com/


We can’t wait til we run out of shelf space.


Love is love. Community is everything. Don’t ban books.

The Queer Keys LGBTQIA+ Community Center is now open

We had our soft opening on Monday, June 3 with a treasure trove of the island community stopping by to check out our beautiful space and to share their ideas for how it can be utilized.

1100 Truman Avenue is officially Key West's LGBTQIA+ Community Center. It will take some time to get regular hours posted, a schedule of programs and groups in place, and our library filled out, but...


Stop in for a cup of coffee, tea, or water

Utilize our wifi to get some work done

Check out our resource center and bring information in to share with the community

Post your event on our community bulletin board

Snag a book from the shelf and dive into the world of queerness

Take a moment to honor a queer luminary from the past at our wall of ancestors

Snag a condom or a menstrual product


WE HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON!

LOVE IS LOVE. COMMUNITY IS EVERYTHING.

What is Queer Keys?

Queer Keys is an LGBTQ+ community organization based in Key West, Florida. Our mission is to support, educate, empower, and celebrate the queer community in the Florida Keys.


Our Programs

We currently offer four regular programs

Donate & Keep Us Going

Your tax-deductible donation goes directly to supporting our programming and to the continued growth of our organization. Thank you!

Questions?

Check out our FAQ page or send us an email!