Luka Cai

SQSH (affectionately pronounced "squish") is a grassroots, community-based collective dedicated to facilitating healing spaces and building community capacity for queer St. Louisans to thrive. We are a group of queer activists and organizers working toward our collective liberation by creating anti-oppressive community spaces and radically reimagining our systems of healing and support. We dream of a liberated St. Louis Metro Area where people of all genders and sexualities live with power, safety, and abundance. Our mission is to support the St. Louis LGBTQIA+ community’s capacity to tap into alternative approaches to violence/harm, through: – Non-hierarchical peer support and relationship-building – Fostering connections with identity-affirming resources and healing spaces – Sharpening our political analysis of oppressive systems that impact our community – Building community power and systems of feedback + accountability – Facilitating education and advocacy to uplift queer St. Louisan stories Support SQSH by donating, volunteering, or partnering with us!