Rainbow Community Health & Wellness- RCHW

11/20/2025

11/18/2025

🌈✨ Celebrate, Connect, and Empower! ✨🌈

Join us for the Southern Illinois Trans Resource Fair — a joyful day dedicated to connection, support, and community! 💖

📅 Thursday, November 20th
🕑 2 PM – 6 PM
📍 Rainbow Cafe LGBTQ Center | 118 N Illinois Ave

Meet local organizations, affirming healthcare providers, and community advocates — all here to share resources that uplift and empower transgender and gender-diverse people across Southern Illinois.

💬 Explore:
🌟 Gender-affirming health & wellness services
🌟 Support groups and advocacy networks
🌟 Name and gender marker change info
🌟 Local affirming businesses and allies
🌟 Free activities, resources, and good vibes!

Whether you’re looking for resources, connection, or just a space where you can be your authentic self — this fair is for YOU. 🏳️‍⚧️💙💗🤍

Bring your friends, bring your pride, and come celebrate community with us!
👉 Mark your calendars, share this post, and we’ll see you there!

11/14/2025

Yesterday marked the first day of Transgender Awareness Week 2025. This week is focused on bringing much-needed attention to the trans community, along with increasing awareness of the various issues faced by trans individuals around the world.

The RCHW behavioral health team would like to emphasize the importance of having a sense of community and a sense of allyship when navigating the current climate, which has jeopardized the safety of many trans individuals within the United States.

If you need extra support in navigating this climate, we are here to help. We offer mental health consultations (no charge) that can be helpful in identifying your specific needs (e.g., counseling, case management, support groups). We can get you connected to the specific services that you need in order to make sure that you are properly supported. To schedule a mental health consultation, please email us at counseling@rchw.org or call us at (618) 914-7249.

11/11/2025

🏳️‍⚧️ Did you know? Transgender people often face complex healthcare barriers — from denied coverage to uninformed providers. That’s why our health navigation services exists.
At Rainbow Community Health and Wellness, we’ll help you find affirming medical professionals, manage paperwork, and ensure your care is respectful and seamless.

🩺 Because healthcare should feel supportive, not stressful.
👉 Learn more or book a navigation session today by visiting our website at rchw.org or emailing us at info@rchw.org

10/31/2025

It would be a bummer if your biggest scares right now are not coming from the spooky season.

If you are trying to navigate your anxiety, RCHW is here to help! Reach out to us at counseling@rchw.org or call us at (618) 914-7249 if you have any questions about our behavioral health services.

10/29/2025

We need each other now more than ever. Please support when you can.

Help Local Families! 🍼

With more families expected to need emergency formula support soon, we’re preparing now to make sure no baby goes without.

We’re currently in need of these specific types:
• Enfamil (Yellow)
• Enfamil Gentlease
• Similac 360 Total Care
• Nutramigen
• Similac Alimentum

📍 Drop-Off Locations:
Carbondale Walk-In Center — 801 E. Walnut St. (Mon–Fri, 1–5 PM)

📍 Southern Illinois Resource & Advocacy Center — 4503 W. Deyoung, Suite 10, Marion (Mon–Fri, 9 AM–4:30 PM)

We also accept Amazon or Walmart deliveries sent to our Carbondale location.

💙🩷Monetary donations: littleresourcecarbondale.org/donate

Every can makes a difference, thank you for helping us nourish babies and support families in our community!

10/28/2025

You deserve care that heals—not care that questions who you are. 🩵

Trans people have the right to doctors who listen, systems that support, and spaces that affirm. No one should have to fight to be seen as whole.

Your body, your identity, your health—they all deserve love and respect. 🩷

10/24/2025

Do you have frequent arguments with your family? Are there discussions that your family needs to have? Is your family currently feeling split at the moment? If you have answered yes to any of these questions, you would probably benefit from family therapy. Family therapy tends to have the goal of enhancing communication and providing a space for difficult (and sometimes uncomfortable) discussions to be had.

We offer family therapy at RCHW! Reach out to us at counseling@rchw.org or call us at (618) 914-7249 if you have any questions about family therapy or any of our behavioral health services.

10/21/2025

To our trans family: Your health and well-being matter—and you deserve care that respects and affirms who you are. 🏳️‍⚧️✨

From mental health to hormones, primary care to self-care—your body and mind are worthy of compassion, dignity, and expert support.

Prioritizing your health isn’t selfish—it’s revolutionary. You deserve to thrive. 👑