Here are some common questions about our organization, volunteering, donations and fundraising, and how to use the world’s first open source verified LGBTQ+ resource platform.
If you have additional questions, please feel free to reach out to us via our contact page or email us.
Download the free InReach mobile app on iOS and Android today. InReach is the world’s first open source verified LGBTQ+ resource platform. Click on the buttons below:
InReach is the world’s first open source verified LGBTQ+ resource platform.
The free InReach App is available on web (desktop and mobile), and native iOS and Android. InReach currently lists verified resources in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories, Canada and Mexico.
InReach’s free technology instantly matches LGBTQ+ people facing persecution or discrimination with affirming, independently verified medical and mental health care, immigration and other legal help, safe housing, meal assistance, education and employment, translation, community and spiritual support, and more critical services.
InReach aims to serve as a comprehensive digital one-stop-shop for the diverse LGBTQ+ community. InReach has verified services for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers, refugees and other immigrants, LGBTQ+ Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, the transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) community, LGBTQ+ youth and their caregivers, and more LGBTQ+ communities.
The free InReach App matches LGBTQ+ people facing persecution or discrimination with safe, independently verified resources, including:
The free InReach App lists a wide range of services, which we refer to as “resources”, for the diverse LGBTQ+ community:
“Crisis resources” (e.g., emergency housing, food, legal help, mental health hotlines, medical care, drop-in centers for LGBTQ+ youth, abortion care, and more)
Every direct service provider listed on InReach is vetted by our trained volunteers to be welcoming to LGBTQ+ people facing persecution or discrimination.
Our trained volunteers employ a rigorous tailored vetting process for all direct service providers listed on InReach. Our core vetting criteria include:
At InReach, we recognize that LGBTQ+ equality requires trans justice, racial justice, refugee justice, reproductive justice, language justice, and more. As a result, in addition to verifying that each provider listed on InReach is generally LGBTQ+ affirming, our trained volunteers also verify whether providers are led by and/or have expertise serving specific historically marginalized LGBTQ+ communities.
We repeat our vetting process for every provider listed on InReach at least once every 6 months.
Please see the “Our Vetting Process” page for more information.
Visit the InReach App (on a computer, web browser on your phone, or download our mobile app on the App Store or Google Play)
If you are using a computer:
If you are using a web browser on your phone or our mobile app:
Sign-up for a free InReach user account to:
To rate and review a resource, you must first create a free user account. Please see “HOW DO I SIGN UP FOR A USER ACCOUNT?” above for instructions.
Once you are logged in, you will be able to leave a public rating (one to five stars) and written review on any direct service provider you find listed on InReach.
Submitting a new resource for consideration is easy and helps our team to continue to improve and expand the free InReach App! The InReach team is currently accepting public resource suggestions for direct service providers located anywhere in the United States, Canada or Mexico.
To suggest a new resource for inclusion on InReach, you must create a free user account. Once you are logged in, you will be able to suggest a new resource.
You can suggest a resource to be listed on the free InReach App here.
To share feedback with our team, please fill out our quick InReach App Share Feedback Survey.
We’d love to hear from you!
At InReach, we recognize that preserving online anonymity is a life-or-death issue for many LGBTQ+ people. That’s why the free InReach App (our web app, native iOS app, and native Android app) is designed to prioritize protecting users’ safety and confidentiality online.
User Demographic Data
We do not require any personally identifiable information to use the free InReach App.Users who choose to create a free InReach user account have the option to share the following demographic information via an anonymous online survey:
All of this sensitive information is stored anonymously and not connected to any single individual user or user account.*(*The only exception is the Local Community Reviewer user account type, which leverages any demographic information collected to enhance Local Community Reviewers’ volunteering experience and impact. For Local Community Reviewer accounts, we require location and all other demographic information is optional but would be tied to their user record. This data would only be visible outside of InReach staff if the Local Community Reviewer chooses to make it visible through their account privacy settings. Sharing a public-facing profile, will help other users’ to feel more confident in your reviews.) Understanding our user demographics can help us to quantify our impact, raise funds, and evaluate future product decisions. We appreciate users voluntarily sharing this information with us, and we take these steps to protect your privacy and anonymity.
Site Usage Analytics
InReach uses Google Analytics to anonymously analyze and track App usage data (e.g., user searches and other behavior) in the aggregate. Google Analytics is GDPR compliant and does not collect any personally identifiable information and anonymizes all data collected. Users cannot be identified and are never tracked across websites. InReach also uses Vercel Analytics to analyze web vitals and performance. Vercel Analytics provides site usage information without being tied to, or associated with, any individual visitor or IP address. The recording of data points is anonymous and the Analytics feature does not collect or store information that would enable Vercel to reconstruct a browsing session across pages or identify a user.
Yes, if you are planning to seek asylum, resettle in or travel through the United States, Canada or Mexico you can use the free InReach App to help you plan ahead. You can visit our free app to begin searching for safe, verified legal, medical, mental health and other social services. You can also sign up for a free InReach user account to easily share and save their personalized resource lists for later.
While asylum seekers, refugees and other immigrants outside of the LGBTQ+ community are always welcome to use the free InReach App to connect with local immigrant-friendly services, our focus is on serving the diverse LGBTQ+ community.
If you do NOT identify as LGBTQ+, you can check out:
USAHello – A free website created for refugees and immigrants in the United States. Visit their website for more information.
Unfortunately, InReach cannot provide direct travel support or help obtaining travel visas.
We recommend reaching out to Rainbow Railroad for assistance.
Jamie co-founded InReach (fka AsylumConnect) during his senior year at the University of Pennsylvania. At Penn, a classmate shared his personal experience struggling to find safe resources during the U.S. asylum process despite access to technology. As a trans man who grew up in a conservative environment, the feeling of not being able to live authentically and lacking easily accessible information on how to find affirming support deeply resonated with Jamie. So, during their senior year, the two friends co-founded AsylumConnect, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization started as the world’s first technology platform for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers, to fill the critical resource information gap facing the diverse LGBTQ+ community. The organization is founded on the belief that every LGBTQ+ person deserves the safety and freedom to live authentically.
In May 2022, AsylumConnect officially became InReach. Since launching its app in 2016, the organization has seen the platform be used by a wide variety of LGBTQ+ people, in addition to those seeking asylum. The organization rebranded to InReach to better communicate and reflect the value of its free technology to a diverse LGBTQ+ user base.
Today, InReach has verified services for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers, refugees and other immigrants, LGBTQ+ BIPOC communities, the transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) community, LGBTQ+ youth and their caregivers, and more LGBTQ+ communities.
Since launching in 2016, we have seen our free tech platform be used by a wide variety of LGBTQ+ people, in addition to those seeking asylum. As a result, we decided to rebrand our organization from AsylumConnect to InReach to better communicate and reflect the value of our App to a broader user base. We are committed to ensuring all members of the diverse LGBTQ+ community–including asylum seekers and refugees, undocumented and other immigrants, young people experiencing homelessness, those facing family or community rejection due to their identity, and other transgender and non-binary people in need of safe resources–always have access to trusted information on where it is safe to go for help.
Please see our press release for more information on our decision to rebrand from AsylumConnect to InReach.
No. We are very proud of our history and we intend to remain the go-to platform for LGBTQ+ people seeking asylum.
We began by validating our free technology model and user need with LGBTQ+ asylum seekers. Now that it’s clear that other LGBTQ+ people can benefit from our product as well, we are expanding. The new InReach brand reflects the growth of our organization.
Our governing board of directors worked with a digital marketing agency B-Reel on choosing our organization’s new name and logo. Our goal was to choose a new name that more effectively communicates who our free technology is able to help, while continuing to honor our organization’s history.
Our new name (“InReach”) strives to invoke a sense of hope and encompasses what our tech platform aims to accomplish at scale: safe help is InReach for all members of our diverse LGBTQ+ community.
We are based in the United States. Our team is remote, with board members, advisors, staff, volunteers, and interns located across the country. We do not accept in-person appointments.
You can access the free InReach App 24/7 on desktop or mobile from around the world to connect with safe, verified legal, medical, mental health and social services near you.
Download the free InReach mobile app on iOS and Android today. InReach is the world’s first open source verified LGBTQ+ resource platform. Click on the buttons below:
InReach is the world’s first open source verified LGBTQ+ resource platform.
The free InReach App is available on web (desktop and mobile), and native iOS and Android. InReach currently lists verified resources in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories, Canada and Mexico.
InReach’s free technology instantly matches LGBTQ+ people facing persecution or discrimination with affirming, independently verified medical and mental health care, immigration and other legal help, safe housing, meal assistance, education and employment, translation, community and spiritual support, and more critical services.
InReach aims to serve as a comprehensive digital one-stop-shop for the diverse LGBTQ+ community. InReach has verified services for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers, refugees and other immigrants, LGBTQ+ Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, the transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) community, LGBTQ+ youth and their caregivers, and more LGBTQ+ communities.
Lawyers, law students, case managers, therapists, social workers, and other service providers also use the free InReach App to efficiently find safe, independently verified resource referrals for their LGBTQ+ clients.
As a direct service provider, you can use the free InReach App to find a wide range of independently verified resource referrals for your LGBTQ+ clients/patients, including:
The free InReach App lists a wide range of services, which we refer to as “resources”, for the diverse LGBTQ+ community:
Every direct service provider listed on InReach is vetted by our trained volunteers to be welcoming to LGBTQ+ people facing persecution or discrimination.
Our trained volunteers employ a rigorous tailored vetting process for all direct service providers listed on InReach. Our core vetting criteria include:
We repeat our vetting process for every provider listed on InReach at least once every 6 months.
Please see the “Our Vetting Process” page for more information.
Visit the InReach App (on a computer, web browser on your phone, or download our mobile app on the App Store or Google Play)
If you are using a computer or tablet:
If you are using a web browser on your phone or our mobile app:
Please note: the ability for service providers to “claim” their own organization’s profile page on the redesigned InReach App is coming soon!
With a free InReach service provider user account, you will soon be able to:
Sign up for a free service provider account today.
Don’t see your organization, firm or agency listed on InReach? Submitting your organization for consideration is easy and helps our team to continue to improve and expand the free InReach App! The InReach team is currently accepting public resource suggestions for direct service providers located anywhere in the United States, Canada or Mexico.
To suggest a new resource for inclusion on InReach, you must create a free user account. Once you are logged in, you will be able to suggest a new resource.
You can suggest a resource to be listed on the free InReach App at this link..
Submitting a new resource for consideration is easy and helps our team to continue to improve and expand the free InReach App! The InReach team is currently accepting public resource suggestions for direct service providers located anywhere in the United States, Canada or Mexico.
To suggest a new resource for inclusion on InReach, you must create a free user account. Once you are logged in, you will be able to suggest a new resource.
You can suggest a resource to be listed on the free InReach App here.
To rate and review a resource, you must first create a free user account. Please see “HOW DO I SIGN UP FOR A USER ACCOUNT?” above for instructions.
Once you are logged in, you will be able to leave a public rating (one to five stars) and written review on any direct service provider you find listed on InReach.
To share feedback with our team, please fill out our quick InReach App Share Feedback Survey.
We’d love to hear from you!
At InReach, we recognize that preserving online anonymity is a life-or-death issue for many LGBTQ+ people. That’s why the free InReach App (our web app, native iOS app, and native Android app) is designed to prioritize protecting users’ safety and confidentiality online.
User Demographic Data
We do not require any personally identifiable information to use the free InReach App.Users who choose to create a free InReach user account have the option to share the following demographic information via an anonymous online survey:
All of this sensitive information is stored anonymously and not connected to any single individual user or user account.*(*The only exception is the Local Community Reviewer user account type, which leverages any demographic information collected to enhance Local Community Reviewers’ volunteering experience and impact. For Local Community Reviewer accounts, we require location and all other demographic information is optional but would be tied to their user record. This data would only be visible outside of InReach staff if the Local Community Reviewer chooses to make it visible through their account privacy settings. Sharing a public-facing profile, will help other users’ to feel more confident in your reviews.) Understanding our user demographics can help us to quantify our impact, raise funds, and evaluate future product decisions. We appreciate users voluntarily sharing this information with us, and we take these steps to protect your privacy and anonymity.
Site Usage Analytics
InReach uses Google Analytics to anonymously analyze and track App usage data (e.g., user searches and other behavior) in the aggregate. Google Analytics is GDPR compliant and does not collect any personally identifiable information and anonymizes all data collected. Users cannot be identified and are never tracked across websites. InReach also uses Vercel Analytics to analyze web vitals and performance. Vercel Analytics provides site usage information without being tied to, or associated with, any individual visitor or IP address. The recording of data points is anonymous and the Analytics feature does not collect or store information that would enable Vercel to reconstruct a browsing session across pages or identify a user.
Yes! Please see our ‘Free Marketing Materials’ page here. Please check back regularly for new translations and designs.
Yes, if a LGBTQ+ person is planning to seek asylum, resettle in or travel through the United States, Canada or Mexico they can use the free InReach App to help them plan ahead. They can visit our free app to begin searching for safe, verified legal, medical, mental health and other social services. They can also sign up for a free InReach user account to easily share and save their personalized resource lists for later.
Yes! Please see below for additional resources:
Country Condition Research & Reports
Manuals for Attorneys Representing Asylum Seekers
Additional Resources
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR): “Children on the Run” (2016) & “Women on the Run” (2015)
While asylum seekers, refugees and other immigrants outside of the LGBTQ+ community are always welcome to use the free InReach App to connect with local immigrant-friendly services, our focus is on serving the diverse LGBTQ+ community.
If your client does NOT identify as LGBTQ+, you can check out:
InReach is the world’s first tech platform matching LGBTQ+ people with safe, verified resources. The free InReach App is available on web (the computer), mobile web (a web browser on your phone) and native iOS and Android. The App is available in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories, Canada, and Mexico.
Please note that InReach cannot provide direct travel support or help obtaining travel visas.
If you are assisting someone who is in need of direct travel support or help obtaining travel visas, or who is currently located in another country (outside of the United States, Canada or Mexico), please visit our international resource page for a list of of other organizations to contact who may be able to assist them in physically reaching safety.
Jamie co-founded InReach (fka AsylumConnect) during his senior year at the University of Pennsylvania. At Penn, a classmate shared his personal experience struggling to find safe resources during the U.S. asylum process despite access to technology. As a trans man who grew up in a conservative environment, the feeling of not being able to live authentically and lacking easily accessible information on how to find affirming support deeply resonated with Jamie. So, during their senior year, the two friends co-founded AsylumConnect, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization started as the world’s first technology platform for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers, to fill the critical resource information gap facing the diverse LGBTQ+ community. The organization is founded on the belief that every LGBTQ+ person deserves the safety and freedom to live authentically.
In May 2022, AsylumConnect officially became InReach. Since launching its app in 2016, the organization has seen the platform be used by a wide variety of LGBTQ+ people, in addition to those seeking asylum. The organization rebranded to InReach to better communicate and reflect the value of its free technology to a diverse LGBTQ+ user base.
Today, InReach has verified services for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers, refugees and other immigrants, LGBTQ+ BIPOC communities, the transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) community, LGBTQ+ youth and their caregivers, and more LGBTQ+ communities.
Since launching in 2016, we have seen our free tech platform be used by a wide variety of LGBTQ+ people, in addition to those seeking asylum. As a result, we decided to rebrand our organization from AsylumConnect to InReach to better communicate and reflect the value of our App to a broader user base. We are committed to ensuring all members of the diverse LGBTQ+ community–including asylum seekers and refugees, undocumented and other immigrants, young people experiencing homelessness, those facing family or community rejection due to their identity, and other transgender and non-binary people in need of safe resources–always have access to trusted information on where it is safe to go for help.
Please see our press release for more information on our decision to rebrand from AsylumConnect to InReach.
No. We are very proud of our history and we intend to remain the go-to platform for LGBTQ+ people seeking asylum.
We began by validating our free technology model and user need with LGBTQ+ asylum seekers. Now that it’s clear that other LGBTQ+ people can benefit from our product as well, we are expanding. The new InReach brand reflects the growth of our organization.
Our governing board of directors worked with a digital marketing agency B-Reel on choosing our organization’s new name and logo. Our goal was to choose a new name that more effectively communicates who our free technology is able to help, while continuing to honor our organization’s history.
Our new name (“InReach”) strives to invoke a sense of hope and encompasses what our tech platform aims to accomplish at scale: safe help is InReach for all members of our diverse LGBTQ+ community.
We are based in the United States. Our team is remote, with board members, advisors, staff, volunteers, and interns located across the country. We do not accept in-person appointments.
You can access the free InReach App 24/7 on desktop or mobile from around the world to connect with safe, verified legal, medical, mental health and social services near you.
Yes! InReach (formerly known as AsylumConnect) is a 501(c)(3) public charity in the United States recognized by the IRS (EIN: 81-1066673). Donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent permissible by law.
Thanks very much for the support! You can donate online or by check. Please see our donate page for more information.
Use our online contact form to write to our partnerships team. We’d love to hear from you!
If you are a corporate law firm or other organization who is interested in financially supporting InReach, please visit our Corporate Partnership page for partnership opportunities.
Download the free InReach mobile app on iOS and Android today. InReach is the world’s first open source verified LGBTQ+ resource platform. Click on the buttons below:
InReach is the world’s first open source verified LGBTQ+ resource platform.
The free InReach App is available on web (desktop and mobile), and native iOS and Android. InReach currently lists verified resources in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories, Canada and Mexico.
InReach’s free technology instantly matches LGBTQ+ people facing persecution or discrimination with affirming, independently verified medical and mental health care, immigration and other legal help, safe housing, meal assistance, education and employment, translation, community and spiritual support, and more critical services.
InReach aims to serve as a comprehensive digital one-stop-shop for the diverse LGBTQ+ community. InReach has verified services for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers, refugees and other immigrants, LGBTQ+ Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, the transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) community, LGBTQ+ youth and their caregivers, and more LGBTQ+ communities.
Lawyers, law students, case managers, therapists, social workers, and other service providers also use the free InReach App to efficiently find safe, independently verified resource referrals for their LGBTQ+ clients.
As a direct service provider, you can use the free InReach App to find a wide range of independently verified resource referrals for your LGBTQ+ clients/patients, including:
The free InReach App lists a wide range of services, which we refer to as “resources”, for the diverse LGBTQ+ community:
Every direct service provider listed on InReach is vetted by our trained volunteers to be welcoming to LGBTQ+ people facing persecution or discrimination.
Our trained volunteers employ a rigorous tailored vetting process for all direct service providers listed on InReach. Our core vetting criteria include:
We repeat our vetting process for every provider listed on InReach at least once every 6 months.
Please see the “Our Vetting Process” page for more information.
Submitting a new resource for consideration is easy and helps our team to continue to improve and expand the free InReach App! The InReach team is currently accepting public resource suggestions for direct service providers located anywhere in the United States, Canada or Mexico.
To suggest a new resource for inclusion on InReach, you must create a free user account. Once you are logged in, you will be able to suggest a new resource.
You can suggest a resource to be listed on the free InReach App here.
InReach is the world’s first tech platform matching LGBTQ+ people facing persecution or discrimination with safe, verified resources. The free InReach App is currently available in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories, Canada, and Mexico.
Please note that InReach cannot provide direct travel support or help obtaining travel visas.
If you are assisting someone who is in need of direct travel support or help obtaining travel visas, or who is currently located in another country (outside of the United States, Canada or Mexico), we recommend the person in need contacts Rainbow Railroad directly for assistance.
Thanks very much for the support! You can donate online or by check. Please see our donate page for more information.
If you have donated through our website’s online donate page, please visit https://inreach.org/donation-history to view your donation history as well as make changes to your account.
Please email Myron, InReach Development Director, with any questions.
Thank you for your interest! Visit the “Join Our Team” page to view all open volunteer and intern positions, and instructions on how to apply.
Thanks for your interest! The InReach Young Professionals Board Program is currently remote and open to young professionals (ages 21 to 40) located anywhere in North America (the United States, Canada or Mexico). Membership supports InReach’s work through app support, fundraising, and professional development. Please see our Young Professionals Board Program page for more information.
Yes! Please see our ‘Free Marketing Materials’ page here. Please check back regularly for new translations and designs.
Thanks for your support! Please email Myron, InReach Development Director, with any questions on fundraising.
Thanks for your interest! Please review our “Become a Corporate Partner” page for more information on available opportunities.
Please email Myron, InReach Development Director, with any questions.
If you’re a member of the media and would like to talk, please get in touch: press@inreach.org.
You can also visit our “In the News” page for our media kit for reference on our organization’s mission, spokespersons, testimonials, and more.
Jamie co-founded InReach (fka AsylumConnect) during his senior year at the University of Pennsylvania. At Penn, a classmate shared his personal experience struggling to find safe resources during the U.S. asylum process despite access to technology. As a trans man who grew up in a conservative environment, the feeling of not being able to live authentically and lacking easily accessible information on how to find affirming support deeply resonated with Jamie. So, during their senior year, the two friends co-founded AsylumConnect, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization started as the world’s first technology platform for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers, to fill the critical resource information gap facing the diverse LGBTQ+ community. The organization is founded on the belief that every LGBTQ+ person deserves the safety and freedom to live authentically.
In May 2022, AsylumConnect officially became InReach. Since launching its app in 2016, the organization has seen the platform be used by a wide variety of LGBTQ+ people, in addition to those seeking asylum. The organization rebranded to InReach to better communicate and reflect the value of its free technology to a diverse LGBTQ+ user base.
Today, InReach has verified services for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers, refugees and other immigrants, LGBTQ+ BIPOC communities, the transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) community, LGBTQ+ youth and their caregivers, and more LGBTQ+ communities.
Since launching in 2016, we have seen our free tech platform be used by a wide variety of LGBTQ+ people, in addition to LGBTQ+ community members seeking asylum. As a result, we decided to rebrand our organization from AsylumConnect to InReach to better communicate and reflect the value of our App to a broader LGBTQ+ user base. We are committed to ensuring all members of the diverse LGBTQ+ community–including asylum seekers and refugees, undocumented and other immigrants, young people experiencing homelessness, those facing family or community rejection due to their identity, and other transgender and non-binary people in need of safe resources–always have access to trusted information on where it is safe to go for help.
Please see our press release for more information on our decision to rebrand from AsylumConnect to InReach.
No. We are very proud of our history and we intend to remain the go-to platform for LGBTQ+ people seeking asylum.
We began by validating our free technology model and user need with LGBTQ+ asylum seekers. Now that it’s clear that other LGBTQ+ people can benefit from our product as well, we are expanding. The new InReach brand reflects the growth of our organization.
Our governing board of directors worked with a digital marketing agency B-Reel on choosing our organization’s new name and logo. Our goal was to choose a new name that more effectively communicates who our free technology is able to help, while continuing to honor our organization’s history.
Our new name (“InReach”) strives to invoke a sense of hope and encompasses what our tech platform aims to accomplish at scale: safe help for all members of the diverse LGBTQ+ community is InReach.
We are based in the United States. Our team is remote, with board members, advisors, staff, volunteers, and interns located across the country. We do not accept in-person appointments.
You can access our free tech platform 24/7 from around the world to connect with safe, verified legal, medical, mental health and social services near you.
Yes! InReach (formerly known as AsylumConnect) is a 501(c)(3) public charity in the United States recognized by the IRS (EIN: 81-1066673). Donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent permissible by law.
Please visit the “Our Impact” page of our website for more information on how InReach’s free technology is increasing access to safe, verified resources for the diverse LGBTQ+ community.