Our problem is disconnection. The solution is stronger roots.
Trees share nutrients through their roots to keep each other strong. LGBTQIA+ and Ally people will do the same — trading support and information through our underground, anonymous app, so we all grow strong, confident, and colorful.
Knowing even one supportive person cuts queer youth suicidal ideation by up to 40%.
The app makes it easy to connect with supportive people in every neighborhood — at "Courage Gatherings" at friendly restaurants and cafes. App Members are anonymous, so you never know who you'll meet! But nobody sits alone.
Queer community platforms often center identity performance, appearance, sex and substances — strengthening internalized oppressions and harmful coping behaviors. Other platforms are strictly informational; some are unsafe for youth. Few appreciate the importance of Allies in our chosen families.
QWELL's VCC App has no capacity to support harmful behavior because it contains no user photos or profiles and no open chat. We don't want you doomscrolling on our app — we want you out in the world earning rewards for building real relationships with the LGBTQIA+ and Ally people around you.
of LGBTQIA+ people want to spend their money with businesses that support the community.
QWELL helps LGBTQIA+ people fulfill their covenant to support the businesses that support them. App Members earn points and rewards for:
Built for business growth & status.
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If you can be bold, be bold.
If you can't, you're safe here, too.
QWELL's Virtual LGBTQIA+ Community Center App powers a virtuous circuit.
Businesses donate rewards for research participation and volunteerism…
LGBTQIA+ and Ally App Members drive commerce to businesses…
Research data is provided free to help LGBTQIA+ organizations…
Organizations reach more LGBTQIA+ people and provide better services.
Rock the voters.
QWELL's Virtual LGBTQIA+ Community Center App will be our LGBTQIA+ and Ally communities' most powerful tool to GET OUT THE VOTE.
Together, we can engineer massive LGBTQIA+ and Ally voter turnout whenever they're needed — across many non-partisan, intersectional issues.
Permanent, measurable change. Not performance.
The LGBTQIA+ movement stalled on meeting our community's basic needs as media visibility became our primary measure of progress.
With QWELL's app, every LGBTQIA+ community and organization will have real data on their impact on Queer, Trans, and Questioning lives. And when results lag, QWELL works with member orgs and academic researchers to identify, conduct, and measure new interventions.
For foundations and major donors, it's a rare chance to fund a scalable public utility for connection and public health — the ultimate philanthropic ROI.
Our pilot will launch in Greater Austin, with the nation's 3rd-largest openly LGBTQIA+ population per capita, only 17% of whom feel valued, and still no physical queer center.
- QWELL's existing partnerships
- Over 1,000 already-identified friendly businesses
- Proven community need
The app continuously collects anonymous wellbeing data. Machine learning learns what improves wellbeing for each demographic and recommends the right resource per Member.
- Yale Breadboard-designed social networks for health
- Real-time global, national, regional & hyper-local dashboards
- Decision support for funders and movement leaders
We'll prove it works in the Austin pilot, then scale across North America, city-by-city, trusted-person by trusted-person.
Be findable when they need you.
App Members need to be able to find everything in the VCC — physicians, plumbers, realtors, auto repair, HIV testing — everything. Make sure you're there when they look.