Director Dominic Davies (W1)

Hon. Clinical Associate Charles Neal

Associates Catherine Butler Leah Davidson (N8) Tim Foskett (N4) Deirdre Haslam (E15) Anthony Johnson (SW16) Lyndsey Moon (NW1) Damian Mc Cann (W1) Havva Mustafa (SE1) Keith Silvester (SE1) Cloud Taylor (E17/SE1) Judy Yellin (N2) Christopher Whiteley (W1) Essentials in Sexual Minority Therapy Resources – organisations and websites

Apt #3 3-4 Archer Street Alternatives to Commercial ‘Gay Scene’ London W1D 7AP Kairos in Soho http://www.kairosinsoho.org.uk/ T + 44 20 7434 0367 PACE workshops – mostly aimed at gay and bisexual men (but have some for women) M + 44 7971 205323 http://www.pacehealth.org.uk/ [email protected] GMFA workshops – aimed at gay men – funded via HIV budgets http://www.metromate.org.uk/ www.pinktherapy.com Why Don’t You… http://www.gawhydontyou.com (sports, groups and activities for LGBT’s in London – mostly male groups) Edward Carpenter Community (ECC) – http://www.edwardcarpentercommunity.org.uk holidays and events for gay and bi men Out Everywhere http://www.outeverywhere.com/ National gay men’s dating & social network Rainbow Network http://www.rainbownetwork.com/ dating/social networking Jake http://www.jaketm.org/ gay male professional’s networking site Pink Jukebox http://www.pinkjukebox.co.uk/ Latin and Ballroom dancing in London. Waltzing with Hilda http://www.hildas.org.uk Women only Latin and Ballroom dancing in Lon- don Dance Out Loud http://www.myspace.com/gay5rhythms LGBT 5 Rhythms (Gabrielle Roth) dance group in London Pink Sofa http://www.thepinksofa.com/ lesbian dating/social network Sistahood http://www.sistahood.org.uk/ lesbian dating and socialising in North East England Sister Act http://www.sisteract.org/ lesbian and bi women’s social group in East Anglia Drill Hall Darlings http://www.drillhall.co.uk/ps12.html Lesbian drama group London Hiking Dykes http://www.hikingdykes.co.uk/ Lesbian outdoor groups Gay Outdoor Club http://www.hikingdykes.co.uk/ Gay men’s outdoor groups Outdoor Lads http://www.outdoorlads.com/ As an outdoor pursuits group, each month we run a wide range of activities: from camping, hostelling, hillwalking and indoor climbing, to the more extreme activities like gorge scrambling, ice climbing, technical mountain biking and many more. London Friend http://www.londonfriend.org.uk/ befriending, counselling and social groups for men and women. Shaun Levin http://www.shaunlevin.com/ Gay Men’s Writing Group & workshops Time Out Lesbian and Gay Listings Venue (Bristol) Listing magazine Queery http://www.queery.org.uk/ online listing and information of LGBT events and organisa- tions

Manchester based Non-scene Resources Gay Bikers Motorcycle Club www.gaybikers.co.uk Manchester’s Gay Bikers Club is for gay men and women bikers in the UK, and with a current membership of around 500, are the biggest gay biking club in Europe

LGBT Youth www.lgym.org.uk Lesbian and Gay Youth Manchester (LGYM) is a Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual (LGB) Project based in the city centre for LGB's aged 14 to 25. Manchester Lesbian & Gay Chorus www.mlgc.org.uk Manchester Lesbian & Gay Chorus exists to give people from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in and around Greater Manchester the opportunity to make music in a friendly, safe environment

Manchester Parents Group www.manpg.co.uk Proud to be celebrating 21 years of supporting parents of lesbian, gay & bisexual sons and daughters. They have accepted their sexuality and want to help other parents and family members do the same. For the past 21 years they have run parents support group meetings, run telephone help lines, educated and campaigned for equality for ALL their children. Apt #3 3-4 Archer Street London Manchester Prairie Dogs www.manchesterprairiedogs.co.uk W1D 7AP Manchester Prairie Dogs was formed some 8 years ago and has grown to become one of T + 44 20 7434 0367 Manchester's best known and best loved line dancing groups. Their membership includes all age M + 44 7971 205323 groups, sexes, orientation and ability [email protected] www.pinktherapy.com Manchester Sharks www.manchestersharks.co.uk The Manchester Sharks is the north of England's first gay and lesbian polo club.

Manchester Triangle Club http://www.manchesterdeafcentre.com/groups.aspx?page=84 The Manchester Triangle Club – promoting the LGBT deaf group based at Manchester deaf centre

SM Dykes Manchester www.smdykes.org.uk Aim to support lesbian and bisexual SM-ers through meetings and play parties. We welcome all women who live full-time as women, and FTM and intersexed persons who feel that they still have links to the women’s community.

Village Manchester Football Club www.vmfc.co.uk Manchester's only gay men's football club.

Village Spartans Manchester Village Spartans Rugby Football Club, we are in a the full time RFU league playing schedule matches as well as gay teams in the UK, Europe and America. Experienced or novice come along to their training session in Sale.

Drugs and Alcohol Support Drugs and Alcohol Service for London http://www.alcoholeast.org.uk/ Antidote Project – Soho http://www.thehungerford.org/antidote.asp Alcoholics Anonymous has lesbian and gay meetings in London and elsewhere.

Gay Depression http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/Gender/Site/depression/depression_in_community .htm

Outcome http://www.islingtonmind.org.uk/outcome.asp Day centre for LGBT people with men- tal health support needs in Camden and Islington.

Sexual Minorities and Disability Regard http://www.regard.org.uk/index.htm LGBT disability organisation Bent - http://www.bentvoices.org/ an online journal for disabled gay men Deaf UK - http://www.deafgayuk.com Elfrida Society http://www.elfrida.com/ supports people with learning disabilities Abuse and Domestic Violence Broken Rainbow - http://www.broken-rainbow.org.uk/ support for LGBT’s experience domestic violence. SOLA—Survivors Of Lesbian Partnerships Abuse – offers emotional support and information to lesbians who have been physically, emotionally and/or sexually abused in a lesbian relation- ship. Phone: +44 (0)20 7328 7389 (Tue-Fri 10.30am-1pm and 2.30pm-4.30pm). Email: [email protected] Survivors UK http://www.survivorsuk.org/ Support and counselling for male survivors of sexual Apt #3 3-4 Archer Street abuse and rape. London CISTERS (Child Incest Survivors) Gillian Finch or Alison Tel 02380 338080 W1D 7AP E-Mail [email protected] Cisters PO Box 119 Eastleigh SO50 9ZF T + 44 20 7434 0367 Support Network for adult women who were sexually abused as children (self help approach) M + 44 7971 205323 Regular group meetings in Southampton. Newsletter conferences and training for support [email protected] workers e.g. Social workers Counsellors etc. www.pinktherapy.com Heterosexual Partners Straight Spouse Network http://www.ssnetwk.org/index.shtml

Sexual Minority Therapy Organisations In addition of course, to Pink Therapy http://www.pinktherapy.com British Psychological Society Lesbian and Gay Section - http://www.bps.org.uk/lesgay/lesgay_home.cfm - has a listserve and produces a journal (the Lesbian and Gay Psychology Review) Lesbian Information Service - http://www.lesbianinformationservice.org/ research, articles and support for lesbians ran by Jan Bridget. Consortium of LGBT voluntary and community organisations - http://lgbtconsortium.org.uk Assoc for Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists http://www.aglp.org/ produces the Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy (published by Haworth Press Inc.) American Psychological Association http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbc/ Lesbian and Gay Concerns (reading/resources etc) Association for Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Issues in Counselling http://www.aglbic.org/ (Part of American Counselling Association), vast reading lists/resources section Michael Shernoff’s website/articles for/about gay men. http://www.gaypsychotherapy.com/ Terence Higgins Trust - http://www.tht.org.uk/ HIV/AIDS counselling and support NAZ project http://www.naz.org.uk/ sexual health information for BME communities Relate http://www.relate.org.uk/ counselling and sex therapy Relationship Counselling for London http://www.counselling4london.com/ Tavistock Clinic based relationship counselling. PACE http://www.pacehealth.org.uk/ counselling, advocacy and groupwork for LGB(T) people. Counselling only available for people earning less than £22k. Online Training for Doctors in Gender, Sexuality and Health issues: http://www.genderandhealth.ca/en/modules/sexandsexuality/module-map.jsp

Gender Issues Resources Press for Change http://www.pfc.org.uk/ campaigning group Gender Information Research & Education Society (GIRES) http://www.gires.org.uk/ TS Roadmap http://www.tsroadmap.com/ a comprehensive (US based) guide to MtF trans- sexuals Transgenderzone http://www.transgenderzone.com/index.htm online resources and support. The Gender Trust http://www.gendertrust.org.uk/ Beaumont Society http://www.beaumontsociety.org.uk/ support for TV/TS/TG’s Female to Male Network - http://www.ftm.org.uk/ F2M London http://www.ftmlondon.org.uk - http://www.mermaids.freeuk.com/ family support for children and teenagers around gender identity issues. Western Boys are a group offering guidance and support for all female to male (FTM) identified people. The group is for those at any stage of transition from those still considering their gen- der identity to people who have completed their transition. http://www.westernboys.org/ Depend http://www.depend.org.uk/ support for spouses and families of Trans people

Apt #3 3-4 Archer Street World Professional Association for Trans Health (WPATH) formerly Harry Benjamin International London Gender Dysphoria Association (HBIGDA) www.wpath.org produces the ‘Standards of Care’ W1D 7AP treatment guidelines T + 44 20 7434 0367 Basic TG/TS/IS Information: http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TS/TS.html M + 44 7971 205323 [email protected] www.pinktherapy.com Intersex Support and Information Sites: Intersex Society of North America: http://www.isna.org/ Bodies Like Ours: http://www.bodieslikeours.org/ Kindred Spirit http://www.kindredspiritlakeside.homestead.com/

Sex Workers SW5 Project http://www.sw5.info/ supporting male and transgender sex workers

Families and Young People Friends and Families of Lesbians and Gays - http://www.fflag.org.uk/ support and campaigning group for families, parents etc. PACE Family Support Service - http://www.pacehealth.org.uk/ free family therapy for anyone involved in parenting issues Pink Parents - http://www.pinkparents.org.uk/ parenting support Gay Youth UK - http://www.gayyouthuk.org.uk/ young people’s site Youth UK - http://www.queeryouth.org.uk/ Albert Kennedy Trust - http://www.akt.org.uk/ supporting homeless LGBT young people. Rainbow Families http://www.rainbowfamilies.org.uk/ social group for L&G families in Brighton Outpost Housing Project http://www.outposthousingproject.co.uk/ housing advice for sexual minority young people in Newcastle COLAGE http://www.colage.org/ Children of Lesbian and Gays Everywhere (US based site)

Bisexual Resources Bi Org - http://bi.org/ major international bi resource site BiCon - http://www.bicon.org.uk/ Annual Bisexual Conferece Biphoria http://www.biphoria.org.uk/ Bisexual social support in NW England

Older LGBT’s: Address: 5th Floor Central House,14 Upper Woburn Place, London, WC1H OAE Phone: 020-7255 4480 Email: info-polari@madasafish.com Kairos - http://www.kairosinsoho.org.uk/ A group meets at KiS monthly called 'Just Friends', which is a social/support group for Gay Men over 50, if you would like more informa- tion please contact John Blackmore on 020 8656 4578; Age Concern are also offering increased support for older gay men, please contact the Older Gay Men's Development Worker, David Richards, at Age Concern Camden on 020 7794 7076; groups are now offered in several boroughs. Older Lesbian Network Age 40+ Lesbians (female born) meet monthly for socialising, discussion (based on feminist structure), information-sharing and fun. * Our venue is accessible to women using wheelchairs and women of all backgrounds, relig- ions, cultures and physical abilities are welcome. * Formed in 1984 to provide a safe space for older lesbians to meet. * Organised by a rotating volunteer collective. Apt #3 3-4 Archer Street * Open to all Lesbians who are 40+. (We are not an appropriate organisation for transexuals). London * We meet every 3rd Saturday 12:30-5:30. W1D 7AP * Many women have a feminist perspective and certainly an idea of putting women and T + 44 20 7434 0367 women's interests first. Women Only M + 44 7971 205323 Kenric http://www.kenric.org.uk/ lesbian support (only for women born women). [email protected] www.pinktherapy.com Faith Groups & Support for those in faith conflicts Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement http://www.lgcm.org.uk/ For Roman Catholic’s http://www.questgaycatholic.org.uk/ Imaan http://www.imaan.org.uk/ Muslim support SAFRA http://www.safraproject.org/ for lesbian and TS women muslims Jewish Lesbian and Gay Support Group http://www.jglg.org.uk/ Parents of Jewish Lesbians and Gays http://www.parentsofjewishgaysandlesbians.co.uk/ Metropolitan Community Church http://www.mccbournemouth.co.uk/ Bournemouth Metropolitan Community Church http://www.mccmanchester.co.uk/ Manchester Gay Buddists http://www.queerdharma.org/ Out of Context – Scriptural support from the Bible http://www.outofcontext.us/ Truth Wins Out – educational organisation debunking ex-gay myths http://www.truthwinsout.org/ Quakers Lesbian and Gay Fellowship http://www.qlgf.org.uk/ Sibyls http://www.sibyls.co.uk Transgender Christian Spirituality Group

LGBT Helplines and Networks Birmingham Healthy Gay Life - Birmingham gay men’s health project, offers free counselling. http://www.hgl.nhs.uk/ Border Women for women on the welsh/English Borders http://www.borderwomen.org.uk/ Bradford Bradford Friend – 01274 723 802 Bradford LGB Network – 01274 733 858

Bristol Lesbian and Gay Switchboard – 0117 942 0842

Cheshire Outrite Cheshire http://www.bpcnw.co.uk/outrite/home.htm sexual health advice for gay and bisexual people in Cheshire.

Devon, Dorset,Cornwall, and Somerset Intercom Trust is a lesbian gay bisexual and trans community resource in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset, providing help against homophobic and transphobic prejudice, crime and discrimination (including bullying, harassment, abuse, attacks, and threatening behaviour), helping to develop the LGB/T communities, providing professional training and consultancy, and working in partnership with local government, the police, health, etc. www.intercomtrust.org.uk/

London London Lesbian & Gay Switchboard - 0207 837 7324 - www.llgs.org.uk Housing - 0207 359 5767 Lesbian and Gay Employment Rights - L -0207 704 8066 / G - 0207 704 6066 UK Black out - www.ukblackout.com UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group – 0207 734 3705 – www.uklgig.org.uk Kiss – Lesbian/ Bisexual Asian, Middle Eastern, North African Women’s Group – 0208 741 Apt #3 3-4 Archer Street 1879 – www.planetkiss..org.uk London S.E.A.L.S (South East London Adult Lesbians Socialising) W1D 7AP S.E.A.L.S provides a neutral social venue (away from people's homes) at which Adult (18+) T + 44 20 7434 0367 Lesbians and Bisexual Women, irrespective of race, colour, creed, culture, physical disability, M + 44 7971 205323 religion, education, size and abilities, may meet socially. The Group provides a venue that is [email protected] conveniently located for women living, working and/or socialising in the South East of England, www.pinktherapy.com particularly within a reasonable catchment area of approximately twenty miles radius of the venue. website: www.lesbiseals.com - email: [email protected] Gayscape - The Gay & Lesbian Internet No 1 gay and lesbian search tool! website: www.gayscape.com GingerBeer London's leading website for lesbians and bisexual women. Everything you need to know about the scene from bars, clubs and cafes to events and community groups. website: www.gingerbeer.co.uk ELOP (East London Out Project) A lesbian and gay managed and run community based organisation in East London (Waltham Forest). It provides a range of advice, information, support and counselling services for lesbi- ans and women who have sex with women, and gay men and men who have sex with men. tel: 020 8509 3898 Spiral Centre - a lesbian run women’s therapy centre (also offers low cost counselling) http://www.spiralcentre.org/ Homophobic Crimes GALOP - 0207 704 2040 - www.galop.org.uk

Ireland Cara-Friend - G -028 9032 2023 / L - 028 9023 8668

Isle of Wight Wightout Helpline – 01983 525 123 – www.wightout.org.uk

Manchester The Lesbian and Gay Foundation – Helpline 6-10pm daily: 0845 3 30 30 30 Administration (office hours) 0161 235 8000 – http://www.lgf.org.uk/

Nottingham Notts Lesbian & Gay Switchboard – www.nottscity.co.uk/ - 0115 934 8485 / 01623 621 515

Northampton Northampton Gayline – 01604 635 975 / 01933 271 187 – www.nlgba.com

Scotland LGBT Youth Soctland - 0845 113 0005 - www.lgbtyouth.org.uk Scotland L&G Switchboard - 0141 487 0447 - http://www.sgls.co.uk

Somerset Somerset Gay and Lesbian Switchboard – 01823 327 078 – www.somersetgayhealth.com Somerset Gay Health is a registered charity dedicated to promoting good sexual and mental health for every Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender person in Somerset for the past 15 years.

Wales MESMAC North Wales – 01248 371 367 – www.mesmac-north-wales.co.uk

Apt #3 3-4 Archer Street West Midlands London West Midlands Lesbian and Gay Switchboard – 0121 622 6589 – www.gaymidlands.org W1D 7AP LGBT Health Summit: http://www.lgbthealth.co.uk/ with a newsgroup: T + 44 20 7434 0367 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/LGBTHealthUK/join M + 44 7971 205323 [email protected] www.pinktherapy.com