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National Resources for LGBTQ Youth National Resources for LGBTQ Youth NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS PO Box 898 Anoka, MN, 55303 Phone: 661-367-2421 LAMBDA LEGAL Email: [email protected] Lambda Legal is a national organization www.affirmation.org committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, AMBIENTE JOVEN transgender people and everyone with HIV Ambiente Joven is a project of Advocates for through impact litigation, education and public Youth and is dedicated to the gay, lesbian and policy work. transgender Latino/a youth community in the 120 Wall Street, 19th Floor U.S. and Latin America, with the goal of (National Headquarters) providing information about sexual and mental New York, NY 10005 health, as well as general cultural information. Phone: 866-LGBTeen (toll free) / 212-809-8585 www.ambientejoven.org Email: [email protected] www.lambdalegal.org BISEXUAL RESOURCE CENTER CHILD WELFARE LEAGUE OF AMERICA BRC is a website dedicated to providing (CWLA) resources to the bisexual community, as well as those who identify as pansexual, fluid, etc. It CWLA is an association of nearly 1000 public includes youth resources. and private nonprofit agencies that assist over 3.5 million abused and neglected children and their PO Box 170796 families each year with a wide range of services. Boston, MA 02117 Phone: 617-424-9595 727 15th Street, NW, 12th Floor Email: [email protected] Washington, DC, 20005 www.biresource.net Phone: 202-688-4200 Fax: 202-833-1689 www.cwla.org CASEY FAMILY PROGRAMS Casey Family Programs’ Life Skills Assessment AFFIRMATION: GAY AND LESBIAN is a free and easy-to-use tool to help young people MORMONS prepare for adulthood. The Assessment includes an optional supplement developed specifically Affirmation’s mission is to provide a forum for for LGBTQ youth. It provides instant feedback. gay Mormons to associate with their peers. It Customized learning plans provide a clear outline seeks to meet the needs of persons experiencing of next steps, and the accompanying teaching frustration or alienation from family, friends, and resources are available for free or at a minimal the Church. Affirmation includes extensive cost. resources for transgender individuals and youth. 2001 8th Avenue, Suite 2700 Caitlin Ryan, Director Seattle, WA 98121 Adolescent Health Initiatives Phone: 206-282-7300 César E. Chávez Institute Fax: 206-282-3555 San Francisco State University www.casey.org 3004 16th Street #301 San Francisco, CA 94103 CENTERLINK Email: [email protected] http://familyproject.sfsu.edu/ The National Association of LGBT Community Centers’ website features the capability to search for LGBT community centers in your city or FAMILY EQUALITY COUNCIL state. Centers are the primary point of contact for The Family Equality Council works to ensure people coming out and seeking LGBT health equality for LGBT families by building services, community information and referrals. community, changing hearts and minds, and advancing social justice for all families. PO Box 24490 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33307 475 Park Ave South, Suite 2100 Phone: 954-765-6024 New York, NY Fax: 954-206-0469 Phone: 646-880-3005 Email: [email protected] Fax: 202-697-5058 www.lgbtcenters.org Email: [email protected] www.familyequality.org CHILDREN OF LESBIANS AND GAYS EVERYWHERE (COLAGE) THE GAY, LESBIAN AND STRAIGHT COLAGE is the only national and international EDUCATION NETWORK (GLSEN) organization in the world specifically supporting GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education young people with gay, lesbian, bisexual and Network, is the leading national education transgender parents. organization focused on ensuring safe schools for all students. 3815 S. Othello Street, Suite 100, #310 Seattle, WA 98118 110 William Street, 30th Floor Phone: 855-4-COLAGE New York, NY 10038 Email: [email protected] Phone: 212-727-0135 www.colage.org Fax: 212-727-0254 Email: [email protected] FAMILY ACCEPTANCE PROJECT www.glsen.org The Family Acceptance Project™ is a community research, intervention and education GENDER SPECTRUM initiative to study the impact of family acceptance Gender Spectrum provides education, resources and rejection on the health, mental health and and training to help you create a more gender well-being of LGBT youth. Results will be used sensitive and supportive environment for all to help families provide support for LGBT youth, people, including gender variant and transgender to develop appropriate interventions, programs youth. In a simple, straightforward manner, and policies, and to train providers to improve the Gender Spectrum helps students, families, quality of services and care they receive. schools, and organizations understand and address the concepts of gender identity. Their accessible, practical approach is based on research and experience, enabling their clients to gain a deeper understanding of gender variance. 2 1122 E. Pike Street #796 NATIONAL CENTER FOR LESBIAN Seattle, WA 98122 RIGHTS (NCLR) Phone: 510-778-4412 NCLR is a national legal resource center with a Email: [email protected] primary commitment to advancing the rights and www.genderspectrum.org safety of lesbians and their families through a program of litigation, public policy advocacy, GLBT NATIONAL HELP CENTER free legal advice and counseling and public The GLBT National Help Center is dedicated to education. meeting the needs of this community and those 870 Market Street, Suite 370 questioning their sexual orientation or gender San Francisco, CA 94102 identity. The hotline offers free and confidential Phone: 415-392-6257 peer-counseling, information and local resources Fax: 415-392-8442 for cities and towns throughout the United States. Email: [email protected] It offers counsel to callers of all ages about www.nclrights.org coming out issues, relationship concerns, HIV/AIDS anxiety, safer-sex information and more. NATIONAL CENTER FOR TRANSGENDER EQUALITY 2261 Market Street, #296 The National Center for Transgender Equality San Francisco, CA 94114 (NCTE) is a social justice organization dedicated National Hotline: 888-843-4564 to advancing the equality of transgender people Youth Talkline: 800-246-7743 through advocacy, collaboration and Administrative Phone: 415-355-0003 empowerment. Fax: 415-552-5498 Email: [email protected] 1400 16th Street NW, Suite 510 www.glbthotline.org Washington, DC 20005 Phone: 202-642-4542 HEARTSTRONG Fax: 202-393-2241 Email: [email protected] HeartStrong is a nonprofit social justice www.transequality.org/ organization founded to provide information and support to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people who attend or are employed by religious NATIONAL YOUTH ADVOCACY schools of all denominations, kindergarten COALITION (NYAC) through university. The National Youth Advocacy Coalition is a capacity-building organization that advocates for 478 East Altamonte Drive, Suite 108 #714 and with LGBTQ young people in an effort to end Altamonte Springs, FL 32701 discrimination against these youth and to ensure Email: [email protected] their physical and emotional well-being. NYAC http://www.heartstrong.org/ builds the capacity of organizations that serve LGBTQ youth through technical assistance, LGBTQ MUSLIM YOUTH resource sharing, and youth engagement. Young people who are Muslim and identify as www.nyacyouth.org lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or who may be questioning their sexual orientation or gender identity, are welcomed to join this online OPENING DOORS PROJECT discussion group. The Opening Doors Project, a project of the American Bar Association’s Center on Children http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LGBTQMuslimY and the Law, aims to increase the legal outh/ community’s awareness of LGBTQ youth in foster care and the unique issues they face, and to 3 provide the legal community with advocacy tools PO Box 2388 to successfully represent these youth. Seattle, WA 98111 Phone: 206-451-7233 1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 400 www.safeschoolscoalition.org Washington, DC 20036 Email: Please direct inquiries to Mimi Laver: TRANS LIFELINE [email protected] www.americanbar.org/groups/child_law/what_ Trans Lifeline is a non-profit dedicated to the we_do/projects/openingdoors.html well-being of transgender people. We run a hotline staffed by transgender people for transgender people. Trans Lifeline volunteers are PARENTS, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF ready to respond to whatever support needs LESBIANS AND GAYS (PFLAG) members of our community might have. PFLAG promotes the health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons Phone: 877-565-8860 and their families and friends through: support, to www.translifeline.org/ cope with an adverse society; education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and advocacy, TRANSGENDER LAW CENTER to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights. Transgender Law Center works to change law, policy, and attitudes so that all people can live 1828 L Street NW, Suite 660 (National Office) safely, authentically, and free from Washington, DC 20036 discrimination regardless of their gender identity Phone: 202-467-8180 or expression. We envision a future where gender Fax: 202-467-8194 self-determination and authentic expression are Email: [email protected] seen as basic rights and matters of common www.pflag.org human dignity. RENAISSANCE TRANSGENDER PO Box 70976 ASSOCIATION Oakland, CA 94612 Phone: 510-587-9696 RTA offers support groups in various locations Legal Assistance: 415-865-0176 on the East Coast, and its website
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