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Statewide Resources for LGBTQ+ Youth Statewide resources for LGBTQ+ youth State Organization Phone Address Website GLBT Advocacy & PO Box 3443, Alabama 256-425-7804 http://www.glbtays.org/ Youth Services Huntsville, AL, 35810 336 East 5th Avenue, Alaska Identity, INC 907-929-4528 http://www.identityinc.org/ Anchorage, AK, 99501 1101 N Central Avenue #202, Arizona One-n-Ten 602-475-7456 https://onenten.org/ Phoenix, AZ 85004 NWA Center For 179 N. Church Avenue Suite 101, http://www. Arkansas 479-966-9014 Equality Fayetteville, AR 72701 nwacenterforequality.org/ 2712 Telegraph Avenue, California The Pacific Center 510-548-8283 http://www.pacificcenter.org/ Berkeley, CA 94705 Stonewall Alliance 358 East 6th Street, California 530-893-3336 http://www.stonewallchico.org/ Center Chico, CA 95927 The Rainbow 2118 Willow Pass Road Suite 500, California 925-692-0090 https://www.rainbowcc.org/ Community Center Concord, California 94520 The GLBT PO Box 9798, Colorado Community Center 303-831-0442 http://www.glbtcolorado.org/ Denver, CO 80209 of Colorado 19 River Street, Connecticut Outspoken 203-227-1755 http://www.ctoutspoken.com/ Norwalk, CT 06850 576 Farmington Avenue, Connecticut True Colors 860-232-0050 http://www.ourtruecolors.org/ Hartford, CT 06105 1308 Delaware Avenue, Suite 10, Delaware J.U.S.T. For Youth 302-547-6629 http://www.justforyouthde.org/ Wilmington, DE 19806 2040 N. Dixie Highway, Florida The Pride Center 954-463-9005 http://www.glccsf.org/ Wilton Manors, FL 33305 Orlando Youth PO Box 536944, http://www. Florida 407-244-1222 Alliance Orlando, FL 32853 orlandoyouthalliance.org/ allconnect.com 1 Sunshine Social 1480 SW 9th Avenue, Florida 954-548-4602 http://www.sunserve.org/ Services Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315 The Rainbow 3111 Clairmont Road, Suite B, Georgia 404-457-1721 http://www.chriskids.org/ Program Atlanta, GA 30329 1017 Edgewood Avenue, Georgia YouthPride 404-521-9713 http://www.youthpride.org/ Atlanta, GA 30307 Fierce Youth PO Box 8551, Georgia Reclaiming and 404-532-0022 http://www.fyrerj.org/ Atlanta, GA 31106 Empowering https:// Hawaii LGBT P.O. Box 23300, Hawaii 808.369.2000 hawaiilgbtlegacyfoundation. Legacy Foundation Honolulu, HI, 96822 com/ Boise GLBT 305 Adams Street, Idaho 208-841-3220 http://www.yadiversity.org/ Community Center Garden City, ID 83714 Horizon 961 W. Montana Street, Illinois Community 773-472-6469 http://www.horizonsonline.org/ Chicago, IL 60614 Services Broadway Youth 4025 North Sheridan Road, Illinois 773-388-1600 http://www.howardbrown.org/ Center Chicago, IL 60613 Indiana Youth 2943 E. 46th Street, http://www.indianayouthgroup. Indiana 317-541-8726 Group Indianapolis, IN 46205 org/ 1705 Washtenaw Avenue, Iowa Ozone House 734-662-2265 http://www.ozonehouse.org/ Ann Arbor, MI 48104 Iowa Pride 777 Third Street, Suite 312, http://www.iowapridenetwork. Iowa 515-471-8063 Network Des Moines, IA 50309 org/ Kansas Union, Room 400, Center for Sabatini Multicultural Resource Kansas Sexuality and 785-330-2391 https://sgd.ku.edu/ Center, 1450 Jayhawk Blvd., Gender Diversity Lawrence, KS 66045 Louisville Youth PO Box 406764, http://www. Kentucky 502-499-4427 Group Louisville, KY 40204 louisvilleyouthgroup.com/ LGBT Community 2114 Decatur Street, Louisiana Center of New 504-945-1103 http://www.lgbtccno.org/ New Orleans, LA 70116 Orleans 4032 Canal Street, Suite C1-A, Louisiana Brotherhood, Inc. 504-566-7955 http://www.brotherhoodinc.org/ New Orleans, LA 70119 511 Congress Street, Suite 107, Maine Prysm 207-761-3732 Equality Community Center, https://equalitymaine.org/ Portland, ME 04101 The Pride Center 2530 North Charles St, 3rd Floor, Maryland 410-777-8145 http://www.pridecentermd.org/ of Maryland Baltimore, MD 21218 102 N. Hamilton, Massachusetts Ozone House 734-485-2222 https://ozonehouse.org/ Ypsilanti, MI 48197 allconnect.com 2 Trans Youth Family PO Box 1471, Michigan 888-462-8932 http://www.imatyfa.org/ Allies Holland, MI 49422 The Ann Arbor 310 E. Washington Street, Michigan 734-214-9995 http://www.neutral-zone.org/ Teen Center Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 41 N. 12th Street, Minnesota YouthLink 612-252-1200 https://www.youthlinkmn.org/ Minneapolis, MN 55403 Mississippi P.O. Box 66, https://www.msrainbowcenter. Mississippi 601-336-0162 Rainbow Center Biloxi, MS 39533-0066 org/ 518 East Commercial Street, Missouri The Glo Center 417-869-3978 https://www.glocenter.org/ Springfield, MO 65803 2300 Regent St, Suite 101, https://www.empowermt.org/ Montana Empowerment 406-541-6891 Missoula, MT 59801 youth-and-schools/lgbtq-youth/ 211 North 14th Street, Lincoln, Nebraska Out Nebraska 402-488-1130 https://outnebraska.org/ Nebraska 68508 401 S. Maryland Parkway, https://thecenterlv.org/about/ Nevada The Center 702-733-9800 Las Vegas, NV 89101 contact-us Northern Nevada 580 W 5th Street, https://www.nnhopes.org/ Nevada 775-786-4673 HOPES Reno, NV 89503 patients/services/lgbtq/ New 25 Highland Street, https://www.seacoastoutright. Seacoast Outright 603-552-5824 Hampshire Portsmouth, NH 03801 org/ 85 Raritan Avenue, Suite 100, New Jersey The Pride Center 732-846-2232 https://www.pridecenter.org/ Highland Park NJ, 08904-2430 66 S. Main Street, New Jersey The QSpot 732-455-3373 http://qspot.org/about/contact/ Ocean Grove, NJ 07756 204 W Main St., New Mexico Identity, INC 505-427-3383 Farmington, 87401, New Mexico, http://identity-inc.org/ USA Transgender 5600 Domingo Rd NE, New Mexico 505-200-9086 https://tgrcnm.org/ Resouce Center Albuquerque, NM 87108 208 W 13 St, New York The Center 212-620-7310 https://gaycenter.org/ New York, NY 10011 The Ali Forney 224 West 35th Street, 15th Floor, https://www.aliforneycenter. New York 212-222-3427 Center New York, NY 10001 org/ 252 Bryant Avenue, New York The Loft 914-948-2932 http://www.loftgaycenter.org/ White Plains, NY 10605 3800 Monroe Road, North Carolina Time Out Youth 704-344-8335 https://www.timeoutyouth.org/ Charlotte, NC 28205 North Star LGBTQ 930 Burke Street, http://www.northstarlgbtcc. North Carolina 336-893-9053 Community Center Winston-Salem, NC 27101 com/ allconnect.com 3 3501 University Ave Stop 8357. https://und.edu/student-life/ North Dakota The Pride Center 701-777-3000 Grand Forks, ND 58202-8357 diversity/pride/ Stonewall 1160 N High Street, https://stonewallcolumbus.org/ Ohio 614-299-7764 Columbus Columbus, OH 43201 contact-us/ LGBT Center of 6705 Detroit Ave, Ohio 216-651-5428 https://lgbtcleveland.org/ Cleveland Cleveland, OH 44102 https:// Diversity Center of 2242 NW 39th St, Oklahoma 405-604-5217 diversitycenterofoklahoma.org/ Oklahoma Oklahoma City, OK 73112 wp/schedule/ Oklahomans for 621 E. 4th Street, Oklahoma 918-743-4297 http://www.okeq.org/ Equality Tulsa, OK 74120 SEC 306, 2251 SW Jefferson Way, Oregon The Pride Center 541-737-9030 Oregon State University, https://dce.oregonstate.edu/pc/ Corvallis, OR 97331 PO Box 332, https://www. Oregon The Living Room 503-901-5971 Gladstone, OR 97027 thelivingroomyouth.org/ 17199 SE Division St., Oregon SMYRC 503-224-4339 http://www.smyrc.org/ Portland OR 97236 Bradbury-Sullivan 522 West Maple Street, https://www. Pennsylvania LGBT Community 610-347-9988 Allentown, PA 18101 bradburysullivancenter.org/ Center William Way LGBT 1315 Spruce Street, Pennsylvania 215-732-2220 https://www.waygay.org/ Community Center Philadelphia, PA 19107 743 Westminster St., https://www.youthprideri.org/ Rhode Island Youth Pride 401-274-1990 Providence, RI 02903 about-youth-pride-inc/ Harriet Hancock 1108 Woodrow Street South Carolina 803-771-7713 http://harriethancockcenter.org/ Center Columbia, SC 29205 Equal Means Post Office Box 544, http://www. South Carolina 803-256-6500 Everyone Columbia, SC 29202 equalmeanseveryone.org/ Black Hills Center P.O. Box 1558, https://www.bhcfe.org/contact- South Dakota 605-219-6509 For Equality Rapid City, SD 57709 us/ Just Us - Oasis 1704 Charlotte Ave, Suite 200 Tennessee 615-983-6862 http://justusoasis.org/about/ Center Nashville, TN 37203 892 S. Cooper Street, Tennessee Out Memphis 901-278-6422 https://outmemphis.org/ Memphis, Tennessee 38104-5603 1502 West Avenue, Suite A, https://www.equalitytexas.org/ Texas Equality Texas 512-474-5475 Austin, Texas 78701 about/contact-us/ The Montrose 401 Branard Street, http://www.montrosecenter. Texas 713-529-0037 Center Houston, Texas 77006 org/about/contacts/ 210-370-PRIDE 1303 McCullough Ave. Ste. 160, Texas The Pride Center https://pridecentersa.org/ (7743) San Antonio, TX 78212 allconnect.com 4 The Utah Pride 1380 S Main St, Utah 801-539-8800 https://utahpridecenter.org/ Center Salt Lake City, UT 84115 241 N. Winooski Ave., Vermont Outright Vermont 802-865-9677 http://www.outrightvt.org/ Burlington, VT 05401 255 South Champlain St., Suite 12, Vermont The Pride Center 802-860-7812 https://www.pridecentervt.org/ Burlington, VT 05401 248 W. 24th Street, Virginia LGBT Life Center 757-640-0929 https://lgbtlifecenter.org/ Norfolk, VA 23517 P.O. Box 17860, https://www.equalityvirginia. Virginia Equality Virginia 804-643-4816 Richmond, VA 23226 org/ Shenandoah 13 W. Beverley St., 5th Floor, https://www.shenlgbtqcenter. Virginia 540-466-3320 LGBTQ Center Staunton, VA 24401 org/ The Lambert 1818 15th Ave on Capitol Hill, Washington 206-322-2515 http://www.lamberthouse.org/ House Seattle, WA 98102 517 E. Pike Street, Washington Gay City 206-860-6969 https://www.gaycity.org/ Seattle, WA 98122 Fairness West 405 Capitol Street Suite 405, West Virginia 681-265-9062 http://fairnesswv.org/ Virginia Charleston, WV 25301 2701 International Lane Ste 101, https://www. Wisconsin Outreach 608-255-8582 Madison WI 53704 outreachmadisonlgbt.org/ Milwaukee LGBT 1110 North Market Street, 2nd Floor, Wisconsin 414-271-2656 https://www.mkelgbt.org/ Community Center Milwaukee, WI 53202 1603 Capitol Ave Suite 405, https://www.wyomingequality. Wyoming Wyoming Equality 307-778-7645 Cheyenne, WY 82001 org/ allconnect.com 5.
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