LGBTQ+ Youth-Specific Organizations
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The Ali Forney Center (AFC) provides LGBTQ young people housing and a continuum of supportive services to help them thrive and prepare for independent living.
Contact Information:
224 West 35th Street, 15th Floor
New York, NY 10001
(212) 222-3427
224 West 35th Street, 15th Floor
New York, NY 10001
(212) 222-3427
The Door provides a wide range of services to NYC youth, including reproductive health care and education, mental health counseling and crisis assistance, legal assistance, GED and ESOL classes, tutoring and homework help, college preparation services, career development, job training and placement, supportive housing, sports and recreational activities, arts, and nutritious meals - all for free and completely confidentially. In addition to health, legal, education, counseling and career services, The Door provides a wide range of programs and services geared towards LGBTQ members.
Contact Information:
555 Broome Street
New York, NY 10013
(212) 941-9090
555 Broome Street
New York, NY 10013
(212) 941-9090
The Family Acceptance Project is a research, intervention, education and policy initiative that works to prevent health and mental health risks for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) children and youth, including suicide, homelessness and HIV - in the context of their families, cultures, and faith communities. They use a research-based, culturally grounded approach to help ethnically, socially, and religiously diverse families to support their LGBT children
FIERCE is an LGBTQ youth of color-led organization, building the leadership, political consciousness, and organizing skills of LGBTQ youth. They organize local grassroots campaigns in New York city to fight police harassment and violence and increase access to safe public space for LGBTQ youth.
GLSEN works to ensure that LGBTQ students are able to learn and grow in a school environment free from bullying and harassment. They conduct extensive research, author developmentally appropriate resources, partner with decision makers and national education organizations, and empower students to affect change across the nation.
Health Education Alternatives for Teens (HEAT) provides confidential, comprehensive health care focused on the special needs of teenagers at risk for or living with HIV. They are committed to providing age-appropriate and culturally competent care for all youths - straight, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender non-conforming, from all ethnic backgrounds. They offer a "one-stop-shop" of comprehensive services for high-risk and HIV-infected youth including medical, case management, HIV counseling and testing, mental health care, treatment adherence, outreach, support services, and access to research.
Contact Information:
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Main Office:
450 Clarkson Avenue, Box 49 - Room#BSB5-13 Brooklyn, NY 11203 (718) 613-8543 |
Clinic:
470 Clarkson Avenue, 4th Floor, Nursing Station 41 Brooklyn, NY 11203 |
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Health Outreach To Teens (HOTT) is a welcoming, non-judgmental, confidential program designed specifically to meet the medical and mental health needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning adolescents and young adults ages 13-24, as well as homeless youth, runaways, sex workers, squatters, and other street-oriented youth. These services are offered both at a youth-only medical suite at Callen-Lorde, and on HOTT's medical van, which travels to areas throughout Manhattan in the afternoons and evenings where youth are known to hang out. All of HOTT's services are provided free of charge or at low cost (insurance is also accepted).
Contact Information:
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356 West 18th Street,
New York, NY 10011 (212) 271-7212 |
Walk-In Hours:
Monday-Thursday: 10 AM - 5 PM Friday: 10 AM - 3 PM |
The Hetrick-Martin Institute seeks to foster healthy youth development through a comprehensive package of direct services and referrals. Starting as a small, volunteer-led grassroots advocacy organization, Hetrick Martin is now a leading professional provider of social support and programming for LGBTQ youth.
Contact Information:
2 Astor Place
New York, NY 10003
(212) 674-2400
2 Astor Place
New York, NY 10003
(212) 674-2400
The Center offers the LGBT communities of NYC health and wellness programs; arts, entertainment, and cultural events; recovery, wellness, parenthood, and family support services. As the cornerstone of New York City's LGBT community, The Center is a place where people meet and make connections and a support system for those in need.
Contact Information:
208 W. 13th Street
New York, NY 10011
(212) 620-7310
208 W. 13th Street
New York, NY 10011
(212) 620-7310
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Youth Talkline provides telephone, online private one-to-one chat and email peer-support, as well as factual information and local resources for cities and towns across the United States. All of their services are free and confidential. They speak with teens and young adults up to age 25 about coming-out issues, relationship concerns, parent issues, school problems, HIV/AIDS anxiety and safer-sex information, and lots more.
Contact Information:
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LGBT National Youth Talkline:
1 (800) 246-PRIDE (7743) |
LGBT National Hotline:
1 (888) 843-4564 |
Loveisrespect (formerly the National Teen Dating Abuse Hotline) has highly-trained advocates who offer support, information, and advocacy to young people who have questions or concerns about their dating relationships. They also provide information and support to concerned friends ad family members, teachers, counselors, service providers, and members of law enforcement. Free and confidential phone, live chat and texting services are available 24/7/365.
The Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center provides confidential, comprehensive medical, mental health, family planning, and health education services to young people between the ages of 10 and 22 years. Project IMPACT is a section of the Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center that focuses specifically on free, confidential medical and mental health services for youth living with HIV ages 13 to 24 years.
Contact Information:
312-320 East 94th Street
New York, NY 10128
312-320 East 94th Street
New York, NY 10128
The National LGBTQ Task Force builds power, takes action and creates change to achieve freedom and justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their families. As a progressive social justice organization, the Task Force works toward a society that values and respects the diversity of human expression and identity and achieves equity for all.
Contact Information:
(202) 393-5177
(202) 393-5177
The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people. Connect with a crisis counselor 24/7, 365 days a year.