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Gay Men of African Descent (GMAD) is an organization committed to empowering gay men and youth of African Descent through education, social support, political advocacy, and health and wellness promotion.
(212) 414-9344
www.gmad.org
The Hispanic AIDS Forum provides individual and group risk-reduction services, general support services, and a wide variety of other l,g,b,t community building services.
Manhattan: (212)741-9797
Bronx: (718)328-4188
www.hafnyc.org
Safe Space and Safe Homes (of The Center For Children and Families) offers homeless, street involved, and marginalized youths of the inner-city a non-judgmental, secure environment with a comprehensive array of concrete services (including a 24 hour drop-in center, shelter, housing, food, showers, and clothing) in addition to HIV education/prevention, mental health and medical services, HIV/AIDS primary health care.
(212) 354-SAFE
www.kidsuccess.org
Victim Service's Streetwork Project's Counselors reach out to homeless and runaway youths on the streets of Times Square and urge them to come to the drop-in center, where they can take a shower, get counseling, a meal, and a change of clothes. Staff run support groups on AIDS, drug abuse, teenage parenting, job hunting, and gay and lesbian issues.
(212) 695-2220
www.safehorizon.org
The National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC) maintains a database of local and national organizations which provide support services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth. Want to find an organization near you?
1-800-541-6922
www.nyacyouth.org
The Gay & Lesbian National Hotline offers a toll-free telephone number for totally anonymous information, referrals and peer-counseling. Callers will be able to speak directly to a trained volunteer who can access a national database of referrals specific to the gay and lesbian community.
National toll-free number: 1-888-THE-GLNH (1-888-843-4564)
www.glnh.org/home.htm
The Child Welfare League of America is the nation's oldest and largest membership-based child welfare organization and is committed to engaging all Americans in promoting the well-being of children, youths, and their families, and protecting every child from harm.
(202) 638-2952
www.cwla.org
The Council of Family and Child Caring Agencies (COFCCA) is the principal representative for nearly all the voluntary not-for-profit child welfare organizations in New York State. Its membership includes 135 non-profit agencies located throughout the state, providing: child abuse prevention, preventive services, foster care, residential care, adoption, and family preservation.
New York City: (212) 929-2626
Albany: (518) 463-2348
www.cofcca.org
Parents, Families and friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) works to promote the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons, their families and friends through: support, to cope with an adverse society; education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights.
Washington, DC: (202) 467-8180
www.pflag.org
New York City: (212) 463-0629
www.pflagnyc.org
Youth Support Organizations - New York City
The AIDS Center of Queens County (ACQC) offers a broad range of services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth including; support groups, risk-reduction education, and peer education training.
(718) 896-2500
www.aidsnyc.org
The Audre Lorde Project (ALP) is a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit and Transgender People of Color center for community organizing, focusing on the New York City area. Through mobilization, education and capacity-building, we work for community wellness and progressive social and economic justice. Committed to struggling across differences, we seek to responsibly reflect, represent and serve our various communities.
(718) 596-0342
www.alp.org
The Asian Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS (APICHA) offers a range of support and advocacy services in order to combat AIDS-related discrimination and to support, empower, and enhance the quality of life of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the New York City area.
Manhattan: (212) 620-7287
Queens: (718) 457-9662
www.apicha.org
Bellevue Adolescent HIV/AIDS Clinic offers confidential HIV counseling and HIV antibody testing, medical evaluation, and clinical treatment for youth ages 12 - 18.
(212) 562- 6321
Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Youth of New York (BiGLTYNY) is a youth-run group for lesbian, transgender, bisexual, gay, questioning or exploring, and queer-empowering young people ages 13 to 21. The organization seeks to provide a sense of belonging in a safe (drug and alcohol free) and supportive environment.
(212) 620-7310
www.gaycenter.org/orgs/bigltny/index.htm
The Callen-Lorde Community HealthCenter's Health Outreach To Teens (HOTT) Program offers free, confidential, comprehensive primary medical care (including a full continuum of HIV care) social services, counseling, and health education to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning adolescents and young adults (ages 13-21), delivered both on-site at Callen-Lorde and on the 34-foot mobile HOTT medical van.
(212) 271-7200
www.callen-lorde.org
The Door provides crisis intervention, long-term counseling, a drop in center, medical care, housing referral services, and support groups for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender youth ages 12 - 20.
(212) 941-9090 x249
www.door.org
Gay Men of African Descent (GMAD) is an organization committed to empowering gay men and youth of African Descent through education, social support, political advocacy, and health and wellness promotion.
(212) 414-9344
www.gmad.org
Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) provides assistance, support, information and hope to thousands of men, women and children with HIV or AIDS and their loved ones. Also, the home of the House of Latex.
1-800-243-7692 or (212) 807-6655
www.gmhc.org
Green Chimneys Children's Services (New York City branch) operates a wide range of residential, social service and educational programs that specifically focus on the needs of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered or Questioning (GLBTQ) youth and their families.
(212) 491-5911
www.greenchimneys.org
The Hispanic AIDS Forum provides individual and group risk-reduction services, general support services, and a wide variety of other l,g,b,t community building services.
Manhattan: (212)741-9797
Bronx: (718)328-4188
www.hafnyc.org
The Mount Sinai Adolescent Heath Center offers confidential HIV/AIDS services, counseling and general medical services for adolescents. Also, the STAR Theater, an HIV prevention peer education group for youth.
(212) 423-2927 or (212) 423-2900
www.mssm.edu/peds/adolesce.html
Montefiore Medical Center's Adolescent AIDS Program offers a wide range of services for youth, including confidential HIV counseling and antibody testing, comprehensive primary medical care, and the Gay and Lesbian Adolescent Health Resource Center.
(718) 882-0023
www.adolescentaids.org
New York University's Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Student Services hosts an excellent website providing extensive youth information and resources.
(212)998-4424
www.nyu.edu/lgbt
Safe Space and Safe Homes (of The Center For Children and Families) offers homeless, street involved, and marginalized youths of the inner-city a non-judgmental, secure environment with a comprehensive array of concrete services (including a 24 hour drop-in center, shelter, housing, food, showers, and clothing) in addition to HIV education/prevention, mental health and medical services, HIV/AIDS primary health care.
(212) 354-SAFE
www.kidsuccess.org
Victim Service's Streetwork Project's Counselors reach out to homeless and runaway youths on the streets of Times Square and urge them to come to the drop-in center, where they can take a shower, get counseling, a meal, and a change of clothes. Staff run support groups on AIDS, drug abuse, teenage parenting, job hunting, and gay and lesbian issues.
(212) 695-2220
www.safehorizon.org
The Youth Enrichment Services (YES) program of the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center provides lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth under the age of twenty-two with opportunities for support, community building, and self-exploration in a safe, drug- and alcohol-free environment through weekly workshops in writing, visual arts, theater, video, media outreach, and leadership development.
(212) 620-7310
www.gaycenter.org/programs/mhss/yes.html
Human Sexuality Information, Research, and Statistics
The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) develops, collects, and disseminates information and promotes comprehensive education about human sexuality. Looking for information on issues of human sexuality?
(212) 819-9770
www.siecus.org
HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment Information, Research, and Statistics
The AIDS Institute, a center within the New York State Department of Health, is the central agency for coordinating New York State's response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The Institute plans, funds, and evaluates HIV prevention and health care programs; educates the public; trains health care providers and counselors; and develops policy.
www.aidsinfonyc.org/ai/index.html
The American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) is the nation's leading nonprofit organization dedicated to the support of HIV/AIDS research, AIDS prevention, treatment education, and the advocacy of sound AIDS-related public policy. amfAR's mission is to prevent HIV infection and the disease and death associated with it and to protect the human rights of all people threatened by the epidemic of HIV/AIDS.
1-800-39-amfAR
www.amfar.org
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention's National Prevention Information Network provides an extensive database of research information on HIV/AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Tuberculosis.
www.cdcnpin.org
www.cdc.gov
The HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studiesat the New York State Psychiatric Institute is a magnet for scientific collaborations and training and a readily available resource for consultation and the formation of partnerships across various disciplines, communities, institutions, and organizations. Click here for an overview which presents a broad picture of their work.
(212) 543-5969
www.hivcenternyc.org
The American Indian Community House offers services to lesbian and gay American Indian youth. Services include HIV/AIDS education, alcoholism/substance abuse counseling, employment-training, and support services.
(212) 598-0100
www.aich.org
The Lesbian and Gay Anti-Violence Project (AVP) provides information on preventing violence against lesbians and gays and support in reporting bias crime. AVP also provides confidential legal advocacy, professional and peer counseling, as well as, national bias crime information.
(212) 714-1184 (phone) or (212) 714-1141 (24hours)
www.avp.org
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) documents and responds to media coverage and treatment of lesbians, gay men, and bisexual and transgender people and issues of importance to them. "GLAAD promotes fair, accurate, and inclusive representation as a means of challenging discrimination based on sexual orientation or identity."
1.800.GAY.MEDIA or
(212)807-1700
www.glaad.org
The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), through its network of 85 chapters in 35 states, works with school officials and parents to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected, regardless of sexual orientation or genderidentity.
(212) 727-0135
www.glsen.org
The Gender Identity Project offers transgender and transsexual people an opportunity to discover who they are in an atmosphere of self-acceptance and to build community. The Gender Identity Project's community-based approach works to help transgender people to become freer to celebrate their identities and experiences.
(212) 620-7310
www.gaycenter.org/programs/mhss/gip.html
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, and people with HIV/AIDS through impact litigation, education, and public policy work.
(212) 809-8585
www.lambdalegal.org
MORE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DOWN FOR THE CAUSE:
Active Element — www.activelement.org
Africa Alive! — www.africaalive.org
AIDS Action — www.aidsaction.org
Blackkat — www.blackkat.org
Bush Radio — www.bushradio.co.za
GALZ — an example of their activism — www.hivnet.ch:8000/africa/af-aids/viewR?1076
HIV In-Site — hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite.jsp
La Abeja Obrera — www.abejaobrera.org
Planet POP Radio — www.planetpopradio.com
Trendsetters — www.trendsetters.org.zm
United Nations UNAIDS — www.unaids.org