Resources
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Welcoming Visual Cues
LGBT Community Centers
LGBT Health Centers
Information & Support
Health Issues
Legislative & Policy Advocacy
Books & Articles
Visual cues in your facilities can help foster a welcoming environment for LGBT populations. Without spending a dime, you can create a welcoming 8” x 11” sign with a computer and color printer. Simply type the message “Hate-free zone” or “LGBT-friendly” in rainbow colors.
Posters:
Beautiful, full-color
“Family Values” poster featuring LGBT families. Free for schools and non-profit institutions (shipping and handling charges apply)
Rainbow Flags:
There are many web sites that sell rainbow flags. Here are a few:
Rainbow Flag Stickers:
LGBT Equality Stickers:
Brochures:
There are many, many brochures on LGBT health concerns that organizations can place in the waiting area. Here are a few:
Brochures targeting LGBT youth. Titles include “I Think I Might Be Bisexual, Now What Do I Do?” “I Think I Might Be Gay, Now What Do I Do?” “I Think I Might Be Lesbian, Now What Do I Do?” “Transgender: Understanding Gender Differences”
For comprehensive information about LGBT Community Centers nationwide and around the world, go to Centerlink, The Community of LGBT Centers at
www.lgbtcenters.org. The following is a selected list of LGBT Community Centers in the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California.
San Francisco LGBT Community Center
1800 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Main: (415) 865-5555
Information & Referral: (415) 865-5564
Fax: (415) 865-5501
The Center has active partnerships with over 70 organizations and programming that focuses on Economic Development; Health and Wellness; Children, Youth and Family; Community and Policy Initiatives; and Arts and Culture. Services include free public computer and Internet access.
Pacific Center for Human Growth
2712 Telegraph Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94705
Main: 510-548-8283 ext. 213
Fax: 510-548-2938
Switchboard: 510-548-8283
The Pacific Center is the third-oldest LGBT Center in the U.S., and the only mental health clinic for low income and uninsured people in Alameda County. Pacific Center offers licensed individual, couples and family mental health services, HIV counseling services, peer-support groups, and a vibrant youth leadership program.
Lighthouse Community Center
Main Address:
1217 A Street
Hayward, CA 94561
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 447
Hayward, CA 94543
Main: 510-881-8167
Fax: 510-881-8173
Lighthouse Community Center serves southern Alameda County as a resource center and catalyst for community building. Services include Bullytip Hotline, education, support, and social activities in a substance-free environment.
Rainbow Community Center
3024 Willow Pass Rd., Suite 200
Concord, CA 94519-2588
Main: 925-692-0090
Fax: 925-692-0091
Rainbow Community Center serves LGBT people in Contra Costa County. Services include support groups, social events, HIV testing, and a food bank.
Billy De Frank Community Center
938 The Alameda
San Jose, CA 95126
Main: 408-293-3040
Fax: 408-298-8986
Helpline: 408-293-2429
The Billy DeFrank Community Center promotes health, strength, diversity, and inclusiveness through support groups, social events, forums, information, and resources.
Solano Pride Center
1125 Missouri Street
Suite 203-D
Fairfield, CA 94533
Main: 707-427-2356
Fax: 707-427-1740
The Solano Pride Center provides social groups, support groups, education, information, and referrals.
Sacramento Gay and Lesbian Center
1927 L Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Main: 916-442-0185 ext. 109
Fax: 916-325-1840
The Sacramento Gay and Lesbian Center provides discussion groups, social events, legal services, counseling, HIV/AIDS services, education, advocacy, and other activities for the Sacramento LGBT community.
Stanislaus Pride Center
Main Address:
201 Needham Street
Modesto, CA 95354
Mailing Address:
P. O. Box 1850
Modesto, CA 95353
Main: 209-338-0855
Fax: 209-338-0852
Stanislaus Pride Center provides resources to strengthen the LGBT community in Stanislaus and surrounding counties. Services include counseling, support groups, education and training, information, and resources.
Lyon-Martin Health Services
1748 Market Street, Suite 201
San Francisco, CA 94102
Main: 415-565-7667
Fax: 415-252-7512
Lyon-Martin provides personalized healthcare and support services to women and transgender people who lack access to quality care because of their sexual or gender identity, regardless of their ability to pay.
Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center
1625 N. Schrader Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90028-6213
Main: 323-993-7400
The L. A. Gay and Lesbian Center provides services in four buildings. Services include low-cost healthcare services, including mental health, HIV/STD testing and prevention, and transgender care, as well as legal and educational services for seniors, families, and youth, and transitional housing for homeless youth.
Mautner Project
1875 Connecticut Ave. N.W. #710
Washington, DC 2009
Main: 202-332-5536
Toll Free: 1-866-MAUTNER (628-8637)
Fax: 202-332-0662
Mautner Project is a national lesbian health organization that is committed to improving the health of women who partner with women including lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals, through direct and support service, education, and advocacy.
Avert is an international AIDS charity with resources for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or unsure. Titles include, “Am I gay? Are you born gay? Can you stop being gay?”
COLAGE is a national movement of children, youth, and adults with one or more lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer (LGBTQ) parent/s. COLAGE builds community and works toward social justice through youth empowerment, leadership development, education, and advocacy.
Founded in 1986, FTM International is the largest and longest running female-to-male organization in the world, active in all 50 states, all Canadian provinces, and 18 countries.
Information and resources for and about the gay and lesbian community worldwide, including businesses, services, and hot spots.
A Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) is a student-run club in a high school or middle school that brings together lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) and ally students to support each other, provide a safe place to socialize, and create a platform for activism to fight homophobia and transphobia. GSA Network is transforming schools, providing leadership and activist training for youth, changing laws and policies in California, and building a national GSA movement.
GEA is a national organization focused on the needs, issues, and concerns of gender variant people.
Gender Spectrum provides education, resources, and training to help create a more gender-sensitive and supportive environment for all people, including gender variant and transgender youth. Gender Spectrum presents two national conferences, the Gender Spectrum Family Conference and Gender Odyssey Conference, as well as periodic trainings for health care providers.
A national organization dedicated to empowering people of all genders and helping people to embrace the gift of gender in their own lives and in the lives of others.
Gendertalk.com is a resource for transgender people and those interested in learning about transgender issues.
An online encyclopedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer culture.
The Transgender Day of Remembrance began in San Francisco in 1999, and has evolved into a global event held every November to memorialize those who were killed because of hatred or prejudice based on transgender or gender non-conforming status.
This archived website includes resources and information to help end shame, secrecy, and unwanted genital surgeries for people born with anatomy that is not considered standard for male or female.
Our Family Coalition promotes the civil rights and well-being of Bay Area lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) families with children and prospective parents through education, advocacy, social networking and grassroots community organizing.
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) is a national non-profit organization with over 200,000 members and supporters and over 500 affiliates in the United States. PFLAG provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.
The Queer Resource Directory has over 25,000 files on queer culture, history, politics, and other topics.
TYFA empowers children and families by partnering with educators, service providers and communities, to develop supportive environments in which gender may be expressed and respected. TYFA envisions a society free of suicide and violence in which ALL children are respected and celebrated.
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The mission of the AMA is to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health. The AMA is supportive of LGBT concerns, including releasing a statement encouraging health insurance companies to end exclusions for transition-related care for transgender people.
ALGBTIC promotes greater awareness of LGBT issues among members of the counseling profession and related helping occupations.
Consortium on Disorders of Sex Development's website and home of the Clinical Guidelines and Handbook for Parents, which provide detailed, comprehensive information on intersex conditions, including personal stories and snapshots of people with intersex conditions.
GLMA is the leading organization committed to ensuring equality in health care for LGBT individuals and health care professionals. Established in 1981, GLMA is a membership organization of multi-disciplinary health care professionals that achieves its goals by using medical expertise in professional education, public policy work, patient education and referrals, and the promotion of research.
GID Reform Advocates are medical professionals, caregivers, scholars, researchers, students, human rights advocates, and members of the transgender, bisexual, lesbian and gay communities and their allies who advocate reform of the psychiatric classification of gender diversity as a mental disorder.
LGBT-TRISTAR provides training and technical assistance in order to improve access to and appropriateness of Alcohol and Other Drug prevention, treatment, and recovery services for California’s LGBT population. Resources include Best Practices reports on working with LGBT populations.
NALGAP provides information, training, networking, and advocacy about addiction and related problems, and support for those engaged in the health professions, individuals in recovery, and others concerned about the health of gender and sexual minorities.
The NCoE’s mission is to provide leadership, capacity building, professional training, policy advocacy, research development, and resources to increase access to culturally competent health care services for transgender people.
The National Coalition for LGBT Health is committed to improving the health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals and communities through public education, coalition building, and advocacy that focus on research, policy, education, and training.
The online magazine of health and fitness for transsexual and transgender people.
Comprehensive resources for transgender adults and youth, as well as for service providers. Includes both national and regional resource lists and best practice guides for health care providers and researchers.
Trevor Helpline: 866-4-U-TREVOR (866-488-7386)
The Trevor Project is the leading national organization focused on crisis and suicide prevention efforts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth. The Trevor Project operates the only accredited, nationwide, around-the-clock crisis and suicide prevention helpline for LGBTQ youth.
As an international multidisciplinary professional association, the mission of WPATH is to promote evidence-based care, education, research, advocacy, public policy and respect in transgender health. WPATH is formerly the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, and is the author of the Standards of Care for Gender Identity Disorders.
Legislative & Policy Advocacy |
EQCA works to achieve equality and secure legal protections for LGBT people in California by sponsoring legislation and coordinating efforts to ensure its passage, lobbying legislators and other policy makers, building coalitions, developing community strength, and empowering individuals and other organizations to engage in the political process.
Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education, and public policy work.
Founded in 1977, the National Center for Lesbian Rights is a national legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families through litigation, public policy advocacy, and public education.
NCTE is a national social justice organization devoted to ending discrimination and violence against transgender people through education and advocacy on national issues of importance to transgender people.
NGLTF builds the grassroots power of the LGBT community by training activists, equipping state and local organizations with the skills needed to organize broad-based campaigns to defeat anti-LGBT referenda and advance pro-LGBT legislation, and building the organizational capacity of the LGBT movement.
Out & Equal Workplace Advocates is the largest and most effective national, non-profit organization dedicated to achieving workplace equality for LGBT employees and professionals. Out and Equal works to achieve employment protections, provide LGBT diversity education, educate and empower organizations, and organize community network and engagement activities.
Founded on the understanding that gender self-determination is inextricably intertwined with racial, social, and economic justice, SRLP works to improve access to respectful and affirming social, health, and legal services for transgender communities.
TGIJP’s mission is to challenge and end the human rights abuses committed against transgender, gender variant, genderqueer, and people with intersex conditions in California prisons and beyond.
TLPI brings experts and advocates together to work on law and policy initiatives designed to advance transgender equality.
TLC is a California-based civil rights organization advocating for transgender communities. TLC uses direct services, education, community organizing, and advocacy to transform California into a state that recognizes and supports the needs of transgender people and their families.
Bockting, W. & Kirk, S. (Eds.) (2001). Transgender and HIV: Risks, prevention, and care. Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press, Inc.
Bornstein, K. (1998). My gender workbook: How to become a real man, a real woman, the real you, or something else entirely. New York, NY: Routledge.
Brill, S. A. & Pepper, R. (2008). The transgender child: A handbook for families and professionals. Berkeley, CA: Cleis Press.
Currah, P., Juang, R.M., and Minter, S. P. (2006). Transgender Rights. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.
Eliason, M.J., & Hughes, T.L. (2004) Substance abuse counselor’s attitudes about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender clients: Urban versus rural counselors. Substance Use and Misuse, 39 (4), 625-644.
Finnegan, D. G. & McNally, E. B. (2002). Counseling lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender substance abusers: Dual identities. Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press, Inc.
Firestein, B. (2007) Becoming visible: Counseling bisexuals across the lifespan. New York, NY: Columbia University Press.
Gorton, R. N., Buth, J., & Spade, D. (2010). Medical therapy and health maintenance for transgender men: A guide for healthcare providers. LittleWhiteEBook.com.
Greene. B. (1997). Lesbian women of color: Triple jeopardy. In E.D. Rothblum (Ed.) Classics in lesbian studies. (pp. 109-141). Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press, Inc.
Hughes, T. & Eliason, M. (2002). Substance use and abuse in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender populations. Journal of Primary Prevention, 22(3), 261-295.
Hunter, S. (2005). Midlife and older LGBT adults: Knowledge and affirmative practice for the social services. New York, NY: Routledge.
Israel, G.E., & Tarver, D.E. (1997). Transgender care: Recommended guidelines, practical information, and personal accounts. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Kutchins, H., & Kirk, S.A. (1997). Making us crazy: DSM: The psychiatric bible and the creation of mental disorders. New York, NY: The Free Press.
Lev, A. I. (2003). Transgender emergence: Therapeutic guidelines for working with gender-variant people and their families. Binghamton, NY: Hayworth Clinical Practice Press.
Mottet, L. & Ohle, J. (2003). Transitioning our shelters: A guide for making homeless shelters safe for transgendered people. Washington, DC: National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Nestle, J., Wilchins, R., & Howell, C. (Eds.) (2002). Genderqueer: Voices from beyond the sexual binary. Boston, MA: Alyson Publications, Inc.
Perez, R. M., Debord, K.A., and Bieschke, K. J. (Eds.) (2006). Handbook of Counseling and Psychotherapy with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Clients. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Schneider, M. E. (2008) Nursing homes address LGBT aging issues. Internal Medicine News, 41(18), 12-17.
Scholinski, D. (1998). The last time I wore a dress. New York, NY: Berkley Publishing Group.
Shankle, M. D. & Mallon, G. (2006) The handbook of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender public health: A practitioner’s guide to service. New York, NY: Routledge.
Winters, K. (2009). Gender madness in American psychiatry: Essays from the struggle for dignity. Charleston, South Carolina: BookSurge Publishing.
