The
Trevor Helpline:
a
national suicide hotline for GLBT
and questioning youth: a 24-hour confidential hotline, staffed by trained
counselors familiar with gay and questioning youth. Web site: http://www.thetrevorproject.org;
Phone:
1-866-4-U-TREVOR (1-866-488-7386)
Gay,
Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning
~ SHORTER
HOURS
Fenway’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Helpline
and Peer Listening Line: anonymous and confidential phone lines that
offer gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender adults and youths a “safe
place” to call for information, referrals, and support. In addition to
issues like coming out, HIV/AIDS, safer sex and relationships, our trained
volunteers also address topics such as locating GLBT groups and services in
their local area. Web site:http://www.fenwayhealth.org/site/PageServer?pagename=FCHC_srv_services_tollfree;
To receive free Helpline poster, email the program coordinator
Joanna Winslow. Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Helpline:
Monday-Friday 3pm.-8pm (Pacific Time / or 6pm-11pm Eastern Time), Saturday
2pm-7pm (Pacific Time / or 5pm-10pm Eastern Time)
Phone: 888-340-4528
or Peer Listening Line: a youth support and information line staffed
by trained GLBT volunteers age 25 and under, (same weekday hours but no
Saturday hours) Phone: 800-399-PEER (7337).
Foster
Care Helpline: for
young people in foster care who have questions about LGBT-related
discrimination or abuse, a service of Lambda
Legal Defense and Education Fund. The line is staffed (Pacific
Standard Time) Monday-Friday, 6:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. [9-5:30, Eastern], but
callers may leave messages 24-hours … Phone:
866-LGBTeen (542-8336) ext. 350
Gay,
Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender National Youth Talkline:
a program of
GLBT National Help Center. Phone:
1-800-246-PRIDE (1-800-246-7743). Email:
youth@GLBTNationalHelpCenter.org.
HOURS - Pacific Time: Monday thru Friday from 1pm to 9pm, Saturday from 9am
to 2pm, Eastern time: Monday thru Friday from 4pm to midnight, Saturday from
Noon to 5pm. Telephone and email counseling run by peer volunteers for
young adults up to age 25. Coming-out issues, relationship concerns, parent
issues, school problems, HIV/AIDS anxiety and safer-sex information, and
more. Website:
http://www.youthtalkline.org/
The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and
Transgender National Hotline: this program of
GLBT
National Help Center is for callers of all ages.
Phone:
1-888-THE-GLNH (1-888-843-4564).
Email: glnh@GLBTNationalHelpCenter.org.
HOURS - Pacific time: Monday
thru Friday from 1pm to 9pm, Saturday from 9am to 2pm; Eastern time: Monday
thru Friday from 4pm to midnight, Saturday from Noon to 5pm. The hotline
provides free and confidential telephone and email peer-counseling, as well
as factual information and local resources for cities and towns across the
United States. about coming-out issues, relationship concerns, HIV/AIDS
anxiety and safer-sex information, and lots more. They also maintain a large
resource database which contains information on social and support groups,
gay-friendly religious organizations, sports leagues, student groups,
information on GLBT-friendly businesses including lawyers, doctors and
various counseling professionals. Website:
http://www.glbtnationalhelpcenter.org/hotline/
Gay,
Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Helpline: information
and crisis intervention line, staffed (Pacific Standard time):
Monday-Friday, 3:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m., Saturday, 3:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. [6-11and
6-10, Eastern]. Web site: http://www.fenwayhealth.org/services/helpline.htm
… Phone: 1-888-340-4528
NCLR's Legal Helpline:
offers confidential & free legal information regarding: safety in
schools; psychiatric abuse or forced commitment to a mental hospital or
treatment center; homelessness; discrimination in the foster care system or
juvenile justice system; medical and legal issues for transsexual youth. A
service of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, Staffed (Pacific Standard
Time): Monday - Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (noon-8:00 p.m. Eastern) Web site:
http://www.nclrights.org/site/PageServer?pagename=legal_getHelp
… Phone: 415.392.6257 or toll-free
1-800-528-3257
Local
GLBTQ Hotlines Around the U.S.
Colorado
Anti-Violence Program: provides direct client services including crisis
intervention, information, and referrals for LGBT victims of violence 24
hours a day: Phone:
1-888-557-4441 (good in Colorado and parts of
surrounding states). http://www.coavp.org/
The Gay &
Lesbian Switchboard of New York: run by
GLBT
National Help Center provides telephone peer-counseling, as well as
information and local resources. Phone:
212-989-0999; Hours: Monday
thru Friday - 4pm to 8pm, and Saturday from noon to 5pm, Eastern time. It .
The GLBT
Hotline of San Francisco: run by
GLBT
National Help Center. Phone:
415-355-0999; Hours are Monday
thru Friday from 5pm to 9pm, Pacific time. It provides telephone
peer-counseling, as well as information and local resources.
L.A.
Gay & Lesbian Center/Anti-Violence Project:
victims
line - Southern California only. Phone:
(800) 373-2227
SafeSpace: in Vermont -Phone:
(866) 869-7341
General
~ NOT
GAY-SPECIFIC
CDC
National STD and AIDS Hotline: 800-342-2437 and 800-227-8922; Spanish
1-800-344-7432; TTY 1-800-243-7889; email: hiv-stdnet@ashastd.org
Hate
Crime National Hotline:
1-800-686-HATE
National Child Abuse
Hotline:
1-800-422-4453
National Domestic
Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233;
TDD: 1-800-787-3224
National Mental
Health Association Help Line: 1-800-969-6642
National Runaway
Hotline: 1-800-231-6946
National Runaway Switchboard:
1-800-621-4000
National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline:
1-866-331-9474 or TTY 1-866-331-8453
Rape, Abuse, and
Incest National Network (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE
Also
see Hotlines in Washington State
