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The
Trevor Helpline -
this national
24-hour free and confidential toll-free suicide prevention hotline is
specifically aimed at gay or questioning youth, geared toward helping those in
crisis or anyone wanting information on how to help someone in crisis. All calls
are handled by trained counselors
who are familiar with gay and questioning youth,
and are .
Phone:
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Fenway’s 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)
- 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, trained volunteers also address topics such as locating GLBT
groups and services in their local area. Phone: 888-340-4528
and
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).
To receive free Helpline poster, email the program coordinator
Joanna Winslow.
Website:
http://www.fenwayhealth.org/site/PageServer?pagename=FCHC_srv_services_tollfree
Foster
Care Helpline - this service of Lambda
Legal Defense and Education Fund works to improve services for LGBTQ
youth in out-of-home care through advocacy, education and impact litigation. If
you are a young person or adult involved in a young person’s care who believes
he or she has been discriminated against on the basis of sexual orientation,
gender identity, gender expression or HIV status in foster care, the juvenile
justice system or a homeless shelter, contact toll free at: 1-866-LGBTeen
(1-866-542-8336) or
inquire online.
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 5pm to 9pm (Eastern
time: Monday thru Friday from 4pm to midnight). 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/
and 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/
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).
Phone: 415.392.6257 or toll-free
1-800-528-3257 and ask for the Legal Helpline. If they are not
available to take your call, leave us a message. Please allow five business days
for them to get back to you. Website:
http://www.nclrights.org/site/PageServer?pagename=legal_getHelp
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Child
Protective Services - This toll free number will give you the telephone number for reporting child
abuse in your local community. 24 hours a day: Phone: 1-866-END HARM (363-4276).
Crisis
Lines - This web site will give you your local crisis hotline number
(for emotional crises and suicide help, emergency food and shelter help, etc.),
by city or county.
Website:
http://suicidehotlines.com/washington.html
Safe
Schools Hotline - (web contact form, 7 days/week). Information, referral and advocacy for students, families and educators
struggling with anti-gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender bullying, harassment or
violence in a public or private elementary, middle or high school. 24 hours a day - the phone line is answered at the Sexual Assault Hotline and they will have a Safe Schools Coalition Intervention Specialist volunteer get back to you within 24 hours:
Phone: 1-877-SAFE-SAFE (1-877-723-3723).
Contact form:
http://www.safeschoolscoalition.org/contactus/
King County Sexual
Assault Resource Center (KCSARC) - 24-hour resource line provides confidential,
personal support and information on medical, legal, and other related questions
regarding sexual assault. Offers medical advocacy for medical care, and
follow-up supportive services are also provided. Serves all victims of sexual
assault, past or recent, and their partners, families and friends, as well as
those seeking more information on the topic of sexual violence.
Phone: 1-888-99VOICE.
Website:
http://www.kcsarc.org/nServices/TwentyFourHourRL.php
Washington
State HIV/AIDS Hotline - HIV/AIDS information and resource referrals on
prevention/education; HIP, APDP eligibility and enrollment. Technical
assistance and consultation to organizations, businesses, schools and
healthcare providers. You can leave messages 24 hours a day and they are
returned on the next workday, but the line is staffed only during the
workday. Phone: 1-800-272-2437.
Washington
State Domestic Violence Hotline - 24-hour
information, referral and advocacy for domestic violence issues.
Phone: 1-800-562-6025.
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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). Website:
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. Website:
http://www.glbtnationalhelpcenter.org/programs/local.html
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. Website:
http://www.glbtnationalhelpcenter.org/programs/local.html
L.A.
Gay & Lesbian Center/Anti-Violence Project - victims
line - Southern California only. Phone:
(800) 373-2227.
SafeSpace - Vermont - provides emotional support, referrals, and advocacy
to LGBTQQ survivors of violence - Phone:
(866) 869-7341.
http://www.ru12.org/safespace.html
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CDC
National STD and AIDS Hotline -1-800-CDC-INFO
(1-800-232-4636); TTY: 1-888-232-6348;
Hours: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; Email:
cdcinfo@cdc.gov; In English, en Español.
The Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline -
1-800-4-A-CHILD 422-4453;
Website:
http://www.childhelp.org/pages/hotline
National Domestic
Violence Hotline - 1-800-799-7233; TTY:
1-800-787-3224;
Website:
http://www.ndvh.org/
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline -
1-800-273-TALK (8255)
http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
National Runaway
Switchboard 24 hours:
1-800-RUNAWAY; Website:
http://www.nrscrisisline.org
National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline -
1-866-331-9474 or TTY:
1-866-331-8453;
Website:
http://www.loveisrespect.org/
Rape, Abuse, and
Incest National Network (RAINN) - 1-800-656-HOPE;
Website:
http://www.rainn.org/
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Great
Britain:
Lesbian
Lines/Lesbian & Gay Switchboards in England, Wales, Scotland,
Ireland, and National Helplines
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large list published at the bottom of the online booklet for
adolescents "i think i might be a lesbian... now what do i
do?" by Lesbian Information Service in Todmorden, Lancashire, Great
Britain. Website:
http://www.lesbianinformationservice.org/think.htm
