Residential program (Group home) for 8-12 gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth ages 14 to 18. It offers a safe residence 24 hours per day, where young adults can prepare for family reunification, independent living, and future self-sufficiency. Website: www.thehome.org/site/PageServer?pagename=programs_waltham_house Phone: 1-888-HOME-321 / 1-888-466-3321; 781- 647-9976 (Waltham House) Contact info: rreed@thehome.org Address: 271 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02115
Provides support to the bisexual community and raises public awareness about bisexuality and bisexual people Website: www.biresource.net Phone: 617-424-9595 Address: Boston Living Center, 29 Stanhope Street Boston, MA 02116
Provides referral services, HIV and other STI testing, hepatitis and HPV vaccines, GLBT services, STI treatment, and emergency contraception Website: www.plannedparenthood.org/ma Phone: 1-800-258-4448 (Toll-free Hotline); 617-616-1616 (Sexual Health Counseling and Referral Hotline) Contact info: Tiffany Heverfield: 617-616-1653 Address: 1055 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
Provides a myriad of peer-led social support activities, including support groups for HIV-positive teens and young adults, HIV-positive gay and bisexual men 30 and older, HIV-positive women, and a Magnetic Couples Group Website: www.jri.org Phone: 1-800-201-8142 (toll free); 617-457-8142 (x2429) Address: Justice Health, 75 Amory Street, Gorden Level, Rear Entrance, Boston, MA 02119
Protects the safety and privacy of women ages 18 and older, their children, and transgender individuals escaping domestic violence. Services include transitional and supported housing and youth prevention education Website: www.transitionhouse.org Phone:617-661-7203 (24/7 emergency crisis line); 617-354-7676 (Education line) Contact info:info@transitionhouse.org Address:P.O. Box 392016 Cambridge, MA 02139
Peer counseling, information, and local resources to adolescent and adult callers; the Youth Talkline provides peer-counseling by phone, email, and instant messaging (IM) for youth through age 25. Website: www.glbtnationalhelpcenter.org Phone: 1-888-843-4564 (Toll-free Hotline); 1-800-246-PRIDE/1-800-246-7743 (Toll-free Youth Talkline)
Offers an Information Line in English and Spanish; HIV-related protections, information about gay-straight alliances, legal information, and transgender services; help in cases of harassment Website: www.glad.org https://www.glad.org/know-your-rights/lawyer-referral/ Phone: 1-800-455-4523 (Toll-free Information Line); 617-426-1350 (Information Line)(Information Line) Contact info: gladlaw@glad.org Address: 30 Winter Street, Suite 800 Boston, MA 02108
Non-partisan organization committed to defending individuals’ and groups’ civil rights and liberties, including immigrants’ rights, voting rights, religious liberty, free speech, equal opportunity, racial justice, LGBT rights, and criminal justice. Website: www.aclum.org Phone: 617-482-3170 Address: 211 Congress Street, 3rd Floor Boston, MA 02110
Medical care and mental health services to the GLBT communities. The Center offers a Helpline, Peer Listening Line, Victim Recovery program, and specialized Transgender Health and Bisexual Health units; outpatient substance abuse Website: www.fenwayhealth.org Phone: 1-888-242-0900 (Toll-free Health Center); 617- 267-0900 (Health Center); 1-888-340-4528 (Toll-free GLBT Helpline); 1-800-399-7337 (Toll-free Peer Listening Line); 617-927-6000 (Fenway appointment line) Address: Ansin …
Drop-in center for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth who are between the ages of 13 to 25; workshops, support groups, referrals and case management, recreational activities, peer leadership programs, and HIV counseling and testing Website: www.jri.org/glass Phone: 617-266-3349 x1 Address: 25 West Street, 3rdFloor Boston, MA 02111