Find support below with hotlines, local programs, services and affordable housing resources
- Trevor Project (866-488-7386 or text START to 678-678, online chat option also available) - LGBTQ youth suicide prevention and support resources
- Trans Lifeline (877-565-8860) - trans peer support hotline
- LGBT National Youth Talkline (800-246-7743) - free and confidential peer support for LGBTQ and questioning folks ages 25 and younger
- LGBT National Hotline (888-843-4564) - free and confidential for all ages
- Crisis Text Line (text COURAGE to 741-741) - chat with a trained counselor 24/7
- Resources for transgender, gender nonconforming & intersex (TGNCI) people in crisis
- SF LGBT Center Home page (San Francisco, CA)
- SF LGBT Center Resources Search engine (e.g., social, education, employment, health, housing, immigration, legal, trans, youth, and more)
- San Mateo County Pride Center (San Mateo, CA)
- Coast Pride Centerlink (Half Moon Bay, CA)
- Oakland LGBTQ Community Center (Oakland, CA)
- Solano Pride Center (Fairfield, CA)
- Marin County Spahr Center (San Rafael, CA)
- LYRIC’s programs are open to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQQ) youth and allies 24 years old and younger.
- Larkin Street Youth Services
- SF housing services for transgender, gender non-conforming & intersex (TGNCI) youth and adults.
- Housing Services for Transgender, gender non-conforming & intersex (TGNCI) youth and adults.
- The HARTS Program provides student support services to current credit CCSF students who are experiencing or at risk of experiencing housing insecurity
- It Gets Better Project - resources you can search based on identity, category, location, etc.
- Planned Parenthood - provides medical services and sexual education, with or without insurance
- Queer Liberation Library - QLL fights to build a vibrant, flourishing queer future by connecting LGBTQ+ people with literature, information, and resources that celebrate the unique and empowering diversity of our community.
- Lyon Martin Health Services - provide high quality, compassionate and trauma-informed medical, gynecological, and mental health care services targeting trans, non-binary, gender non-conforming, and intersex (TGI) communities and cis-gender women with specific sensitivity to LGBQA+ sexual orientation, disability, size, race, ethnicity, and language regardless of immigration status or ability to pay.
- UCSF Alliance Health Project - Supports the mental health and wellness of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) and HIV-affected communities in constructing healthy and meaningful lives.
- Dimensions Queer Youth Clinic - Offers gender affirming care (including hormone therapy, and support with navigating gender affirming procedures and transition), primary care, sexual healthcare (including STI screening, birth control, HIV treatment and prevention), therapy. Psychiatry and support with navigating health insurance
- Openhouse LGBT Senior Housing, Community, & Services - Openhouse enables San Francisco Bay Area LGBTQ+ seniors to overcome the unique challenges they face as they age by providing housing, direct services and community programs.
- Gaylesta - The Psychotherapist Association for Gender and Sexual Diversity: A website with access to a directory of therapists who specialize in counseling the LGBTQ+ community, access to resources, advocacy links