Crisis and General Health Information

There are tons of resources here from recent reports to hotline numbers nationally and locally. I have listed more urgent contacst first, please bbrose the list.

IF you are feeling alone, confused or in crisis, please call The Trevor Lifeline at 1-866-4-U-TREVOR for immediate help.


Looking for Counseling services in central Ohio?

StoneWall Columbus Counseling Services
As a result of our collaboration with Maryhaven, Stonewall Columbus is pleased to announce the limited availability of an on-site counselor at the Center on High. We welcome Sonny D. Saunders, MSE, PC. Sonny is a Professional Counselor, Therapist and Clinician providing individual and group counseling sessions to our GLBT population at no charge. Counseling sessions may address any issues, including mental health, alcohol & drug, coming out, relationship, depression, anxiety, self-esteem, suicidal/homicidal ideation, anger management, family, to name a few. We are excited to offer this vital service to our community and look forward to our successful association with Sonny and Maryhaven. Sonny’s office is on the 2nd floor of the Center on High at 1160 N. High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43201.

All clients will be seen on an appointment basis only. All appointments must be made directly with Sonny Saunders by calling 614-306-9737. No appointments may be scheduled by staff or volunteers at the Center on High.



Resources on LGBTIQ Health

Smoking Out a Deadly Threat: Tobacco Use in the LGBTIQ Community by the American Lung Asssociation.  Available at http://www.lungusa.org/

Fact sheets and reports from the National Coalition for LGBT Health

For more information about our work, please visit What We're Working On

LGBT Health Disparities

LGBT Data Collection

The Affordable Care Act and Health Care Reform

Prevention and Wellness

Reports from Our Members

During the 9th National LGBT Health Awareness Week, "Come Out for Health" 

Other Reports and Resources

The following list of resources is not intended to be exhaustive and is provided only as a basic starting point for learning more about LGBT health. There are many more great resources out there, many of them produced and maintained by our members.

General LGBT Health

LGBT Data Collection

Tobacco and Other Substance Use

HIV/AIDS

Health Care for LGBT People

Mental Health

Sexual Health

Other Health Issues

Data Collection

Healthcare Reform

Sexual Health

Prevention and Wellness

Reports from Our Members

Publications from the Center for American Progress: click here

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention LGBT Health site: click here

Healthy People 2010 & 2020: click here

Healthcare Equality Index, 2007-2010: click here

NIAID HIV Vaccine Education Initiative (NHVREI): click here to learn more about the fight against HIV/AIDS

LGBT Data Collection from GayData: click here

Health
National Coalition for LGBT Health website
http://lgbthealth.webolutionary.com/content/publications-center-american-progress

National Resource Center on Psychiatric Advance Directives  A web portal designed to engage consumers, family members, clinicians, and policy makers in learning about and sharing experiences in drafting and implementing PADs. The portal features up-to-date State information on PADs, links to each State statute, relevant forms to complete PADs, an online presentation discussing important aspects of PADs, and a short documentary film on their use. A blog features news, commentary, and interactive discussion.
Locate Mental Health Resources near you   http://store.samhsa.gov/mhlocator

Addiction/mental health information for LGBTIQ Community

Gay and Lesbian Quitters of Steel
Brief description: Gay and Lesbians interested in Kicking Butts Foever thru forming a United Force.  68 members.  They can be found at “Relearn Life without Cigarettes Group page.”
http://community.becomeanex.org/pg/groups/647878/gaylesbian-quitters-of-steel/?annoff=20
"This group is dedicated to gay men and women (and their supporters) who are truly dedicated to kicking the butts forever.  I mean, how the hell are we going to be strong enough to fight for the freedoms we deserve if we're killing ourselves by inches by smoking?  See what I'm saying?  So, if you're interested in getting support and understanding from others who know exactly what you're going through, join the group.  Lets keep working together to eliminate as many ills as we possibly can."
www.lgtbcentrevancouver.com/pdf_s/theManual_vFinal.pdf
(LGBT Health Matters manual)

www.vch.ca/ce/docs/03_02_LGBTSubstanceUse.pdf
(LGBT Communities and Substance Abuse—What Health Has to Do
With It! report)

http://www.nalgap.org/
(National Association of Gay & Lesbian Addiction Professionals)

www.health.org
(U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and SAMHSA’s
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol & Drug Information)

www.womenfdn.org/resources/info/pdfs/lesbian.pdf
(The Women’s Addiction Foundation’s document: Lesbian and
Bisexual Women and Substance Use)

www.caps.ucsf.edu/TRANS/TRANScriticalneeds.pdf
(Critical Health Needs of M to F Transgenders of Colour report) 

Resources

General Background:
LGBT Health
Gay and Lesbian Medical Association
www.glma.org
Suggested sections: Hepatitis section, Publications, such as: LGBT Health: Findings and Concerns (includes transgender health section with definitions)  Healthy People 2010 Companion Document for LGBT Health (see resources chapter for potential referrals)

The GLBT Health Access Project
www.glbthealth.org
Suggested sections: Community Standards of Practice For Provision of Quality Health Care Services For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Clients Educational posters

National Coalition for LGBT Health
www.lgbthealth.net

Seattle/King County GLBT Health Web Pages
www.metrokc.gov/health/glbt

National Association of Gay and Lesbian Community Centers
www.lgbtcenters.org
Suggested sections:  Directory (for centers throughout the U.S. which will have additional referrals for local LGBT-sensitive services—e.g. counseling services, support groups, health educations, and legal resources)

GLBT National Help Center
www.glnh.org
National non-profit organization offering toll-free peer counseling, information, and local resources, including local switchboard numbers and gay-related links 888-THE-GNLH (843-4564)

GLBT National Youth Talkline
Youth peer counseling, information, and local resources, through age 25 1-800-246-PRIDE (7743)

Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration/National Clearinghouse for
Alcohol and Drug Information—LGBT site www.health.org/features/lgbt

General Information: National LGBT Rights
Human Rights Campaign
www.hrc.org
(national organization working for LGBT equal rights on federal government level)

Lambda Legal
www.lambdalegal.org
(national LGBT legal and policy organization protecting civil rights of LGBT and people living with HIV) legal helpdesk: 212-809-8585
National Center for Lesbian Rights
www.nclrights.org
(national legal resource center advancing the rights and safety of lesbians and their families, and representing gay men and bisexual and transgender individuals on legal
issues that also advance lesbian rights. or hotline: 415-392-6257

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
www.ngltf.org
(national grassroots organization supporting LGBT advocacy efforts at state and federal levels)

Media
BROCHURES
American Cancer Society
Cancer Facts for Gay and Bisexual Men; Cancer Facts for Lesbians and Bisexual Women; Tobacco and the LGBT Community.  Place order for free brochures by phone:
800-ACS-2345

American College Health Association
http://www.acha.org/info_resources/his_brochures.cfm
Numerous brochures, such as: “Man to Man: Three Steps to Health for Gay, Bisexual, or Any Men Who Have Sex With Men” and “Woman to Woman: Three Steps to Health for Lesbian, Bisexual, or Any Women Who Have Sex With Women”

Mautner Project, the National Lesbian Health Organization
http://www.mautnerproject.org/health%5Finformation/Lesbian%5FHealth%5F101/
Informational documents on various lesbian health issues, appropriate for consumers or providers, for example: Facts about Lesbians and Smoking, Nutrition and Obesity, The Heart Truth for Lesbians

PERIODICALS
Advocate
Curve
Girlfriends
Instinct
Out
Out Traveler
Renaissance News (formerly Transgender Community News)
Your local LGBT newspapers or other publication(s)

General Lesbian Health
The Lesbian Health Research Center at UCSF
http://www.lesbianhealthinfo.org/

Mautner Project, the National Lesbian Health Organization
http://www.mautnerproject.org/

Planned Parenthood Lesbian Health section
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/pp2/portal/files/portal/
medicalinfo/femalesexualhealth/pub-lesbian-health.xml

Verbena Health
http://www.verbenahealth.org/

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
womenshealth.org

Screening Schedule for Women:
www.4woman.gov/screeningcharts

General Gay Men’s Health
GayHealth.com@
http://www.gayhealth.com/

The Institute for Gay Men’s Health
A project of Gay Men’s Health Crisis and AIDS Project
Los Angeles
http://www.gmhc.org/programs/institute.html

Gay City—Seattle, WA
http://www.gaycity.org/

General Bisexual Health
Bisexual Resource Center Health Resources
www.biresource.org/health

Bi Health Program, Fenway Community Health
www.biresource.org/health/bihealth.html

“Safer Sex For Bisexuals and Their Partners” pamphlet
contact: bihealth@fenwayhealth.org

Transgender Health
FTM International
http://www.ftmi.org/

International Foundation for Gender Education
http://www.ifge.org/

TransGenderCare
http://www.transgendercare.com/

Transgender Forum’s Community Center
http://www.transgender.org/

Transgender Law Center

Recommendations for Transgender Health Care
www.transgenderlaw.org/resources/tlchealth.htm

Transgender Resource and Neighborhood Space (TRANS)
www.caps.ucsf.edu/TRANS

Transgender Health Care Conference (2000)
http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite.jsp?doc=2098.473a

Trans-Health.com (online magazine)
http://www.trans-health.com/

Transsexual Road Map
http://www.tsroadmap.com/

Transsexual Women’s Resources
www.annelawrence.com/twr/

Intersex Health
Intersex Society of North America
http://www.isna.org/

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)

STDS AND LESBIANS AND BISEXUAL WOMEN
LesbianSTD
http://www.lesbianstd.com/

Planned Parenthood
www.plannedparenthood.org/sti/lesbian.html


STDS AND MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN (MSM)
CDC MSM Information Center
This includes various resources for MSM about HIV/AIDS, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, hepatitis B and hepatitis A, such as fact sheets, posters, booklet, and pocket card. www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/msm/

Gay City
www.gaycity.org

HEPATITIS
Gay and Lesbian Medical Association
They have a campaign on Hepatitis A and B and MSM addressing the importance of vaccination, including poster and brochures. For more information or to order copies,
email: info@glma.org

Free and low-cost hepatitis clinics:
http://www.hepclinics.com/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Division of Viral
Hepatitis www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/msm/

Model programs for MSM and hepatitis A, B, and C prevention:
www.hepprograms.org/msm/


HIV/AIDS—GENERAL RESOURCES
National HIV and AIDS Hotline
800-342-AIDS; 800-344-SIDA (7432) (Spanish); TDD: 800-243-7889

AEGIS (largest keyword-searchable online database for HIV/AIDS)
http://www.aegis.com/

American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR)
http://www.amfar.org/

The Body: an AIDS and HIV information resource
http://www.thebody.com/

Center for AIDS Prevention Studies
http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov/hiv/dhap.htm

HIVandHepatitis.com
http://www.hivandhepatitis.com/

National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project
http://www.natap.org/

New Mexico AIDSNet
(online fact sheets in English and Spanish regarding various aspects of HIV/AIDS)
http://www.aidsinfonet.org/

Project Inform
(HIV/AIDS health information and treatment options) Hotline: 800-822-7422
http://www.projectinform.org/

Youth HIV: a project of Advocates for Youth
http://www.youthhiv.org/

National Association on HIV over 50 (NAHOF)
http://www.hivoverfifty.org/

HIV AND PEOPLE OF COLOR
Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center
http://www.apiwellness.org/

Black AIDS Institute
http://www.blackaids.org/

Latino Coalition on AIDS
www.latinoaids.com
National Minority AIDS Coalition
http://www.nmac.org/

National Native American

HIV AND LESBIANS
TheBody.com
www.thebody.com/whatis/lesbians.html

Lesbian AIDS Project, Gay Men’s Health Crisis
www.gmhc.org/programs/wfs.html#lap

HIV AND TRANSGENDER POPULATIONS
AEGIS
http://www.aegis.com/

HIV InSite
http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite.jsp?page+kbr-07-04-16

HIV RESOURCES FOR PROVIDERS
HIV InSite: University of California San Francisco
http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/

Medscape: resource for clinicians and CME credit
http://www.medscape.com/

U.S. DHHS HIV/AIDS Education and Resource Center
http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/
Helpline: 800-448-0440 (also Spanish); 888-480-3739 (TTY)

AEGIS: HIV news from around the world
http://www.aegis.com/

Infectious Diseases Society of America
http://www.idsociety.org/

INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
Community United Against Violence
http://www.cuav.org/

Family Violence Prevention Fund Health Care Program
www.endabuse.org/programs/healthcare/

National Domestic Violence Hotline
(local referrals, including LGBT-sensitive) 800-799-SAFE (7233) (24 hours in English and Spanish); TDD: 800-787-3224

Network for Battered Lesbians and Bisexual Women Hotline
info@thenetworklared.org
617-423-SAFE

New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project
212-714-1141 (local referrals; Spanish-speaking services)

Stop Partner Abuse/Domestic Violence Program, Los
Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center
www.laglc.org/domesticviolence/

See also References and Other Resource Documents.

Substance Abuse
Sober Dykes
http://www.soberdykes.org/

Stonewall Project
http://www.tweaker.org/

Substance Abuse Mental Health Services
Administration/National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug
Information—LGBT site
www.health.org/features/lgbt

Youth
National Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Youth Hotline
800-347-TEEN

Youth Guardian Services: on-line support
http://www.youth-guard.org/

Youth Resource: a project of Advocates for Youth
http://www.youthresource.com/

National Youth Advocacy Coalition
http://www.nyacyouth.org/

Seattle and King County Public Health
www.metrokc.gov/health/glbt/youth.htm

See also HIV/AIDS and General Bisexual Health sections

ELDERS
SAGE: Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual,
and Transgender Elders
http://www.sageusa.org/

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
www.thetaskforce.org/theissues
Outing Age: Public Policy Issues Affecting GLBT Elders, November 9, 2000
www.thetaskforce.org/theissues/library.cfm?issueID=24&pubTypeID=2

See also HIV/AIDS section

Source of this list: http://www.glma.org/_data/n_0001/resources/live/Welcoming%20Environment.pdf

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individuals and health care professionals. GLMA achieves its goals by using medical expertise in professional education, public policy work, patient education and referrals, and the promotion of research. To join GLMA or for more information, please visit http://www.glma.org/.

Gay and Lesbian
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San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: 415-255-4547
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