Community Support:
Addiction
Anxiety/Depression/Mental Health
- Contact Samaritans 24/7. Call or text our 24/7 helpline any time at 1-877-870-4673.
- Contact Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741
Contact SAMHSA’s Disaster Distress Helpline. The Helpline provides 24/7, 365-day-a-year crisis counseling and support to people experiencing emotional distress related to natural or human-caused disasters. Call 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746 to connect with a trained crisis counselor.
Homeless
For Homeless / Runaway Teens
24 Hours a Day / 7 Days a Week: Toll-free: 1-800-RUNAWAY
https://www.1800runaway.org/youth-teens/
STI: Sexually Transmitted Infections
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) and AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), contact the CDC
https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
https://www.thestdproject.com/std-resources/std-help-hotlines/
Young People
Trevor Helpline for Gay and Lesbian Youth
24 Hours a Day / 7 Days a Week call 1-866-4-U-TREVOR or 1-866-488-7386.
https://www.thetrevorproject.org
Guide for coming out: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Coming-Out-Handbook.pdf
Guide for bi teens: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/How-to-Support-Bisexual-Youth.pdf
The LGBT National Youth Talkline
Toll-free 1-800-246-PRIDE (1-800-246-7743)
https://www.glbthotline.org/youth-talkline.html
Email: help@LGBThotline.org
Services are free and confidential. Telephone volunteers are in their teens and early twenties, and speak with teens and young adults up to age 25 about coming-out issues, relationship concerns, parent issues, school problems, HIV/AIDS anxiety and safer-sex information, and lots more!
More Mental Health and Education Resources from Online Counseling:
Issues with parents, contact PFLAG (Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)
https://pflag.org/
Teen Sexuality, contact Advocates for Youth
https://advocatesforyouth.org/
School Resources
Starting a Gay-Straight Alliance or other school issues:
the Gay-Straight Alliance Network (https://gsanetwork.org/)
and the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) https://www.glsen.org/
College scholarships for LGBT students:
https://edubirdie.com/blog/scholarships-for-lgbtq-students
https://www.gograd.org/financial-aid/scholarships/lgbtq/
https://pointfoundation.org/
https://pridefoundation.org/find-funding/scholarships/
https://study.com/resources/LGBTQ-college-student-guide
