Hotlines/Chat Support/Online Resources
The Trevor Project
In addition to providing advocacy for LGBTQIA+ rights, the Trevor Project offers a crisis intervention and suicide prevention resource hotline for queer identified people aged 13-24.
1-866-U-TREVOR (1-866-488-7386)
Translifeline
Staffed by transpeople, for transpeople, the translifeline has volunteers ready to provide support, guidance and understanding.
1-877-565-8860
LGBT National Help Center
Serving gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning people by providing free and confidential peer support and access to local resources.
Includes:
National Youth Talkline
1-800-246-PRIDE (7743)
National Peer-Support Chat
TransTeen Online Chat (Ages 12-19)
Queermentalhealth.org
An online peer support community for folks under the queer umbrella primarily utilizing blogging, storytelling and creative expression.
Local Resources
LA Gay and Lesbian Center
Provides medical and mental health services, social services and housing support, education and advocacy for LGBT people through multiple locations in Los Angeles. Health services include primary care for men, women and trans folks, in addition to transition services. Mental health services include sliding scale individual and group therapy.
323-993-7400
Gender Center Los Angeles
Provides affordable mental health services to LGBTQ folk, including individual and group counseling, family therapy and assessment. Provides workplace and school advocacy,education and support for queer and transitioning individuals.
staff@lagendercenter.com
310-475-8880
Colors
Located in Culver City, Colors providers free LGBTQ-affirming counseling for people under 25.
info@colorsyouth.org
323-953-5130
San Gabriel Valley LGBTQ Center
Located in Arcadia, this center provides peer support groups, community education, outreach and advocacy. There is also an extensive list of resources on their site providing folks with access to a wide range of political, legal, mental health, physical health, and STI testing in the area.
626-578-5772
GLIDE (Gays and Lesbians Initiating Dialogue for Equality)
Primarily an educational-activist organizing that provides classes and demonstrations about starting conversations and enacting change in one’s local community.
Info@socal-glide.org
310-358-5165
LA LGBT Youth Advisory Coalition
Provides links and resources for the LGBTQ youth population, including mental health, support, medical health, advocacy, legal, etc.
info@lalgbtyac.org
Specifically For Queer Persons of Color and Their Friends and Families
Reach LA
Providing support for LGBTQ Youth of Color (16 - 29)
REACH LA’s business is to make young people’s lives better by helping them to create meaning and purpose in their own lives, and by giving them the tools to share value and connect with others. REACH LA is building a community of urban youth, where color, race, gender, sexuality, and health status are no longer the determining factors of success, and where insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo are the drivers.
info@reachla.org
213-622-1650
API Equality-LA
LGBTQ and social justice organization providing support and guidance in the Asian / Pacific Islander community around LGBTQ issues. Includes links to extensive resources throughout Los Angeles.
contact@apiequalityla.org
213-580-1800
Jordan-Rustin Coalition
The Jordan-Rustin Coalition's mission is to build the political power of the Black same-gender-loving, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community and our allies in the Greater Los Angeles Area through grassroots organizing, political advocacy, public education and community empowerment. JRC advocates for full equality, including marriage, and complete societal acceptance of all persons with regard to race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, and gender expression.
staff@jordanrustin.org
424-260-3572
Barangay-LA
Dedicated to providing safe spaces for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer/Questioning Filipinos. Provides education, advocacy and support.
213-373-4252
Bienestar
Located throughout Los Angeles, Bienestar is a non-profit, social service organization primarily serving Latinx Gay, Lesbian, bisexual and transgender people Provides a variety of services including substance abuse treatment, counseling, groups, case management, housing support, and advocacy.
info@bienstar.org
323-727-7896
Latino Equality Alliance
Advocating for liberty, justice, and equality in the Latinx LGBTQ community. Hosts a wide variety of events and their website provides a very extensive list of resources in a range of areas.
323-286-7224
PFLAG - Pacific Islander Chapter of San Gabriel Valley
Support and ally-building for parents and friends of lesbian, gay, queer, bisexual- pansexual and other nonheterosexual-identified folks.
sgvapipflag@gmail.com