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EMERGENCY HOUSING [top]

bay area

Amassi, Inc:
222 14th Street - Second Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
phone: 510/588-5900 fax: 510/588-5935
Has a youth transitional housing program which provides housing, case management, employment assistance, alcohol and drug abuse casework and treatment services, and general like skills training. YTHP is a clean-and sober program that provides sexually diverse, homeless youth (aged 18-22) with long term housing and supportive services to aid in their transition from homelessness to permanent, independent living.

Diamond Youth Shelter:
536 Central Ave, between Hayes & Grove
phone: 415/567-1020
Shelter for homeless youth in San Francisco, part of San Francisco Youth Network. 70 percent lesbian & gay staff. Open 9.45 pm - 9 am. Offers shelter, meals, crisis counseling & referrals. Open to Youth ages 12-17. No referral necessary to receive services.

new york

Hetrick-Martin Institute:
phone: 212/674-2400 email: info@hmi.org
The Hetrick-Martin Inst. Also houses the Harvey Milk School for glbt students. Requirements: Must self identify as Gay, Lesbian, Bi, Transgender. Youth are paired with their own Case Manager, who serves as the primary resource person. Case managers connect homeless youth to HMI's spectrum of quality child care services, which range from emergency housing, hot showers, nutritious meals, and clean clothing to medical care, educational programs, and vocational training.

metro boston

Bridge Over Troubled Waters:
47 West Street, Boston MA 02111
phone: 617/423-9575 fax: 617/482-5495
This is a non-GLBT specific youth housing program offered in Boston. They provide medical treatment, food, employment services, and housing.

seattle / puget sound

Youth Care:
2500 NE 54th Street, Seattle, WA 98105-3142
phone: 206/694-4500 fax: 206/694-4509
TDD(Seattle): 206/587-5500 TDD(elsewhere): 800/833-6388
24-hour help & referral line: 800/495-7802
An organization that provides support and services for at-risk youth in the Puget Sound area.

minnesota

YouthLink:
41 N 12th Street, Minneapolis, MN, 55403
phone: 612/252-1200 fax: 612/252-1201 email: info@youthlinkmn.org
Special outreach, case management, support groups and recreational services for GLBT youth who are homeless or runaways, victims of drug abuse or self-harm. Staff provides intensive case management for clients of Project OffStreets.
Drop-in Center: 3:00pm-8:00pm, Thursday through Tuesday. Youth may receive the basic needs of food, clothing, referral for shelter, and crisis counseling during drop-in hours six days a week. Youth need not be "Case Management" clients to receive these services, but must be homeless or living in unstable living situations (e.g., couch hopping with friends, living with an exploitive adult, exchanging sex for basic needs, etc.).

LEGAL [top]

Legal Advocates for Children and Youth (LACY):
111 West St. John Street, Suite 315, San Jose, CA 95113
phone: 408/280-2416 email: lacyinfo@lawfoundation.org
LACY provides free legal and social services, care and custody information, information on minors rights, emancipation and guardianship to homeless youth. LACY provides services to minors in Santa Clara County, California only. Inquiries from outside Santa Clara County will be answered time permitting.

Legal Services for Children:
1254 Market Street, Third Floor, San Francisco, CA 94102
phone: 415/863-3762 fax: 415/863-7708
Legal Services for Children provides confidential legal and related social services to young people free of charge. Help with guardian-ship, education, mental health and foster care issues, among others.

National Center for Lesbian Rights:
870 Market St., Ste. 370, San Francisco, CA 94102
phone: 415/39-6257 fax: 415/392-8442 email: info@nclrights.org
NCLR is a national legal resource center with a primary commitment to advancing the rights and safety of lesbians and their families through a program of litigation, public policy advocacy, free legal advice and counseling, and public education. In addition, NCLR provides representation and resources to gay men, and bisexual and transgender individuals on key issues that also significantly advance lesbian rights.

Transgender Law Center:
San Francisco LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market Street - Suite #408, San Francisco, CA 94102
phone1: 415/865-5619 phone2: 415/865-0176 fax: 415/392-8442
Advocates for transgender civil rights and works to change laws and systems that fail to incorporate the needs and experiences of transgender people. They also provide legal support to transgender people.

HEALTH [top]

Tom Waddell Clinic:
50 Lech Walesa (50 Ivy) Street @ Polk, San Francisco, CA
Transgender Clinic hours: Tuesday 5:00pm-8:00pm
intake for new patients: Tuesday 2:00pm-4:00pm
phone: 415/554-2727
The Transgender Clinic of Tom Waddell Health Center has been in operation since November of 1993 and is committed to providing quality, integrated health care in an atmosphere of trust and respect. They are a multidisciplinary primary care clinic focusing primarily on the needs of underserved populations of inner city San Francisco. Primary care means they treat your whole body, not just your gender issues. Being multidisciplinary means they address all your concerns, not just your medical problems. They have nutritional, mental health and social services, and we work closely with community organizations. Anyone who identifies as transgender can be seen in the clinic: male-to-female, female-to-male, intersex, and those in-between. All are welcome.

Tenderloin AIDS Resource Center:
Provides support, drop-in space, housing & services for HIV+ people.
87 Golden Gate Av, San Francisco CA 94102
phone: 415/431-7476 fax: 415/431-3959

TransGender Care:
The TransGenderCare Site is a database of articles and information for MTFs. It has a lot of information about surgeries, hormones, and other health concerns. It was put together by contributions by Dr. Carl Bushong and associates of the Tampa Stress Center.

SUPPORT / SOCIAL DISCUSSION GROUPS [top]

bay area

Pacific Center's Queer Youth Groups:
2712 Telegraph Avenue @ Derby Street (across from Andronico's Market). On the #40, 40L and 64 bus lines.
phone: 510/548-8283.
A Berkeley-based LGBTQ center that provides a wide range of various peer support groups, counseling and referrals. "TransMission" is a group specifically for folks on the FTM spectrum, ages 25 and under.

Community United Against Violence:
160 14th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
24-hour support line: 415/333-HELP business phone: 415/777-5500 fax: 415/777-5565
A multicultural LGBTQ organization in San Francisco working to end violence against LGBTQ people. Offers emergency support, counseling, education and more.

Changeling:
A weekly discussion group for transgender, transsexual, cross dressing, gender bending, drag queen/king, multi gender or gender variant youth, and anyone else living outside of the binary gender system. Come meet others who feel the same as you, get some support from your friends and eat some snacks! A safe and respectful space for youth of all colors and genders. Open to folks 25 and under only.
Wednesdays, 7:00pm-9:00pm. Meets at LYRIC - 127 Collingwood Street @ 18th. On the K,L,M and S (Castro stop), 24, 35 and 18.

TransBay:
A monthly social group for Transgender people in the San Francisco Bay Area held the second Wednesday of every month at 1234 Polk Street (between Sutter and Bush streets).

TransGender SF:
phone: 415/564-3246
San Francisco based transgender group serving the educational, social and recreational needs of gender-gifted people, their spouses, significant others, family members, friends and professionals in the assistive services.

Proyecto Contra SIDA Por Vida:
2973 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
phone: 415/864-PCPV fax: 415/575-1645
A Latino LGBT community-building center in San Francisco.

Parents' Support:
We are working on starting a support/social/discussion group for parents of TGIQ children & youth of any age. If you are interested in this group, please contact us at ygp@youthgenderproject.org or 415/865-5625.

national

Intersex Society of North America:
Support and education around intersex issues.

DC Area Outreach Program for Gender-Variant Children and Their Families:
To help children (ages 3-12) with gender-variant behaviors develop healthy self-esteem and positive social participation; as well as to provide support to their families.

international

FTM Australia:
FTM site with webrings, health information, and local support groups.

FTM International:
International FTM organization.

online

TransFamily:
The intent of this site is to offer some basic information, a point of contact for families beginning to deal with a loved one's gender idenity, email discussions for group members, and a starting point for related links.

Youth Resource:
The site is part of youthresource.com. It has a lot of great coming out and life stories from trans youth. It also has a section where you can e-mail trans youth for advice or ask any questions you have.

Trans P-FLAG:
This PLAG's site for parents of Transgender children.

TG Youth UK:
UK trans youth page. Has advice and webrings for trans youth in the UK.