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resources

Here is our extensive list of LGTBH and crime victim resources.

NYC LGBTQH Resources

General

• Gay & Lesbian Switchboard of New York Project
  (a program of the Gay & Lesbian National Hotline)
  
  
• In Our Own Voices - an LGBT People of color organization dedicated to ensuring the physical, mental, spiritual, political, cultural and economic growth of LGBTQ POC communities. IOOV is also home to the Capital Region Anti Violence Project.
  
  
• The Lesbian,Gay,Bisexual & Transgender Community Center

Health

• Callen-Lorde - NY's only health center dedicated to the LGTBH community. All services, medical care, mental health and more are provided regardless of ability to pay.
  
  
• Inter-Q-Zone addresses "issues of [Queer] health, nutrition, spirituality, and community"
  
  
• Bronx Lesbian and Gay Health Consortium works to "create better access to quality and sensitive healthcare and social services for the Bronx Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community."

• Association of Lesbian & Gay Affirmative Psychotherapists (ALGAP) has provided effective, affordable psychotherapy to the NYC LGBT community for 14 years, in therapists' private offices around the city.

• Institute for Human Identity Located in the heart of Chelsea, the Institute for Human Identity is New York's leading lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer affirmative psychotherapy and training center. We foster personal growth, free of traditional gender, sexual orientation and cultural biases
  
  

Universities and Colleges

• Columbia Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Coalition

21 and Under

• The Center - Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Youth of New York (BiGLYNY) meetings
  
  
• Health Outreach To Teens (HOTT), a project of Callen-Lorde
  
  
• The Hetrick-Martin Institute offers counseling, peer education, and other resources to LGTBH+ youth ages 12-21, including the Harvey Milk School
  
  
• Youth Enrichment Services (YES), another of The Center programs, offers counseling, workshops in communications arts, HIV and substance abuse prevention programs, and other activities and support.

Legal

• Gay & Lesbian Law Students Association (GALLA), Fordham University
  
  
• Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund (LLDEF)
  
  
• LGBT Law Association of Greater New York (LeGaL)
  
  
• Lesbian/Gay Immigration Rights Task Force (LGIRTF)

NYC Crime Victim Resources

General

• Victim Services
  
  
• NYC Crime and Pub lic Safety FAQ's
  
  
• New York State Crime Victim's Board (CVB)
  
  
• New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services
  
  
• Safe Horizon

New York Police Department

• Precinct Addresses and Phone Numbers
  
  
• Locate the precinct nearest you  (image map)
  
  
• Precincts, Neighborhoods and Phone Numbers
  
  
• NYPD Home page

Court Dispute Referral Centers (CDRCs)

• Manhattan
  Manhattan Criminal Court, Summons Part
  346 Broadway, Fourth Floor
  New York, NY 10013
  (212)374-7353
  
  
• Bronx
  Bronx Criminal Court
  215 East 161 Street, Room M4
  Bronx, NY 10451
  (718)590-4500
  
  
• Brooklyn
  Brooklyn Criminal Court
  120 Schermerhorn Street, Room 3-1
  Brooklyn, NY 11201
  (718)643-6290
  
  
• Queens
  Queens Criminal Court
  125-01 Queens Blvd, Room C-23
  Kew Gardens, Queens
  (718)520-4710
  
  
• Staten Island
  Staten Island Criminal Court
  67 Targee Street, Room 203
  Staten Island, NY 10304
  (718)720-9410

NYC, Other Resources

• Hotlines for New York City Agencies
  
  
• The Official New York City Home Page

• RightRides builds safer communities by ending gender-based harassment and sexual assault through community organizing and offering direct service, safety education and advocacy programs. In our RightRides program, we offer women, LGBTQ and gender nonconforming individuals a free, late-night ride home to ensure their safe commute to or through high-risk areas.

Other LGTBH resources on the Web

• BiasHelp of Long Island a not-for profit agency dedicated to preventing, monitoring and lessening the effects of bias crimes and hate related harassment in Nassau and Suffolk counties.
  
  
• Congregation Beth Simchat Torah is New York City's synagogue for the New York metropolitan area's 200,000 gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Jews, as well as our families and their friends. Founded in 1973, and under the leadership of Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum since 1992, CBST has become the largest gay synagogue in the world and arguably one of the most influential: an important voice in Judaism, in the world-wide discourse on the nature of religious community, and in the movement to secure basic civil rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people in the United States and throughout the world.
  
  
• The Empire State Pride Agenda is a political organizing group addressing LGTBH+ concerns in New York State legislation and politics.
  
  
• The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) documents and responds to media coverage and treatment of lesbians, gay men, and bisexual and transgender people and issues of importance to them. "GLAAD promotes fair, accurate, and inclusive representation as a means of challenging discrimination based on sexual orientation or identity."
  
  
• GenderPAC GenderPAC is the national organization working to guarantee every American's civil right to express their gender orientation free of stereotypes, discrimination and violence.
  
  
• The Human Rights Campaign addresses the rights of lesbians and gay men in the United States and sponsors the annual National Coming Out Day, October 11.
  
  
• Identity House is the oldest all-volunteer LGBT organization in New York City, providing low-fee counseling, therapy referrals, workshops, groups, and other support services to LGBT adults.
  
  
• The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) monitors violations of the human rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and people living with HIV and AIDS around the world, in the United States and abroad. The IGLHRC action alerts index is available in English, Spanish and French.
  
  
• Initiative for Violence-Free Families The Initiative for Violence-Free Families in Hennepin County is a community-based initiative that works to prevent violence in all its forms
  
  
• The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) focuses on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights.
  
  
• The Violence and Abuse area of Lavender Links contains a large, well-researched collection of sites.
  
  
• Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
  
  
• Philadelphia Lesbian & Gay Task Force The Task Force [1978] is a non-profit, tax-exempt corporation dedicated to the advancement of civil and human rights for lesbian women and gay men
  
  
• Queer Resources Directory is the single best place to find Queer/LGTBH resources and information on the Web.
  
  
• The Service Members Legal Defense Network provides legal assistance to military service members hurt by the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.
  
  
• We Are Family works to "bring a non-threatening message of understanding and tolerance to people who work with youths--teachers, counselors, clergy and others."
  
  
• Youth Assistance Organization "is a service run by volunteers, created to help self-identifying gay, lesbian, bisexual and questioning youth."