San Francisco City ClinicThe San Francisco City Clinic provides free or low-cost sexual health care to the Bay Area. San Francisco Community Health CenterSan Francisco Community Health Center (formerly API Wellness) is an LGBTQ and people of color healthcare organization that provides comprehensive, culturally-competent care to the Bay Area. In addition to help with basic post-op care, volunteers also provide transportation to and from medical appointments, meal prep and light house chores, pet and child care, and social support and companionship.

AVOL provides free HIV testing and HIV prevention education/outreach for those at-risk in the community. AIDS Volunteers Inc.AVOL provides housing and supportive services to over 400 low-income men and women living with HIV/AIDS. Clinic services include primary care, preventative care, PrEP, adult hormone therapy, counseling, and tobacco dependence treatment. Synergy ServicesSynergy Services provides shelter and educational resources to youth in crisis in Kansas City. They provide compassionate care to all patients and provide a directory of providers with specific clinical interests in LGBTQ health. They provide temporary and permanent housing programs as well as educational, financial, and health resources.

Mental health challenges within the LGBTQ community: A societal imperative

Q CenterQ Center is a non-profit community organization providing safe space, community programming, and health and wellness programs to the Portland community. Services include gender-affirming care, family, individual, and group counseling, and other workshops. They provide two LGBTQ care coordinators and are actively engaged in providing cultural competency education to all of their providers.

Regard is a national organisation of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender, queer and intersex people (LGBTQI+) who self-identify as disabled. They have a specialist mental health advocate who supports people with their mental health. Mindout is a mental health service run by and for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer (LGBTQ) people. Rainbow Mind is a collaborative LGBTQ students and rainbow stickers in Texas schools service between Mind in the City, Hackney and Waltham Forest and Mind in Salford, aiming to tackle mental health issues for individuals within the LGBTQ+ community. Services are developed to improve the health and mental well-being of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex or Queer people and we work to be there when people need us most. Includes counselling, drug and alcohol support, social and support groups, asylum seekers, sexual health, and telephone helplines.

Tennessee LGBTQ+ Health Resources

• AtlantiCare also has a dedicated LGBTQ+ Support Services Navigator who works with our patients to ensure that the full spectrum of patient healthcare services is delivered seamlessly.
• This is especially true of marginalised groups under the LGBTQ+ umbrella like the trans community – almost half of trans people have considered taking their own life.
• With both online and offline services, we operate across the UK, delivering support in charities, community hubs, and workplaces.
• TransNewYorkTransNewYork’s mission is to educate, empower, and enhance the lives of Transgender, Gender Non-conforming and Non-binary Individuals.

The Q is also sometimes separately used to refer to people who are ‘questioning.’ This means they are exploring their gender or sexual identity. It is used by people who want to reject specific labels that describe having a gender or sexual identity. But lengthy waiting times can mean people have difficulties accessing gender-affirming care. Many transgender people will take hormones or undergo surgeries to help their body and appearance match with their gender identity.

NATIONAL QUEER & TRANS THERAPISTS OF COLOR NETWORK

Trust WomenTrust Women clinics offers primary care and referral care for the transgender population of Kansas and Oklahoma and the surrounding area. Planned Parenthood – OklahomaPlanned Parenthood of Oklahoma provides women’s health, reproductive health, and sexual health resources to the state of Oklahoma. They provide free, confidential HIV testing at multiple locations including a mobile service and partner with local clinics, including Tulsa Ryan White clinics, to provide treatment resources and prevention measures including PrEP. Stonewall ColumbusStonewall Columbus is a community center that provides programming, resources, and a safe space for the betterment of the LGBTQ community of Ohio. Planned Parenthood of Greater OhioPlanned Parenthood of Greater Ohio provides access to reproductive and sexual health resources for the state of Ohio. Nationwide Children’s Adolescent Medicine ClinicNationwide Children’s Adolescent Medicine Clinic provides primary care, sexual health, and reproductive health to the adolescent population of Ohio.