Transgender Resources in and Around New York City

Alphabetical listing of organizations with programs or services for members of the transgender and gender non-conforming community.

AIDS Center of Queens County
Case Management, Housing, Legal, Preventive Education, Mental Health, Harm Reduction and a Syringe Exchange program.
Rego Park:(718) 896-2500/ Jamaica:(718) 739-2525/ Far Rockaway:(718) 868-8645/
Long Island City:(718) 472-9400/ Long Island City II:(718) 752-1590
www.acqc.org

APICHA (Asian& Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS)
212-334-7940
HIV/AIDS organizing and education in Asian/Pacific Islander communities
www.apicha.org

Audre Lorde Project
718-596-0342
LGBT people of color organization
www.alp.org
see also TransJustice

Callen-Lorde Community Health Center
212-271-7200
Sliding scale care, counseling, hormone treatment, youth specific programming
www.callen-lorde.org

FIERCE!
646-336-6789
LGBT youth organizing project, peer education
info@fiercenyc.org
http://www.fiercenyc.org

Freedom Trainers
347-247-1147
An organization of anti-oppression trainers across the country
http://www.freedomtrainers.org/

Gay Men's Health Crisis
212-367-1000
Hotline: 800-243-7692
HIV/AIDS Services
www.gmhc.org

Gender Identity Project of the LGBT Center
212 620 7310
Mental health services, social work services, social events, groups
http://www.gaycenter.org/gip.

GLOBE
718-418-7690 ext. 1278
www.globe.maketheroadny.org/
GLOBE combats institutional homophobia and the harassment, isolation and invisibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Bushwick and the surrounding neighborhoods. Community organizing and legal and support services are available. Services in English, Spanish. GLOBE is a project of Make the Road New York.

Harlem Community Law Office
The Legal Aid Society
HIV/AIDS Representation Project (H/ARP)
212-426-3000
www.legal-aid.org
Legal services for individuals and families affected by HIV/AIDS

Hetrick Martin Institute
212-674-2400
Youth Services, support, Harvey Milk School
www.hmi.org

Hispanic AIDS Forum
212-741-9797
HIV/AIDS services
www.hafnyc.org

Housing Works, Inc.
212-271-7299
HIV/AIDS services, legal representation, housing provider
www.housingworks.org

Imani Henry
646-342-9673
Anti-racist and Trans sensitivity training
imanihenry@yahoo.com

Lawyers For Children
800-244-2540
Includes LGBT specific project
www.lawyersforchildren.org

Immigration Equality
212-714-2904
Immigration law
www.lgirtf.org

Metropolitan Community Church of NY
212-629-7440
Religious services, support groups, social activities, 12 step meetings. Excellent trans specific programs.
www.mccny.org

New York City Commission on Human Rights
212-306-7500
Enforces City's trans-inclusive human rights law.
www.nyc.gov/html/cchr/

People of Color in Crisis
718-230-0770
HIV/AIDS services and support
www.pocc.org

Peter Cicchino Youth Project
646-602-5636
LGBT youth legal services
www.urbanjustice.org/ujc/projects/peter.html

Positive Health Project
212-465-8304
Needle exchange, support groups, good programming for people of color and trans people
www.positivehealthproject.org

SAGE
212-741-2247
LGBT senior organization
www.sageusa.org

Samuel Lurie
802-453-5370
Transgender awareness training for health care providers, medical students, and human service providers
www.tgtrain.org

Streetwork Project
Harlem Drop-in Center: 212-695-2220
Lower East Side: 646-602-6404
Drop-in center for homesless youth, case management
www.safehorizon.org

TransJustice
contact: Mya Laylani Vazquez
mvazquez@alp.org, (718)596-0342 x 23
TransJustice is a political group created by and for Trans and Gender Non-conforming people of color. Meetings are held on the Second and Third Saturdays of every month from 2:00PM – 4:00PM at The Audre Lorde Project. The Third Saturday of every month from 2:00PM-4:00PM is the volunteer meeting which is open to allies.
http://alp.org/whatwedo/organizing/tj