LGBTQ Resources

LGBTQ Resources

Columbia County:

Columbia Montour Family Health
2201 5th Street Hollow Rd,
Bloomsburg, PA 17815
http://www.bloomsburgfamilyplanning.com/
570-387-0236
STI testing and treatment, reproductive health / Women’s Center
111 Market St, Bloomsburg, PA 17815
570-784-6632
http://www.thewomenscenterinc.org/
http://thewomenscenterinc.org/support/lbgtq-persons
LGBTQA Community at Bloomsburg University
Malik Mohammad
570-389-3933
570-389-2819
www.bloomu.edu/lgbtqa

Cumberland County:

PFLAG of Mechanicsburg
www.pflagcentralpa.org

Lackawanna County:

Parents of Transgender Children Support Group
Scranton, PA
Emily Karen Foley
(570)-794-5626
Monthly meetings for parents who have children who are gender fluid, transgender or gender non-conforming. / NEPA Rainbow Alliance Book Club
570-972-2523

Contact for location
Meets monthly and discusses books with LGBT themes or by LGBT authors.
LGBT Center “TransNepa” Discussion Group
570-972-2523
Contact for location
Meets monthly with topics of discussion around transgender issues and peer support. / Parents of Transchildren support group

Contact for location
Meets monthly to talk about family and social issues with a transitioning child under 18.

Lancaster County:

PFLAG-Lancaster
www.pflagoflancasterpa.org

Luzerne County:

The Spectrum Alliance
1928 W. 4th St
Williamsport, PA 17701
http://thespectrumalliance.org/
Provides a safe and secure forum for individuals to discuss, learn about, and become confident in their gender and sexual identities. / NEPA Rainbow Alliance
1151 Oak St, Pittston PA 18640
www.gaynepa.com
Social events and programing

Monroe County:

PFLAG Monroe
610-967-5219

Allentown, Reading, and Monroe County meetings are no longer held monthly. If you would like to talk or meet with someone from PFLAG contact for information. / Rainbow Youth NEPA
Judy Vadney
RR11, Box 11005, PMB#209
Stroudsburg
570-421-2277

www.rainbowyouth.net
Rainbow Youth is a non-profit, volunteer organization that provides support and understanding for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth and their allies, ages 14 to 20. By creating a safe environment for young people, Rainbow Youth facilitates socialization, understanding and discussion of issues key to GLBTQ life. Meetings are held twice a month and consist of discussions, movies, games, crafts, parties and special events.

Montour County:

PFLAG Danville

Support for parents, friends and family or LGBT

Schuylkill county:

PFLAG Schuykill County
570-624-3151
PO Box 871
Pottsville, PA

Union county:

Office of LGBTQ resources- Bucknell University
(570)577-1609
The office is guided by an Advisory Board comprised of students, faculty, staff and administrators who are interested in and committed to the mission of the office.

York County:

PFLAG York County
www.pflagyork.org

State, Regional, and National Resources:

RAINN (Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network)
1-800-656-4673
Call line for people who are survivors of rape, abuse, and incest. / National Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-787-3224
Hotline for survivors of domestic abuse.
The Trevor Project
1-866-488-7386
Suicide prevention resource LGBTQ youth. / National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
1-800-273-8255
Hotline for suicide prevention.
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Helpline
1-888-843-4564
The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Hotline provides telephone and email peer counseling, as wells as information and local resources for cities and towns across the United States. / LGBT Youth in Crisis Hotline
1-800-246-7743
Provides telephone, email peer counseling services. Peer counseling, information and local resources are given. Youth serving youth up to age 25.
The Center for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights
1-866-LGBT-LAW
Advocates for equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Pennsylvanians through direct legal services, education, and policy reform / The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Community Center Coalition- Central PA
http://www.centralpalgbtcenter.org/
Volunteer- led effort to create a regionally representative community center that is both a location and a unifying point for central Pennsylvania’s large, diverse and multi- county LGBTQ population.
The Central Voice
The central voice is Central PA’s only LGBTQ newspaper / TranscentralPA
http://www.transcentralpa.org
This website supplies information on support, events, surgeons, membership, and social networks for transgender individuals.
Planned Parenthood- Keystone
Youth Program: The Curve
www.ppcpa.org
https://www.plannedparenthood.org/teens/lgbtq / Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape
http://www.pcar.org/about-sexual-violence/lgbtq
Alder Health Services
Caring community for AIDS
www.alderhealth.org / American Civil Liberties Union- PA Chapter
www.aclupa.org
Capital Region Stonewall Democrats
www.capitalstonewall.org
www.stonewalldemocrats.org / Central PA Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
www.cpglcc.org
Central PA Womyn’s Chorus
www.cpwchorus.org / Harrisburg Gay Men’s Chorus
www.harrisburgmenschorus.org
Equality PA
www.equalitypa.org / Central Voice
Thecentralvoice.ning.com
Lancaster Pride
www.lancasterpride.org / Pennsylvania Competes
Advocacy, Political Resource
www.pennsylvaniacompetes.org
Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition
www.pennsec.org / Pride Festival of Central PA
www.prideofcentralpa.org
Renaissance of South Eastern PA (ROSE)
www.renaissancesep.org / Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere
www.colage.org
BiNet USA
www.binetusa.org / Family Equality Council
www.familyequality.org
FORGE
www.forge-forward.org / Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
www.glaad.org
Gay, Lesbian, & Straight Education Network
www.glsen.org / Human Rights Campaign
www.hrc.org
Immigration Equality
Immigrationequality.org / Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund
www.lambdalegal.org
Log Cabin Republicans
www.lcr.org / National Center for Lesbian Rights
www.nclrights.org
Soulforce
www.soulforce.org / Transgender Law Center
www.transgenderlawcenter.org
National Gay & Lesbian Task Force
www.thetaskforce.org / National Center for Transgender Equality
www.nctequality.org

Clinician Resources

Fenway Health
http://fenwayhealth.org/ / A Boston-based LGBT health care center which has excellent online resources including a wide range of free webinars
The Mazzoni Center
https://www.mazzonicenter.org/trans-health / The Philadelphia Trans Health Conference, an annual event that includes a mental health provider track
World Professional Associations for Transgender Health (WPATH)
http://www.wpath.org/ / See WPATH Standards of Care which outlines treatment guidelines. You can download a free pdf.
APA Division 44
http://www.apadivisions.org/division-44/resources/ / See for extensive lists of clinical resources by topic area