The Center is your one-stop shop for all things LGBT. Whether you’re a New Yorker looking for additional services and support, a visitor to our great city searching for LGBT-friendly businesses, or a professional seeking opportunities or training, The Center is here for you.
The Center provides a vast array of resources that compliment our core service areas—Recovery, Wellness, Family and Youth—so that you can seek additional support, service and connection when and where you need it. Use the dropdown menu below to select one of our service and programming areas of focus and find all related resources.
As one of the most diverse cities in the world, NYC offers a tremendous range of resources for our LGBT community and members of the community visiting from both near and far. Use the dropdown menu below to select a resources area of focus and to find out just how much this city has to offer. Many of these listings are LGBT-owned and operated, all are LGBT-friendly and some are not LGBT at all, but are conveniently located!
To ensure that professionals have access to the training they desire to better serve their clients and our community, The Center provides opportunities for professionals in the form of internships and other training.
NYSCCC provides support, information and advocacy for foster and adoptive parents and professionals in New York State.
YGB helps place teens, pre-teens and young adults with permanent families before they age out of care and provides preparation and licensing for community members to become foster and adoptive parents.
HHP is a community partner program with The Center’s LGBT Foster Care Project, which is an innovative housing model providing an alternative to the shelter system for LGBTQ homeless youth.
Provides families and children with counseling, referrals and preventive services according to their needs. ACS also recruits and trains foster parents and caregivers.
A very detailed breakdown of the legal rights same sex couples are entitled to under the law.
Allows you to fill out basic information on the marriage license application online, speeding up the application process. An in-person visit to the clerk’s office is still necessary.
Provides basic information about marriage licenses and what it takes to obtain one in New York City. Please note, this information is specific to New York City, and may be different in other areas of the state.
NYSCCC provides support, information and advocacy for foster and adoptive parents and professionals in New York State.
YGB helps place teens, pre-teens and young adults with permanent families before they age out of care and provides preparation and licensing for community members to become foster and adoptive parents.
HHP is a community partner program with The Center’s LGBT Foster Care Project, which is an innovative housing model providing an alternative to the shelter system for LGBTQ homeless youth.
Provides families and children with counseling, referrals and preventive services according to their needs. ACS also recruits and trains foster parents and caregivers.
A very detailed breakdown of the legal rights same sex couples are entitled to under the law.
Allows you to fill out basic information on the marriage license application online, speeding up the application process. An in-person visit to the clerk’s office is still necessary.
Provides basic information about marriage licenses and what it takes to obtain one in New York City. Please note, this information is specific to New York City, and may be different in other areas of the state.
OASAS oversees one of the nation’s largest addiction services systems with more than 1,600 prevention, treatment and recovery programs.
SAMHSA is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that leads public health efforts to advance the behavioral health of the nation. SAMHSA’s mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America’s communities.
NIDA’s mission is to lead the nation in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction.
STD Services, Rapid HIV testing and counseling
Walk-ins accepted.
Free Walk-In Clinic
STD Services, Rapid HIV testing and counseling
Walk-In Testing
Walk-in Testing
Psychotherapy; psychiatry, advocacy, HIV and geriatric services.
A free and confidential health clinic. Offers physicals, pregnancy tests, birth control, STD screening and treatment, HIV testing and treatment, psychotherapy, psychiatry, domestic violence counseling, TB testing, check-ups, free condoms and referrals.
Individual, family, and couples treatment, psychiatry, crisis interventions, case management, treatment planning. Bilingual/bicultural Spanish-English staff.
Individual and group psychotherapy, psychiatry, substance abuse counseling, case management.
HIV-specialized clinic; Psychiatry available.
Individual and couples psychotherapy; off-site psychiatry referrals.
Psychotherapy/psychiatry, substance abuse treatment
Psychotherapy, psychiatry, substance abuse treatment, trauma program.
Emotional support, support groups, and free short term counseling for HIV+ or high risk individuals. Bilingual English-Spanish staff are available.
Counseling, psychiatric day treatment, crisis interventions, social services.
Short-term individual, family, and couples treatment, substance use and treatment adherence services. Mental Health services only available for HIV+ individuals who meet financial and residential eligibility requirements.
Assessment, counseling, medication available. Staff are bilingual, Chinese-English.
Offers weekly psychotherapy; medication management, couple counseling, group therapy.
Offers weekly psychotherapy, psychiatric assessment and case management.
Psychotherapy and psychiatry at BCP; substance abuse treatment.
Psychotherapy, medication consultation. Substance abuse treatment through ReSolve Center for Recovery. Residential services available.
Offers individual talk therapy, group therapy, and psychiatry.
A national movement of children, youth and adults with one or more LGBTQ parent(s).
PFLAG provides support for trans people and their families, and even has a special affiliate called TNET—the PFLAG Transgender Network—which focuses on support, education and advocacy for transgender people and their parents, families and friends.
LeGal is an association of the LGBT legal community in the New York metropolitan area.
Transgender Evening Program and Transgender Transitional Housing Program provides legal services, in addition to HIV/AIDS services, homeless and food services, support services, detox and referrals, and more.
TLDEF provides free legal services, as well as a name-change project, education and advocacy, for transgender and gender non-conforming people. TLDEF is committed to ending discrimination based upon gender identity and expression and to achieving equality for transgender people through public education, test-case litigation, direct legal services, community organizing and public policy efforts.
SRLP provides free legal services for low income people and people of color who are trans, intersex or gender non-conforming. This collective organization also works on issues related to housing, employment, foster care, welfare, benefits, immigration, school and the criminal justice system.
Social and support groups, including Transgender Discussion Group, health education, and referrals. Drop in center with computer lab and lending library.
Support groups: transgender support group, AA, SAFE adult education groups; a library and computer center; referrals for services; Pro-Bono Name Change Project for TGNC people and Drop-In Legal Clinic for LGBT legal questions; HIV testing and counseling; group for LGBT parents and their children.
Ages 13-18—Youth Connect
Ages 19-25—CRAVE
Transgender Support Groups – GLITZ (Girls Living In the Trans Zone), and BLITZ (Boys Living in the Trans Zone).
Individual, group, couples and family therapy addressing issues relevant to the GLBTQ community such as identity formation, coming out, HIV/AIDS and the impact of homophobia, as well as general mental health problems; Psychiatry and medication management available.
Individual, group, couples and family therapy. Specialties in working with LGB and TGNC people, queer and poly relationships, BDSM, kink, and sex therapy.
Couples, and family counseling. Gender and Family Project provides groups and family therapy to families with TGNC children and adolescents.
The Transgender Boards is a free and open transgender community discussion forum. The mission and purpose of this community is to provide help, support, and information to people.
Trans Lifeline is a non-profit dedicated to the wellbeing of transgender people. We run a hotline staffed by transgender people for transgender people. Trans Lifeline volunteers are ready to respond to whatever support needs members of our community might have. This is a FREE helpline run by volunteers and supported by the community.
Affirmative, supportive psychotherapy that develops a personal treatments plan.
Callen-Lorde provides a trans-affirmative environment where you can receive hormone therapy, as well as engage in an ongoing relationship with a primary care provider and/or a mental health provider to address the all of your health and wellness needs.
Offers a transgender support group (RSVP required), scholarship for gender-confirming surgeries, Trans Clinic in partnership with Bronx Lebanon: General Medical care, Hormone Replacement therapy, Therapy, HIV treatment, Hep C treatment, surgeon referrals, surgery assistance programs.
IDNYC is a free ID card available to all New York City residents age 14 and older. Your immigration status does not matter, and no one will ask you about it. All you have to do is provide proof of identity and residence in the five boroughs of New York City. This is the one card that is truly your key to the city, increasing access to City government and services with a range of discounts and benefits to enjoy your city and prove you are a New Yorker. To apply for your IDNYC please visit one of the following locations. An appointment is currently required.
STD Services, Rapid HIV testing and counseling
Walk-ins accepted.
Free Walk-In Clinic
STD Services, Rapid HIV testing and counseling
Walk-In Testing
Walk-in Testing
On October 1, 2013, the Affordable Care Act went into effect in New York State, offering insurance options at a range of levels and costs. Interest in the program, called NY State of Health: The Official Health Plan Marketplace, has been high, and we want you to know that you don’t have to figure out which option is best for you and your family on your own. The Center is a designated navigator for the NY State of Health, the health insurance options available through the Affordable Care Act. We provide information and education on the options, and help individuals, families, small businesses and their employees enroll into the program. Our professional staff is here to help you figure out what plan is right for you, what you can afford and how to complete enrollment. The Center is proud to offer this free service as another step that we’re taking to ensure that everyone in the LGBT community has the tools to live happy and healthy lives. Call 646.556.9300 or email enroll@gaycenter.org today to set up an appointment.
Psychotherapy; psychiatry, advocacy, HIV and geriatric services.
A free and confidential health clinic. Offers physicals, pregnancy tests, birth control, STD screening and treatment, HIV testing and treatment, psychotherapy, psychiatry, domestic violence counseling, TB testing, check-ups, free condoms and referrals.
Individual, family, and couples treatment, psychiatry, crisis interventions, case management, treatment planning. Bilingual/bicultural Spanish-English staff.
Individual and group psychotherapy, psychiatry, substance abuse counseling, case management.
HIV-specialized clinic; Psychiatry available.
Individual and couples psychotherapy; off-site psychiatry referrals.
Psychotherapy/psychiatry, substance abuse treatment
Psychotherapy, psychiatry, substance abuse treatment, trauma program.
Emotional support, support groups, and free short term counseling for HIV+ or high risk individuals. Bilingual English-Spanish staff are available.
Counseling, psychiatric day treatment, crisis interventions, social services.
Short-term individual, family, and couples treatment, substance use and treatment adherence services. Mental Health services only available for HIV+ individuals who meet financial and residential eligibility requirements.
Assessment, counseling, medication available. Staff are bilingual, Chinese-English.
Offers weekly psychotherapy; medication management, couple counseling, group therapy.
Offers weekly psychotherapy, psychiatric assessment and case management.
Psychotherapy and psychiatry at BCP; substance abuse treatment.
Psychotherapy, medication consultation. Substance abuse treatment through ReSolve Center for Recovery. Residential services available.
Offers individual talk therapy, group therapy, and psychiatry.
Individual, group, couples and family therapy addressing issues relevant to the GLBTQ community such as identity formation, coming out, HIV/AIDS and the impact of homophobia, as well as general mental health problems; Psychiatry and medication management available.
Couples, and family counseling. Gender and Family Project provides groups and family therapy to families with TGNC children and adolescents.
Affirmative, supportive psychotherapy that develops a personal treatments plan.
A national movement of children, youth and adults with one or more LGBTQ parent(s).
PFLAG provides support for trans people and their families, and even has a special affiliate called TNET—the PFLAG Transgender Network—which focuses on support, education and advocacy for transgender people and their parents, families and friends.
LeGal is an association of the LGBT legal community in the New York metropolitan area.
Transgender Evening Program and Transgender Transitional Housing Program provides legal services, in addition to HIV/AIDS services, homeless and food services, support services, detox and referrals, and more.
TLDEF provides free legal services, as well as a name-change project, education and advocacy, for transgender and gender non-conforming people. TLDEF is committed to ending discrimination based upon gender identity and expression and to achieving equality for transgender people through public education, test-case litigation, direct legal services, community organizing and public policy efforts.
SRLP provides free legal services for low income people and people of color who are trans, intersex or gender non-conforming. This collective organization also works on issues related to housing, employment, foster care, welfare, benefits, immigration, school and the criminal justice system.
Social and support groups, including Transgender Discussion Group, health education, and referrals. Drop in center with computer lab and lending library.
Support groups: transgender support group, AA, SAFE adult education groups; a library and computer center; referrals for services; Pro-Bono Name Change Project for TGNC people and Drop-In Legal Clinic for LGBT legal questions; HIV testing and counseling; group for LGBT parents and their children.
Ages 13-18—Youth Connect
Ages 19-25—CRAVE
Transgender Support Groups – GLITZ (Girls Living In the Trans Zone), and BLITZ (Boys Living in the Trans Zone).
Individual, group, couples and family therapy addressing issues relevant to the GLBTQ community such as identity formation, coming out, HIV/AIDS and the impact of homophobia, as well as general mental health problems; Psychiatry and medication management available.
Individual, group, couples and family therapy. Specialties in working with LGB and TGNC people, queer and poly relationships, BDSM, kink, and sex therapy.
Couples, and family counseling. Gender and Family Project provides groups and family therapy to families with TGNC children and adolescents.
The Transgender Boards is a free and open transgender community discussion forum. The mission and purpose of this community is to provide help, support, and information to people.
Trans Lifeline is a non-profit dedicated to the wellbeing of transgender people. We run a hotline staffed by transgender people for transgender people. Trans Lifeline volunteers are ready to respond to whatever support needs members of our community might have. This is a FREE helpline run by volunteers and supported by the community.
Affirmative, supportive psychotherapy that develops a personal treatments plan.
Callen-Lorde provides a trans-affirmative environment where you can receive hormone therapy, as well as engage in an ongoing relationship with a primary care provider and/or a mental health provider to address the all of your health and wellness needs.
Offers a transgender support group (RSVP required), scholarship for gender-confirming surgeries, Trans Clinic in partnership with Bronx Lebanon: General Medical care, Hormone Replacement therapy, Therapy, HIV treatment, Hep C treatment, surgeon referrals, surgery assistance programs.
AVP provides free, holistic legal services to LGBTQ and HIV-affected survivors in all five boroughs of New York City, as well as a monthly immigration legal clinic at The Center.
The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people.
Provides free, short-term family counseling services to support parents and young people in working through challenges that might arise related to coming out.
The Parents Project is a first-of-its-kind digital presence, inclusive of videos, advice, and resources, dedicated exclusively toward helping parents understand their LGBTQ kids.
Offers free legal services to LGBT youth, including help with immigration, public benefits, discrimination and more.
Transitional housing program for LGBTQ youth ages 18-24 in New York City.
Provides emergency shelter, crisis care, counseling and clothing.
Provides LGBT-affirming services for runaway and homeless youth, including emergency housing, food, clothing, showers, medical care, needle exchange and an HIV support group.
Provides social services for the homeless and the hungry, including people living with HIV/AIDS, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) youth.
Offers emergency and transitional housing, drop-in services, meals, support groups, counseling and medical services for LGBTQ homeless youth.
Planned Parenthood offers birth control, pregnancy testing, GYN care, STD screening and HIV testing and counseling services.
Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center provides high-quality, comprehensive, free health and wellness services for young people.
A program of the Callen Lorde Community Health Center, offering free and confidential primary health care, HIV care and medical services for LGBT youth. Call for appointment.
HEAT provides free, comprehensive and confidential services for youth who are HIV+ and at-risk, ages 13-24, including HIV and STD testing, counseling services, mental health services and access to clinical research.
An after-school program for LGBT youth and home of the Harvey Milk High School.
A social service agency for all youth, offering a support group for LGBT youth as well as health care services, recreation, referrals and high school equivalency classes.
Free and confidential counseling, case management and legal advice, information and direct representation to young people age 24 and under related to dating abuse. They have specific services for LGBT, gender non-conforming, queer and questioning youth.
A variety of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) scholarships in popular career fields such as the arts, physical or social sciences, advocacy and education, tips and resources for funding your master’s degree and a scholarship application checklist.
Campus Pride serves LGBTQ and ally student leaders and campus organizations in the areas of leadership development, support programs and services to create safer, more inclusive LGBTQ-friendly colleges and universities.
A guide to show LGBTQ students the various on-campus and online resources they can use to help make college a more welcoming and supportive experience. This guide also includes interviews with a pair of diversity experts who lead student inclusion efforts on campuses today.
A collection of resources, including scholarships, for LGBTQ students.
A community-based, domestic violence advocacy and service program which provides a hotline, counseling, shelter, safety-planning and advocacy for survivors of domestic violence.
Offers free and confidential crisis-counseling, support and advocacy to victims of crime—including bias crime, rape and sexual assault, domestic violence, HIV/AIDS related violence, police misconduct or a pick-up crime.
A free and confidential health clinic. Offers physicals, pregnancy tests, birth control, STD screening and treatment, HIV testing and treatment, psychotherapy, psychiatry, domestic violence counseling, TB testing, check-ups, free condoms and referrals.
PFLAG provides support for trans people and their families, and even has a special affiliate called TNET—the PFLAG Transgender Network—which focuses on support, education and advocacy for transgender people and their parents, families and friends.
SRLP provides free legal services for low income people and people of color who are trans, intersex or gender non-conforming. This collective organization also works on issues related to housing, employment, foster care, welfare, benefits, immigration, school and the criminal justice system.
A community-based, domestic violence advocacy and service program which provides a hotline, counseling, shelter, safety-planning and advocacy for survivors of domestic violence.
Offers free and confidential crisis-counseling, support and advocacy to victims of crime—including bias crime, rape and sexual assault, domestic violence, HIV/AIDS related violence, police misconduct or a pick-up crime.
A variety of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) scholarships in popular career fields such as the arts, physical or social sciences, advocacy and education, tips and resources for funding your master’s degree and a scholarship application checklist.
Campus Pride serves LGBTQ and ally student leaders and campus organizations in the areas of leadership development, support programs and services to create safer, more inclusive LGBTQ-friendly colleges and universities.
A guide to show LGBTQ students the various on-campus and online resources they can use to help make college a more welcoming and supportive experience. This guide also includes interviews with a pair of diversity experts who lead student inclusion efforts on campuses today.
A collection of resources, including scholarships, for LGBTQ students.
An after-school program for LGBT youth and home of the Harvey Milk High School.
A social service agency for all youth, offering a support group for LGBT youth as well as health care services, recreation, referrals and high school equivalency classes.
Free and confidential counseling, case management and legal advice, information and direct representation to young people age 24 and under related to dating abuse. They have specific services for LGBT, gender non-conforming, queer and questioning youth.
Planned Parenthood offers birth control, pregnancy testing, GYN care, STD screening and HIV testing and counseling services.
Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center provides high-quality, comprehensive, free health and wellness services for young people.
A program of the Callen Lorde Community Health Center, offering free and confidential primary health care, HIV care and medical services for LGBT youth. Call for appointment.
HEAT provides free, comprehensive and confidential services for youth who are HIV+ and at-risk, ages 13-24, including HIV and STD testing, counseling services, mental health services and access to clinical research.
A free and confidential health clinic. Offers physicals, pregnancy tests, birth control, STD screening and treatment, HIV testing and treatment, psychotherapy, psychiatry, domestic violence counseling, TB testing, check-ups, free condoms and referrals.
Transitional housing program for LGBTQ youth ages 18-24 in New York City.
Provides emergency shelter, crisis care, counseling and clothing.
Provides LGBT-affirming services for runaway and homeless youth, including emergency housing, food, clothing, showers, medical care, needle exchange and an HIV support group.
Provides social services for the homeless and the hungry, including people living with HIV/AIDS, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) youth.
Offers emergency and transitional housing, drop-in services, meals, support groups, counseling and medical services for LGBTQ homeless youth.
AVP provides free, holistic legal services to LGBTQ and HIV-affected survivors in all five boroughs of New York City, as well as a monthly immigration legal clinic at The Center.
Offers free legal services to LGBT youth, including help with immigration, public benefits, discrimination and more.
SRLP provides free legal services for low income people and people of color who are trans, intersex or gender non-conforming. This collective organization also works on issues related to housing, employment, foster care, welfare, benefits, immigration, school and the criminal justice system.
Provides free, short-term family counseling services to support parents and young people in working through challenges that might arise related to coming out.
The Parents Project is a first-of-its-kind digital presence, inclusive of videos, advice, and resources, dedicated exclusively toward helping parents understand their LGBTQ kids.
PFLAG provides support for trans people and their families, and even has a special affiliate called TNET—the PFLAG Transgender Network—which focuses on support, education and advocacy for transgender people and their parents, families and friends.
The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people.
In addition to apartment and roommate listings, this website also contains personals, job listings, things for sale, gigs and services.
In addition to apartment and roommate listings, this website also contains personals, job listings, things for sale, gigs and services.
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The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art is the first dedicated LGBTQ art museum in the world with a mission to exhibit and preserve LGBTQ art, and foster the artists who create it.
Special events and a fully stocked cafe make this a great place to meet friends, relax and shop an extensive book, movie and music selection.
Bluestockings is a radical bookstore, fair trade café and activist center on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
The Bureau is a queer cultural center, bookstore and event space hosted by The Center.
Social and support groups, including Transgender Discussion Group, health education, and referrals. Drop in center with computer lab and lending library.
Identity House provides peer counseling and therapy for lesbian, gay, bisexual and all other adults who are struggling with issues of sexuality, alienation, relationships and family. They also sponsor groups, workshops and other events. Walk-in peer counseling is available at the Center on Saturday & Sunday, 6-8 p.m.
Offers free and confidential crisis-counseling, support and advocacy to victims of crime—including bias crime, rape and sexual assault, domestic violence, HIV/AIDS related violence, police misconduct or a pick-up crime.
Short-term individual, family, and couples treatment, substance use and treatment adherence services. Mental Health services only available for HIV+ individuals who meet financial and residential eligibility requirements.
Transgender Evening Program and Transgender Transitional Housing Program provides legal services, in addition to HIV/AIDS services, homeless and food services, support services, detox and referrals, and more.
Callen-Lorde provides a trans-affirmative environment where you can receive hormone therapy, as well as engage in an ongoing relationship with a primary care provider and/or a mental health provider to address the all of your health and wellness needs.
Nontraditional Employment for Women (NEW) prepares, trains, and places women in careers in the skilled construction, utility, and maintenance trades, helping women achieve economic independence and a secure future.
NYPL offers training in Microsoft Office, coding, and 100+ courses that are offered both on a rolling and cyclical basis. ESL courses, computer access, and book check out also available.
CHHAYA offers career readiness services, case management services, and advocacy services for predominantly South Asian community members. Note: Services open to all community members.
Adult Career and Continuing Education Services-Vocational Rehabilitation (ACCES-VR) starts with the presumption that all individuals with disabilities can benefit from vocational rehabilitation services and should have opportunities to work in jobs integrated within their communities. Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors guide individuals through service programs they need to reach their employment goal. Services also available through the ACCES Program.
Workforce1 is a service provided by the NYC Department of Small Business Services that prepares and connects qualified candidates to job opportunities in New York City. We make strong matches for both candidates and employers by using a unique combination of recruitment expertise, industry knowledge, and skill-building workshops to strengthen candidates’ employment prospects.
Offers job placement, training, case management, and housing services to people struggling with homelessness, addiction, mental illness and other chronic health issues who need comprehensive services to achieve their goals for independent living.
The mission of Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow is to help disadvantaged youth and adults recognize their own self-worth, and advance towards self-sufficiency and financial security through job training, academic reinforcement, improved life skills, job placement, ESL, computer training, and support services.
Workforce1 is a service provided by the NYC Department of Small Business Services that prepares and connects qualified candidates to job opportunities in New York City. We make strong matches for both candidates and employers by using a unique combination of recruitment expertise, industry knowledge, and skill-building workshops to strengthen candidates’ employment prospects.
Offers job placement, training, case management, and housing services to people struggling with homelessness, addiction, mental illness and other chronic health issues who need comprehensive services to achieve their goals for independent living.
The mission of Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow is to help disadvantaged youth and adults recognize their own self-worth, and advance towards self-sufficiency and financial security through job training, academic reinforcement, improved life skills, job placement, ESL, computer training, and support services.
Nontraditional Employment for Women (NEW) prepares, trains, and places women in careers in the skilled construction, utility, and maintenance trades, helping women achieve economic independence and a secure future.
NYPL offers training in Microsoft Office, coding, and 100+ courses that are offered both on a rolling and cyclical basis. ESL courses, computer access, and book check out also available.
CHHAYA offers career readiness services, case management services, and advocacy services for predominantly South Asian community members. Note: Services open to all community members.
Adult Career and Continuing Education Services-Vocational Rehabilitation (ACCES-VR) starts with the presumption that all individuals with disabilities can benefit from vocational rehabilitation services and should have opportunities to work in jobs integrated within their communities. Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors guide individuals through service programs they need to reach their employment goal. Services also available through the ACCES Program.
M-F: 4 p.m. to 12 a.m.
Saturday: 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people.
Provides LGBT-affirming services for runaway and homeless youth, including emergency housing, food, clothing, showers, medical care, needle exchange and an HIV support group.
Offers free and confidential crisis-counseling, support and advocacy to victims of crime—including bias crime, rape and sexual assault, domestic violence, HIV/AIDS related violence, police misconduct or a pick-up crime.
AVP provides free, holistic legal services to LGBTQ and HIV-affected survivors in all five boroughs of New York City, as well as a monthly immigration legal clinic at The Center.
A national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work.
Works to end discrimination in U.S. immigration law against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and HIV-positive people, and helps obtain asylum for those persecuted in their home country based on their sexual orientation, transgender identity or HIV-status.
The HIV Law Project provides free civil legal services to HIV-positive residents Manhattan and the Bronx, and homeless New Yorkers.
LeGal is an association of the LGBT legal community in the New York metropolitan area.
TLDEF provides free legal services, as well as a name-change project, education and advocacy, for transgender and gender non-conforming people. TLDEF is committed to ending discrimination based upon gender identity and expression and to achieving equality for transgender people through public education, test-case litigation, direct legal services, community organizing and public policy efforts.
SRLP provides free legal services for low income people and people of color who are trans, intersex or gender non-conforming. This collective organization also works on issues related to housing, employment, foster care, welfare, benefits, immigration, school and the criminal justice system.
Church of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender community; holds worship services and Sunday school, offers counseling, holy unions, a food pantry and other services.
Educational, cultural, social, spiritual, feminist programs, Jewish/AIDS outreach. Sabbath eve services, Church of Holy Apostles, 28 St/9th Ave.
A progressive United Methodist community that welcomes people of all sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions. Offers worship services, educational opportunities for spiritual growth, children’s and family ministries, a food pantry, a community meal and more.
The Center is proud to offer field placement educational opportunities for social work (MSW), counseling (MHC) and addiction (CASAC-T) students to work with the LGBT community.
Internship placements are to be no less than 21-24 hours per week and two semesters in duration:
Please reach out to kkelley@gaycenter.org via your school’s field placement department/field placement advisors in order find out more about internships.
For clinicians who practice in a city as diverse as New York, access to culturally sensitive training resources is essential.
The Center has been providing technical assistance to community-based organizations, service providers and government providers locally, regionally and nationally in a variety of disciplines since our inception in the 1980s. The Center Training Institute offers specialized training sessions and technical assistance for professionals who work with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the New York City area. Our workshops have been carefully developed to offer important information, resources and creative clinical skills to help you enhance the lives of your LGBT clients.
The Center is a New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) approved provider of Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
The Center Training Institute offers two onsite series of trainings each year in fall and spring. All trainings require a $20 registration fee for students and $60 for professionals. To register or for more information, contact Katharine Kelley at kkelley@gaycenter.org.
In addition to the onsite Center Training Institute, in some instances workshops can be offered offsite to government, medical, educational, substance abuse recovery and social service providers, as well as at conferences, forums and training institutes.
This training aims to provide case managers, social workers, health educators, CASAC and all other social service providers with a basic understanding of political asylum procedures for LGBT immigrants. This training will explain how to provide effective documentation to aid clients in a political asylum case.
Trainers: Maria Fernanda Andia, Immigration Support Coordinator and Antonio Ruberto, Jr., MS, LCSW-R, CASAC,
There are over 10,000 young people in foster care and an estimated 19% of these young people are LGBT identified. This training is designed to educate service providers on the unique experiences of the over-represented LGBT youth in foster care. The training will provide an overview of the child welfare system, the policies in place to protect LGBT youth in care, an overview on family acceptance research, and the gaps still left to improve the system for all youth. Learn how to better serve LGBT youth in care, how to integrate youth voices into the work and gain valuable tools to make social change within the system.
Trainer: Lindsey Hennawi, LMSW, MPH, Family Permanency Coordinator
Transgender development and mental health concerns are frequently neglected or presented as a subset of lesbian and gay needs. This training will specifically address trans-practice and clinical concerns using a model that emphasizes identity and community development over pathology and diagnosis. Areas covered include: intake and assessment, gender identity development and transition support, including the trans-adolescence model, developmental concerns and HIV risk, healing of losses experienced as a result of transgender identity and transition, and mental health care with a focus on trauma-related practice and resources.
Trainers: Kylie Waddy, TGNC Health Coordinator and Antonio Ruberto, Jr., MS, LCSW-R, CASAC, Senior Director of Behavioral Health
This training will provide insight into the underlying causes explaining the higher rates of substance abuse among the LGBT communities compared with the general population. Also covered are pertinent issues that need to be considered and addressed to make differential assessments between substance abuse and mental health disorders, and to engage and retain clients. The training will address the challenges LGBT people face when seeking services, and will provide resources for appropriate referrals.
Trainer: Shane Spicer, MD, Medical Director
LIFT is a ground-breaking, 100-hour certification program for Licensed Master Social Workers (LMSW) and Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW) who provide therapeutic services to families involved with New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS). LIFT is designed to help clinicians gain additional knowledge, skills and confidence to reduce the rejecting behaviors of families struggling to accept their LGBTQ children. The program also aims to support families experiencing conflict around their child’s actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Interested clinicians must submit an application for each six-month session; please note that space is limited.