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The organizations listed in this site were selected for their commitment and dedication to serving the LGBT populations. If we overlooked your organization, please submit your Web site and information to lgbt@health.org for consideration. Alcoholics Anonymous in many cities offer meetings for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender people.http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org/ Check your local listings, or call the general office at (212) 870-3400. Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc.'s World Wide Web Site. http://www.al-anon.alateen.org Al-Anon's purpose is to help families and friends of alcoholics recover from the effects of living with the problem drinking of a relative or friend. Similarly, Alateen, is a recovery program for young people. ALTERNATIVES http://www.alternativesinc.com/contact_frame.html This organization is dedicated to providing dual diagnosis treatment services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender adults. They strive to create an atmosphere free from judgment, fear, and discrimination to help their patients recover from emotional, mental and addictive disorders. Bicultural competence: A mediating factor affecting alcohol use practices and problems among lesbian social drinkers http://sadatabase.health.org/ida/html2/ida52340.aspx A National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information online research brief, June 1999. CSAP RADAR Network Center, Project Connect: Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, New York, NY http://www.gaycenter.org This comprehensive, community-based multi-services organization is well regarded as a local and national resource for lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender persons. Project Connect is designed to provide education, consultation, and direct services that are relevant to the needs of these communities. (212) 924-2657 Clean & Queer: Voices for Recovery, Winter 2001 Newsletter http://www.nattc.org/newsField/EOFArchives/0102/speak4.pdf Addiction Recovery Services of the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center http://www.laglc.org/home.aspx The Gay and Lesbian Center receives 15,000-20,000 individual visits each month providing such services as legal aid, addiction recovery, counseling, primary medical care, comprehensive youth services and housing, education and enrichment courses, employment training and placement, seniors programming, cultural programming, computer skills training, Internet access in a state-of-the-art CyberCenter, civil rights advocacy, and HIV prevention/education, and extensive AIDS-related services. 1625 N. Schrader Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90028-9998 323-993-7655 Al-Anon Family Groups 1600 Corporate Landing Parkway Virginia Beach, VA 23454-5617 1-800-344-2666 Fenway Community Health Center http://www.fenwayhealth.org The Fenway Community Health Center provides quality medical and mental health care to Boston's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities. 7 Haviland Street Boston, MA 02115 617-267-0900 Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA) http://www.glma.org The largest organization of its kind, GLMA was founded in 1981 to combat homophobia within the medical profession and in society at large. Today, GLMA promotes quality health care for LGBT and HIV-positive people, fosters a professional climate in which its diverse members can achieve their full potential, and supports members challenged by discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. 459 Fulton Street, Suite 107 San Francisco, CA 94102 (415)255-4547 Hetrick-Martin Institute http://www.hmi.org The Hetrick-Martin Institute has provided education, recreation, counseling, training, and outreach to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth for over 20 years. 2 Astor Place New York, NY 10003 (212)-674-2400 Lambda Treatment and Recovery Program http://www.human-service-centers.org e-mail: LAMBDA@Human-Service-Centers.org Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, Bisexual & HIV/AIDS Licensed Addiction/Behavioral Health Treatment Services Human Service Centers 87-08 Justice Avenue Suite 1G Elmhurst, NY 11373 718/476-8480 International Advisory Council for Homosexual Men and Women in Alcoholics Anonymous (IAC) P.O. Box 18212 Washington, DC 20036-8212 National Association of Lesbian and Gay Addiction Professionals (NALGAP) NALGAP c/o NAADAC 1911 N. Ft. Meyer Drive, Suite 900 Arlington, VA 22209 tel: 703/465-0539 FAX: 703/741-7698 You can find information about NALGAP http://www.prta.com/lgbtpa~1.html and its history http://www.prta.com/nalgaphistory.html . In July 1979, the National Association of Lesbian and Gay Alcoholism Professionals-now the National Association of Lesbian and Gay Addiction Professionals (NALGAP)-was formed to fight an epidemic: alcohol and other drug addiction in the gay and lesbian communities and homophobia in the alcoholism and drug addiction treatment fields. New Leaf Services for Our Community http://www.newleafservices.org New Leaf Services is a community-based, non-profit, multi-purpose outpatient-counseling center. They are one of the Nation's largest counseling centers for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities. 1853 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94103 (415)-626-7000 Pride Institute http://www.pride-institute.com/ The Pride Institute is an accredited inpatient facility devoted exclusively to treating alcohol and drug dependent lesbian, gay, and bisexual persons. The Pride Institute is dedicated to the idea that lesbians and gay men have the same need for freedom from society's prejudices and pressures as every other patient in treatment. Stonewall Recovery Services http://www.stonewallrecovery.org The mission of the Stonewall Recovery Services is to provide a safe and compassionate environment for recovery and prevention programs that respond to the mental, physical, spiritual, emotional, and financial well-being of the children, youth, adults, and families of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals in their area. 430 Broadway Avenue East Seattle, WA 98102 (206)-461-4546 The Stepping Stone http://www.steppingstonesd.org The mission of The Stepping Stone is to create, sustain, and extend life-enhancing alcohol and other drug recovery and prevention services primarily to gays and lesbians in San Diego County. 3425 Fifth Avenue San Diego, CA 92103 (619)-295-3995 Whitman Walker Clinic http://www.wwc.org/ Since their founding in 1973, Whitman-Walker Clinic has provided culturally sensitive, compassionate health care and supportive services to gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender individuals in the Washington, DC area. 1407 S Street, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202)-797-3500 |
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