Bay Area Referrals

Adopt a Special Kid
888-680-7349 • www.aask.org
Adopt a Special Kid believes that every child has the right to a safe, stable and nurturing home and that all children are adoptable. Adopt a Special Kid provides education and support services to adoptive and foster families and children. We promote positive changes to benefit children who are in the child welfare system.

Adoption Connection
800-972-9225 • www.adoptionconnection.org
As a full-service, licensed agency, our highly regarded professional staff has completed more than 2,000 adoptions since 1984. By giving you the practical and emotional support you need throughout your adoption process, mediating the relationship with birthparents, and providing informational workshops, we help create a positive outcome for everyone involved.

Adoption San Francisco
888-732-4453 • www.adoptionsf.org
At Adoption SF, we are proud of the fact that nearly half of the families we work with are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) families. Though there are states that prohibit LGBT families from adopting, happily, that is not the case in California. LGBT families are an invaluable resource for the many children and youth in foster care awaiting an adoptive family. They often bring unique strengths to meet their special needs.

Alternative Family Services
415-656-0116 • www.afs4kids.org
Alternative Family Services, Inc. (AFS) provides therapeutic foster care, short-term emergency foster care and adoption services for abused, neglected and developmentally disabled children in the Bay Area. AFS, a not-for-profit corporation, is licensed by the State of California as a Foster Family Agency and as an Adoption Agency.

ASPIRAnet
650-866-4080 • www.aspiranet.org
Our vision is to take collective action to support communities and families as they love and care for children. Our statewide network of services have touched the lives of over ten thousand families and children since our founding. This vision is realized through over 35 programs, more than 30 years of experience, and services in six areas of expertise – Family Services, Adoption, Foster Care, Education, Afterschool Programs and Community Collaboration.

Bay Area Homes for Kids
415-392-5437 • www.bakids.org
The mission of Bay Area Homes for Kids is to recruit foster and adoptive parents for children in three Bay Area counties — Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Mateo. Bay Area Homes for Kids accomplishes this goal through a series of of TV segments broadcast on CBS 5, a phone referral service, and a Web site focused on foster care and adoption.

A Better Way Foster Care
510-601-0203 • www.abetterwayinc.net
Our mission is to provide a nurturing environment and to make a positive difference in the lives of children we serve, and to help them become healthy, confident, and productive individuals. To accomplish this mission, we help children find their full potential through an array of foster care, adoptive, therapeutic and educational services.

Family Builders
510-536-5437 • www.familybuilders.org
Family Builders offers different programs for fostering, adoption, and other forms of permanency for those families who are ready to meet the needs of children and older youth waiting in the foster care system.

Independent Adoption Center
925-827-2229 • www.adoptionhelp.org
The mission of the Independent Adoption Center (IAC) is to provide open adoption placement and counseling to birth and adoptive families to ensure that every child grows up feeling loved and supported.

PACT: An Adoption Alliance
510-243-9460 • www.pactadopt.org
Pact is a non-profit organization whose mission is to serve adopted children of color. In every case, the child is always our primary client. In order to best serve children's needs, we provide not only adoptive placement but lifelong education, support, and community for adoptees and their families on issues of adoption and race.

Seneca Center
510-495-9289 • www.senecacenter.org
Seneca Center, a non-profit foster family agency, welcomes LGBT families who have room in their hearts and homes to parent at-risk youth ages 6-18. As a Seneca Center foster parent, you’ll receive a tax free stipend of $2,100 per month, along with extensive support services from each child’s clinical team. Contact Seneca Center to discover how you can make a tremendous difference for youth in our community – one child at a time!

Gay Future Dads
https://www.facebook.com/groups/gayfuturedads/
Gay Future Dads (GFD) is a social group for gay men interested in parenting. GFD consists primarily of single men, as well as couples, considering having children or who already have children. GFD meets every other month at members' homes in a casual atmosphere to share information and socialize. The Facebook group for GFD is currently the best way to connect.

California Cryobank
866-927-9622 • www.cryobank.comAn industry leader for 30 years, California Cryobank combines the world's most comprehensive selection of stringently screened sperm donors with extensive quality control, a highly trained staff, and valuable post-conception services to offer the most complete sperm banking experience available.

Fertility SOURCE Companies
877.375.8888 • www.fertilitysourcecompanies.com
We are the largest egg donor & surrogacy agency operating on a national level in the United States. Our commitment is to provide the most compassionate and skilled care to couples seeking third-party assisted reproduction services.

Growing Generations (Los Angeles)
323-965-7500 • www.growinggenerations.com
Ground-breaking from the start, Growing Generations was the first surrogacy agency dedicated to serving the gay and lesbian community and the only agency to offer online donor videos. Over the last decade, Growing Generations has continued its work with all family types, regardless of marital status or sexual orientation.

Laurel Fertility Care
888-442-3888 • www.laurelfertility.com
We offer only the latest assisted reproductive technologies (ART) supported by our nationally accredited embryology laboratory, resulting in excellent success rates. In addition, we provide both male and female fertility solutions, reproductive surgery and specialize in challenges such as PCOS, endometriosis, tubal infertility, and diminished ovarian reserve.

LGBTQ Perinatal Wellness Associates of the Bay Area
www.lgbtqperinatalassociates.com
We are a group of exceptionally skillful, highly qualified, LGBTQ perinatal and family wellness practitioners. We are passionately dedicated to supporting your growing family's needs from preconception preparation through childbirth to early parenthood and beyond.

Maia Midwifery & Fertility Services
www.maiamidwifery.com
70% of the families we work with are queer. We are comfortable and familiar working with all families: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, polyamorous, group families, etc. Having worked with more than 2,000 queer families around childbearing and parenting we are singularly positioned to help queer families with our culturally specific issues.

Pacific Fertility Center
415-834-3000 • www.pacificfertilitycenter.com
Located in the Northern California’s San Francisco Bay Area, Pacific Fertility Center is a leading infertility clinic specializing in ICSI, IVF - in vitro fertilization, PGD - preimplantation genetic diagnosis, egg donation and embryo freezing and other advanced female and male infertility treatments.  

Pacific Reproductive Services
1-888-469-5800 • www.pacrepro.com
We're very proud that for over 20 years, our fertility center and sperm bank has been a leader in helping women achieve their dreams of motherhood, regardless of their sexual orientation or marital status.

The Sperm Bank of California
510-841-1858 • www.thespermbankofca.org
The Sperm Bank of California (TSBC) is the first and only sperm bank in the United States to operate as a nonprofit organization. Our mission is to provide services, information, and resources to all individuals and families who choose to create or expand their families through donor insemination and sperm storage.

UCSF Center for Reproductive Health
415-464-8688 • www.ucsfivf.org

Here are some resources that can help you and your family maintain your physical, mental, and social well-being.

Asian Women's Shelter San Francisco
415-751-7110 • www.sfaws.org
The mission of the Asian Women’s Shelter (AWS) is to eliminate domestic violence by promoting the social, economic, and political self-determination of women. AWS is committed to every person’s right to live in a violence-free home. It specifically addresses the cultural and language needs of immigrant, refugee, and U.S.-born Asian women, transgender people, and their children. AWS’s perspective is reflected in the agency’s broad strategy, which integrates culturally knowledgeable and language-accessible shelter services, educational programs, and community-based initiatives and advocacy.

API Wellness Center San Francisco
415-292-3400 • www.apiwellness.org
Trans, queer youth, and MSM sexual health and support programs. We transform lives by advancing health, wellness, and equality for people of all races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, gender identities, and immigration statuses. We believe everyone deserves to be healthy and needs access to the highest quality health care. At API Wellness Center, health care is grounded in social justice.

Community United Against Violence San Francisco
415-777-5500 • www.cuav.org
Founded in 1979, Community United Against Violence (CUAV) is a multicultural, anti-oppression organization working to end violence against and within our diverse lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQQ) communities. They believe that in order to end homophobia and heterosexism, we must confront all forms of oppression, including racism, sexism, ageism, classism, and ableism.

Dimensions Clinic San Francisco
415-487-7589 • www.dimensionsclinic.org
Dimensions is an open and friendly place to get support in being healthy. We offer low-cost health services for queer, transgender and questioning youth ages 12 to 25. With a staff made up of medical and mental health professionals, we can answer just about any question you might have, including things you may be too embarrassed to ask anyone else.

El/La Programa Para Trans Latinas Bay Area
(415) 864-7278 • www.ellaparatranslatinas.yolasite.com
This program was developed to reach out to the TransLatina community in and around the Mission District Neighborhood. They provide services for HIV Prevention, counseling, and referrals to other transgender services.

Gay Couples Institute San Francisco
877-424-1221 • www.GayCouplesInstitute.org
Founded by two partnered therapists in San Francisco to help gay men and women create and keep healthy relationships. Based on 35+ years of empirical research, they show couples how to use proven relationship-strengthening tools to improve their relationships.  Their approach has been shown to help couples to: stop arguing, find solutions to problems, become better parents, recover from affairs, resolve sexual problems, you name it.

GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality
415-255-4547 • www.glma.org
GLMA's mission is to ensure equality in healthcare for LGBT individuals and healthcare providers. GLMA can help individuals find culturally competent providers and help medical providers to become more familiar with the needs of LGBT people.

Gaylesta Psychotherapy Referral
415-729-3996 • www.gaylesta.org
Gaylesta members offer a wide range of specializations, allowing them to serve as a unique resource both to the LGBTQ community and to other service providers. Explore their site to find a therapist, learn more about us, or become a valued member.

Jewish Family & Children’s Services Bay Area
415-449-1200 • www.jfcs.org
JFCS’ programs are geared specifically to meet the LGBT community’s needs. They provide adoption and post-adoption services, services for people with HIV, workshops and seminars, and counseling services for LGBT individuals, couples, and families—with special outreach to the elderly. Their clinical staff possesses the skills, experience, and sensitivity to work with those who are dealing with issues and concerns relating to sexual orientation and identity.

Lou Sullivan Society Bay Area
www.lousullivansociety.weebly.com
The Lou Sullivan Society exists to provide information, education, support, community building, and advocacy for transgender and transsexual men.

Lyon-Martin Health Services San Francisco
415-565-7667 • www.lyon-martin.org
Lyon-Martin Health Services provides excellent health care to women, lesbians and transgender people in a safe and compassionate environment, with sensitivity to sexual orientation and gender identity; all services are regardless of ability to pay.

Pacific Center for Human Growth Berkeley
510-548-8283 • www.pacificcenter.org
Founded in 1973, Pacific Center is the oldest LGBTQ center in the Bay Area, the third oldest in the nation and operates the only sliding scale mental health clinic for LGBTQ people and their families in Alameda County. Pacific Center for Human Growth fosters and enhances the well-being and self respect of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer youth, seniors, and adults through the delivery of LGBTQ competent mental health and wellness services, and through the cultivation of a strong community of LGBTQ-proficient mental health care professionals.

PFLAG
East Bay 510-562-7692 • www.pflag-eastbay.org
San Francisco 415-921-8850 • www.pflagsf.org
San Jose / Peninsula 408-270-8182 • www.pflagsanjose.org
Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays is an international organization promoting the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends. It does this through support to cope with an adverse society, education to enlighten an ill-informed public, and advocacy to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights. PFLAG provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.

PublicHealth: HIV/AIDS www.publichealth.org/public-awareness/hiv-aids/
PublicHealth.org is dedicated to connecting patients, students and professionals to the latest and most useful healthcare information and resources available. The site offers a comprehensive look into the expanding field of public health, the latest in health policy updates and recommendations, and information on launching a career in public health. As the issue on HIV/AIDS seems to have faded, the resource revisits the AIDS crisis to give readers an update of where we are in the fight against the disease. The resource includes a definition and history of the disease, current research and treatment, US and global strategies to combat the disease moving forward, and relevant resources.

San Mateo County Health System PRIDE Initiative San Mateo County
650-610-0800 • www.smchealth.org
An inclusive environment based in equality and parity for LGBTQQI communities of San Mateo County.The PRIDE Initiative is commited to fostering a welcoming environment through an interdisciplinary and inclusive approach.

Straight Spouse Network
510-525-0200 • www.straightspouse.org
The Straight Spouse Network provides personal, confidential support and information to straight partners, current or former, of LGBT mates. They strive to make it as easy as possible for straight spouses to find the level and type of support they need.

TALK Line Family Support Center San Francisco
415-441-KIDS • www.talklineforparents.org
The San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center is dedicated to the prevention of child abuse and neglect, the promotion of healthy families and the mental health of children.

Resources to support you to take political action for equity and to help your family better advocate for equal rights, protection, and recognition.

ACLU of Northern California
415-621-2493 • www.aclunc.org
The mission of the ACLU is to preserve all of these protections and guarantees: Your First Amendment rights - freedom of speech, association and assembly; freedom of the press, and freedom of religion. Your right to equal protection under the law - equal treatment regardless of race, sex, religion or national origin. Your right to due process - fair treatment by the government whenever the loss of your liberty or property is at stake. Your right to privacy - freedom from unwarranted government intrusion into your personal and private affairs. We work also to extend rights to segments of our population that have traditionally been denied their rights, including Native Americans and other people of color; lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender people; women; mental-health patients; prisoners; people with disabilities; and the poor.

Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach
415-567-6255 • www.apilegaloutreach.org
Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach (formerly Nihonmachi Legal Outreach), is a community-based, social justice organization serving the Asian and Pacific Islander communities of the Greater Bay Area. With a staff of 20 in offices in San Francisco and Oakland, we provide legal, social, and educational services in more than a dozen languages and dialects including Cantonese, Chiu-Chow, Hindi, Ilocano, Japanese, Korean, Lao, Mandarin, Spanish, Tagalog, Taiwanese, Urdu, and Vietnamese.

Bay Area Legal Aid
415-982-1300 • www.baylegal.org
Bay Area Legal Aid provides free legal help for low-income people. We can help with issues relating to housing, domestic violence, public benefits and health care access. Our legal assistance is available to low-income people who live in the Bay Area counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara.

Community United Against Violence
415-777-5500 • www.cuav.org
Founded in 1979, Community United Against Violence (CUAV) is a multicultural, anti-oppression organization working to end violence against and within our diverse lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQQ) communities. We believe that in order to end homophobia and heterosexism, we must confront all forms of oppression, including racism, sexism, ageism, classism, and ableism.

Domestic Partnership Registry
California 916-653-4984 • www.sos.ca.gov/dpregistry/
Berkeley 510-981-6900 • http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/home.aspx
Oakland 510-238-7979 • www2.oaklandnet.com
San Francisco 415-554-4950 • www.sfgov2.org
Online information about how to register for a domestic partnership.

Equality California
415-581-0005 • www.eqca.org
EQCA works to achieve equality and secure legal protections for LGBT people. To improve the lives of LGBT Californians, EQCA sponsors legislation and coordinates efforts to ensure its passage, lobbies legislators and other policy makers, builds coalitions, develops community strength and empowers individuals and other organizations to engage in the political process.

Family Equality Council
www.familyequality.org
Family Equality Council works to ensure equality for LGBT families by building community, changing hearts and minds, and advancing social justice for all families. 

Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
323-933-2240 • www.glaad.org
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.

Lambda Legal Defense
213-382-7600 • www.lambdalegal.org
Lambda Legal is 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.

Legal Services for Children Queer Youth Project
415-863-3762 • www.lsc-sf.org
LSC's mission is to ensure that all children and youth in San Francisco Bay Area have an opportunity to be raised in a safe environment with equal access to a meaningful education and the services and supports they need to become healthy and productive young adults. LSC pioneered a unique interdisciplinary approach to legal services, employing teams of attorneys and social workers to comprehensively meet the needs of our clients. 

Mujeres Unidas y Activas
415-621-8140 • www.mujeresunidas.net
Mujeres Unidas y Activas is a grassroots organization of Latina immigrant women with a double mission of promoting personal transformation and building community power for social and economic justice. They achieve their mission by: creating an environment of understanding and confidentiality; empowering and educating members to provide mutual support; offering trainings to build economic security and leadership; working in diverse alliances on the local, regional, national, and international levels; and organizing campaigns to win immigrant, workers' and women's rights.

National Center for Lesbian Rights
415-392-6257 • Immigration Equality ext. 310 • www.nclrights.org
The National Center for Lesbian Rights is a national legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families through litigation, public policy advocacy, and public education.

Out & Equal
415-694-6500 • www.outandequal.org
Out & Equal Workplace Advocates is committed to ending employment discrimination for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees. We believe that people should be judged by the work they do, not by their sexual orientation or gender identity. Every day, we work to protect and empower employees to be productive and successful—so they can support themselves, their families, and contribute to achieving a world free of discrimination for everyone. 

San Francisco Human Rights Commission
415-252-2500 • www.sf-hrc.org
The Human Rights Commission works to provide leadership and advocacy to secure, protect, and promote human rights for all people.

Transgender Law Center
415-865-0176 • www.transgenderlawcenter.org
The Transgender Law Center (TLC) is a civil rights organization advocating for transgender communities. Every day we connect transgender people and their families to technically sound and culturally competent legal services, increase acceptance and enforcement of laws and policies that support California's transgender communities, and work to change laws and systems that fail to incorporate the needs and experiences of transgender people.

Resources to help support LBGTQ parents and the unique needs of our families. 

COLAGE, Children of Lesbians And Gays Everywhere
415-861-5437 • www.colage.org
COLAGE unites people with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer parents into a network of peers and supports them as they nurture and empower each other to be skilled, self-confident, and just leaders in our collective communities.

PACT: An Adoption Alliance
510-243-9460 • www.pactadopt.org
Pact is a non-profit organization whose mission is to serve adopted children of color. In every case, the child is always our primary client. In order to best serve children's needs, we provide not only adoptive placement but lifelong education, support, and community for adoptees and their families on issues of adoption and race.

PFLAG East Bay
510-562-7692 • www.pflag-eastbay.org
The Oakland/East Bay chapter of Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays is part of an international organization promoting the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends. It does this through support to cope with an adverse society, education to enlighten an ill-informed public, and advocacy to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights. PFLAG provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.

PFLAG San Francisco
415-921-8850 • www.pflagsf.org
The mission of PFLAG San Francisco echoes that of the national organization. PFLAG SF promotes the health and well being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends, through support to cope with an adverse society, education to enlighten an ill-informed public, and advocacy to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights. PFLAG SF provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.

Seneca Center
510-495-9289 • www.senecacenter.org
Seneca Center, a non-profit foster family agency, welcomes LGBT families who have room in their hearts and homes to parent at-risk youth ages 6-18. As a Seneca Center foster parent, you’ll receive a tax free stipend of $2,100 per month, along with extensive support services from each child’s clinical team. Contact Seneca Center to discover how you can make a tremendous difference for youth in our community – one child at a time!

TALK Line Family Support Center
415-441-KIDS • www.talklineforparents.org
The San Francisco Child Abuse Prevention Center is dedicated to the prevention of child abuse and neglect, the promotion of healthy families and the mental health of children.

Here you can find multiple resources for families and educators to help make your child’s school site welcoming and inclusive.

Gay-Straight Alliance Network
415-552-4229 • www.gsanetwork.org
Gay-Straight Alliance Network is a youth leadership organization that connects school-based Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) to each other and community resources. Through peer support, leadership development, and training, GSA Network supports young people in starting, strengthening, and sustaining GSAs.

Gender Spectrum
510-567-3977 • www.genderspectrum.org
Gender Spectrum provides education, training and support to help create a gender sensitive and inclusive environment for all children and teens. In a simple, straightforward manner, we provide consultation, training and events designed to help families, educators, professionals, and organizations understand and address the concepts of gender identity and expression. Our accessible, practical approach is based on research and experience, enabling our clients to gain a deeper understanding of gender all along the spectrum.

GLSEN
212-727-0135 • www.gslen.org
At GLSEN, we want every student, in every school, to be valued and treated with respect, regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We believe that all students deserve a safe and affirming school environment where they can learn and grow. We accomplish our goals by working in hallways across the country -- from Congress and the Department of Education to schools and district offices in your community -- to improve school climate and champion LGBT issues in K-12 education.

GroundSpark
415-641-4616 • www.groundspark.org
We specialize in crafting strategic documentary films and distribution campaigns with ambitious social, economic, and environmental justice goals. We have supported lesbians and gay men to redefine the definition of “family.”

Healthier SF LGBTQ Support Services
415-242-2615 • www.healthiersf.org/lgbtq
The San Francisco Unified School District provides this website to support educators with tools and resources to address lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) topics in a school setting. Our goal is to create a safer learning environment for all students with an emphasis on LGBTQ youth and their families.

Not in Our Town
510-268-9675 • www.niot.org
Not In Our Town’s mission is to guide, support and inspire people and communities to work together to stop hate and build safe, inclusive environments for all.

Parents for Public Schools, SF
415-468-7077 • www.ppssf.org
For more than 12 years, Parents for Public Schools – San Francisco has been assisting families and working to ensure quality public schools for all children in our city. We help parents at each stage of the journey, from introducing them to the enrollment lottery process, to developing parent leaders in the schools and at the district, to improving systems at SFUSD and much more.

SF LGBTQ Speakers Bureau
415-681-9728 • www.sfspeakersbureau.org
A group of LGBTQ activists who speak to elementary, middle, and high schools, as well as to adults in community colleges and work settings such as hospitals and police departments. They believe that by personalizing the realities of LGBTQ people, we can help break down stereotypes which might otherwise lead to ongoing marginalization and violence against members of our communities.

San Francisco Public Library: Gays & Lesbians in Books for Children
www.sfpl.org
A selection from the San Francsico Public Library of children's books with LGBTQ characters.

Welcoming Schools
www.welcomingschools.org
Welcoming Schools offers professional development tools, lessons aligned with Common Core Standards, and many additional resources for elementary schools on embracing family diversity, avoiding gender stereotyping and affirming gender ending bullying and name-calling.

Want to contact additional organizations in the Bay Area and Beyond? Visit our Key Partner Organizations page to find out more.

Resources to help support Transgender, gender-variant, and gender-expansive families and children. Please note that other Trans resources and referrals can be found through other sources listed on our website.

Lincoln Ave Communi-T LGBTQ Connection, Napa, CA
707-251-9432 • http://www.lgbtqconnection.org/
Lincoln Ave Communi-T is for trans youth, young adults, and friends. 780 Lincoln Ave, Napa, CA. A once-a-month support group for trans youth. For more info: eliseo@lgbtqconnection.org.

Trans: Thrive Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center, San Francisco
415-292-3400 • http://apiwellness.org/site/transthrive/
Trans: Thrive is a safe space by and for the transgender community. The program includes a variety of support and social groups, including Transfeminine Group, Transmasculine Group, TransEmpowerment, and more. For a schedule of meetings and events, download the monthly calendar on their website. General drop-in hours are Tuesdays 2pm-5pm and Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 1pm-5pm.

Note: Many of the community organizations listed eslewhere on the site include youth services.

Bay Area Rainbow Day Camp
www.rainbowdaycamp.org
The play-based camp provides a safe space for the exploration of gender identity and expression, to build community for gender expansive youth and their families and to support these youth and their families with self-empowerment and resiliency curriculum.

Bay Area Youth Summit
www.bayareayouthsummit.org
The Bay Area Youth Summit (BAYS) is the only completely youth-led LGBT organization in the world. BAYS seeks to empower fellow LGBT and allied youth to decide to make a difference in their communities by taking a leading role in the fight against bullying.

Camp Kickin' It Bay Area
916-538-1466 • www.campkickinit.com
A social camp for transgender, gender nonbinary, and genderqueer teens to participate in identity exploration and Bay Area activities in community with their peers.

Dimensions Clinic San Francisco
415-487-7589 • www.dimensionsclinic.org
Dimensions is an open and friendly place to get support in being healthy. We offer low-cost health services for queer, transgender and questioning youth ages 12 to 25. With a staff made up of medical and mental health professionals, we can answer just about any question you might have, including things you may be too embarrassed to ask anyone else.

EMQ Families First San Francisco
www.emqff.org
EMQ FamiliesFirst is one of the largest, most comprehensive mental health treatment programs in the country. The agency takes a state-of-the-art approach to children and youth with complex behavioral health challenges: they combine research-based services (including evidence-based therapies and psychiatric services) with a family-centered effort to identify and address the social and other needs of the family.

Gay-Straight Alliance Network United States
415-552-4229 • www.gsanetwork.org
Gay-Straight Alliance Network is a national youth leadership organization that connects school-based Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) to each other and community resources through peer support, leadership development, and training.

Larkin Street Youth Services San Francisco
415-673-0911 • www.larkinstreetyouth.org
With 25 comprehensive youth service programs located throughout San Francisco in over 15 sites, Larkin Street Youth Services is now an internationally recognized model successfully integrating housing, education, employment and health services to get homeless and at-risk kids off the streets.

Lavender Youth Recreation & Information Center (LYRIC) San Francisco
415-703-6150 • www.lyric.org
LYRIC’s mission is to build community and inspire positive social change through education enhancement, career trainings, health promotion, and leadership development with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQQ) youth, their families, and allies of all races, classes, genders, and abilities.

Legal Services for Children - Queer Youth Project San Francisco
415-863-3762 • www.lsc-sf.org
LSC's mission is to ensure that all children and youth in San Francisco Bay Area have an opportunity to be raised in a safe environment with equal access to a meaningful education and the services and supports they need to become healthy and productive young adults. LSC pioneered a unique interdisciplinary approach to legal services, employing teams of attorneys and social workers to comprehensively meet the needs of our clients.

Project Outlet Mountain View
650-494-0972 • www.projectoutlet.org
Since 1997, thousands of LGBTQQ youth living in the Bay Area have come to Outlet for support, community, and opportunities to improve the world. As the Peninsula's only organization for LGBTQQ teens, Outlet is working hard to support and empower local youth by providing counseling and community, leadership training, advocacy, and awareness outreach.