GBQT RESOURCES

AIDS CARE/Hampshire County

Contact: (413) 586-8288
Buddy Program, transportation, support groups and much more free of charge to people living with HIV.

AIDS Project of Southern Vermont

Contact: (802) 254-8263. Free, confidential
HIV/AIDS services, including support, prevention counseling and volunteer opportunities.

T.H.E. Men’s Program (Total HIV Education)

Contact: Alex Potter (802) 254-8263, Brattleboro, VT.
Weekly/monthly social gatherings, workshops, and volunteer opportunities.
e-mail

Bereavement Group for Those Who Have Lost Same-Sex Partners

For individuals who have lost a same-sex partner.
2nd Thursday of each month from 7-9PM at the Forastiere Funeral Home, 220 N. Main St, E. Longmeadow, MA 01028;
year-round, walk-in group with no fee or pre-registration;
bereavement newsletter also available.
For more information, call (413) 525-2800

East Coast Female-to-Male Group

Contact: Bet Powers (413) 584-7616
P.O. Box 60585 Florence, MA 01062
e-mail
Peer support group open to all masculine-identified, female-born persons – FTMs, transmen of all sexual orientations/identities, crossdressers, stone butches, transgendered, transsexuals, non-op, pre-op, post-op, genderqueer, bi-gendered, questioning – and our significant others, family, and allies.
Meetings 2nd Sundays in Northampton, 3-6PM

Free Boyz Northampton

Social/support meetings for people labeled female at birth who feel that’s not an accurate description of who they are.
Meet 1st and 3rd Mondays, 7 p.m. at Third Wave Feminist Booksellers, 90 King St., Northampton.

Gay, Bisexual, Questioning & Transgender Men’s Support Group

Drop-in, peer-facilitated. Monday, 7-9 p.m.
Men’s Resource Center, 236 No. Pleasant St., Amherst, MA
For information: Allan Arnaboldi, (413) 253-9887, ext. 33

Gay Men’s Domestic Violence Project

Provides community education and direct services to gay, bisexual, and transgendered male victims and survivors of domestic violence.
Business: (617) 354-6056
24-hour crisis line provides emotional support, safety planning, crisis counseling, referrals, and emergency housing: (800) 832-1901 or e-mail

Gayellow Pages US/Canada

Annual print directory of resources (business and organizational) for the GLBTQI in USA and Canada, sold in gay-friendly bookstores since 1973. Published by Renaissance House, PO Box 533, Village Station, New York, NY 10014-0533.
Voice & fax (646) 213-0263; or e-mail

Generation Q (formerly Pride Zone)

A Program for GBQ youth.
Open Thursdays, 4-9, for drop-in and a support group.
Open Fridays, 4-9, for drop-in and pizza.
Contact info: 413-582-7861 or e-mail

GLAD (Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders)

Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders is New England’s leading legal rights organization dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation, HIV status and gender identity and expression.
Contact: 30 Winter St., Suite 800, Boston, MA 02108
Tel: (617) 426-1350, Fax: (617) 426-3594, or e-mail
Legal Information Hotline: (800) 455-GLAD (4523)
GLAD’s Legal Information Hotline is completely confidential. Trained volunteers work one-on-one with callers to provide legal information, support and referrals within New England.
Weekday afternoons, 1:30-4:30; English and Spanish

GLASS (Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Society)

GLBT Youth Group of Franklin County meets every Wednesday evening in Greenfield.
Info: (413) 774-7028

HIV Testing Hotline

AIDS Action Committee in Boston provides referral to anonymous, free or lowcost HIV testing/counseling sites: (413) 235-2331
For Hepatitis C information and referral: (888) 443-4372
Both lines are staffed M-F 9am-9pm and often have bi- and tri-lingual staff available.

Lifecourse Counseling Center

Provides individual and couples counseling/psychotherapy to all LGBTQ people since 1980. Telephone counseling for anyone, anywhere. Knowledgeable LGBTQ clinicians in a safe environment where diverse sexual orientations and gender identities are seen as healthy and normal. Someone coming to LifeCourse Counseling Center has always been able to see someone who is LGBTQ themselves and intimately knows the personal issues our community faces. www.lifecourse.net or (413) 585-1655

Men’s Health Project

Education, prevention services, and counseling for men’s health issues, especially HIV/AIDS. Springfield, Northampton, Greenfield.
Tapestry Health Services
Contact: Bob (413) 747-5144 or e-mail

Monadnock Gay Men

A website that provides a social support system for gay men of Keene and the entire Monadnock Region of Southwestern NH. Contact by e-mail

PFLAG (Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) of Springfield/Greater Springfield

Educational information and support for the parents, families, and friends of Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals, and Transgendered People.
Contact info: e-mail,
Judy Nardacci, 413-243-2382 or
Elizabeth Simon, 413-732-3240

Rainbow Resources of New Hampshire

Free online access to networking, educational and referral information to and about the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and allied community of New Hampshire; Gay Lifeline, a PDF file of our entire database of community information; order a spiral-bound hard copy of the current Gay Lifeline Directory by sending $10 to
Rainbow Resources, 26 S. Main Street, Box 181, Concord, NH 03301.

Safe Homes: the Bridge of Central Massachusetts

Providing support and services to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender youth via a weekly Drop-In Center, community outreach system and peer leadership program. Based in Worcester, serving all towns in region. 4 Mann Street Worcester, Massachusetts 01602
Phone: 508.755.0333 Fax: 508.755.2191 e-mail

SafeSpace

SafeSpace provides information, support, referrals, and advocacy to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQQ) survivors of violence and offers education and outreach programs in the wider community.
P.O. Box 158, Burlington, VT 05402
Phone: 1-802-863-0003; toll-free 1-866-869-7341 Fax: 1-802-863-0004 or e-mail

The Stonewall Center
University of Mass., Amherst

A lesbian, bisexual, gay, and transgender educational resource center.
Contact: (413) 545-4824

Straight Spouse Network

Monthly support group and 1-to-1 support for spouses, past and present, of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered partners in western MA and CT
Contact: Jane Harris for support and location, (413) 625-6636; or e-mail.
Confidentiality is assured.

The Sunshine Club

Support and educational activities for transgendered persons.
Info: (413) 586-5004
P.O. Box 564, Hadley, MA 01305.
or e-mail

VT M4M.net

Dedicated to promoting the overall good health of Vermont’s gay and bisexual men, as well as those who are transgender, by providing information, resources, and a calendar of events for gay, bisexual, questioning, and transgendered men.