Health (General)
- AGLP: The Association of LGBTQ PsychiatristsA community of psychiatrists that educates and advocates on Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender mental health issues.
- AIDS Volunteer of Lexington (AVOL)AVOL is a 501 C 3 non-profit organization that provides services to those living with and affected by HIV/AIDS, as well as HIV prevention education & outreach to 72 counties in central, eastern, and southeastern Kentucky.
- The Gender & Sexuality Action CommitteeOperating under the umbrella of the American Medical Student Association, GSEC seeks to assure equal access to both medical care and education. The organization aspires to be a leader on issues affecting the health of women, intersex and LGBT communities. This goal is accomplished through providing support initiatives, working with legislators to improve police, advocating for patients and students, and providing safe and supportive environments and leadership opportunities for physicians-in-training.
- National LGBT Health Education CenterThe National LGBT Health Education Center provides educational programs, resources, and consultation to healthcare organizations with the goal of optimizing quality, cost-effective health care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.
Hotlines
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender National Youth Talk line
1.800.246.7743
Email: youth@glbtnationalhelpcenter.org
Mon-Sat 9:30pm-12am EST
Description: Provides phone and e-mail counseling for LGBTQ+ youth up to the age of 25. Also provides information on local resources available to youth.
Peer Listening Line (Ages 25 and Under)
(800) 399-PEER or (617) 267-2535
Hours: Monday – Saturday, 5:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Description: Fenway Health’s anonymous and confidential hotline, offering help, information, referrals, and support for LGBT individuals who are age 25 or under. Call for support related to safer sex, coming out, where to find gay-friendly establishments, HIV and AIDS, depression, suicide, anti-gay/lesbian harassment and violence, or any other issues you are facing.
The Trans Lifeline Hotline
877-565-8860
Description: Hotline staffed by transgender people, for transgender people. Trans Lifeline volunteers are ready to respond to whatever support needs members or the community may have. This is a FREE helpline run by volunteers.
The Trevor Project Administrative Offices
310.271.8845
Hotline 866.488.7386
Contact—Alison Gill Allison.Gill@TheTrevorProject.org
Description: National organization that provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBTQ+ youth.
Internet Support Groups
- The Asexual Visibility & Education NetworkWelcome to the Asexual Visibility and Education Network. AVEN hosts the world's largest online asexual community as well as a large archive of resources on asexuality. AVEN strives to create open, honest discussion about asexuality among sexual and asexual people alike.
- Centerlink: The Community of LGBT CentersCenterLink was founded in 1994 as a member-based coalition to support the development of strong, sustainable LGBT community centers. The organization plays an important role in supporting the growth of LGBT centers and addressing the challenges they face, by helping them to improve their organizational and service delivery capacity and increase access to public resources.
- It Gets Better ProjectTo communicate to LGBT youths around the world that it gets better and to inspire changes needed to make it better for LGBT youth by providing openly gay adults and mentors showing that they are not alone. Created to provide support against bullying and harassment LGBT youths face in their lives.
- Trans LifelineTrans Lifeline is a grassroots hotline and microgrants 501(c)(3) non-profit organization offering direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis - for the trans community, by the trans community.
Trans Lifeline was founded in 2014 as a peer-support crisis hotline. The Hotline was, and still is, the only service in the country in which all operators are transgender. Because of the particularly vulnerable relationship transgender people have with police, it is also the only service in the country with a policy against non-consensual active rescue.
Kentucky Resources for Health, Wellness & Medical Care (HIV/AIDS Care)
Family Health Centers
914 East Broadway
Louisville, KY 40204
502-583-1981
Primary Care
KentuckyOne Health
2750 Battlefield Memorial Highway
Berea, KY 40403
859-986-0302
Family Practice
University of Kentucky
University Health Service
830 S. Limestone
Lexington, KY 40536
United States
859-323-5823
Family Practice, Women’s Health
University of Kentucky
Family and Community Medicine
1295 Harrodsburg Road
Suite 125
Lexington, KY 40504
United States
859-323-6371
Family Practice