Resources for LGBT Youth in New York City

Manhattan
The Door
www.door.org
Hours Vary • 555 Broome Street • 212-941-9090

Provides comprehensive services for all youth aged 12-21, including, but not limited to:
College Advising and Tutoring, Counseling, GED, Leadership, LGBTQ Resources, Runaway and
Homeless Youth

The Center – LGBT Community Center

www.gaycenter.org/youth/
Open every day from 9am to 11pm • 208 W 13th Street • 212.620.7310

Resources for Youth, Parents & Families, and Teachers & Service Providers. Youth programs
in Arts & Recreation, Safer Schools, Summer Camp, Internships, Social Events, Support
Services, and Youth Organizing

Ali Forney Day Center

www.aliforneycenter.org
Monday - Friday 10am-6pm • 527 West 22nd Street • 212-206-0574 for an appointment

Recreational activities, support groups, counseling, and medical services for LGBT homeless
youth. Also provides referrals for emergency housing and transitional housing.

FIERCE
www.fiercenyc.org
Drop-in M-F 4:00pm to 8:00pm • 147 West 24th Street, 6th Floor • (646) 336-6789

Supports leadership and power of LGBTQ youth of color in New York City.

Audre Lorde Project (Manhattan and Brooklyn)

www.alp.org
Tuesday - Thursday 1pm to 7pm • 147 West 24th Street, 3rd Floor • 718.596.0342

Offers empowerment programs for LGBT people of color, plus youth summer program.

Sylvia Rivera Law Project

www.srlp.org
147 W 24th St, 5th Floor • 212-337-8550

Community organizing, legal services, trainings, policy work; focus on gender-identity.

The Hetrick-Martin Institute
www.hmi.org
M-F 11:00am to 6:30pm • 2 Astor Place • 212-674-2400

Counselors provide one-on-one and group support as well as referrals to other LGBTQ-
sensitive agencies. Meals, hot showers, clothing and laundry, and assistance in locating
housing is always available on-site. After-school programs also available.

Bronx
Bronx Pride
http://www.bronxpride.org/
448 East 149th Street • 718-292-4368

Youth social, leadership, and homeless services. Also provides adult services and HIV
prevention, education, and counseling.

Hispanic AIDS Forum - Latino Youth In Action

www.hafnyc.com
See website for contact details.

Services for people living with HIV and AIDS and youth leadership workshops to fight the spread of
HIV for young men and women in South Bronx and Western Queens.

Brooklyn
Make The Road (Bushwick, Jackson Heights, and Staten Island)
301 Grove Street • (718) 418-7690
http://www.maketheroad.org/whatwedo_civil.php

Community organizing, leadership development, adult education, youth development,

legal/support services, and policy advocacy

Audre Lorde Project (Manhattan and Brooklyn)

www.alp.org
Hours Vary • 85 South Oxford Street • 718.596.0342

Offers empowerment programs for LGBT people of color, plus youth summer program.
Queens
Make The Road (Bushwick, Jackson Heights, and Staten Island)
92-10 Roosevelt Avenue • (718) 565-8500
http://www.maketheroad.org/whatwedo_civil.php

Community organizing, leadership development, adult education, youth development,

legal/support services, and policy advocacy

Queens Pride House

http://www.queenspridehouse.org
T – F 1:00pm to 9:00pm, Sa 1:00pm to 7:00pm • 76-11 37th Ave, Suite 206

Peer counseling and social services, social and cultural programs, outreach and education.

Queens Community House – Generation Q

http://www.queenscommunityhouse.org/index.php/programs-generation-q.html
M, Tu, F 4:00pm to 8:00pm • 30-74 Steinway Street • (718) 204-5955

After-school drop-in provides educational and social services, recreation, workshops,

advocacy, event planning, peer-education, community-building and leadership.

Staten Island
SI LGBT Center
http://www.silgbtcenter.org/Youth.htm
Hours Vary • 25 Victory Blvd., 3rd Floor • (718) 808 1360

Drop-in space, workshops, art, professional development, leadership.

Make The Road (Bushwick, Jackson Heights, and Staten Island)

479 Port Richmond Avenue • (718) 727-1222
http://www.maketheroad.org/whatwedo_civil.php

Community organizing, leadership development, adult education, youth development,

legal/support services, and policy advocacy

National Resources and More Information

The Trevor Project (866-4-U-Trevor or 866-488-7386)
http://www.thetrevorproject.org/

National suicide lifeline.

The Center
This document was compiled with information listed on The Center’s website. For more
information and a comprehensive listing of LGBT resources, visit:
http://www.gaycenter.org/nycresources
This list was compiled by Brian Tofte-Schumacher, an AmeriCorps Volunteer in the NYC Civic
Corps Program who completed a 10 month term of service getting more New Yorkers
involved at Learning Leaders, New York City’s premiere school volunteer program.

For more information, contact

Brian Tofte-Schumacher
briantschumacher@gmail.com

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