Welcome to ON Magazine's Community Resources Page
This site is designed to help you get more connected with others in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. More categories and links are on the way. If you can't find what you're looking for, or if you have suggestions, please contact Assistant Editor Seth Hemmelgarn at seth@outnowmag.com or (408) 920-0728.
Adoption & Family
A Better Way
A Better Way offers a nurturing environment so the children they serve can become healthy, confident, and productive individuals. The group helps children find their full potential through an array of foster care, adoptive, therapeutic and educational services.
A Better Way
3200 Adeline St.
Berkeley, CA 94703(510) 601-0203, Ext. 100
Adoption Connection
Adoption Connection is an adoption agency committed to education, counseling and support. The agency's goal is to empower both birth and adoptive parents before and after the birth. Adoption Connection can handle both domestic and international births, and welcomes couples and individuals of all ages, religions, ethnic backgrounds, and sexual orientations.
Adoption Connection
1710 Scott St.
San Francisco, CA 94115Local: (415) 359-2494
Toll-free: 1-800-972-9225
Families Like Ours
Families Like Ours is a national nonprofit adoption exchange that provides support and education to pre/post-adoptive families. They also assist professionals who provide permanent families for adoptable children in the U.S. foster care system.
While the agency focuses on gay and lesbian adoptive families, they encourage the diversity of all family structures.
Families Like Ours
600 Stewart St., Ste. 1313
Seattle, WA 98101(206) 441-7602
Community
Billy DeFrank LGBT Community Center
The Billy DeFrank LGBT Community Center provides community, leadership, advocacy, support and services to the Silicon Valley LGBT community and their allies. We offer a wide array of events, programs, workshops and services for all ages, backgrounds and interests.
Billy DeFrank LGBT Community Center
938 The Alameda
San Jose, CA 95126
(408) 293-2429
Healing Waters
Healing Waters and Healing Waters Wilderness Adventures aim to empower, inspire and enrich the lives of people who have HIV/AIDS.
Recent trips have included rafting trips on the South Fork of the American River and kayaking trips in the San Juans of Washington. We also offer LIQUID, a camp for teens. Working with qualified volunteers, we provide an emotionally and physically safe environment in the outdoors for individuals to take a moment to celebrate living, community and challenge their own beliefs about their strengths and abilities.
Healing Waters
167 Fell St.
San Francisco, Calif. 94102
(415) 552-1190
hwaters.org
San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center
The Center provides San Francisco with a vast array of programs and services for LGBT people, their friends and families. Our programs are unique because The Center is unique! In addition to our own programs, we collaborate with many organizations serving youth, the elderly, parents and marginalized communities by providing legal, health, social, educational and cultural services that benefit the entire lifespan of LGBT people.
San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center
1800 Market St.
San Francisco, CA 94102(415) 865-5555
The Diversity Center (Santa Cruz)
The Diversity Center is a community center dedicated to advancing the causes and priorities of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and questioning (LGBTIQ) individuals and their allies in Santa Cruz County.
The Diversity Center
Office address:
1117 Soquel Ave.
Santa Cruz, CAMailing address:
P.O. Box 8280
Santa Cruz, CA 95061(831) 425-5422
Ethnic Groups
Asian Americans for Community Involvement
Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI) works to improve the health, mental health, and well-being of individuals and their families by providing an array of human services. AACI empowers the Asian American community by working collaboratively for equality and social justice. Most of our clients are low-income Asian immigrants and refugees. The group also features a multi-lingual staff.
Programs include HIV/AIDS prevention, breast cancer education, substance abuse treatment, a center for survivors of torture, assistance for domestic violence victims, a senior center, after-school youth programs, English and citizenship classes, and advocacy.
Asian Americans for Community Involvement
2400 Moorpark Ave., Ste. 300
San Jose, CA 95128(408) 975-2730
Asian Pacific Islander Queer Women & Transgender Coalition
Asian Pacific Islander Queer Women & Transgender Coalition (APIQWTC) was formed to foster networking among Bay Area Asian & Pacific Islander queer women's and transgender people's organizations and constituencies.
APIQWTC presents and/or sponsors several major events each year, such as a lunar new year banquet, pride parade and dyke march, rice bowl, summer and sport event, workshops, and a conference.
Asian Pacific Islander Queer Women & Transgender Coalition
Bay Area American Indians Two-Spirits
Bay Area American Indians Two-Spirits (BAAITS) is a community-based volunteer organization offering culturally relevant activities for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex Native Americans, their families and friends.
Two-Spirit refers to the commonly shared notion among many Native American tribes that some individuals naturally possessed and manifested both a masculine and feminine spiritual qualities. American society commonly identifies these people as gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender.
Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits
San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center
1800 Market St., Rm. 411
San Francisco, CA 94102-6227(415) 420-2281
ProLatino
ProLatino tries to reinforce the identity and self-esteem of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Latino people.
The group provides education on HIV/STD prevention, and referrals to support groups for youth and transgender people. ProLatino also provides referrals to medical assistance programs, emotional support groups, and legal support for HIV-positive individuals.ProLatino promotes personal and cultural values through social and cultural activities such as conferences, retreats, sports tournaments, celebrations, parades, and discussion groups.
The group's meetings, which are in Spanish, are held the first, third, and fifth Monday of every month at 7 p.m. at:
Billy DeFrank LGBT Community Center
938 The Alameda
San Jose, CA 95126(408) 271-6984
Trikone
Through social and political activities, Trikone offers a supportive, empowering, and non-judgmental environment, where LGBT South Asians can meet, make connections, and proudly promote awareness and acceptance of their sexuality in society. Trikone actively works against all forms of oppression based on race, gender, class, and other identities.
Health
ACT UP San Francisco
ACT UP San Francisco (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) is a diverse collective of individuals united in anger and determined to end HIV and AIDS through militant direct action.
We dispute HIV as the cause of a growing list of old diseases that have been officially categorized as AIDS. Our challenge to the HIV hypothesis should not be interpreted as an excuse to ignore symptoms of illness, or to engage in activities known to compromise health.
ACT UP San Francisco encourages a healthy lifestyle through vegetarianism, medical marijuana, and questioning the medical orthodoxy.
ACT UP San Francisco
1884 Market St.
San Francisco, CA 94102(415) 864-6686
AIDS Emergency Fund
AIDS Emergency Fund (AEF) helps provide emergency assistance to cover costs such as rent, utility bills and medical expenses for poverty-level San Franciscans with disabling HIV or AIDS. The group also works to help people find long-term assistance such as meals, counseling, and subsidized housing
AIDS Emergency Fund
965 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
(between 5th and 6th Streets)(415) 558-6999, Ext. 1
Healing Waters
Healing Waters and Healing Waters Wilderness Adventures aim to empower, inspire and enrich the lives of people who have HIV/AIDS.
Recent trips have included rafting trips on the South Fork of the American River and kayaking trips in the San Juans of Washington. We also offer LIQUID, a camp for teens. Working with qualified volunteers, we provide an emotionally and physically safe environment in the outdoors for individuals to take a moment to celebrate living, community and challenge their own beliefs about their strengths and abilities.
Healing Waters
167 Fell St.
San Francisco, Calif. 94102
(415) 552-1190
hwaters.org
The Neil A. Christie Living Center
Located in the heart of San Jose, The Living Center was developed as a safe, accessible and friendly place for people living with HIV/AIDS and others to meet and learn from each other, as well as meet with service providers.
The Neil A. Christie Living Center
46 Race St.
San Jose, CA 95126(408) 971-0852
Politics & Civil Rights
Alice B. Toklas Lebian Gay Bisexual Transgender Democratic Club
The Alice B. Toklas Club works within the Democratic Party and within the community at large to influence the Democratic Party’s policy on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights issues and to help educate the public about the Democratic Party’s policy on all issues.
The club also campaigns for candidates, and for/against city and state ballot propositions and proposed legislation.
Another objective of the group is to work politically to bring about justice for all people, with special emphasis on justice for members of the LGBT community.
Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club
1800 Market Street, PMB 18
San Francisco, CA 94102-6227P: (415) 707-2010
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California
The ACLU of Northern California and the national ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Project fight discrimination through precedent-setting litigation, public-policy advocacy, and public education.
The group's goal is equal treatment and basic respect for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. This means even-handed treatment by government; protection from discrimination in jobs, schools, housing, and public accommodations; and equal rights for same-sex couples and LGBT families.
ACLU of Northern California
39 Drumm St.
San Francisco, CA 94111P: 415-621-2493
F: 415-255-1478Legal assistance line (Mon-Fri 10-12, 1-3):
415-621-2488TTY: 415-863-7832
Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee
BAYMEC is the only political action committee dedicated to advocating for the civil rights of LGBT people in San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Monterey counties.
The group has raised its concerns with countless politicians; worked to elect LGBT people and supportive allies to political offices; lobbied Sacramento and the state on AIDS and LGBT civil rights; and worked with police, fire department, governmental, organizational, and a variety of community groups to further equality for LGBTs.
Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee
P.O. Box 6296
San Jose, CA 95150-6296P: (408) 486-9049
Equality California
Equality California (EQCA) is California’s LGBT civil rights and advocacy organization. Equality California leads efforts for LGBT civil rights at the state level through an array of strategies, including sponsoring legislation and leading efforts to ensure their passage. The group also empowers other organizations and individuals to engage in the political process.
EQCA, working in partnership with California’s LGBT Legislative Caucus, has strategically moved California from a state with extremely limited rights for LGBT individuals to the state with the most comprehensive LGBT civil rights protections in the nation.
Equality California
(Northern California Office):
2370 Market St., 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94114(415) 581-0005
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamatio
The Gay and 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.
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
5455 Wilshire Blvd, #1500
Los Angeles, CA 90036(323) 933-2240
Harvey Milk Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Democratic Club
The Harvey Milk Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Democratic Club is known for both its progressive politics and its independence. The club has frequently supported progressive issues in San Francisco politics. It was instrumental in electing progressive queers and pushing issues that have changed the world, from Harry Britt, Tom Ammiano, and Carole Migden, to early explicit sex education about HIV and inventing the idea of domestic partnerships.
You don't have to be a member of the LGBT community to join the club, and you certainly don't have to be a Democrat. Here, we expect to interrogate the Board of Supervisors, the District Attorney and the U.S. Representative to shape their agenda and sometimes to become them.
Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club
P.O. Box 14368
San Francisco, CA 94114-0368
The Equality Project
The Equality Project is a consumer, employee and investor advocacy coalition working to support and monitor workplace awareness of LGBT issues through the adoption of written employee nondiscrimination policies and specific principles.
The principles recommended by the Equality Project address issues such as domestic partner benefits, discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived health conditions, and discrimination in the selling of goods and services.
The Equality Project
PO Box 14479
San Francisco, CA 94114(415) 425-8257
The Human Rights Campaign
The Human Rights Campaign, the largest national gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender advocacy organization, effectively lobbies Congress, provides campaign support to fair-minded candidates, and works to educate the public on a wide array of topics affecting GLBT Americans, including relationship recognition, workplace, family, and health issues. The HRC Foundation — an HRC-affiliated organization — engages in research and provides public education and programming.
The Human Rights Campaign
1640 Rhode Island Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036-3278
(800) 777-4723
The San Francisco Human Rights Commission
The HRC works to provide leadership and advocacy to secure, protect and promote human rights for all people. Its broad powers and duties include mediating intergroup disputes, enforcing local anti-discrimination laws, implementing fair housing protection and administering the city's hate violence reduction program.
San Francisco Human Rights Commission
25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 800
San Francisco, CA 94102-6033
(Van Ness at Market)(415) 252.2500
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