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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice: Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Resources

Creating a Safe LGBTQIA+ Workplace

In, Out, and In Between

Why Pronouns Matter

Transgender Inclusion in Libraries

Reaching for the Rainbow: Meeting the needs of Rural and Isolated LGBTQ Friends and Neighbors

Gender Unicorn - TSER

Family Counseling Service of the Finger Lakes Programs

LGBTQ+ Crisis/Suicide Prevention Hotlines

LGBTQ+ Sucide & Crisis Prevention Hotlines

*Not LGBTQ+ specific but LGBTQ+ inclusive

All Ages

  • GLBT National Hotline: 1-888-843-4564
  • Crisis Text Line*: Text MHA to 741-741
  • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline*: 1-800-273-8255

LGBTQ+ Youth

  • TrevorLifeline: 1-866-488-7386
  • TrevorText: Text START to 678-678

Transgender Community

  • Trans Lifeline: 1-877-565-8860
  • Family & Friends Hotline: 1-877-565-8860 
    • Our Family & Friends Line provides peer support for friends, partners, family members and professionals supporting trans loved ones and community members. We trust trans people as the experts in our own lives, and we resource trans people’s support networks to do the same. To access this service, call our main hotline and ask for our Family & Friends Line. The operator will find out the best time to call you back and you will receive a call back from a Family & Friends operator who has lived experience supporting trans people.

Queer & Trans BIPOC Community

  • BlackLine: 1-800-604-5841
  • DESI LGBTQ+ Helpline for South Asians: 1-903-367-3374

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