Are there any mental health resources specifically for the LGBTQI community?

Here are several resources for your consideration:  

  • NAMI’s LGBTQ+ webpage provides an overview of mental health concerns among the LGBTQ+ community, common risk factors impacting LGBTQ+ mental health, tips for finding the right healthcare provider, and a long list of resources to support LGBTQ+ mental health. 
  • CenterLink, an international nonprofit organization and association of LGBTQ centers and other LGBTQ organizations serving their local and regional communities, offers a “CenterLink LGBT Community Center Member Directory” where you can find your nearest LGBTQ center.  
  • The LGBT National Help Center offers confidential peer support connections for LGBT youth, adults, and seniors, including phone, text and online chat. 
  • The American Psychological Association (APA) provides educational and support resources on a range of LGBTQ topics. 
  • The Gay and Lesbian Medical Association's Provider Directory offers a search tool to locate an LGBTQ-inclusive health care provider. 
  • The Trevor Project is a support network for LGBTQ youth providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention, including a 24-hour text line (text “START” to 678678). 
  • SAGE is a national advocacy and services organization serving LGBTQ+ elders; they offer SAGE National LGBT Elder Hotline to connect LGBTQ+ older people with friendly responders who are ready to listen 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in English and Spanish.  
  • Depression Looks Like Me is a program – sponsored by the Johnson & Johnson Company and supported by an alliance of other partners – that aims to educate and empower LGBTQ+ people with depression. 
  • Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex, and Gender Expansive Identities (SAIGE) provides educational and support resources for LGBTQ individuals. They also promote competency on LGBTQ issues for counseling professionals. 
  • Trans Lifeline is a nonprofit trans community-led organization that offers emotional support to trans people in crisis.  
  • The National Center for Transgender Equality offers resources for transgender individuals, including information on the right to access health care. 
  • National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA) is a federation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Asian American, South Asian, Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander (AAPI) organizations. 
  • Asian Pride Project is a nonprofit organization that celebrates the journeys, triumphs and struggles of LGBTQ individuals and Asian and Pacific Islander (API) families and communities through the use of arts — film, video, photography and the written word — as a medium for social justice and advocacy. 
  • GAPIMNY is a nonprofit organization that empowers queer and trans Asian Pacific Islanders.  

Please note: The resources included here are not endorsed by NAMI, and NAMI is not responsible for the content of or service provided by any of these resources.

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