Crisis Intervention and Counseling
Community United Against Violence
http://www.xq.com/cuav/
Community United Against Violence (CUAV) is a nonprofit agency which addresses and
prevents hate violence directed at lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, and transgender
persons. CUAV also provides services to gay men who are battered by their partners.
CUAV offers crisis intervention, short term counseling, advocacy with the criminal
justice system, support groups, and a 24 hour CrisisLine.
The Gay and Lesbian National Hotline
http://www.glnh.org/
A non-profit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to meeting the needs of the gay and
lesbian community by offering free and totally anonymous information, referrals and
peer-counseling. They offer a toll-free phone number that anyone can call for gay/lesbian
support and information (1-888-THE-GLNH), and you can also submit e-mail from their
Web site and get a confidential reply.
Youth Assistance Organization (aka Youth Action Online)
http://www.youth.org/
Youth Assistance Organization is a service run by volunteers, created to help self-identifying
gay, lesbian, bisexual and questioning youth. YAO exists to provide young people
with a safe space online to be themselves. Their pages contain links to useful sites
and a FAQ devoted to questions like "I think I may be gay; what do I do?"