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Community Centers

Billy DeFrank Lesbian & Gay Community Center - San Jose - (408) 293-2429

The Edge - East Bay - (510) 790-2887 or 713-6679

Pacific Center - Berkeley - (510) 548-8283 (E-mail: info@pacificcenter.org, Web Site: www.pacificcenter.org)

Spectrum Center for Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Concerns- Marin County - (415) 457-1115 (library and resources/referrals, plus discussion groups and speakers)

Crisis Lines

AIDS/HIV Nightline - (415) 434-2437 / Linea Nocturna - (415) 989-5212

California Youth Crisis Line - referrals for homeless & runaway youth - (800) 843-5200

Marin Suicide Prevention & Counseling - (415) 499-1100

Rape Crisis Center - San Rafael (415) 924-2100

San Francisco Rape Treatment Center (Dept of Public Health) - 24 hours - (415) 206-3222

Suicide and Crisis Intervention Lines - 24 hours / 7 days - (415) 781-0500

Suicide Prevention Crisis Line - (916) 368-3111 (24-hour crisis line) / (916) 368-3081

Disabilities

Center for Independent Living - Berkeley - (510) 848-3101 / 841-4776 TDD

Visiting Nurses and Hospice of San Francisco - (415) 750-4404

Domestic Violence

Battered Gay & Bisexual Men & Transgenders - program of Community United Against Violence (CUAV) - (415) 333-4357 (crisis) or (415) 777-5500

Battered Lesbians - San Francisco - (415) 864-4722

Battered Women's Alternatives - East Bay - (510) 676-2845

Battered Women's Services of San Mateo - (650) 342-0850

Community United against Violence - (415) 333-4357 (24-hour crisis line)

Marin Abused Women's Services - for abused women (415) 924-6616, for abusive men (415) 924-1070, Spanish (415) 924-3456

Employment

Gay Community Services - San Francisco - short-term work - (415) 431-4466

Families

All Our Families Coalition - San Francisco - (415) 681-1960

Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE) - (415) 861-5437

Lesbian and Gay Parenting Group - San Francisco - (415) 565-7674

Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gay Men - Marin (415) 491-0345 or Petaluma (707) 762-1162

Funeral/Cremation Services (low-cost/nonprofit)

College Chapel Mortuary (SF College of Mortuary Science) - (415) 824-1313

HIV/AIDS

AIDS Housing Information Project - East Bay - (510) 537-2600

AIDS Project of Contra Costa - (510) 356-AIDS

The AIDS Project of the East Bay - (510) 834-8181

The Family Link - San Francisco - housing and emotional support for friends and family of people with AIDS who are visiting from outside the Bay Area - (415) 703-9050

Marin AIDS Interfaith Network - (415) 455-5636 or 257-8367

Marin AIDS Project - San Rafael -(415) 457-2487 / Spanish (415) 453-SIDA or 507-4128

Market Street House (Catholic Charities) - San Francisco - 64 bed low-income housing program for people with HIV - (415) 575-3726

Peter Claver Community (Catholic Charities) - San Francisco - 32 bed residence for otherwise homeless people with HIV - (415) 749-3800

Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS) - assistance/placement - SF - (415) 241-1460

Project Open Hand - hot meals/food bank - SF (415) 447-2300 / East Bay (510) 548-8909

The San Francisco AIDS Foundation - (415) 864-5855

San Mateo County AIDS Program - (650) 573-2588

Women with HIV - support group - Sausalito - (415) 331-6161

Women's AIDS Network - San Francisco - (415) 864-4376

Homeless

The Episcopal Sanctuary - San Francisco - (415) 863-3893

Family Crisis Center - shelter, food, baby needs, etc. - (510) 449-1664

A Friendly Place - Oakland - drop-in center for homeless women - (510) 451-8923

Larkin Street Youth Center - shelter/services for homeless & runaway youth - (415) 673-0911

St. Anthony Foundation - serving the poor and homeless in San Francisco - (415) 241-2600

Legal

National Center for Lesbian Rights - San Francisco - (415) 621-0674

Medical

Berkeley Free Clinic - (510) 548-2570 / 548-8238 TDD

Haight Ashbury Free Clinics, Inc. - San Francisco - (415) 565-1908

Lyon-Martin Clinic - woman-sensitive primary care - San Francisco - (415) 565-7667

Mission Neighborhood Health Center - San Francisco - (415) 431-3212

People of Color

AGUILAS - Latino advocacy organization - San Francisco - (415) 285-8405 or 558-9709

Black Men's Exchange (The AMASSI Center) - Oakland - (510) 893-8288 or 839-9138

Black Women's Exchange (The AMASSI Center) - Oakland - (510) 601-9066

Lesbians of Color (National Center for Lesbian Rights) - San Francisco - (415) 621-0674

Pacific Friends - San Francisco - Asian/Pacific Islanders advocacy - (415) 703-7137

Religion/Spirituality

Christian Women's Support Group - (415) 534-5546 or 647-8390

Diocese of California's Integrity Network Coordinator - josephlane@pacbell.net

Gay Young Spirit (GYS) - gay men in their 20s & 30s - (415) 703-7181

Integrity - G/L family in the Episcopal Church - Palo Alto to San Luis Obispo - (408) 294-2026

Women's Spirituality Group - San Francisco - (415) 457-1115, x201

Seniors

East Bay Lavender Seniors Group - (510) 247-2406

New Leaf Services/Gay & Lesbian Outreach to Elders (GLOE) - (415) 626-7000

Substance Abuse

AA Meeting for persons with or affected by HIV/AIDS - Oakland (510) 655-3435

Women's Alcoholism Center - San Francisco - (415) 282-8900

Youth/Young Adults

23 & Under (Pacific Center) - Berkeley - rap groups - (510) 548-8283

LYRIC Youth Talk Line (23 & Under) - (415) 863-3636 / 431-8812 TDD

Rainbow's End - Spectrum - Marin County - (415) 457-1115

Youth Advocates - Nine Grove Lane (Marin) - (415) 453-5200 (24-hour crisis line)