Youth Programs and Peer Groups

Queens

ACQC: AIDS Center of Queens County
Weekly support groups, outreach, and prevention/education for LGBT youth.
97-45 Queens Blvd. 12th Floor
Rego Park, NY 11374
(718) 896-2500
www.acqc.org

Generation Q (Queens Community House)
Queer drop-in center for LGBT youth ages 13-22. Offers youth workshops, discussions, movies, writing group, art projects, activism, event planning, theater, dances, and Queens Youth Pride.
30-74 Steinway Street, 2nd Floor
Astoria, NY 11103
Monday - Friday 3pm - 8pm
(718) 204-5955
www.myspace.com/generationqrules

GMHC, Youth & Young Adult Initiatives
Outreach activities/workgroups for LGBT youth in NYC. Open to all with particular focus on House and Ball community.
c/o GMHC, 119 W. 24th St., 8th Fl.
(212) 367-1000
www.gmhc.org

Manhattan

Alianza Dominica
Support groups, peer education and safer sex workshops for LGBT youth. Bilingual.
2410 Amsterdam Avenue, 2nd Floor.
Monday - Friday 9AM-5PM
(212) 740-1960
www.alianzaonline.org

Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Youth of New York (BiGLYNY)
Youth-run group for LGBT/questioning/queer-empowering youth, ages 13-21.
c/o the Center

Project Connect (part of APICHA-Asian & Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS)
Focuses on issues within the LGBTQ and intersex Asian and Pacific Islander communities.
400 Broadway
(646) 744-0990
www.apicha.org

EquAsian
Youth-run and led group supports LGBT, intersex, queer, and questioning Asian/Pacific Islander youth, 22 and under.
c/o APICHA 400 Broadway
(212) 334-7940
www.apicha.org/msm

FIERCE! (Fabulous Independent Educated Radicals for Community Empowerment)
Community organizing and advocacy for LGBTQ youth of color.
147 West 24th Street 6th Floor
Monday - Friday 4-8PM
(646) 336-6789
www.fiercenyc.org

JQ Youth
Social group made up of frum/formerly frum LGBT Jews, age 17-30. Monthly meetings and regular informal get-togethers. Also offers anonymous online discussion group.
www.jqyouth.org

Latino Youth In Action (as per Hispanic AIDS Forum)
Leadership training to GLBTQ Latino youth to fight the spread of HIV. Bilingual. Ages 24 and younger. Locations in Manhattan, Bronx, and Queens.
213 West 35th Street, New York, NY
(212) 563-4500
866 Westchester Avenue, Bronx, NY
(718) 328-4188
62-07 Woodside Avenue, 3rd Floor, Woodside, NY
(718) 803-2766
www.hafnyc.org

LIVE OUT LOUD
Programming, scholarships and resources for LGBT youth.
570 Seventh Ave., 9th Fl. NYC
(212) 651-4236
www.liveoutloud.info

Living Beyond Belief
Non-profit organization educates youth about protecting themselves against HIV/AIDS.
(212) 696-6652
www.livingbeyondbelief.org

Love Heals: The Alison Gertz Foundation for AIDS Education
Empowers young people to make informed choices through education and awareness about HIV/AIDS.
2 Fifth Ave., Suite 2Q, NYC
(212) 529-7935
www.loveheals.org

SAFE SPACE Youth Center
Case management, counseling, referrals, food, internet access, educational services, job skills training youth ages 13-18
Monday-Friday 1-7PM
24 West 30th Street 2nd Floor
(212) 481-8062
www.safespacenyc.org

West Side YMCA
Support group for GLBTQ youth
5 West 63rd Street
(212) 875-4100
www.ymcanyc.org/westside

Yo! GMAD (Gay Men of African Descent)
Weekly discussion groups for young men of color, HIV education and testing.
103 East 125th Street, Suite 503
(212) 828-1697
www.gmad.org

Bronx

The Spot Next Door (as per Bronx Community Pride Center)
Drop-in center for LGBTQ youth through mental health services, case management, social activities, tutoring, college counseling & referrals to LGBTQ sensitive medical providers for youth under 23.
448 East 149th Street, between Brook and Bergen Avenue
Monday-Friday 11AM-4PM
(718) 292-4368
www.blghrc.org

Brooklyn

Audre Lorde Project (ALP)
Provides programs for lesbian, gay, bisexual, two spirit, transgender and gender non-conforming people of color for community organizing and wellness & progressive social and economic justice focusing on the NYC area.
85 South Oxford Street
(718) 596-0342
www.alp.org

GLOBE
Youth projects and after school drop-in group for LGBT youth in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
301 Grove Street Between Myrtle and Knickerbocker
(718) 418-7690
www.maketheroad.org

Staten Island

Community Health Action of Staten Island
HIV/AIDS and other health issues, community/peer education, outreach, case management, addiction treatment, testing/counseling, training, youth/LGBT/mobile health services.
56 Bay Street
(718) 808-1300
www.chasiny.org

Legally Queer
Ongoing weekly support group for LGBT young people, 18-24, to explore/address questions about sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, coming out to family and friends, other issues relevant to healthy development. All services are free.
The Staten Island LGBT Center, 25 Victory Blvd., 3rd Fl. Staten Island, NY 10301
(718) 808-1360
www.silgbtcenter.org