There is a place to stand
where you can see so many lights
you forget you are one of them
~ Naomi Shihab Nye, Spruce Street, Berkeley

CRISIS

• Community United Against Violence (CUAV)
  CUAV hotline: (415) 333-HELP
• San Francisco Women Against Rape (SFWAR)
  SFWAR hotline: (415) 647-RAPE
• Crisis Support Services of Alameda County (24-hour)
  800-309-2131
• San Francisco 24-hour Crisis Hotline
  (415) 781-0500
• San Francisco - TTY 24-hour Crisis Hotline
  (415) 781-2224
• Alameda County Mental Health & Substance Abuse Access Program (provides referrals) 800-491-9099

QUEER EDUCATION, ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY CENTERS

• Gay Lesbian & Straight Education Network
• National Center for Lesbian Rights
• Pacific Center
• San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Center
• Transgender Law Center

SEXUALITY/ SEXPERTS/ GENDER RESOURCES

• Butchvoices.com
• openingup.net
• polychromatic.com
• puckerup.com the official site of writer and sex educator Tristan Taormino
• Scarleteen.com sex ed for the real world

PARENTING

• APA Lesbian and Gay Parenting
• Center for Nonviolent Education and Parenting
• COLAGE (Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere)
• Family Equality Counsel
• Maia Midwifery
• Our Family Coalition
• PFLAG (Parents Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)