San Francisco Bay Area Resources

Alice B Toklas LGBT Democratic Club: The oldest queer Democratic club in the country. Founded in 1971, two years after the Stonewall riots, Alice has fought for a society that is truly fair to all for more than 50 years. Their club is open to people of all genders and sexualities who want to help transform politics at the local, state, and national level. Based in San Francisco.

Billy DeFrank Center: Building community by hosting discussion and leadership groups, and diverse educational and social activities and events. Based in San Jose.

Black Brothers Esteem: Black Brothers Esteem (BBE) is a psychosocial support program for African American men who have sex with men, and gay or bisexual, gender variant, and same-gender loving men who are at risk for HIV transmission. They support issues related to HIV, hepatitis C, racism, substance use, poverty, homophobia, violence and unstable housing. Based in San Francisco.

Brown Boi Project: Works to transform the way that communities of color talk about gender. They build the leadership, economic self sufficiency, and health of LGBTQ+ people of color—pipelining them into the social justice movement. Centered in Oakland.

Castro Valley Pride: Castro Valley Pride was founded as a student-led organization and has since become Alameda County's longest running LGBTQ+ Pride Organization.

El/La Para TransLatinas: For more than 25 years, El/La has been an advocate in the transgender community seeking justice for translatinas. El/La works to build a collective vision and actions to promote transgender survival against violence and disease in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Gay Middle Eastern Men’s Group: A group for support, personal growth, and belonging. If you are a gay man of direct Middle Eastern origin, heritage, or culture, the Gay Middle Eastern Men’s Group of the San Francisco Bay Area may be for you.

Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club: One of San Francisco's largest Democratic clubs, it is respected for its progressive history, political actions, empowering activists and members of marginalized backgrounds, and bolstering resistance to status quo politics, changing rather than obeying power dynamics that leave members of the community out in the cold.

Lavender Seniors of the East Bay: Improving the quality of life of older lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) residents of Alameda and Contra Costa counties. Lavender Seniors advances this mission through direct services, outreach, advocacy and education. A critical aspect of this work is ensuring that LGBTQ+ elders are well-prepared emotionally, physically, legally, and socially in their later years.

LGBTQI Employment Services at the Center: Co-Working Hour at the SF LGBT Center. Reach your employment goals alongside the community in their shared workspace! Whether you prefer working independently or collaborating with friends and community members, this space is designed for you. Explore job opportunities, polish your resume, and enhance your portfolio. Staff will be available to ask questions and print resumes. Computers are available as well.

Oakland LGBTQ Community Center: Dedicated to enhancing and sustaining the well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals, their families and allies, by providing educational, social, and health related activities, programs and services. 

Openhouse: Enabling San Francisco Bay Area LGBTQ+ seniors to overcome the unique challenges they face as they age by providing housing, direct services and community programs.

Pacific Center for Human Growth: The oldest LGBTQ+ center in the San Francisco Bay Area. Offers a sliding scale mental health clinic for queer and trans people and their families. Located in Berkeley.

Parivar Bay Area: America’s only trans-led and trans-centering organization led by Global South Asian transgender individuals with the intent of cultivating a community of light, love, and acceptance.

Prism Foundation: Empowering the Asian & Pacific Islander LGBTQIA+ community by raising critical funds and mobilizing resources to build a more just and equitable society. Based in Oakland.

San Francisco Frontrunners: The founding chapter of a worldwide network of LGBTQIA+ running and walking clubs. They welcome everyone of all abilities and aim to create a welcoming, fun, social, and affirming community for you to start or continue your running and walking journey!

San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus: Since the original 115 members first sang on the steps of San Francisco City Hall in 1978, The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus has not only persevered in the face of persecution and intolerance, but have inspired an LGBT choral movement around the world. Over 2,000 members have sung with the chorus since that first day over 40 years ago and they are still going strong. 

San Francisco Hiking Club: Organizing hikes and similar outings for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer people, and their friends.  There is usually an event on Saturdays (sometimes, and/or Sundays).  They generally meet at the Whole Foods @ Dolores Street (x Market Street).  Sometimes they also meet, or alternatively meet, at the Rockridge BART Station (in Oakland).

San Francisco Pride Band: Provides for the education and musical development of its members, promotes visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities, and with its allies, fosters understanding among diverse communities through public performance.

SF LGBT Center: Supporting the needs of the entire LGBTQ community and allies through robust programming. They also connect people to a rich network of organizations in San Francisco serving the LGBTQ community.

TGI Justice Project: Challenging and ending the human rights abuses committed against Black, Black/Brown Trans people inside of California prisons, jails, detention centers and beyond. Centered in San Francisco.

The Queer Chorus of San Francisco: ​The nation’s oldest self-identified LGBT mixed chorus, the Queer Chorus of San Francisco is dedicated to building and enriching the Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender (LGBT) community through song and a love of music. The Chorus has performed around the world, and hundreds of times in San Francisco. 

Bayanihan Equity Center: A multi-service nonprofit organization serving seniors, adults with disability, and families since 1999. Provides culturally responsive services to address the needs and advance the rights of marginalized communities in pursuit of equity and justice. Based in San Francisco.

Bay Area American Indians Two-Spirits (BAAITS): Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS) exists to restore and recover the role of Two-Spirit people within the American Indian/First Nations community by creating a forum for the spiritual, cultural and artistic expression of Two-Spirit people. Based in San Francisco.

Central American Resource Center: Empowers and responds to the needs, rights and aspirations of Latino, people who migrate, and under-resourced families in the San Francisco Bay Area — building leadership to pursue self-determination and justice. Centered in San Francisco.

La Raza Community Resource Center: A bilingual, multi-service, non-profit organization dedicated to meeting the social service, immigration, educational, and leadership development needs of low-income families and individuals. The majority of La Raza participants are Spanish-speaking families and individuals of all ages, living in the Mission District of San Francisco and the greater Bay Area. The agency provides city wide services, and is located in Centro Del Pueblo, which houses several non-profit agencies. 

Alameda County Fathers Corps (Fathers Corps): Advocating for family service providers to offer father-friendly services to strengthen fathers’ parenting skills and help them engage with their families. Fathers Corps is available to all fathers and father-figures in Alameda County. 

BORN Collective: A San Francisco Bay Area-based trio of experienced birth workers who offer doula services, classes, and a Queer Family Group, operating as a hybrid of both online and in person meet-ups alternating from San Francisco to the East Bay.

Compass Family Services: Helping families who are experiencing homelessness and those who are at risk become stably housed, emotionally and physically healthy, and economically self-sufficient. Located in San Francisco.

Dads Evoking Change: Supporting fathers as they navigate the complex child custody and/or child support process in family court. Their target population is low-income fathers, fathers of color, and young fathers who may not have the legal knowledge or financial means to hire lawyers to advocate for them. Centered in Oakland.

Diversity of Fatherhood Photo Bank: Fathers Corps’ collection of pictures of diverse fathers and their kids. Complete the form in order to receive a secure link and password for the images.

First 5 Alameda County: Working to ensure that policies, systems, communities, and schools support families and children by creating the conditions that position all for success. Centered in Alameda County.

Hamilton Families: Offers programs specialized in providing shelter and transitional housing in times of need, supporting the wellbeing and academic achievement of children who experience homelessness, preventing family homelessness whenever possible, and quickly returning families to safe and stable housing throughout the Greater Bay Area.

La Raza Community Resource Center: A bilingual, multi-service, non-profit organization dedicated to meeting the social service, immigration, educational, and leadership development needs of low-income families and individuals. The majority of La Raza participants are Spanish-speaking families and individuals of all ages, living in the Mission District of San Francisco and the greater Bay Area. The agency provides city wide services, and is located in Centro Del Pueblo, which houses several non-profit agencies.

Our Family Coalition: A San Francisco Bay Area-based nonprofit organization that works to provide services and support to LGBTQ+ families. They offer educational training, playdates, child care, workshops, and online support groups.

PFLAG Danville/San Ramon Valley: A local chapter of PFLAG, the nation's largest organization dedicated to supporting, educating, and advocating for LGBTQ+ people and those who love them.

PFLAG Oakland/East Bay: A local chapter of PFLAG, the nation's largest organization dedicated to supporting, educating, and advocating for LGBTQ+ people and those who love them.

PFLAG San Francisco: A local chapter of PFLAG, the nation's largest organization dedicated to supporting, educating, and advocating for LGBTQ+ people and those who love them.

PFLAG San Jose/Peninsula: A local chapter of PFLAG, the nation's largest organization dedicated to supporting, educating, and advocating for LGBTQ+ people and those who love them.

Refugee & Immigrant Transitions: Partnering with people who have sought refuge in the U.S. to create education, family engagement, and community leadership opportunities. Based in San Francisco and Oakland.

Somos Familia: Somos Familia builds leadership in Latinx families and communities to create a culture where people of diverse genders and sexual orientations can thrive. Centered in Oakland. 

Bill Sorro Housing Program (BiSHoP): Increases access and defends housing for diverse, vulnerable, low-income populations in San Francisco.

Changes 311 Shelter Reservation Guide: Get help finding a shelter, lockers and showers, eviction prevention resources, and other services. Centered in San Francisco.

Community Forward SF: Helps the vulnerable individuals of SF get off the street, find comprehensive services, and achieve stability so they may thrive. Their network of programs is designed to work in tandem to meet clients at every stage of their need, with a special focus on three core populations: cis and transgender women, older adults, and those with severe medical or mental health needs.

First Presbyterian Church of Hayward: Offers shelters, food pantry, Recovery Cafe, and more, both on their main site in Castro Valley (behind Trader Joe’s), and at South Hayward Parish. If you’re experiencing housing or food insecurity in the Eden area, get in touch. Shelter - 7 days/week 6:30PM open, 7AM close. Call (510) 634-4750 to make sure space is available! Resource Center - 10AM-4PM Mon-Fri.

GLIDE: A nationally recognized center for social justice, dedicated to fighting systemic injustices, creating pathways out of poverty and crisis, and transforming lives. Through their integrated comprehensive services, advocacy initiatives, and inclusive community, they empower individuals, families, and children to achieve stability and thrive. Centered in San Francisco.

Hamilton Families: Offers programs specialized in providing shelter and transitional housing in times of need, supporting the wellbeing and academic achievement of children who experience homelessness, preventing family homelessness whenever possible, and quickly returning families to safe and stable housing throughout the Greater Bay Area.

Huckleberry Youth Multi-Service Center: Empowering young people to develop and maintain healthy relationships. Some of their services include career training and college access assistance; individual and family therapy; support for sexually exploited youth; 24-hour crisis intervention; emergency shelter to youth aged 12-17; and comprehensive health services. Serving San Francisco and Marin youth and their families.

La Casa De Las Madres: Responds to calls for help from domestic violence victims, of all ages, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. They give survivors the tools to transform their lives. They seek to prevent future violence by educating the community and by redefining public perceptions about domestic violence.

Maitri: Provides residential care for people who have disabling HIV/AIDS or who are recovering from gender affirmation surgery. Located in San Francisco.

Riley Center: For over 30 years, the Riley Center has served as a safe, welcoming environment for all survivors of domestic violence, regardless of age, race, religion, sexual orientation or marital status. Every year, they help hundreds of survivors—mothers and children—end the cycle of abuse through confidential, individualized services and support systems. Based in San Francisco. 

AIDS Legal Referral Panel: Originally founded in 1983, the AIDS Legal Referral Panel (ALRP) is dedicated to protecting the rights, dignity, and health of people living with HIV/AIDS in the Bay Area. They accomplish this through direct legal representation by one of their Staff attorneys, by careful placement of clients with one of their 500 volunteer Panel attorneys, and by connecting their clients to non-legal service providers to secure other vital resources.

Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom: Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom (BALIF) is the nation's oldest and largest association of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTQI) persons in the field of law. Founded in 1980, BALIF represents its members’ interests in the wider San Francisco Bay Area. BALIF members and supporters include San Francisco Bay Area judges, lawyers, law students and legal workers.

Bay Area Legal Aid: They provide low-income clients with free civil legal assistance, including legal advice and counsel, referrals, and representation. They are the largest civil legal aid provider serving seven Bay Area counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara.

Centro Legal de la Raza: Founded in 1969, Centro Legal de la Raza is a legal services agency protecting and advancing the rights of low-income, immigrant, Black, and Latinx communities through bilingual legal representation, education, and advocacy. By combining quality legal services with know-your-rights education and youth development, Centro Legal de la Raza ensures access to justice for thousands of individuals throughout Northern and Central California.

East Bay Community Law Center: Provides a wide array of services relating to housing, immigration, youth education and justice, health care, disability, public benefits, and more. Located in Berkeley. 

Legal Services for Children: A non-profit legal services and social work provider offering free legal advocacy, social-emotional support, information, advice, and referrals to low-income children and youth in the San Francisco Bay Area. Their services help young people who need legal support with guardianship (changing who the young person’s legal guardian is), dependency (foster care), education (with a focus on expulsion defense), and immigration (help securing a path to lawful immigration status for undocumented minors, assistance with DACA applications, and support for minors who are in, or have recently been released from, immigration detention in Northern California).

LGBT Asylum Project: The only San Francisco nonprofit organization exclusively dedicated to providing accessible legal representation for LGBT asylum seekers who are fleeing persecution due to their sexual orientation, gender identity and/or HIV status. 

TGI Justice Project: Challenging and ending the human rights abuses committed against Black, Black/Brown Trans people inside of California prisons, jails, detention centers and beyond. Centered in San Francisco. 

AIDS Drug Assistance Program: The AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) and the Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Assistance Program (PrEP-AP) are State-administered programs for uninsured and underinsured persons living with HIV and negative persons at risk for HIV. Link lists enrollment site addresses in San Francisco.

Berkeley Free Clinic: The mission of the Berkeley Free Clinic is to empower individuals and communities by providing accessible, client-centered health services and information. They provide free medical care because they believe healthcare is a fundamental human right, not a profit-driven industry.

Castro – Mission Health Center: A San Francisco-based clinic, offering clients a warm and welcoming environment whether you are a new immigrant or a life-long San Franciscan. Most of their staff are bilingual in Spanish and bicultural, and many of them identify as LGBT. 

Dimensions Clinic: A welcoming, safe and open space for queer and trans youth to get comprehensive medical and mental health services. They offer free or low-cost healthcare for youth and people ages 18 to 65. Located in San Francisco. 

Gender Health SF (SFDPH): Gender Health SF helps transgender, nonbinary and gender expansive individuals access gender-affirming surgeries, education, and preparation services in San Francisco. They support access to care for people who are under-resourced, uninsured, and underinsured.  

Grateful Heart Therapy: A majority LGBTQIA+ group of therapists offering affordable and caring teletherapy for the San Francisco Bay Area and California at large.

Kaiser Multi-Specialty Transition (MST) Center: Located in Oakland, CA; the MST center offers a wide range of gender-affirming services such as surgery, internal medicine, gynecology, mental health, social work, and nursing.

Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center: A general acute care hospital providing acute medical and rehabilitation services as well as skilled nursing services. Serving residents of San Francisco.

Lyon-Martin Health Services: Provides high quality, compassionate and trauma-informed medical, gynecological, and mental health care services targeting trans, non-binary, gender non-conforming, and intersex (TGI) communities and cis-gender women with specific sensitivity to LGBQA+ sexual orientation, disability, size, race, ethnicity, and language regardless of immigration status or ability to pay. Located in San Francisco.

Maitri: Provides residential care for people who have disabling HIV/AIDS or who are recovering from gender affirmation surgery. Located in San Francisco.

Men of Color Program and Black Health Center of Excellence: Any HIV-positive man of color in the San Francisco area is welcome at MOCP for HIV treatment, general health care, mental health care and social support, sexual health care, health education, case management, and more. The BHCOE is also open to HIV-positive African-American men and women not in optimal care.

Native American Health Center: A nonprofit, Federally Qualified Health Center proudly serving California’s Bay Area Native Population and other underserved communities. Caring for the Bay Area since 1972, NAHC has worked at local, state, and federal levels to deliver resources and services for the urban Native community. As an Urban Indian Health Project through their relationship with the Indian Health Service (IHS), they are dedicated to providing high quality medical, dental, behavioral health, community wellness, and social service programs. Centered in San Francisco and Oakland.

Pacific Center for Human Growth: The oldest LGBTQ+ center in the San Francisco Bay Area. Offers a sliding scale mental health clinic for queer and trans people and their families. Located in Berkeley.

Queer LifeSpace: An award-winning agency providing affordable mental health services to the LGBTQIA+ community in the San Francisco Bay Area.

San Francisco AIDS Foundation: Promotes health, wellness, and social justice for communities most impacted by HIV, through sexual health and substance use services, advocacy, and community partnerships.

San Francisco City Clinic: A trusted source for sexual health services and information, known for their experienced professionals and commitment to delivering compassionate, high-quality care for over 100 years.

San Francisco Community Health Center: Celebrates and attends to the health and wellness of the communities that define San Francisco—immigrant and communities of color, queer, trans, unhoused people, and all who are most impacted by oppression—through comprehensive medical, dental, and mental health services.

San Francisco Therapy Collective: A collective of LGBTQ+-serving therapists.

The Lotus Collaborative: Offers holistic eating disorder and behavioral health care—online and in-person—at their Santa Cruz and San Francisco, California locations.

UCSF Alliance Health Project: Supporting the mental health and wellness of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) and HIV-affected communities in constructing healthy and meaningful lives. Since 1984, AHP has insisted on providing a safe harbor for their clients, one that is responsive to the behavioral health needs of LGBTQ+ folks with low incomes in San Francisco. 

BORN Collective: A San Francisco Bay Area-based trio of experienced birth workers who offer doula services, classes, and a Queer Family Group, operating as a hybrid of both online and in person meet-ups alternating from San Francisco to the East Bay.

Homeless Prenatal Program: A nationally-recognized family resource center in San Francisco. They serve over 3,500 low-income and homeless families annually, with a variety of programs and services to help families become healthy, stable and self-sufficient.

Reproductive Science Center: Located in the San Francisco Bay Area; a queer-and-trans-affirming fertility center.

The Sperm Bank of California: Located in Berkeley, CA; a queer-and-trans-affirming sperm bank. 

Adolescent Counseling Services, Outlet: Outlet services support the emotional, physical, and social development of youth as whole individuals. They are youth-centered, respecting all individuals and honoring their differences. Their program staff provides a safe environment that is confidential, inclusive, and non-judgmental. Centered in Redwood City.

Huckleberry Youth Multi-Service Center: Empowering young people to develop and maintain healthy relationships. Some of their services include career training and college access assistance; individual and family therapy; support for sexually exploited youth; 24-hour crisis intervention; emergency shelter to youth aged 12-17; and comprehensive health services. Serving San Francisco and Marin youth and their families.

LYRIC: Building community and inspiring positive social change through education enhancement, career training, health promotion, and leadership development with LGBTQ youth, their families, and allies of all races, classes, genders, and abilities. Located in San Francisco.

Queer & Trans Affirming Places Around CVUSD: A video made in 2023 showcasing all of the LGBTQ+ resources and affirming places around Castro Valley Unified School District, made by students.

RYSE Youth Center: RYSE creates safe spaces grounded in social justice that build youth power for young people to love, learn, educate, heal and transform lives and communities. RYSE is free for all young people ages 13-21. All members have access to RYSE’s facilities, free food, and workshops/programs in arts, health + wellness, youth organizing, college & career development, and more. Located in Richmond.

Side by Side: Operating across the Bay Area, providing young people ages 5-26 and family members with critical services that span behavioral and mental health, early intervention in schools, LGBTQIA+ support, transitional housing for foster youth, and special education. Serving Marin, Alameda, Sonoma, and Napa Counties.