Resources
hotlines
LGBT National Help Center Peer support and local resources for LGBTQIA+ people
National Hotline 1(888) 843 - 4564
Youth Talk Line 1 (800) 246 - 7743
Senior Hotline 1 (888) 234 - 7243
Online chat options available, all hours listed on site
Postpartum Support International Helpline:
1-800-944-4773 #1 en español or #2 in english
RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline
1 (800) 656 - 4673, 24 hours
Online chat options available
National Suicide Prevention Hotline
1 (800) 273 - 8255, 24 hours
San Francisco Sex Information (SFSI) Confidential and non-judgmental sex information
1 (415) 989 - 7374, 3pm to 9pm PST M-TH
The Trevor Project Crisis support for LGBTQIA+ Youth
(866) 488 - 7386
Online chat and text options available
crisis support
The Mobile Crisis Team of San Francisco: 415-970-4000
direct service + advocacy
BAWAR For people impacted by sexual trauma
(510) 845 - 7273, 24-hour Crisis Line, English and Spanish
(510) 430 - 1298, Office
Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective Transformative Justice and Sexual Trauma
Can be reached via their website
California Coalition Against Sexual Assault State Coalition of Rape Crisis Centers
(916) 446 - 2520, Office
Directory of Crisis Centers - http://www.calcasa.org/agencies/
Community United Against Violence Building the power of LGBTQ Communities
(415) 777 - 5500, Office
El/La Para Translatinas Fighting for the rights of Translatinas
(415) 864 - 7278, Office
FORGE National Transgender Anti-Violence Organization
Can be reached via their website
SFWAR Women of Color-led org for people impacted by sexual trauma
(415) 647 - 7273, 24-hour Crisis Line
(415) 861 - 2024, Office
St James Infirmary Peer-based occupational health and safety clinic for sex workers
(415) 554 - 8494, Office
TGIJP Transgender, Gender-Variant and Intersex Peer Legal Advocacy for incarcerated or formerly incarcerated TGI people
(415) 554 - 8491, Office
W.O.M.E.N. Inc. Supporting survivors of intimate partner violence
(415) 864 - 4722, 24-hour crisis line
(415) 864 - 4777, Office
legal services
Family Violence Law Center Services for people impacted by sexual assault and intimate partner violence
1-800-947-8301, 24-hour Crisis Line
(510) 208 - 0220, Office
International Institute of the Bay Area Immigration legal services
(510) 451 - 2846, Oakland Office
(415) 538 - 8100 ext. 206, San Francisco Office
Red Light Legal Direct legal services for sex workers // Can be reached via website or Facebook page
Transgender Law Center National org providing legal services to trans and gender non-conforming people
(510) 587 - 9696, Office
(510) 380 - 8229, Collect line for inmates and detainees
sf bay area
Bay Area Open Minds - provider database of therapists affirming sexual and gender diversity
Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective for information and resources regarding Transformative Justice, particularly their Pod Mapping technology.
Feelmore - black women-owned and operated sex toy shop
Sogorea Te’ Land Trust: urban Indigenous women-led land trust that facilitates the return / rematriation of Indigenous land to Indigenous people through yearly or monthly land taxes.
Gaylesta - LGBTQIA+ provider database
Gender Spectrum is a fantastic local organization that helps to create gender sensitive and inclusive environments for all children and teens.
Oakland-based LGBTQ Center recently opened near Lake Merritt. They offer resources, events and services.
This is Stronghold: Affinity groups for white people & BIPOC regularly + other trainings
national
East Pointe Peace Academy: Kingian nonviolence trainings
Full Spectrum Doula Circle: Provides Abortion Skills Support
National Harm Reduction Coalition: Harm Reduction Principles
National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network
Sister Song - Reproductive Justice led by WOC
WellCellium: Wellcelium is a learning community that spreads pleasure, on purpose
covid-19 resources
Sounds True Talks and Meditations
Tara Brach weekly meditations
Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness podcast with David Treveaven
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Somatic Centering with Sumitra Rajkumar
articles, videos, films
The Critical Resistance website, particularly the resource section “Addressing Harm, Accountability, and Healing.”
How to Survive the End of the World Podcast - adrienne maree brown and Autumn Brown
With the barriers affecting access to treatment by members of diverse ethnic and racial groups. Loveland Therapy Fund provides financial assistance to Black women and girls nationally seeking therapy.
Let’s be real, mainstream LGBTQIA+ organizations aren’t really showing up for QTPOC
Native Land - a website to learn about North American tribes and communities
Organizational Transformation Without Equity and Allyship is Meaningless
The work of Prentis Hemphill, particularly the Finding Our Way podcast and “Letting Go of Innocence,” both available at their website.
What is White Supremacy Culture?
books
Are Prisons Obsolete? By Angela Davis
Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement, by Ejeris Dixon and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha.
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Conflict is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair, by Sarah Schulman
Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown
Fumbling Towards Repair: A Workbook for Community Accountability Facilitators, by Mariame Kaba and Shira Hassan
How We Show Up by Mia Birdsong
Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation through Anger by Lama Rod Owens
My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies, by Resmaa Menakem
Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World by Paul Stametz
The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor
We Will Not Cancel Us (Emergent Strategy Series) by adrienne maree brown
pregnancy, parenting & children’s books
Oakland Birth and Wellness: Offering compassionate healthcare, trusted support and community space to support new and expectant families.
Perinatal task force: Perinatal rights and needs for community support with a reproductive justice lens
Spiritual Midwifery: Seminal text about midwifery care centering pleasure and the need to reduce stress surrounding labor and birth
Expecting Better: Data driven resources and stories to empower decision-making for expectant parents during pregnancy.
NICU Parent Network: NICU Parent Network is a network of organizations offering support to families of premature infants.
Then Comes Baby: Resource center in Oakland for new and expectant families, offering childbirth education classes, groups and lactation support.
Postpartum Support International: PSI has many resources surrounding the emotional and mental health for parents and families. Toll-free Help Line, in English and Spanish. 800.944.4773
A Secure Base: All about attachment in intimate early relationships, written by John Bowlby.
The Invisible String: A lovely children’s story about the enduring power of love through time, space, loss, separation, and change.
My Heart: “My heart is a window. My heart is a slide. My heart can be closed...or opened up wide.” A story of love and self-acceptance with beautiful illustrations
grief and loss
The Year of Magical Thinking: Joan Didion’s personal experience with sudden loss of her husband and daughter
Thirst: Mary Oliver's poems following the death of her partner, Molly.
When Women Were Birds: Terry Tempest Williams writes of the loss of her mother and finding voice
Kara: Grief support in Palo Alto hosting groups and individual bereavement support
The Sharing Place: Support groups for children, excellent resources to support children with grief and death of loved ones.
Sutter Care Bereavement: Grief support in the East Bay with diverse support group offerings
The Invisible String: A lovely children’s story about the enduring power of love through time, space, loss, separation, and change.
“You weren’t starving when you got here. You were born full.”
— Chani Nicholas