The Center for Health and Sexual Orientation

University of Pittsburgh
3520 Fifth Avenue, Suite 400, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-624-5080
E-mail: [email protected]
With faculty from the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University and The Urban Institute, the Center is dedicated to generating and carrying out health research related to sexual orientation. Current areas of activity include chronic health problems affecting lesbians, HIV, suicide, STDs, nutrition, drug and alcohol use, mental health, aging, health promotion and the Internet, and methodological issues.

Center for LGBT Health at Columbia University

Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University, 600 West 168th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10032
212-305-3457
E-mail c/o Randy Sell, Ph.D.: [email protected]
Coordinates and conducts LGBT health research, education, services, and policy.

Center for Lesbian Health Research

University of California, San Francisco
Laurel Heights Campus, 3333 California St., Suite 340, San Francisco, CA 92118
415-502-5200
www.lesbianhealthinfo.org
Specifically and uniquely concerned with health and wellness issues about lesbians, bisexual women, transgendered individuals, their families, and health care providers. Engages in health research on lesbian, bisexual women, and transgendered individuals. Conducts research, education, training and public service, reflective of a broad vision of health and wellness and a strong commitment to community collaborations. Ensures that the results of the Center's research will be used in a broad range of settings, from clinical care applications to policy implementation.

Lesbian Health Foundation of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association

415-255-4547
E-mail: [email protected]
http://www.glma.org/lhf
The Lesbian Health Foundation, a part of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association, provides a web-based resource for research, information and services on health issues affecting lesbians, bisexual women, and transgendered individuals; education and training for health care professionals; and a national Speakers Bureau for educating and raising awareness of the special health needs of lesbians, bisexual women, and transgendered individuals.

Lesbian Health Research Institute (LHRI)

212-305-4055
E-mail: [email protected]
www.lesbianhealthresearch.org
Part of the Center for LGBT Health at Columbia University, the Lesbian Health Research Institute is committed to conducting, facilitating, supporting, and publishing high quality community-based research about lesbian health. LHRI publishes a quarterly newsletter and maintains a Web site for lesbian health research issues.

Network for Battered Lesbians and Bisexual Women

P.O. Box 6011, Boston, MA 02114
619-695-0877 (Voice/TTY)
619-423-SAFE (7233) (Crisis hotline - English and Spanish)
E-mail: [email protected]
www.nblbw.org
Addresses battering in LGBT communities, provides support to battered lesbians and bisexual women, and works toward the elimination of violence against women. Web site includes information on same-sex domestic violence, resources, a newsletter, links and a bibliography on battering in LGBT communities. In Spanish and English.

Transsexual Women's Resources

www.annelawrence.com/twr
Medical and other resources for transsexual women (Male-to-Female).

Lesbian Safer Sex

safersex.org/women/lesbianss.html

Gay and Lesbian Medical Association
459 Fulton St., Suite 107
San Francisco, CA 94102
www.glma.org

National AIDS hotline
800/342-AIDS
800/344-7432 (Spanish)

The National Latina/o Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual, & Transgender Organization
www.llego.org

National Lesbian and Gay Health Association
1407 S Street NW
Washington DC, 20009

Safer Sex Institute
www.safersex.org

Our Bodies, Ourselves
Boston Women's Health Book Collective, 1998.

The Lesbian Health Book
Edited by Jocelyn White, MD, and Marissa C. Martinez, Seattle
Press, 1997.