LGBT+ Older Adult Project
Program Resources
LGBT+ Community Centers & Groups, New Jersey & the Tri-State Area
- The Center (the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Community Center), 208 W 13 Street, New York, NY 10011; Phone: 212-620-7310; Website: gaycenter.org
- EDGE NJ Pride Center, will be remote December 2023- March 2024, 295 East Main Street, Denville, NJ; Phone: 973-285-0006; Website: edgenj.org
- Gay Activist Alliance in Morris County (GAAMC),
- Hudson Pride Center, 3000 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 306, Jersey City, NJ; Phone: 201-963-4779; Website: www.hudsonpride.org
- Newark LGBTQ Community Center, housed inside Equal Space, 89 Market Street, 2nd floor, Newark, NJ; Phone: 973-424-9555; Website: www.newarklgbtqcenter.org
- The Pride Center of NJ, 85 Raritan Avenue, Suite 100, Highland Park NJ, 08904-2430; Phone: 732-846-2232
- QSpot LGBT Community Center, 1601 Asbury Avenue, Asbury Park, NJ; Phone: 732-455-3373, Website: qspot.org
- William Way LGBT Community, 1315 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA; Phone: 215-732-2220; Website: www.waygay.org
LGBT+ Advocacy Organizations, New Jersey & National Organizations
- Fenway Health LGBT Aging Project, 1340 Boylston Street, Boston, MA; Phone: 857-313-6590; Website: fenwayhealth.org/the-fenway-institute/lgbt-aging-project/
- Garden State Equality (GSE), Headquarters- 1408 Main Street, Asbury Park, NJ; Phone: 973-509-5428; Website: www.gardenstateequality.org
- Human Rights Campaign Fund (HRC), national LGBTQ advocacy organization which has various focal programs including the Health & Aging Program; Website: www.thehrcfoundation.org
- SAGE, Advocacy & Services for LGBT Elders, national LGBT older adult advocacy organization with local sites in New York City, NY and Jersey City, NJ; Website: www.sageusa.org.
LGBT+ Older Adult Support Groups
- Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Southern New Jersey’s “LGBT Aging with Pride” – Zoom meetings held the 2nd Friday of each month. Contact Reva Farenback-Brateman at JFCS 856-424-1333 ext. 1184 or email Reva at rfbrateman@jfedsnj.org
LGBT+ Helplines
- Trans Lifeline 1-877-565-8860 (translifeline.org)
- The Trevor Project (LGBTQ+ suicide prevention) 1-866-488-7386 or text “START” to 678-678 (thetrevorproject.org)
- 988 Lifeline- crisis and suicide prevention. Press “3” for LGBT+-trained crisis counselor, text PRIDE to 988, or chat online at 988lifeline.org (988lifeline.org/help-yourself/lgbtqi/)