Welcome to the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center @ Tufts

On the Web

General
Local
International
Transgender
Bisexual
Coming Out
HIV/AIDS
Career Resources (on Career Services site)

General Links

• Asexual Visibility and Education Network (AVEN)
• Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE)
• Commercial Closet
• Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD)
• Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
• Gay Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
• glbtq Encyclopedia
• Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
• Intersex Society of North America (ISNA)
• National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF)
• Parents Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
• Queer Resources Directory

Local Links

• Bay Windows
• Bisexual Resource Center
• Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth (BAGLY)
• Boston Pink Pages
• butchdykeboy.com
• Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD)
• Greater Boston Chapter of PFLAG
• History of GLBT Life in Boston
• Out in Boston!
• Project 10 East

International Organizations

• International Gay and Lesbian Association
• Amnesty International OUTfront!
   

Transgender Links

BAGLY has weekly meetings for transgender youth (under 23) on Wednesday nights at 6:00.
They can be contacted at 1-800-42-BAGLY or check out their website at http://www.bagly.org.

• Transgender Education Network
  (617) 988-2605 x211
• Books in the LGBT Center Library dealing with Transgender Topics
• Gender Education & Advocacy
• Gendertalk
• It's Time, Massachusetts! Local Resources
• National Transgender Advocacy Organization
• Transgender.org
• Transsexual Women's Resources
• Workplace Issues Page

Bisexual Links

• Bisexual Resource Center
• BiNet USA
• Bisexual Resources on the Internet
• Robyn Ochs' page (a Tufts lecturer who addresses bisexuality)
• bi.org
• Boston Bisexual Women's Network
• Bisexuality Books in our Library

Coming Out Links

The LGBT Center has great coming-out resources as well as a friendly staff always willing to talk... drop by anytime. The center is located in the Bolles House, on the corner of College Ave & Talbot Ave. You can also send a confidential message to lgbt@tufts.edu and set up a time for an appointment, or get more information.

• COLAGE (Children of Gay Parents)
• Coming Out to Parents
• For Parents of Gay Children
• I Think I Might Be a Lesbian... Now What Do I Do?
• I Think I Might Be Gay...Now What Do I Do?
• PFLAG http://www.pflag.org
• Coming Out Day at Tufts (October)
• Tufts Counseling Center
  (617) 627-3360

HIV/AIDS Resources

The Tufts University Health Service offers confidential (not anonymous) HIV testing for a fee of $20. Contact them at (617) 627-3350 to schedule an appointment.

Free, confidential HIV testing is available at The Sidney Borum Jr. Health Center by appointment, 130 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116.  (617) 457-8150 (Boylston T Stop)

Click here or drop by the center for a list of other anonymous HIV testing sites.

For confidential Post-HIV Exposure Treatment see a doctor for anti-HIV medications within 72 hours of possible exposure!
Fenway Appointments (617) 927-6000  (no walk-ins...please call!)

AIDS Action Hotline 1-800-235-2331
Monday through Friday 9am to 9pm, Saturday 10am to 2pm

Links

• AIDS Action
• Books about HIV/AIDS in the Tufts LGBT Center's Library
• Fenway Community Health Center
• Information about HIV Counseling and Testing
• JRI Health
• List of Boston AIDS Resources
• Sharewood Project HIV/AIDS Counseling Service
• Tufts University Health Services
• The GLBT Health Access Project

HIV+/AIDS Support Groups

• Boston Evening Med. Center HIV+/AIDS Support Group
  (617) 262-9379 (Jane)
• Somerville Hospital HIV+/AIDS Support Group
  (617) 623-3600 (Barbara)
• Workshop for Newly Diagnosed HIV+ Individuals
  (617) 927-6229 (Gail Beverley)
• Support Group for HIV- Gay and Bisexual Men
  (617) 927-6229 (Gail Beverley)
• Male Couples with Mixed HIV Status
  (617) 927-6202 (Ann)