Resources

Peer Support and Crisis Help Lines by Phone, Text and Chat

• Trevor Lifeline- youth and young adults under 25 Click to call or dial 1-866-488-7386. Click here to initiate the chat Text ‘START’ to 678-678

• YouthLine* -- Text ‘teen2teen’ to 839863 Call 877.968.8491 click to email click to chat

• Trans Lifeline Hotline  --By and For Trans People. Click here to call or dial (877) 565-8860 / Marca al (877) 565-8860 y oprime el #2 para conectarte con operadorxs que hablan español. Does not call Police

• Call Blackline- Click here to call or text or dial 1 (800) 604-5841 - Call BlackLine® provides a space for peer support, counseling, reporting of mistreatment, witnessing and affirming the lived experiences for folxs who are most impacted by systematic oppression with an LGBTQ+ Black Femme Lens. Call BlackLine® prioritizes BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color). Does not call Police

• U.S WarmLine Directory

• Crisis Text Line: Send text (text HOME) Fb Chat now

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: - Call now, Chat now, Fb Chat now

• Veterans Crisis Line: Call now and Press 1 TTY Text now

• SAMHSA National Helpline: Call now- English and Spanish for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders

• RAINN: Call Now sexual assault and survivor support hotline

• National Sexual Assault Online Hotline Enter Chat Waiting Room App

• House of Ruth- -Call 24 hour hotline now  English and Spanish Domestic Violence Support

• Turn Around: Call 24 hour help line Text helpline Now Wrap-around and therapeutic services for survivors of intimate-partner and sexual violence, and sex trafficking

• National Domestic Violence Hotline Call TTY Chat

• National LGBT Senior Hotline- Call Email Mon-Fri 4pm-midnight EST/Sat 12-5 pm EST. **Trained Peer to Peer Support, Divested from police

• Youth Talkline- (25 and under) Call now Monday to Friday from 4 pm EST – midnight, eastern and Saturday 12 pm to 5 pm EST email

• DeHQ:  LGBTQ Helpline for South Asians Call Thursdays, 8-10 PM EST Sundays, 8-10 PM EST *Trained peer support volunteers*

• I'm Alive- Crisis Chat- Suicide Prevention

• for Trans Autistic People: Before you go: know your rights and what to expect before going to the doctor or hospital

Maryland Support, Outreach, Drop In

• Maryland Safe Haven

• Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition

• Hearts and Ears

Support Groups

• Pflag  Howard County and Baltimore County: Support for Trans and gender expansive children and their families

• Qchatspace

• SMYAL- resources and virtual youth groups

• The Frederick Center- resources and groups

• Whitman Walker Peer Support Groups

• DC Pride Center Groups

• Trans Maryland T4T- 18+ (Adult)

• DCATS- DC Area Transmasculine Society

• Fireweed Collective Support Groups- ☆Young Adults☆ Mental Health Support Groups- LGBTQ, Non-Binary, BIPOC,

• Free Eating Disorder Support Groups

Additional Local Community Resources

• StarTrack Adolescent Health Program

• Trans Maryland-a multi-racial, multi-gender, trans-led community power building organization dedicated to Maryland’s trans community. Various programs to offer peer support, access to health care and resources and assistance with name changes and also advocacy around medicaid coverage of services.

• Skylight Boutique- gender affirming pay what you can thrift store with new and gently used items including binders.

Information

• Trans Youth Emergency Project

• Accessing gender affirming care for Autistic People- resource

• Erin In the Morning substance