LGBTQ+ HEALTHCARE RESOURCES
- Call Blackline
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).
By us for us. - Maine Transgender Network
MaineTransNet provides support, education, and resources to the Trans community. They have a discord channel, support groups, and the Safe Combinations donation-based thrift store in Portland.
mainetransnet.org
- NAMI Maine
Call 1-800-464-5767.
In crisis? Text 988. - Trans Lifeline
Trans Lifeline provides trans peer support for our community that’s been divested from police since day one. We’re run by and for trans people.
Call (877) 565-8860
translifeline.org - Trevor Project
The Trevor Lifeline is a 24/7 hotline that serves LGBTQ+ individuals experiencing a mental health crisis. LGBTQ+ youth are a group at an increased risk for suicide. The Trevor Lifeline provides free, confidential support to young LGBTQ+ people experiencing thoughts of suicide or other emotional distress.
Call 1-866-488-7386 or text START to 678-678
thetrevorproject.org/get-help/
- Mabel Wadsworth Center
- Hormonal transition therapy
- Individualized transition support
- Onsite self-injections and injection lessons
- Referrals and community resources
- Maine Family Planning
- Hormonal transition therapy & monitoring for trans people 16 years old & over
- Onsite self-injection lessons for hormone injections
- Referrals to specialty providers & community resources, including mental, behavioral, & medical providers
- Yearly wellness visits, preventive care, birth control & safer sex supplies, STD testing & treatment, and abortion for patients of any gender
- MaineHealth Specialty Care
- Menstrual suppression (stopping unwanted periods)
- Puberty blockers (ways to stop puberty hormones)
- Gender affirming hormone therapy (estrogen or testosterone)
- Surgical consultation (mental health letter of referral for patients over the age of 18 only)
- Planned Parenthood Northern New England
- Frannie Peabody Center
- HIV Case Management
- STI/STD Testing
- Abortion Care and Pregnancy Support
- Housing Assistance
- Peer Support
- Prevention Services
- Know Your Rights: HIV/AIDS Rights in Maine by GLAD Law
- Mabel Wadsworth Center
- confirmatory HIV testing (also known as blood-draw HIV testing) as well as testing for:
- Chlamydia
- Gonorrhea
- Herpes
- HPV (including genital warts)
- Trichomoniasis
- Syphilis
- Planned Parenthood Northern New England
- STI/STD testing
- PrEP and PEP
- Emergency Contraception
- Birth Control