Find safe and inclusive care.
- This page, LGBTQ+ Health Resources, is offered by
- Department of Public Health
LGBTQ+ Health Resources
Access to health care
You deserve quality care. Whether you’re looking for primary care, specialty care, or mental health care, many health systems in Massachusetts have LGBTQ+ programs. Check with your health plan or health provider to learn more about affirming care.
- LGBTQ+ Healthcare Directory
- Atrius Health Pride+ Care
- Blue Cross LGBTQIA+ Health Care Services
- Boston Medical Center GenderCare Center
- Cooley-Dickinson Hospital LGBTQ Care
- Fenway Health
- Harvard Pilgrim LGBTQ+ Health
- Massachusetts General Hospital Transgender Health Program
- New England Gender C.A.R.E: Gender Affirming Services
- Transhealth
- UMass Memorial Health LGBTQIA+ Services
Mental health support
If you need help right away or are in crisis, the 988 Lifeline has free and confidential support for everyone. Help is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The 988 Lifeline also provides specialized LGBTQ+ services for youth and young adults under age 25. To connect with a skilled, compassionate counselor via text, call, or chat: text "PRIDE" to 988, call 988 and choose option 3, or check off LGBTQI+ in the pre-chat survey on 988lifeline.org.
Disease prevention & healthy aging
People who identify as LGBTQ+ are at greater risk for some chronic diseases and health conditions due to environmental factors. There are many resources specifically designed for LGBTQ+ people at the state and national level, focused on chronic disease prevention, access to sexual health services, and support for healthy aging.
For health care providers
Information to help health care providers and their staff improve care for LGBTQ+ people in an affirmative, inclusive, and respectful environment.
Protections & emergency financial help
- What you can do if you experience discrimination in a health care setting: steps from the Human Rights Campaign
- Lambda Legal’s Help Desk: general legal information related to discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, and HIV status
- GLAD: free, confidential legal information
- Fenway Health Trans and Gender Diverse Resource Library: find services, research, and legal assistance
- Transgender Emergency Fund of Massachusetts: assistance for low-income and homeless transgender people in MA
- Boston Healthcare For The Homeless: access medical and behavioral health care
Contact
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