LGBTQIA+ mental health resources
Our community members who identify as LGBTQ+ often face daily discrimination and lack family support – both factors can increase risk for mental health problems including suicidality. Support from family members, friends, colleagues, and community members is critical.
NAMI New Hampshire support groups are open to all – learn more.
The following resources might be especially helpful for folks who identify as LGBTQIA+, and their loved ones:
- It Gets Better Project – www.itgetsbetter.org
- The Trevor Project – www.thetrevorproject.org
- National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health (2019)
- Supporting Youth LGBTQ Youth Mental Health
- Guide to Being an Ally to Transgender and Nonbinary Youth
- Seacoast Outright
- Seacoast Outright also offers several support groups for youth and parents, including a new Alternative Peer Group for LGBTQ+ youth struggling with substance misuse or in recovery.
- PFLAG – New Hampshire
- Rural Outright (Newport, NH)
- Transgender New Hampshire
- GLSEN New Hampshire
- Pronouns: A Resource
- Trans Lifeline
- NH Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
- Lambda Legal
- LGBT Resources – Bi-State Primary Care
- Transgender Care Listings
- Equality Health Center
RESOURCES for LGBTQ+ Veterans and Service Members:
If you, or anyone you know, might be at risk for suicide, you are not alone – help is available 24/7:
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline – Call or text 988
Crisis Text Line: text HOME to 741741
Trevor Lifeline (for LGBTQ+ young people under 25): 1-866-488-7386 or text START to 678678
Trans Lifeline: 1-877-565-8860