Support
Support Groups and Hotline
Boston Alliance of Gay Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Youth
35 Bowdoin St, Boston
BAGLEY is a social group for people age 22 and under. They also host weekly women's meetings. For a complete listing, click here.
Biversity Boston
29 Stanhope St, Boston
An informal support group for people who think they may be bisexual or attracted to more than one sex. For a complete listing, click here.
Boston Glass
35 Bowdoin St, Boston
Boston Glass is a drop-in center for LGBT or questioning youth for people who are age 13 to 25. They offer weekly discussions such as Young Women's Group, and
Youth of Color Group. For a complete listing, click here.
Cambridge Women's Center
46 Pleasant St, Cambridge
The Women's Center has a variety of groups led by peer facilitators. Some groups are The Coming Out Group, Married but not Straight, and BiRap. They also offer
a support hotline, reachable at 617.354.8807. For a complete and updated list of their groups, click here.
Compass
29 Stanhope St, Boston
Compass is a New England area female-to-male (FTM) trans support, information, and social group for people assigned female at birth who feel that is not an
accurate or complete description of their gender. Compass holds monthly themed meetings. See more info here.
Fenway Community Health
7 Haviland St, Boston
Fenway is Boston's biggest LGBT health services provider. Among their services include therapy groups, short and long term groups, such as their Coming Out
group, the 60+ Support group, and T-Supper Club (for Trans people). They also host a Therapy for Women Group. For a complete listing, click here. Fenway
also provides a peer hotline for youths which is staffed by youth 25 years old and under, reachable at 800-399-PEER.
The Network / La Red
PO Box 6011 Boston,
Ending abuse in lesbian, bisexual women's and transgender communities. They offer a hotline number (617-742-4911 for voice, and 617-227-4911 for TTY) which provides confidential support, information, and referrals to LBT partner abuse survivors. Also, La Red offers advocacy and support groups. For more information, follow this link.
Note: Support group schedules change frequently according to season and availability. Make sure to call ahead to confirm the time and location of a group before attending.
Education and Advocacy
Bisexual Resource Center
An international organization providing education about and support for bisexual and progressive issues.
Human Rights Campaign
The Coming Out section of the HRC webpage has many resources on the coming out process.
International Foundation for Gender Education
IFGE advocates for freedom of gender expression. Promotes the understanding and acceptance of All People: Transgender, Transsexual, Crossdresser, Agender, Gender Queer, Intersex, Two Spirit, Drag King, Drag Queen, Queer, Straight, Butch, Femme, Homosexual, Bisexual, Heterosexual, and of course - You!
Mass Equality
Coalition of local and national organizations defending equal marriage rights for same-sex couples in Massachusetts.
OutProud
This site has a wide range of resources, including brochures on coming out, such as Coming Out to your Parents and I Think I Might Be Gay ... Now What Do I Do?
Online Support
Ask Joanne
A question and answer board for married women attracted to women moderated by Joanne Fleisher, LCSW, owner of Lavender Visions, a service that helps women who are questioning their sexual orientation.
Lesbian Lifestyle
From their website: This blog was created to bring together the real life stories of lesbians from around the world. The TLL authors throw their lives on the line to allow our readers to see just how alike and sometimes different we all are.
The Lesbian World
From their website: blogging the life and times of our amazon tribe.
TechnoDyke
From their website: "TechnoDyke.Com is one of the oldest lesbian communities online. We have been here since February of 2000! 5,000 lesbians, dykes, bisexuals, label-free queers and trans-folk still come to this site every single day. We are an active, vibrant, welcoming and inclusive queer community and we wish to invite you to check out our archive of feature articles on bi, trans and lesbian celebrities, queer activists, feminists, lesbian musicians and artists, as well as our intelligent commentary on politics, government and the world. Be sure to join us in the forums -- still going strong after all these years, and stronger still each day!"
Where Girls Kiss Girls
A website for lesbians, by lesbians. Lots of information at this site, especially some really heartfelt coming out stories and an advice column. You're not alone!