The Penn Medicine Program for LGBTQ Health serves a diverse, vibrant community.
Our resource list offers information and guidance to the patients we serve.
For health care providers interested in resources and educational material, please contact the program to access our provider resources.
Community Resources
Access Matters
Access Matters provides community-based health services. It is known for its community engagement and health promotion work to improve health outcomes for HIV affected women and families, HIV positive consumers, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons.
The Attic Youth Center
The Attic Youth Center creates opportunities for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) youth to develop into healthy, independent, civic-minded adults within a safe and supportive community, and promotes the acceptance of LGBTQ youth in society.
The Gender and Sexuality Development Program at CHOP
The Gender and Sexuality Development Program at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is part of Adolescent Specialty Care. The multidisciplinary team including an adolescent medicine specialist, endocrinologist, and mental health therapist/gender specialist provides assessment, medical management and other support for gender-variant or transgender children and adolescents.
Please call 215-590-3537 to schedule an appointment and visit the their website for more information about adolescent medicine at CHOP.
The LGBT National Help Center
If you feel the need to talk to a caring and understanding individual about the important issues of your life, call the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) National Help Center at 888-843-4564.
The LGBT Elder Initiative (LGBTEI)
The LGBT Elder Initiative (LGBTEI) is committed to assuring that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender older adults have rights and opportunities to live vibrant, creative and mutually supportive lives. To achieve this vision, the mission of the LGBTEI is to foster and advocate for services and resources that are competent, culturally sensitive, inclusive and responsive to the needs of LGBT elders in the Delaware Valley and beyond.
Mazzoni Center
Mazzoni Center is the only health care provider in the Philadelphia region specifically targeting the unique health care needs of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities, offering a full continuum of services staffed by dedicated, compassionate professionals.
Trans Lifeline
If you are a transgender person feeling suicidal or in need, the Trans Lifeline can help and connect you with services. Call 877-565-8860. Learn more about Trans Lifeline.
The Trevor Lifeline
If you are a young person who is in crisis, feeling suicidal, or in need of a safe and judgment-free place to talk, call The Trevor Lifeline at 866-488-7386. Learn more about The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and mental health organization for LGBTQ young people.
William Way LGBT Community Center
Founded in 1976 as the Gay Community Center of Philadelphia, the William Way Community Center has a 40+ year history of serving the LGBT community in the Philadelphia region. The William Way LGBT Community Center seeks to encourage, support, and advocate for the well-being and acceptance of sexual and gender minorities through service, recreational, educational, and cultural programming.