Community Resources
Where to Find Helpful Information in Jacksonville
JASMYN
JASMYN is a non-profit youth services organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 13-23, in Jacksonville, Florida.
PFLAG of Jacksonville
Welcome to the Jacksonville Florida chapter of PFLAG. We are the local branch of a nation-wide organization that reaches out to the people of every walk of life in hopes that we can change someone’s life for the better. Our goal is to provide the First Coast Community with support, education, advocacy, and understanding of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons. We work within the community and help by providing monthly meetings, a scholarship programs, educational materials and more.
Northeast Florida Aids Network
Northeast Florida AIDS Network provides compassionate leadership, services, and advocacy in meeting the prevention, health, spiritual, and social needs of individuals, families, and communities.
Partnership for Child Health
Engaging in public policy that responds to the critical and priority needs of children and families is necessary to achieve their optimal health and wellbeing. Throughout the years, The Partnership's public policy position has been grounded in the principles of child rights and health equity.
Partnership for Child HealthJacksonville Coalition for Equality
The Jacksonville Coalition for Equality is a group of concerned citizens committed to securing passage of an updated Human Rights Ordinance in Jacksonville. The updated ordinance needs to include protections for sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression in employment, housing and public accommodations. We operate with transparency, mutual respect and hard work.
UNF – LGBT Resource Center
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Resource Center's mission is to provide valuable education and resources for the entire campus community with a commitment to advocacy, equality, respect, and support for LGBT students, faculty, and staff.
Where to Find National Information and Support
The intersex-led organizations in the US, interACT, recommends:
The provision of intersex-affirming medical and mental health care that destigmatizes and depathologizes variations in sex characteristics;
The application of expertise and principles of transgender care, including psychosocial support honoring the diversity of thriving lived experience regarding sex and gender;
The preservation of an intersex child’s open future through deferral of all non-emergent medical procedures.
American Medical Association Physician Resources for an LGBTQIA+-Inclusive Practice
Access LGBTQ health-related articles, podcasts, handouts and presentations produced by the AMA and other leaders in the LGBTQ health field.
https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/physician- resources-lgbtq-inclusive-practice
Download "Providing Ethical and Compassionate Health Care to Intersex Patients"
Ackerman Institute for the Family/Gender & Family Project
The Gender & Family Project (GFP) empowers youth, families and communities by providing gender affirmative services, training and research. GFP promotes gender inclusivity as a form of social justice in all the systems involved in the life of the family. GFP is directed by Jean Malpas, LMHC, LMFT, who has trained and published nationally and internationally on issues of gender and sexuality.
National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center A Program of the Fenway Institute
The National LGBT Health Education Center provides educational programs, resources, and consultation to health care organizations with the goal of optimizing quality, cost-effective health care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people..
The Safe Zone Project
A series of trainings related to gender, sexuality, and issues relevant to the LGBT community. Trained organizations receive Safe Zone stickers that can be displayed around the building to communicate their commitment to creating an LGBT-inclusive environment.
LGBTQIA+-Friendly Drug and Alcohol Treatment Centers
Many factors go into proper addiction treatment. LGBTQ-friendly drug and alcohol treatment centers take into account the additional stigma and negativity many LGBTQs face to provide more comprehensive treatment..