Gay Desert Hot Springs

Meet The LGBTQ Center Of Riverside County, California

Posted on June 25, 2022

Our Vision

To guide and support the local LGBTQ+ community and its allies. To help them become who they aspire to be. To achieve their goals with courage and pride. To form friendships and connections with members of the community through different programs that will inspire them to be the best they can be. To be free. To love all and be loved by all.

LGBTQ+ Resources at a Glance

A Distinct Identity

We have created this page to help you more easily find resources. We will continue to update this page as we get new resources and information. Please reach out to us if you have any resources that we can add to help our community. Also let us know if any of these resources are not helpful. We care and we stand together.

LGBTQ+ Support Riverside County

Free Peer Chat Website – Take My Hand: https://takemyhand.co/ 

RUHS- Behavioral Health Consumer Affairs: http://www.rcdmh.org/ca 

       Phone: 951-955-7161

The Trevor Project: http://www.thetrevorproject.org

       Phone: 866-488-7386

Trans Lifeline: http://www.translifeline.org/

       Phone: 877-565-8860

TruEvolution: http://www.truevolution.org/

       Phone: 951-888-1346

Riverside County Transgender Health and Wellness (report) https://data.countyofriverside.us/stories/s/atu8-9psu

UCR LGBT Resource center: https://out.ucr.edu/

Family Support

Riverside PFLAG: http://www.pflag.org/chapter/pflag-riverside

Temecula PFLAG: http://www.pflagtemecula.org/

Palm Springs PFLAG: http://www.pspflag.org

TransFamily Support Group: http://www.transfamilysos.org/

HIV Services

TruEvolution: http://www.truevolution.org/

Desert AIDS Project: http://www.desertaidsproject.org/

Foothill AIDS Project: http://www.fapinfo.org/

Bienestar community-based social services organization based in the Greater Los Angeles area. Servicing Latino/LGBTQ. http://www.bienestar.org/

     Phone: 866-590-6411

     Email: info@bienestar.org

STD Testing and Prevention in Riverside

Medical Services

Borrego Health: https://www.borregohealth.org/specialty-care

Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP): http://www.iehp.org/

     Phone: 800-440-4347

Kaiser: https://thrive.kaiserpermanente.org/care-near-you/southern-california/transgender/

RUHS-Medical: Transgender Services

     Phone: 951-486-4000

Youth Services

Rainbow Pride Youth Alliance: https://www.rainbowprideyouthalliance.org/

Safeschools desert Cities: http://www.safeschoolsdc.org/

Operation Safe House “Emergency Youth Housing” 24/7

     Phone: 951-351-4418

Cup of Happy Operation Safehouse: http://www.operationsafehouse.org/safehouse-riverside/programs/a-cup-of-happy/

Stepping Stones –Youth Resource & Support Center Western Region 

      Phone: 951-955-9800 

The Arena – Youth Mid County Resource & Support Center  

      Phone: 951-940-6755

Desert FLOW – Youth Resource & Support Center Desert Region

       Phone: 760-863-7970

Intelligent Higher Education  Resource

LGBT Centers of Southern California

The Center Riverside: http://www.rivcocenter.org/

             Phone: 951-364-3305

The Center Palm Springs: http://www.thecenterps.org/

            Phone: 760-416-7790

            Email: info@thecentercv.org

The Center Orange County: http://www.lgbtcenteroc.org/

             Phone: 714-953-5428

The Center San Diego: http://www.thecentersd.org/

            Phone: 619-692-2077

Los Angeles LGBT Center: http://www.lalgbtcenter.org/

            Phone: 323-993-7400

Long Beach LGBT: https://www.centerlb.org/

            Phone: 562-434-4455

National Resources & Information

ACLU: http://www.aclu.org/

PFLAG: http://www.pflag.org 

Straight for Equality- http://www.straightforequality.org

GLAAD: http://www.glaad.org/

WPATH: http://www.wpath.org/

The Trevor Project: http://www.thetrevorproject.org

Trans Lifeline: http://www.translifeline.org/

GLSEN: http://www.glsen.org/

TSER – Trans Student Educational Resources: http://www.transstudent.org/

Equality California: http://www.eqca.org/

Transgender Law center: http://www.transgenderlawcenter.org/archives/category/california

Human Rights Campaign: http://www.hrc.org/

Planned Parenthood: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/

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