For any other listing in this directory, you can ask the place whether its staff are trained to serve LGBTQ+ people. You decide what to share and when.
Trans Housing Atlanta Program helps transgender and non-binary people in metro Atlanta who have no stable home. If you are approved, they can give up to $500 a year toward housing costs like rent or utilities. A case manager can also help you find other help, like SNAP and HOPWA.
Destination Tomorrow Atlanta is an LGBTQ+ center that opened in May 2022 on Mayson St NE. It runs House of Hope, an emergency housing program for transgender, gender non-conforming and non-binary adults 25 and older. You can also ask about housing referrals and trans support groups, and walk in on weekdays.
Destination Tomorrow Atlanta is an LGBTQ+ center that opened in Atlanta in May 2022. It focuses on Black and transgender, gender non-conforming and nonbinary people. It has walk-in hours on weekdays and offers housing help, HIV testing, support groups and training.
Lost-n-Found Youth is an Atlanta nonprofit that helps LGBTQ+ young people ages 18 to 25 who are homeless or in need. It runs a 24/7 support line, a drop-in center with meals, showers and laundry, emergency and transitional housing, street outreach, and a thrift store.
Galano is a recovery clubhouse in Midtown Atlanta. It gives 12-step groups a safe place to meet and welcomes LGBTQ+ people and friends. More than 55 meetings a week are held, such as AA, Al-Anon, NA, CMA, OA and SCA, in person and some online.
Feminist Center is a nonprofit clinic in Atlanta that has given reproductive health care since 1976. It offers abortion care, birth control, STI and HIV testing, gynecology exams, miscarriage care, and hormone therapy. It also does community programs and works on state laws.
Team Management 2000 is a nonprofit clinic group that started in New Jersey and now has an office in Decatur. It runs programs for substance use recovery, mental health care, HIV/AIDS testing, and support for youth, LGBTQ people, and people leaving prison. Call the Decatur office to ask which services you can get there.
Livelikemike Homes is a nonprofit that runs recovery and transitional homes in Atlanta. The homes are drug-free, structured places for men and women who are working on their recovery. Residents get clear house rules, peer support, and daily support to help them stay sober and move toward independent living.
All-1-Family is an Atlanta nonprofit that offers counseling for LGBTQ+ people and their allies. They offer individual, couples, family and group counseling, plus child counseling and groups for teens and for parents. Their goal is free to low-cost care, and you can ask to book a visit on their website.
Atlanta Pride is a nonprofit that serves the LGBTQ+ community in metro Atlanta and across the South. Each October it holds a free Pride festival and parade in Piedmont Park. It also runs year-round events, supports local Pride causes with grants, and takes volunteers.
Lambda Legal is a national legal group that fights for the civil rights of LGBTQ+ people and people living with HIV. Its Southern Regional Office is in Decatur. Its Legal Help Desk gives general legal information and resources about discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or HIV status.
SONG is a membership group for LGBTQ people across the South, with a focus on people of color, immigrants, rural people and working-class people. It runs organizing campaigns, member-led projects, working groups and gatherings. Members build skills and community together.
Georgia Equality works for the rights of LGBTQ+ people and people living with HIV across Georgia. It pushes for fair laws, registers and educates voters, and trains people to speak up. It also shares a list of other groups that offer housing and health help.
Feminist Center for Reproductive Liberation, once called Feminist Women's Health Center, is a clinic in Atlanta that opened in 1976. You can get abortion care, yearly exams, STI and HIV testing, birth control, and hormone therapy there. The center also runs community programs and works on Georgia laws.
NAESM is a nonprofit that has served Black gay, bisexual, and same-gender-loving men in Atlanta for more than 30 years. It offers free HIV and STI testing, PrEP help, case management, and mental health and substance use counseling. Its current office is at 315 14th St NW; the old address on file on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive is no longer listed.
Game Changing Men is a group that supports masculine-presenting people, including transgender men, men of color, and men who have been in jail or prison. It offers support groups, workshops, a 24-week class on family violence for male-identified people, mentoring for people inside jails and prisons, a yearly retreat, and a youth leadership program.
Someone Cares is a nonprofit health center in Marietta that has helped people in the Atlanta area for over 30 years. It offers HIV and STD testing, primary care, women's health care, mental health and addiction treatment, and mobile clinics that visit neighborhoods.
The Fulton County Board of Health runs public health clinics across Fulton County. They offer shots, WIC, HIV and sexual health care, family planning, teen health, TB tests, and birth and death records. Services are different at each location, so call before you go.
The Community Services Division is part of the Atlanta Police Department. Its Community Oriented Policing Section works with neighbors to prevent crime and build trust. It runs programs like the LGBTQ Liaison Unit, Hispanic and multicultural outreach, crime prevention, the Police Athletic League, Explorers, the HOPE Team for people who are homeless, and the Citizens Police Academy.
Positive Impact Health Centers has a center in Decatur that offers HIV medical care, HIV testing, prevention medicine, counseling, and addiction treatment. Most services are for people living with HIV, and many are priced by what you can pay. HIV testing is free, and regular screenings are walk-in.
