Resources
Suicide Prevention:
- TrevorLifeline, a 24-hour confidential suicide hotline for LGBTQ Youth: 866.488.7386
- TrevorText: Text messaging hotline: Text START to 678-678
- TrevorChat: Online instant messaging hotline (www.TheTrevorProject.org/get-help-now)
- Trans Lifeline, a hotline for transgender people or people struggling with their gender identify, staffed by trans-identifying people: 877.565.8860
- Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender National Hotline: 888.843.4564
- National LGBT Youth Hotline: 800.246.PRIDE (77499)
- New Jersey Hopeline: 855.654.6735
- Mercer County Crisis Intervention/Suicide Hotline: 609.896.2120
Bullying:
- Garden State Equality Anti-Bullying Hotline, a hotline for students experiencing bullying, as well as their parents and peers: 973.509.5428 (10am – 7pm Monday – Friday)
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault:
- National Domestic Violence Hotline, a 24-hour confidential hotline to address domestic violence: 800.799.SAFE (7233)
- Deaf/hard-of-hearing
- VP/video-phone: 855.812.1011
- TYY/teletype: 800.787.3224
- Or, text LOVEIS to 866.331.9474
- National Dating Abuse Hotline: 866.331.9474
- NJ Hotline for Sexual Assault: 800.601.7200
Health Care:
- Babs Siperstein PROUD Center, a specialized primary care facility for the LGBTQ community
- Appointments: 855.776.8334
- Address: 128 Rehill Avenue, Suite 1100, Somerville, NJ 08876
- CDC Portal for LGBTQ Health
- Hyacinth (Mercer County – Trenton)
- 849 West State Street, Trenton, NJ 08618
- 609.396.8175
- Planned Parenthood – Trenton Health Center
- 437 East State Street, Trenton, NJ 08608
- 609.599.4881
Social Support:
- HiTOPS (Princeton, NJ), non-profit organization that fosters strong and healthy young people of all identities by providing inclusive and youth-informed sex education and LGBTQ+ support for young people throughout New Jersey.
- info@hitops.org or 609-683-5155
- The Pride Center of New Jersey (Highland Park, NJ), non-profit organization that provides support, educational tools, health resources, and social opportunities within a community of acceptance. The Pride Center hosts social and support groups, engaging programming and events, and services and resources such as free HIV testing.
- info@pridecenter.org or 732.846.2232
Substance Abuse
- Addiction Hotline: 800.238.2333
- Princeton House Behavioral Health: 800.238.2333