| At The Beach Founded in 1988, provides unity celebrations as a networking forum for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders of color to increase awareness in areas concerning health issues and community empowerment. ATB also has an extensive resource of attendees, sponsors and supporters, which have kept the organization thriving for the past 18 years. APLA - AIDS Project Los Angeles One of the largest non-profit AIDS service organizations in the United States, provides bilingual direct services, prevention education and leadership on HIV/AIDS-related policy and legislation. Founded by four friends in 1982, APLA is a community-based, volunteer-supported organization with local, national and global reach. The Black AIDS Institute The Black AIDS Institute is the first Black HIV/AIDS policy center dedicated to reducing HIV/AIDS health disparities by mobilizing Black institutions and individuals in efforts to confront the epidemic in their communities. Boytrade Boytrade hosts slamming dance parties held every last Friday of the Month and on Holiday Weekends. Also hosts CLUB 69 every Third Saturday of the month at Ultra Suede, 661 North Robertson Ave. (West Hollywood) DIVA (Diverse & Inclusive Visionary Artists) Grass-roots non profit organization comprised of multiethnic Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender (GLBT) creative media professionals (film, TV, music, publishing, video, theater, arts, etc). dedicated to advocating awareness by providing networking support for their ingenious craft. GLAAD: People of Color Media Program Dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of LGBT people of color and events in mainstream, POC (including Spanish-language) and LGBT media as a means of increasing visibility of these communities and to serve as a community resource to LGBT people of color. The Herndon Davis Diversity Reports A multi-media, diversity magazine spanning Television, Radio, and Online/Print media. Covering topics of cultural, ethnic, sexual, spiritual, economic, and political diversity. In The Meantime Men's Group Dedicated to the mental, physical, and spiritual well being of Black SGL, Gay, and Bisexual men. We endorse and affirm a united Black Community. Ivan Daniels Productions Specializing in all forms of entertainment from concept to reality. Dance parties, theatre, fashion, weddings, birthdays, company parties/events are all under their expertise. Los Angeles Black Book Expo Non-profit community-based organization founded in 2004 to advance African world community literary and spoken word activity. Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center - Provides a broad array of services for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. Minority AIDS Project the first community-based HIV/AIDS organization established and managed by people of color in the United States. Dedicated to reduce suffering and deaths due to HIV infection in the African American and Latino communities by making HIV/AIDS related health services and education available and accessible to them. National Black Justice Coalition America’s only Black GLBT civil rights organizations fighting racism and homophobia. Operation Rebirth A dynamic site geared towards the re-education of the Black community on homosexuality and religion. Outfest Leading showcase for diverse, international lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) film and video. Out in Television & Film National professional organization that promotes the visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender professionals in the film and television industries. Pan African Film & Arts Festival Largest Black History Month event in the United States, screens over 150 films from the U.S., Africa, the Caribbean, South America, the South Pacific, Europe and Canada, made by or about people of African descent. Places In The City Urban intelligence on the California Pacific Rim Poet's Jazz House Spoken Word & Music Lounge where spilling your heart is an art and searching your soul is mandatory to get in the door. St. Elmo Village Provides a place for people to explore and develop their creativity. Village Health Foundation Provides affordable, accessible, and effective professional services in complementary medicine to the community. Rev. Tommie Watkins Miami based author of “Living Out Loud,” and founder of the Ministry of Reconciliation, which is an inclusive and affirming education and worship experience for primarily Black Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning persons, Persons Living With AIDS (PLWAs), and their family members conducted in Miami, Florida and Nassau, Bahamas. |
| OTHER RESOURCES Alcoholics Anonymous Resources http://brevity0.tripod.com/aa_resources.htm Cocaine Anonymous http://www.ca.org/ Criminals & Gangs Anonymous http://www.angelfire.com/id/CGAnonymous Crystal Meth Anonymous http://www.crystalmeth.org/ Debtors Anonymous Resources http://brevity0.tripod.com/debtors_anonymous.htm Emotions Anonymous http://www.emotionsanonymous.org/ Gamblers Anonymous Resources http://brevity0.tripod.com/ga_resources.htm Marijuana Anonymous http://www.marijuana-anonymous.org/ Narcotics Anonymous Resources http://brevity0.tripod.com/na_resources.htm Nicotine Anonymous http://www.nicotine-anonymous.org/ Overeaters Anonymous Resources http://brevity0.tripod.com/oa_resources.htm Relationship Programs (List) http://www.kevministries.org/Links.shtml Sex Addicts Anonymous http://www.sexaa.org/ Spenders Anonymous http://www.spenders.org/indexsm.html Workaholics Anonymous http://www.workaholics-anonymous.org |
| HIV TESTING SITES
METRO LOS ANGELES In The Meantime Men's Group, Inc. Mobile Testing Unit/Catch One Parking Lot (Every other Tuesday) 323-733-4868 Covenant House 1325 N. Western Ave., L.A. 90027 323-461-3131 (Rapid Testing) Gay & Lesbian Center 1625 N. Schrader Blvd., L.A. 90028 323-860-5855 A.H.F. Out of the Closet Thrift Store 6210 W. Sunset Blvd., LA 90038 323-467-6811 or 310-360-0430 SOUTH LOS ANGELES Charles R. Drew University HIV Mobile Testing Unit 310-763-9746 (Rapid Testing) Minority AIDS Project On-Site Testing 5149 W. Jefferson Ave., LA 90016 323-936-4949 (Rapid Testing) T.H.E. Clinic, Inc. 3860 Martin Luther King Blvd., LA 90008 323-295-6571 (Rapid Testing) Oasis Clinic 12021 S. Wilmington, Lot C, L.A. 90059 323-668-4213 Watts Health Care Foundation Inc. 10300 S. Compton Ave. L.A. 90002 323-568-3020 |
| HOTLINES ITMT/MY LIFE 323-733-4868 AIDS/HIV Nightline 800-273-2437 California HIV/AIDS Hotline 800-367-2437 California Youth Crisis Line 800-843-5200 National STD/AIDS Hotline 800-227-8922 National Runaway Helpline 800-RUNAWAY Covenant House Nineline 800-999-9999 The Trevor Project 866-488-7386 Children's Hospital Risk Reduction 888-25-YOUTH |