Community Partners

AMY ANDRE, M.A. is a sex educator and writer who specializes in working working with college students, non-profit health organizations, social groups, and LGBT community members.

API FAMILY PRIDE is a non-profit organization whose mission is to end the isolation of Asian & Pacific Islander families with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender members through support, education, and dialog.  Resources provided include: "Coming Out, Coming Home" video, "Beloved Daughter" Booklet and "Family Honor Roll” Booklet.  They also help connect API parents of LGBT children through their Parents Network.

A&PI WELLNESS CENTER educates, supports, empowers, and advocates for Asian and Pacific Islander communities, particularly A&PIs living with or at-risk for HIV/AIDS.

BAY AREA VIDEO COALITION BAVC's mission is to be the nation's most advanced noncommercial media access and training center. BAVC and LYRIC are pleased to present the annual Chris Holter Youth Media Scholarship. For information and an application for the scholarship, please click here

BAY AREA YOUNG POSITIVES BAY Positives’ mission is to help young people (26 and under) living with HIV/AIDS live longer, happier, healthier, more productive, and quality-filled lives.

CENTER FOR YOUNG WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT CYWD’s mission is to provide gender specific, peer based opportunities for high-risk low- and no-income young women to build healthier lives and healthier communities.

CHILDREN OF GAYS AND LESBIANS EVERYWHERE COLAGE is the only national and international organization in the world specifically supporting young people with gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender parents.

COMMUNITIES IN HARMONY ADVOCATING FOR LEARNING AND KIDS CHALK is a San Francisco project providing a range of youth services with a specific focus on transformative youth development and employment.

COMMUNITY UNITED AGAINST VIOLENCE CUAV is an anti-oppression, multicultural agency whose mission is to prevent and respond to violence against and within our LGBTQQ communities.

ELLA BAKER CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights’ mission is to (1) document, expose and challenge human rights abuses in the U.S. criminal justice system; (2) to build power in communities most harmed by government-sanctioned violence; and (3) to develop and advocate for proactive, community-based solutions to systemic “criminal injustice.”

GAY STRAIGHT ALLIANCE NETWORK The GSA Network is a youth-led organization that connects school-based Gay-Straight Alliances to each other and community resources.

GLSEN SF-EAST BAY GLSEN SF-EB strives to assure that each member of every school community is valued and respected, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity/expression.

HEALTH INITIATIVES FOR YOUTH HiFy’s mission is to improve the health and well-being of young people by empowering them through education, advocacy and leadership opportunities.

LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES Larkin street serves the needs of homeless and runaway youth on the streets of San Francisco.

LEGAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN Legal Services for Children provides free legal and social services to children and youth under 18 years old in the San Francisco Bay Area.

NEW LEAF New Leaf is the nonprofit multi-purpose counseling center for the LGBTQQ community of San Francisco.

OUR FAMILY COALITION protects the civil rights and well being of families with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender members through education, advocacy, social networking and grassroots community organizing.

PACIFIC CENTER Berkeley’s Pacific Center is a premier LGBTQQ community service center in Northern California.

SEXUAL MINORITY ALLIANCE OF ALAMEDA COUNTY Oakland’s SMAAC is a multi-service nonprofit agency targeting LGBTQQI youth and young adults.

SF LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER A multi-purpose center serving San Francisco’s LGBTQQ and allied communities.

TRANSGENDER LAW CENTER TLC is a civil rights organization advocating for transgender communities.

YOUTH TIES Youth Trans & Intersex Education Services (Youth TIES) is a youth-led organization advocating for trans, gender-variant, intersex and questioning (TGIQ) youth.