LGBTQIA+ Resources
Tufts and the Greater Boston area offer many different resources for LGBTQIA+ people. This is a working list. If you would like to add, correct, or update a resource, please email lgbt@tufts.edu
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- Financial Aid for LGBT Students
- Financial Resources through FIRST
- LGBTQIA+ Student Housing (Rainbow House)
- Pronoun Primer
- Preferred Name Policy
- Preferred Name Change
- Legal Name Change
- Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Trans Health Care
- Office of Equal Opportunity
- Tufts Non-Discrimination Policy
- Report Harassment, Bias, or Discrimination
- Study Abroad Resources for LGBTQIA+ Students
- Career Resources for LGBTQIA+ Students
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- Asexual Visibility and Education Network (AVEN)
- Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE)
- AdRespect (Queer Advertisements Archive)
- GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD)
- Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
- Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
- Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies
- GLBTQ Encyclopedia
- Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
- Intersex Society of North America (ISNA)
- National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF)
- Parents Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
- Queer Resources Directory
- You Can Play
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Local Resources
Clarendon Hill Presbyterian
155 Powder House Boulevard
West Somerville, MA 02155
617-625-4823
chpc@tiac.netCollege Avenue United Methodist Church
14 Chapel Street
Somerville, MA 02144
617-776-4172First Church Somerville UCC
89 College Avenue
Somerville, MA 02144
617-625-6485
fcs@firstchurchsomerville.orgGreater Boston Resources
Church of the Covenant - Presbyterian/UCC
67 Newbury Street
Boston, MA 02116
617-266-7480Congregation Am Tikva
50 Sewall Avenue
Brookline, MA 02446
617-232-5543
info@amtikva.orgDignity/Boston - Catholic
35 Bowdoin Street
Boston, MA 02117
617-421-1915
dignityinfo@dignityboston.orgEmmanuel Church in the City of Boston - Episcopal
15 Newbury Street
Boston, MA 02116
617-536-3355
website@emmanuel-boston.orgHarvard-Epworth United Methodist Church
1555 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-354-0837Hope Church Boston - UCC
85 Seaverns Avenue
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
617-522-0600
info@hopeboston.comKESHET
284 Amory Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
617-524-9227
info@keshetonline.orgMetropolitan Community Church of Boston
131 Cambridge Street
Boston, MA 02215
617-973-0404Old Cambridge Baptist Church
1151 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-864-9275
chadmin.ocbc@verizon.netOld South Church, Boston - UCC
645 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116
617-536-1970
oldsouth-approval@world.std.comSt. Anthony Shrine - Catholic
100 Arch Street
Boston, MA 02118
617-542-6440
info@stanthonyshrine.orgTrinity Church in the City of Boston - Episcopal
206 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA 02116
617-536-0944Union United Methodist Church
485 Columbus Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
617-536-0872
unionboston@cs.comUniversity Lutheran Church
66 Winthrop Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
617.876.3256
office@unilu.orgOnline Resources
- Affirmation.org - Serves the needs of gay Mormon women and men, as well as bisexual and transgender LDS and their supportive family and friends.
Gaychurch.org - An affirming online directory of LGBT friendly Christian resources. - Gayjews.org - An online directory of LGBT friendly Jewish resources and organizations.
- Gays for God - An online directory of LGBT friendly religious organizations that transcends all faiths.
- GLBTjews.org - The website of the World Congress of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Jews: Keshet Ga'avah.
- Eshelonline.org - An online resource geared towards Orthodox LGBTQ members.
- Queer Jihad - An LGBT friendly online resource for Muslims.
- Muslims For Progressive Values
- Affirmation.org - Serves the needs of gay Mormon women and men, as well as bisexual and transgender LDS and their supportive family and friends.
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The Tufts University Health Service offers all students free and confidential (not anonymous) STI testing, which includes HIV Testing. If you have a special circumstance where you are required to have an HIV test and submit results, there is a $30 fee. Call (617) 627-3350 to schedule an appointment.
HIV testing is also offered at these locations:
Anonymous and Free
- Boston Medical Center
- Children's Hospital Medical Center
- MGH HIV/AIDS Infection Care and Treatment Program
- Health Quarters
Confidential and Free
Confidential and Request Donation
Confidential Post-HIV Exposure Treatment
See a doctor for anti-HIV medications within 72 hours of possible exposure!
Fenway Appointments: 617-927-6000 (no walk-ins. Please call!)
Additional Resources
- Exposed to HIV? It's time to talk PEP
- AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts
- Fenway Community Health Center
- HIV/AIDS Service and Resource Guide
- Information about HIV Counseling and Testing
- JRI Health
- The GLBT Health Access Project
HIV+/AIDS Support Groups
- Workshop for Newly Diagnosed HIV+ Individuals: 617-927-6229 (Gail Beverley)
- Support Group for HIV- Gay and Bisexual Men: 617-927-6229 (Gail Beverley)
- Male Couples with Mixed HIV Status: 617-927-6202 (Ann)