Local Support, Social & Political Community Resources
Family Diversity Projects
413-256-0502; // info@familydiv.org
Organizes traveling diversity exhibits.
Mass Equality
11 Beacon Street, Suite 1125, Boston, MA 02108-3011
617-878-2300; // info@MassEquality.org
Group defending same-sex marriages in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition
PO Box 301897, Jamaica Plains, MA 02130
617-983-0219; // info@masstpc.org
A statewide group fighting for transgender rights.
Hampshire Pride
https://www.hampshirepridema.com/
An annual pride parade for Hampshire County, held in Northampton in early May.
PFLAG Amherst
http://capwiz.com/pflag/officials/locality/?entity_id=5279&state=MA
413-586-2111 or 413-253-3354
Local chapter of Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. Meetings are at 7 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month in the parish hall of Grace Episcopal Church, 14 Boltwood Avenue, Amherst.
Safe Passage
43 Center Street, Suite G, Northampton
413-586-1125; 24-hr. crisis hotline: 413-586-5066, 888-345-5282 (toll-free)
http://www.safepass.org
Provides support to survivors of relationship violence in Hampshire County. Offers a support Groups for battered women, including lesbians, in abusive relationships.
Lambda Legal
Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work
Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst
http://www.uusocietyamherst.org/
121 No. Pleasant St. Amherst, MA 413-253-2848
Unitarian Universalist congregations extend a warm welcome to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals, families, and communities. We work to promote acceptance, inclusion, understanding, and equity for LGBTQ persons of all ages, abilities, colors, and genders, both within our denomination and in society at large. We are committed to protecting the civil and legal rights of LGBTQ people and families across the country.
Green Mountain Crossroads
http://www.greenmountaincrossroads.org/
AIDS Foundation of Western Massachusetts
GLSEN Massachusetts
http://glsen.org/chapters/massachusetts
National Conference for Community and Justice
TransParent Support Group
For the parents of trans and gender-nonconforming offspring that meets monthly in Holyoke. pvtransparents1@gmail.com
TREE (Transgender Rights, Education and Empowerment)
413-774-7028; TREE@communityaction.us A community action youth program with peer support, advocacy, education, and leadership development opportunities for trans identified and gender non-conforming youth, 12-21. TREE meets on Tuesdays in Greenfield and on Wednesdays in Northampton.