Provider List

Directory of LGBTQ Welcoming Services:

Pride and Joy Families is proud to offer this Directory of LGBTQ Welcoming Services. Providers on this list have been recommended by LGBTQ community members, other LGBTQ organizations in the Southern Tier/Central NY, and by the providers themselves. Those listed have indicated their welcoming attitude toward LGBTQ clients and their desire to be included in our Directory. Content of listings is provided by and represented as accurate by the listed individuals and groups.

NEED ASSISTANCE? If you would like to find a provider for a specific need or if you are not sure whom to call for your needs, contact us at prideandjoyfamilies@gmail.com or and we'll refer you to the right provider.

Pride and Joy Families cannot guarantee a good fit between any welcoming service provider and client. However, our directory is a list of options and a place to begin when seeking affirmative services. Clients are advised to research any provider choice further by interviewing the provider, calling or visiting the office, or researching areas of specialization and experience. Clients are encouraged to always use thoroughness and care when selecting a service provider.

If you have used our directory, we welcome your feedback. If you would like to relay comments about a provider currently listed in our directory, please let us know. If you are a community member and have a provider to recommend to us—or if you are a provider with an LGBTQ-welcoming practice—please contact us. If you have general questions about our Directory or being listed here, please contact our staff at or prideandjoyfamilies@gmail.com.

In addition to the list above, you may want to contact one of the other LGBTQ organizations in Upstate New York for more listings and resources:

ALBANY:

In Our Own Voices: Our Mission is to work for and ensure the physical, mental, spiritual, political, cultural and economic survival and growth of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people of color communities.

Pride Center of the Capital Region: The mission of the Pride Center of the Capital Region is to promote the well- being of all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer-identified people and those affected by discrimination based on gender identity and expression.

BINGHAMTON:

Identity Youth Center: a safe space for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGBTQ+) teens, but also welcome all youth regardless of their sexual identity, orientation, or gender identity.

M4 Project: a space for men ages 18-30. We offer free, confidential HIV, Hepatitis C, syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia testing and risk reduction services, as well as linkage to many resources and individual support.

Southern Tier AIDS Program: providing comprehensive HIV/AIDS services in the Southern Tier of New York

BUFFALO:

Pride Center of Western New York:  they aim to make Western New York a safe, healthy, and satisfying place for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people to live, work, and establish their families. They also have a LGBTQ directory of services.

Gay and Lesbian youth Services of Western New York: GLYS offers a variety of opportunities & services for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender & questioning youth and their friends, ages 14-21.

CORTLAND:

Cortland LGBT Resource Center: strives to create a visible and empowered community through education, advocacy, resource enhancement, and linkages to essential services for all LGBTQ-identified people, as well as their families and other supportive community members.

TRANSitions Voice Clinic, SUNY Cortland, NY: Center for Speech, Language and Hearing Disorders, Communications Disorders and Sciences Dept. Dedicated to individuals who want to use a healthy, normal voice in their chosen professional, personal and gender roles. Enrolls clients for speech/language therapy in accordance with the University calendar. Call for additional enrollment information at 607-753-5434. No fees. Visit http://www2.cortland.edu/departments/communication-disorders/center/.

HUDSON VALLEY:

Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center: provides services, professional resources, and programs that unite the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning community across lines of age, race, gender, and economics.

ITHACA:

Out for Health: provides outreach, education and information to LGBT people, their health care providers and the community at-large about the importance of inclusive, welcoming and respectful care for LGBT people

NORTH COUNTY:

PrismNY: member organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. Prism meets monthly and provides LGBTQ people with a place to meet, communicate, and promote self-identity and awareness

ROCHESTER:

The Out Alliance envisioning a future where all members of the greater Rochester LGBTQ communities, at all stages of their lives, are free to be fully participating citizens, celebrating their lives in which they are safe, stable and fully respected.

Rochester Pride and Joy Families Group:  supporting LGBTQ parents and prospective parents.

SYRACUSE:

Sage Upstate: promotes the well-being of older gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people and allies in Central New York through health programs, social activities and education.

Q Center Central New York: a safe place for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth, their families and allies to gather.