Friends of Captain Awkward

There, done with the posts! I added a couple of hotlines/helplines that I forgot before, too.

Youth Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline (USA & Canada): 800-4-A-CHILD (non-mandated-reporter child abuse hotline) Darkness to Light National Helpline (USA): 866-FOR-LIGHT (provides resources about sexual abuse with a focus on child sexual abuse) Fenway LGBT Peer Listening Line (USA-focused): 6...

US Military/Veterans/Families Americans Overseas Domestic Violence Crisis Center: 866-USWOMEN (for abused Americans in military and civilian populations overseas) DoD Safe Helpline (USA): 877-995-5247 (phone) or https://safehelpline.org/ (chat and text messsaging) (for military and civilian employe...

Sexually Transmitted Infections

CDC National STD Hotline (USA): 800-232-4636 or TTY 888-232-6348

Sexual Violence Anti-Violence Project (USA-focused): 212-714-1141 (for LGBTQ and HIV+ people who have experienced sexual, domestic, hate, pick-up, or police violence) Darkness to Light National Helpline (USA): 866-FOR-LIGHT (provides resources about sexual abuse with a focus on child sexual abuse) ...

Sex Workers (these are NOT anti-sex-work hotlines) HIPS Hotline (USA): 800-676-HIPS (harm reduction, crisis counseling, and advocacy for sex workers, some staff and volunteers are or have been sex workers) SWOP Community Support Warmline (USA): 877-776-2004 x 1 (support, advice, crisis counseling, ...

Pregnancy, Parenting, Adoption, Abortion, and Miscarriage Backline (USA & Canada): 888-493-0092 (feminist, non-judgmental, all-options, pregnancy/parenting/abortion/adoption/miscarriage hotline) Faith Aloud: 888-717-5010 (helpline for spiritual or emotional concerns about pregnancy and/or abortion,...

Other Mental Health National Alliance on Mental Illness Helpline (USA-focused): 800-950-NAMI (answers questions about mental illness and treatment options) National Eating Disorders Association Helpline (USA): 800-931-2237 (phone), http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/information-referral-helplin...

Hate Violence and Police/Corrections Misconduct Anti-Violence Project (USA-focused): 212-714-1141 (for LGBTQ and HIV+ people who have experienced sexual, domestic, hate, pick-up, or police violence) Communities United Against Police Brutality Hotline (USA): 612-874-STOP (for police brutality victim...

LGBTQ and HIV-Affected Anti-Violence Project (USA-focused): 212-714-1141 (for LGBTQ and HIV+ people who have experienced sexual, domestic, hate, pick-up, or police violence) Fenway LGBT Listening Line (USA-focused): 617-267-9001 (for LGBTQ people age 25+) Fenway LGBT Peer Listening Line (USA-focuse...