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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer People<br />
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CENTER FOR ANTI-VIOLENCE EDUCATION (CAE)—<br />
BROOKLYN WOMEN’S MARTIAL ARTS<br />
327 7th Street (at 5th Avenue), 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11215<br />
Telephone: 718.788.1775<br />
www.caeny.org<br />
Offers classes in karate, self-defense, and tai chi. All women and<br />
transgender people are welcome, regardless of age or physical<br />
ability. Free child care provided. Day, evening, and weekend classes.<br />
Also offers an after-school program in self-defense and violence<br />
prevention for teen women and trans youth. Programs for girls and<br />
trans youth aged 12–19 and women and transgender people who are<br />
survivors of sexual abuse, domestic violence, or child abuse are free.<br />
Open to men in LGBT community as well several times a year. Slidingscale<br />
fee based on income.<br />
LGBT BAR ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YORK<br />
(LeGaL)<br />
601 West 26th Street, Suite 325-20, New York, NY 10001<br />
Telephone: 212.353.9118<br />
www.le-gal.org/helpline<br />
The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York (LeGaL) provides<br />
meaningful legal services including holistic consultations, referrals,<br />
and representation to members of our community. LeGaL offers<br />
weekly walk-in pro-bono clinics in New York City and Newark, New<br />
Jersey, as well as resources and referrals.<br />
The PurpLE Clinic (Purpose: Listen and Engage) offers safe, sensitive<br />
and respectful health care for anyone who has experienced<br />
trauma (domestic violence, trafficking, rape or abuse) The clinic is<br />
open every weekend and staffed by a family physician. Everyone is<br />
welcome, regardless of age, gender, insurance, or documentation<br />
status. PurpLE Clinic offers routine physicals, OB-GYN care, STI<br />
tests, pregnancy tests, birth control, diabetes care, HIV care, PrEP,<br />
and more. Referrals for mental health care, dentistry, and acupuncture.<br />
DESTINATION TOMORROW<br />
890 Garrison Avenue, Bronx, NY 10474<br />
Telephone: 646.723.3325<br />
www.destinationtomorrow.org<br />
Destination Tomorrow provides services to the LGBTQ community<br />
in the South Bronx. Destination Tomorrow has both in-house and<br />
referral-based services, including a youth drop-in center, counseling,<br />
support groups, financial literacy classes, a free legal clinic the fourth<br />
Thursday of each month from 6–8 pm, and trans-affirming health<br />
care in partnership with Montefiore Medical Clinic’s Cicero Program.<br />
Destination Tomorrow also offers capacity-building training to agencies<br />
who wish to work with LGBTQ communities but lack the cultural<br />
competency and expertise.<br />
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THE PurpLE CLINIC<br />
Sidney Hillman/Phillips Family Practice<br />
16 East 16th Street, New York, NY 10003<br />
Telephone: 212.206.5200<br />
www.institute.org/health-care/services/the-purple-clinic
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