King County website and hotline resources

Alcohol, tobacco and other drugs

Bisexual people

Clinics & healthcare
  • 45th Street Clinic
    Community clinic for Wallingford and the University District. GLBT friendly. Sliding scale fees; Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance accepted.
  • Aurora Medical Services
    Provides supportive, queer-friendly reproductive healthcare for ALL women, including insemination services, annual exams, STD testing and treatment, and menopause care. Female clinicians, sliding fee scale, most insurances and state medical coupons accepted.

  • Country Doctor Community Clinic
    Community Based Primary Care clinic; sliding scale - no one turned away for lack of funds; evening hours; pediatrics, geriatrics, well-care, obstetrics, HIV care; Spanish spoken. Sliding scale fees; Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance accepted. GLBT friendly all hours and Spectrum Natural Health at County Doctor Community Health Clinic offers primary and naturopathic care specifically for the LGBTQ community every Thursday, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Providers have been serving the LGBTQ community for many years. For information and to make an appointment, call 206-299-1600. Recommended for youth.

  • International Community Health Services (ICHS)
    International Community Health Services (ICHS) specifically targets its services to the Asian/Pacific Islander communities, yet strives to serve the health needs of all individuals, in a manner sensitive to the patient's language and cultural needs.
  • Pike Market Medical Clinic
    Comprehensive primary health care for downtown Seattle. GLBT friendly. Sliding scale fees; Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance accepted.

Discrimination
  • King County Office of Civil Rights
    Ensure equal opportunity for all through the effective enforcement of anti-discrimination ordinances and implementation of the County's civil rights programs.
  • Safe Schools Coalition
    Safe Schools works to make schools safe for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students, educators and parents. Free staff training. Intervention for students who are being harassed.
  • Seattle Civil Service Commission
    Enforces ordinances prohibiting discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, and city services, and develops programs promoting equality, justice, and understanding.
  • Washington State Human Rights Commission
    Investigates HIV/AIDS discrimination complaints; provides information and referrals.

Gay & bisexual men
  • Entre Hermanos
    Provee un ambiente cultural-social, saludable y seguro para latinas/os lesbianas, homosexuales, bisexuales y transgeneros. Safe environment for GLBT Latinos.
  • Gay City Health Project
    Gay City's mission is to promote gay and bisexual men's health and prevent HIV transmission by building community, fostering communication and nurturing self-esteem.

HIV & AIDS

Lesbian & bisexual women
  • Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services (ADWAS)
    Phone: 206    -726-0093 (TTY)
    ADWAS has advocates on staff to assist people who are victims of domestic violence and/or sexual assault and need help. Services are free of charge and available to people who are Deaf, Deaf-Blind or Hard of Hearing and residents of King, Pierce or Snohomish County.

  • Lesbianstd.com
    Phone: 206-731-3679
    Managed by the University of Washington, this website contains information and resources regarding STDs in women who have sex with women and research advancing our knowledge of lesbian health.
  • The Northwest Network
    Phone: 206-517-9670
    The Northwest Network increases communities' ability to support the self-determination and safety of bisexual, transgendered, lesbian, and gay survivors of abuse through education, organizing and advocacy.
  • Seattle Bisexual Women's Network
    Phone: 206-517-7767
    Offers rap groups, social events, a quarterly newsletter and a selection of resources.
  • Sistah 2 Sistah
    Phone: 206-322-7061
    A support and networking group for lesbian, bisexual and transgender women of African descent.
  • Water Women Swims
    Phone: 206-361-2990
    Water Women Swims is a private, unstructured swim in the northend of Seattle for Women of Size and their fat-supportive (friendly) female allies. The large cool-water pool (85-degrees) is accessible by stairs/handrail. There is also a hot therapy pool (95-degrees). Women of all orientations are welcome.

Mental health & support
  • Crisis Clinic
    Phone: 206-461-3222
    Provides the Crisis Line, a 24-hour broad focus telephone crisis intervention and referral service giving immediate help to people in an emotional crisis.
  • Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities
    Phone: 206-323-1768
    Seattle Counseling Service is a community resource that advocates, educates and serves to advance the social well being and mental health of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender communities.
  • Sound Mental Health
    Phone: 206-324-0206
    Provides counseling and other mental health services for adults and children. GLBT friendly.

Miscellaneous

Parents & children

People of color
  • Brother to Brother
    Brother to Brother exists to empower communities by providing HIV prevention, social health services and resources for men of African descent.
  • Entre Hermanos
    Provee un ambiente cultural-social, saludable y seguro para latinas/os lesbianas, homosexuales, bisexuales y transgeneros. Safe environment for GLBT Latinos.
  • Sistah 2 Sistah
    Phone: 206-322-7061
    A support and networking group for lesbian, bisexual and transgender women of African descent.
  • Trikone-Northwest
    Trikone Northwest is a vibrant, diverse group of individuals creating a social, supportive, educational, and political space for differently oriented South Asians and their family, friends and community.

Safety & violence
  • Home Alive
     Home Alive is a Seattle-based collective non-profit dedicated to ending violence of all types through providing low cost & free self-defense classes.
  • King County Sexual Assault Resource Center
    24 hr crisis intervention, legal advocacy for all sexual assault victims, counseling child victims of sexual assault. Education & training.
  • The Northwest Network
    The Northwest Network increases communities' ability to support the self-determination and safety of bisexual, transgendered, lesbian, and gay survivors of abuse through education, organizing and advocacy.
  • Safe Schools Coalition of Washington
    Helps to reduce bias-based bullying and violence in schools and to help schools better meet the needs of sexual minority youth and children with sexual minority parents/guardians.

Transgender resources
  • Ingersoll Gender Center
    The Ingersoll Gender Center offers a full range of services to gender dysphoric clients such as referrals to therapists, support and peer counseling pertaining to issues of daily living, changes in lifestyle, preparation for surgery, and post-operative care. They have support groups in a friendly, low-stress setting.
  • Pike Market Medical Clinic
    Comprehensive primary health care for downtown Seattle. GLBT friendly. Sliding scale fees; Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance accepted. Call for appointment or more information.

Youth
  • Lambert House
    Lambert House is a center for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning youth and their allies that encourages empowerment through the development of leadership, social and life skills.
  • Ruth Dykeman Youth and Family Services
    Ruth Dykeman Children’s Center offers appropriate therapy, support and encouragement needed to work with seriously stressed children and their families.
  • Safe Schools Coalition
    Safe Schools works to make schools safe for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students, educators and parents. Free staff training. Intervention for students who are being harassed.
  • United Indians Youth Home (operated by United Indians of All Tribes)
    Phone: 206-781-8303
    Independent living program for homeless youth, targeting urban Native American and youth of color. Case management on site. Provided by United Indians of All Tribes Foundation in Seattle. Open referral with interview process.
  • Teen Link & Youth Resources
    Crisis Clinic is strongly committed to providing a confidential and accessible place teens can call to talk about what's concerning them, helping youth explore their options and make healthy, self-respecting decisions.
  • Youthcare
    Youthcare offers a 24-hour crisis line, providing counseling, shelter referrals, and HIV information for youth.
  • Youth Eastside Services (YES)
    Youth Eastside Services serves youth, their families, and community with compassion, integrity and the highest standards of professional practice.

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