Community Organizations

East Coast FTM Group
betpower@yahoo.com
Support group for trans men. Meets the first Sunday of each month, 3-5 p.m., Sexual Minorities Archives, 135 Lincoln St., Holyoke

Family Diversity Projects
familydiversityprojects@gmail.com
Organizes traveling diversity exhibits

GLAD (GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders)
18 Tremont St., Suite 950, Boston, MA 02108
(617) 426-1350; gladlaw@glad.org
Provides LGBTQ legal advice and advocacy in New England

Hampshire County LGBT
Site offered by the Hampshire County Regional Tourism Council 

Hampshire Pride
hampshirepride@gmail.com
Organizes Northampton's annual LGBTQ Pride march and rally

Heron's Bridge/Valley Women's Martial Arts
1 Cottage St. #319, Easthampton; heronsbridge77@gmail.com
Offers workshops and classes based in feminist social justice activism

LGBTQ Alcoholics Anonymous Group
Meetings are Fridays, 7:30 p.m., St. John's Episcopal Church, 48 Elm St., Northampton or by Zoom (Meeting ID: 960 6823 0869)

Mass Equality
100 Grove St., Suite 313, Worcester, MA 01605
(617) 878-2300; info@MassEquality.org
Statewide LGBTQ advocacy organization

Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth
(508) 944-1287; commission@ma-lgbtq.org
Independent state agency in support of LGBTQ youth

Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition
(617) 778-0591; info@masstpc.org
Statewide group fighting for trans rights

The Network/La Red
Hotline: 617-742-4911; 617-227-4911 (TTY); Office: 617-695-0877; info@thenetworklared.org
Survivor-led, social justice organization that works to end partner abuse in LGBTQ, kink, and polyamorous communities

PFLAG Franklin-Hampshire Chapter
fhcPFLAG@gmail.comFacebook page
​Meets virtually on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. 

Rainbow Contra of Western Mass
Offers gender role-free dancing on the first Saturday of each month at 7 p.m. at the First Churches of Northampton, 129 Main St.

Rainbow Dodgeball of the Pioneer Valley
Plays on Mondays from 7-8:30 in Northampton during the winter and spring

Rainbow Elders
rainbowelders@lifepathma.org
A group for LGBTQIA+ elders and their allies, which has virtual meetings on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month, 1-2:30 p.m.

The Rainbow Times
Facebook page
Bi-weekly LGBTQ New England newspaper 

Safe Passage
76 Carlon Dr., Northampton
(413) 586-1125; 24-hr. crisis hotline: (413) 586-5066
Serves survivors of all genders, and has a LGBTQ+ Counselor Advocate and a Transgender, Nonbinary, and Gender Nonconforming Outreach Advocate. Services are free, accessible to people with disabilities, confidential, and available in English, Spanish, and other languages 

Sexual Minorities Archives
135 Lincoln St., Holyoke; (413) 538-4750; sexualminorities.archives@yahoo.com
Collects, preserves, and makes accessible LGBTQ+ books and other materials. Researchers and visitors welcome

Transhealth
A trans-led community health and education organization in Northampton that provides pediatric and adult primary care, mental health services, gender-affirming hormone therapy, and monthly virtual and in-person peer support groups for individuals 13-18, 18-30, and over 30 years old

Translate Gender
info@translategender.org
Offers youth and family programming, gender-affirming psychotherapy, support groups, and community education

Trans Resistance MA
transresistancema@gmail.com
Boston-based TQBIPOC (Trans, Queer, Black, Indigenous People of Color) advocacy organization

UniTy of the Pioneer Valley
Support group for trans individuals based in Springfield