Resources

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AHF (AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION)  700 SE 3rd Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316    https://www.aidshealth.org/ (954) 767-0273

the Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is a global nonprofit organization providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy to over 1,000,000 people in 43 countries. We are currently the largest provider of HIV/AIDS medical care in the U.S.

AHF funds its mission to rid the world of AIDS through a network of pharmacies, thrift stores, healthcare contracts, and other strategic partnerships. Generating new, innovative ways of treatment, prevention and advocacy have been the hallmark of our success. We are currently leading a mass testing initiative to identify and treat the 25 million people who are unaware they are infected.

By advocating big goals–such as having 1 billion people tested each year–AHF hopes to eliminate older, more time-consuming methods. Since 1987, AHF has cared for thousands of people living with HIV and AIDS worldwide. As we create and implement new programs in communities across the U.S. and abroad, we expand the delivery of healthcare and influence over policy with the aim of saving more lives.

ARIANNA’S CENTER

https://www.ariannas-center.org/ 

Arianna's Center engages, empowers, and lifts up the trans community of South Florida. We place a special emphasis on the most marginalized, including the Trans Latinx community, undocumented immigrants, people living with HIV and AIDS, and those who have experienced incarceration.

ARTSERVE   1350 East Sunrise Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304 https://artserve.org/ 

ArtServe inspires, supports, and advances our diverse members, artists, and community by promoting artistic development, education, and prosperity through the exploration and presentation of the visual and performing arts.

BROWARD HOUSE  1726 SE 3RD AVE. Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316 https://www.browardhouse.org/  954-568-7373

The mission of Broward House is to improve the quality of life for individuals impacted with chronic health challenges, including HIV, by providing pathways to wellness. We welcome people of all backgrounds, genders, races, and sexual orientations. We serve individuals with no income and no insurance as well as individuals who are fully insured and have income. Our goals are simple: to support the health and stability of each individual who walks through our door with a plan unique to their goals.

The agency embraces a responsibility to be a leader in the community. This leadership is actualized through prevention, education, and service in order to reduce the number of individuals becoming infected by HIV, increasing the number of individuals living with HIV receiving care, and reducing stigma in our community. While Broward House began its mission by providing housing, and it remains a core component of services, it is realized that individuals require an array of support services for true healing to occur. It is this philosophy that has led to the expansion to a full array of support, behavioral health, prevention, and health care services.

BROWARD COUNTY CHILDREN’S SERVICES ADMINISTRATION  115 S. Andrews Avenue, #A-360, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301 www.broward.org/children  954-357-7880  / TTY: 954-357-2882

Responsible for the strategic planning and administration of contracts awarded to non-profit, public, and for-profit organizations that provide services to children and their families in the areas of juvenile justice, behavioral health, special needs, childcare, social services, child welfare, LQBTG social services, and independent living.

BROWARD WELLNESS CENTER  750 SE 3rd Ave 1st Floor, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 https://www.freestdcheck.org/  (954) 767-0273

In addition to Free STD screening and treatment for sexually-transmitted diseases, AIDS Healthcare Foundation provides information about STDs, safer sex, cryotherapy treatments, and referrals to doctors who specialize in HIV/AIDS. If you're looking for HIV treatment, please visit your local AHF Healthcare Center.

CAN COMMUNITY HEALTH 1726 SE 3rd Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 https://www.cancommunityhealth.org/ (754) 701-6911

CAN Community Health has been serving the needs of the HIV community in Florida and now the southern part of the country, since 1991. We are a private, not-for-profit organization dedicated to the treatment, care, and continual wellness of people living with HIV, hepatitis C, STDs, and other diseases. Our clinics offer medical, dental, psychological, and lifestyle counseling to all patients, regardless of their financial situation, insurance status, or ability to pay. Services vary by location. We provide HIV specialty care by board-certified Infectious Disease trained physicians. CAN has also become a part of the LGBT community offering education, assistance, and support to other local organizations.

CARE RESOURCE (MEDICAL) 871 W. Oakland Park Blvd., Oakland Park, FL 33311 https://careresource.org/ 

Through education, research, care, treatment, and support services, Care Resource improves upon the health and overall quality of life of our diverse South Florida communities in need.

EQUALITY FLORIDA  2302 NE 7th Ave, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 https://www.eqfl.org/

Equality Florida consists of two organizations - Equality Florida Institute, Inc., our 501(c)(3) educational charity, and Equality Florida Action, Inc., our 501(c)(4) advocacy organization. Together, these organizations form the largest civil rights organization dedicated to securing full equality for Florida’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community. Through education, grassroots organizing, coalition building, and lobbying, we are changing Florida so that no one suffers harassment or discrimination on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity. 

Equality Florida Institute, Inc. was formed in 1997 as Governor Jeb Bush took office and Florida’s state government made a hard turn to the right. In an era of setbacks for progressive causes, Equality Florida Action, Inc. was formed in 2014 and along with its predecessor organization Equality Florida Inc., (founded in 1999) has advocated for pro-LGBTQ legislation and defeated every piece of anti-LGBTQ legislation filed in Tallahassee for 16 years in a row. Our organizational objectives are clear: passing local LGBTQ protections at the municipal level, passing a statewide non-discrimination law, passing a statewide anti-bullying law, passing legislation to protect the transgender community, and changing public opinion in the state of Florida regarding LGBT individuals and families. 

FORT LAUDERDALE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER (RECOVERY) 954-734-2000 5757 N Dixie Hwy Oakland Park, FL 33334 www.ftlauderdalebehavioral.com  Medicare, Medicaid, Insurance Spanish, French, Creole 24/7

A private psychiatric hospital that provides inpatient and outpatient behavioral health and addiction treatment for children, adolescents, adults, and older adults. *Baker Act and Marchman Act receiving facility.

Pride Institute www.prideinstituteflorida.com Specialized inpatient mental health and substance abuse treatment for LGBTQI+ clients.

GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE GAY AND LESBIAN CHAMBER  2300 NE 7th Ave, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 https://www.gogayfortlauderdale.com/ (954) 523-3500

To promote business and economic opportunities for the LGBT and LGBT-friendly community. To be an advocate and resource for all member businesses that promote equality. To promote tourism with a unified approach by working with related and appropriate organizations.

Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau  101 NE 3rd Ave #100 Fort Lauderdale FL 33301 https://www.sunny.org/lgbtq-travel/ (954) 767-2486

Welcome to Greater Fort Lauderdale — Florida’s LGBT+ capital and one of the most progressive destinations in the United States. TravelPulse recently named Greater Fort Lauderdale as one of the Top 4 places for LGBT+ travelers post-COVID.

We celebrate diversity and inclusion in every way, each day, where Pride is the daily way of life. We are especially proud that Fort Lauderdale earned a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign's (HRC) Municipal Equality Index. We embrace every segment of the LGBT+ community to make everyone feel welcome, comfortable, and safe.

Greater Fort Lauderdale is home to 31 municipalities and is renowned for its welcoming, authentic vibe.

Here you’ll find a thriving local LGBT+ community with the highest concentration of same-sex couple households in the country and hundreds of gay-owned businesses, many of which are centered around the Wilton Manors neighborhood. Sebastian Beach, the top-rated gay beach in the United States, is nestled in Fort Lauderdale beach.

With a vibrant collection of cultures and activities, Greater Fort Lauderdale is the ultimate, inclusive LGBT+ destination where everyone comes together, under the warm embrace of the sun. You are welcome to fly your flag high, make an impact, and radiate life – because you are you, and you are worth celebrating. LET'S CELEBRATE YOU!

HOTSPOTS (MEDIA) https://www.hotspotsmagazine.com/ 

Hotspots - Mark's List - Genre Latino

Proud to be Florida's Largest Gay Resource for 30 years, Hotspots publishes a weekly gay magazine distributed throughout Southern Florida and Central Florida. 

Happening Out Television Network https://itshappeningout.com/
If it's happening in the LGBTQ world, it's Happening Out! Our Digital Television Sponsor, Happening Out Television Network, allows you to catch all of your favorite pride & festival coverage LIVE, featured on:

• South Florida's Most Popular LIVE Source of Things to FUN - HAPPENING.fun
• The World's First Nightly LIVE Queer Evening News Show - Q News Tonight
• The World's Most Popular LIVE Gay TV Show - It's Happening Out
• America's Most Diverse Group of Personalities from the LGBTQ Community in History - Gay Town Hall!

JULIAN’S FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH  1400 N. Federal Highway, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33304 https://jfoy.org/ (754) 701-5040 

To enrich, empower and educate our LGBTQ+ youth and to challenge them beyond their normal comfort level to discover their abilities and true authentic selves, regardless of their financial situation, by creating partnerships, programs, and experiences with local, national, and global organizations.

LAMBDA SOUTH (RECOVERY) 1231 E Las Olas Blvd # A, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301  https://lambdasouth.com/ (954) 761-9072

12 Step Recovery in Fort Lauderdale on Las Olas Boulevard

AA=Alcoholics Anonymous

ACOA=Adult Children of Alcoholics

Al-Anon=Al-Anon Family Groups

CMA=Crystal Meth Anonymous

CSA=Compulsive Sex Addicts Anonymous

CoDA=Co-Dependents Anonymous

GA=Gamblers Anonymous

NA=Narcotics Anonymous

OA=Overeaters Anonymous

SLAA=Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous

LATINOS SALUD    2330 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305  https://latinossalud.org/ 954-765-6239 

Latinos Salud strives to provide client-centered, culturally-competent health education and integrated preventive, screening, and linkage services throughout South Florida in order to reduce the burden of communicable diseases and improve health outcomes. “Salud” means health, but our locations feel anything but clinical. From the moment you enter, you’re treated like family. Our welcoming “living rooms” are used for cultural events, peer-led activities, and opportunities for making new friends, as well as for introductions to our health education and screening services.

Today, Latinos Salud operates three full-time locations to maximize its reach throughout South Florida, offering both appointment and walk-in service five days a week in Wilton Manors, Miami Beach, and Miami Southwest as well as mobile outreach and testing. From peer-leadership to one-on-one life coaching, Latinos Salud’s diverse programs serve thousands of people every year.

LIFEWAY Inc (MEDICAL) 5333 N Dixie Hwy Ste 110, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 333341 (954) 772-8554 https://lifewaymd.com/ 

MIDLAND MEDICAL CENTER 1421 E Oakland Park Blvd #200, Oakland Park, FL 33334 (954) 565-0875 http://midlandmed.com/ 

Midland is an integrated center that provides primary care via Midland Medical, pharmacy services via Midland Pharmacy, and access to innovative treatment options via Midland Research.

MIDWAY SPECIALTY CARE CENTER 2608 NE 16th Ave, Wilton Manors, FL 33334 (954) 530-8357 https://www.midwaycare.org/ 

OUTCLIQUE (MEDIA) https://www.outclique.com/ 954-998-6429

Gay Life Style, Local Gay Events-News-Art-Entertainment-Gay Miami, Gay Fort Lauderdale, Gay Orlando, Gay West Palm Beach, Gay Key West.

PET PROJECT   2200 NW 9th Avenue (Powerline Road) Wilton Manors, FL 33311

954.568.5678 https://www.thepetprojectfl.org/ 

Every day a multitude of pets is voluntarily surrendered to animal shelters solely due to their human companion having financial or health challenges that prevent them from effectively caring for their pet.

The Pet Project is dedicated to dramatically reducing this from occurring in Broward and Miami-Dade counties.  Completely through foundations, local business donations, personal donations, event fundraisers, and countless volunteer hours - The Pet Project for Pets presently provides services to thousands of clients.

From pet food to veterinary services, The Pet Project has preserved the bond between people and their companion animals.  Often, among the elderly, disabled, and/or seriously ill,  their pet is the only friend or "family" they have left. 

POVERELLO 2056 N Dixie Hwy, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 www.poverello.org

The Poverello Center, Inc. provides nutritious food, services, and basic living essentials with the highest degree of understanding, respect, and love for individuals living with critical and chronic illnesses Including HIV, in South Florida.

PRIDE CENTER  954-463-9005 2040 N. Dixie Highway Wilton Manors, FL 33305 www.pridecenterflorida.org

Provides a welcoming, safe space for the GLBT community and friends to access services that embrace individuality, diversity, and acceptance. Offers support groups, confidential HIV testing, and activities.

SAGE SENIOR SERVICES 954-634-7219 http://www.sagewebsite.org/

SAGE (Senior Action in a Gay Environment) of South Florida is a nonprofit organization that enriches the lives of the LGBT senior community through membership inclusive of age, gender, race, nationality, and religion. We accomplish this by sponsoring social alternatives providing personal interaction, offering educational opportunities to deal with the special needs of aging, and promoting contact with the isolated and homebound persons of our community. SAGE is also an advocate for the concerns and needs of the senior LGBT community at large, providing referral information to community resources and promoting inter-generational communication in the LGBT community.

We accomplish our mission by providing:

• Educational Programs of Interest
• Social Events and Activities
• Contact with the Homebound and Isolated

SOUTH FLORIDA GAY NEWS (MEDIA) 2520 N. Dixie Highway, Wilton Manors, FL 33305  (954) 530-4970  https://southfloridagaynews.com/ 

Mirror Magazine / The Guide

The South Florida Gay News.com will celebrate our lives with daily news briefs and storied features, breaking news, and lifestyle profiles. You enter today on the dawn of our own national voice, a forum you can interact with, play to, post on, and read up about.

SUNSHINE CATHEDRAL MCC 1480 SW 9th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315 https://sunshinecathedral.org/  (954) 462-2004

“The Sunshine Cathedral is a different kind of church where the past is past and the future has infinite possibilities!”

All people have sacred value.

God is omnipresent Love.

Rooted in the Christian tradition and the Gay Rights Movement, we are an inclusive church for ALL kinds of people.

STONEWALL MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES 1300 E Sunrise Blvd. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304

https://stonewall-museum.org/  954-763-8565

A cultural and educational resource that collects preserves, interprets, and shares the culture of the LGBTQ community. Serving as an epicenter of enlightenment to build bridges of cultural understanding in the LGBTQ community and beyond.

Founded in 1973, Stonewall has grown into the largest lending library of its kind in the U.S., with more than 34,000 books and audio-visual materials. The archives contain more than 6 million pages of documents and more than 2,000 objects of critical importance to gay history. Rotating exhibitions, talks and lectures attract thousands to Stonewall each year, enriching the lives of countless others.

SUNSERVE  954-764-5150 2312 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 

Many services are at no cost. Some sliding scale for therapy services. www.sunserve.org Provides outpatient mental health treatment, social services, education, and outreach services that are targeted to especially benefit the LGBT community, including programs specifically for youth, adults, those with HIV, and older adults. Services include individual, couples, family, and group therapy, as well as support groups and professional training.

Transgender Services

Offers linkage to transgender-proficient medical care, mental health services, employment opportunities, and information about a name change, gender marker change, and surgery.

HOPWA Case Management

Provides housing resources for people living with AIDS including rent or mortgage assistance, move-in assistance, utilities, and case management.

Noble A. McArtor Senior Day Care Center  954-764-5055

1480 NW 9th Avenue, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33315

Provides daytime or respite care for the fragile elderly population regardless of ability to pay. Although open to all, the program is LGBTQ proficient.

The SANCTUARY Church Of Ft. Lauderdale 1400 N Federal Highway, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

https://tscftl.com/

TRANS LIFELINE  877-565-8860 NATIONAL HOTLINE DEDICATED TO THE WELLBEING OF TRANSGENDER PERSONS https://translifeline.org/

Trans Lifeline is a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to the well-being of transgender people. We run a hotline staffed by transgender people for transgender people. Trans Lifeline volunteers are ready to respond to whatever support needs members of our community might have.

TRANSSOCIAL  https://www.transsocial.org/ (954)-667-2916

TransSOCIAL was created to promote unity within the Transgender community and to increase Trans visibility and understanding in our surrounding communities.

We offer LGBTQ+ Cultural Competency and Sensitivity Training to businesses, healthcare providers, schools, and universities that want to foster inclusive environments for their employees and clients.  

We provide links to local support group meetings, services, and resources through a centralized events calendar. We also host social gatherings and educational events to benefit our community.

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 2501 NE 30th St, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33306 https://www.uccftl.org/ (954) 563-4271

We are part of the United Church of Christ (UCC) which is a mainstream denomination consisting of over 5,600 churches and 1.3 million members! Here you will find that everybody is somebody, and Jesus Christ is Lord. No matter who you are or where you are in life’s journey, you are welcome here! We are “open and affirming” and diversity is our middle name! At our church, we enthusiastically lift up that United Church of Christ Fort Lauderdale is a welcoming, justice-minded Christian faith community where we believe that “God is Still Speaking.” At a time when religion is too often portrayed as narrow-minded and exclusive, many are raising their voices for an alternate vision: 

*Where God is all-loving and inclusive

*Where your mind is nourished as much as your soul

*Where Jesus the healer meets Jesus the King of Social Justice

WILTON MANORS BUSINESS ASSOCIATION   Wilton Manors Business Association, Inc

PO Box 24332 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33307 https://wiltonmanorsbusinessassociation.com/

The WMBA is an organization composed of a Volunteer Board of Directors and paid members from businesses in and around Wilton Manors, Florida.

WORLD AIDS MUSEUM 1350 E Sunrise Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304

https://worldaidsmuseum.org/  (954) 390-0550

We are a museum and educational center that is open to the public to visit, explore, and enjoy. We offer guided docent tours on request. In our main gallery is the CHRONOLOGY OF AIDS, which is the history of HIV and AIDS. We have a small art gallery, multimedia, and artifacts that offer thought-provoking and heartwarming art experiences.