LGBTQIA++ Resources

LGBTQIA++ Resource Guide

Adirondack Health (Dr. James Pate)

Lake Placid

Adirondack Laser & Skin

Hair Removal Service, Laser Hair Removal, Electrolosis

80 Hudson St, Glens Falls

https://adirondacklasers.com/

Adirondack Medical Center

Tupper Lake

518-359-7000

Adirondack North Country Gender Alliance

Saranac Lake

https://www.facebook.com/adkncga/

Beyond the Gender Binary: Pocket Change Collective

Autobiography of Gender Non-Conforming Artist

Author: Alok Vaid-Menon

https://shopbishopandwilde.com/book/9780593094655

Black Walnut Books

Glens Falls - Shirt Factory

https://www.blackwalnutbookshop.com/

CREATE Studios

CREATE Studios

70B Beekman Street
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

140 Erie Blvd
Schenectady

621 River Street
Troy

https://createcommunitystudios.org/

Danielle Baker, PA

Hudson Headwaters

87 Plaza Boulevard, Plattsburgh

518-536-7060

https://www.hhhn.org/providers/danielle-baker-pa-c/

Beyond the Gender Binary: Pocket Change Collective

Autobiography of Gender Non-Conforming Artist

Author: Alok Vaid-Menon

https://shopbishopandwilde.com/book/9780593094655

Chelsea M Bolles LMHC

Bassett Health Center

175 Broad Street, Glens Falls

518-425-9361

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/chelsea-m-bolles-glens-falls-ny/333007 

Insurance accepted:

Aetna
CDPHP
MVP Health Care
Fidelis
Optum
UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH

Boston IVF

Patricia Bradt

Tracy Brennan

Capital Area Plastic Surgery

Glens Falls

Transgender top surgery, facial surgery

Insurance accepted:

Aetna

Blue Cross Blue Shield

MPV

Fidelis

United Healthcare (except Community Health)

no straight Medicaid

no workers comp

Capital Care Family Practice

Averill Park

Danielle Carr

Saranac Lake

Anna Doran, M.S., LMHC

(not accepting new clients currently)

Glens Falls

518-532-4031

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/anna-doran-m-s-lmhc-glens-falls-ny/131041

Insurance accepted:

Aetna
CDPHP
Fidelis
Humana
MHN | Health Net
TRICARE

Cofertility

Potential coverage for egg freezing

https://www.cofertility.com/freeze

Frank Fera, M.D.

4 Palisades Drive, Suite 100, Albany

518-446-9545

Peter Forman, M.D.

1499 New Scotland Road, Slingerlands

518-320-7517

Free Food (Clinton County)

Altona

  • Joint Council for Economic Opportunity, 3129 Miner Farm Rd

Ausable Forks

  • Joint Council for Economic Opportunity, 18 North Main Street

Champlain

  • Joint Council for Economic Opportunity, 1104 Route 9

Dannemora

  • Joint Council for Economic Opportunity, 40 Emmons Street

Ellenburg

  • Joint Council for Economic Opportunity, 16 Edmunds Way

Keeseville

  • Joint Council for Economic Opportunity, 1908 Rt 22 

Mooers

  • Souled Out Thrift Store, 14 East Street (Thrift Store, $5 and $10 bags) Fri 11:00am - 4:00pm, Sat 9:00am - 2:00pm

Morrisonville

  • Joint Council for Economic Opportunity, 997 Mason Street

Peru

  • Joint Council for Economic Opportunity, 3034 Main Street
  • St. Augustine's Church, 3030 Main Street (Soup Kitchen) Wednesday 4:30 - 5:30pm
  • St. Vincent Depauls, 3028 Main Street (Thrift Store, $5 and $10 bags) M-F 10:00am - 2:00pm

Plattsburgh

  • Alliance for Positive Health, 202 Cornelia Street (Food Pantry + Grocery Gift Cards)
  • Holy Cross Catholic Parish Center, 4917 South Catherine Street (Soup Kitchen Take Out) Tuesday 3:30 - 5:30pm
  • Joint Council for Economic Opportunity, 1349 Military Turnpike
  • Joint Council for Economic Opportunity, 54 Margaret Street
  • Salvation Army, 4804 South Catherine Street (Soup Kitchen, Food Pantry) M, W, F 11:30am
  • St. Joseph's Community Outreach Center, 1349 Military Turnpike
    • Drive Thru Soup Kitchen, Thursday 4-5pm
    • Thrift Shop, M, W, Th 10:00am - 2:00pm
  • Trinity Church, 18 Trinity Place (Take Out Community Meals)

Saranac

  • Joint Council for Economic Opportunity, 3668 Route 3
    • 518-293-6661

West Chazy

Free Food (Fulton County)

Gloversville

  • Center of Hope, 33 Bleeker Street (Food Pantry) Tues 4:00 - 6:00pm, Wed 9:00 - 11:00am
  • Church of the Holy Spirit, 131 S Main Street (Free Food) Fridays 4:30 - 5:30pm
  • First Congregation UCC, 31 E Fulton Street (Food Pantry) Last Sat of month 10:00 - 11:00am
  • Fulmont Community Action Agency, 53 Church Street (Food Pantry) M-F 8:30am - 4:00pm, closed 12:00 - 12:30pm
  • North Main St United Methodist Church, 316 N Main Street
    • Food Pantry, 3rd Monday 10:00am - 1:00pm
    • Free Food, every Monday 11:00am - 1:00pm
  • Salvation Army, 10 Spring St (Food Pantry) Mon, Tues, Thurs 10:30am - 12:15pm

Johnstown

  • First Presbyterian Church, 37 S Market Street (Personal Care Closet & Free Food) 1st and Last Sunday of month 11:00am - 1:00pm
  • Foothills Worship Center, 305 Jansen Avenue (Food Pantry) M-F 8:00 - 11:30am
  • St John's Episcopal Church, 1` North Market Street (Community Dinner) Sunday 12:00 - 1:00pm
  • St John's Twice Cities Council of Churches, 26 N Market Street (Food Pantry) Wed 9:00am - 12:00pm, Sat 10:00am - 12:00pm
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Free Food (Schenectady County)

Schenectady

  • 1st Reformed Church, 8 N Church St (Free Meals) Wednesday 12:00 - 1:00pm
  • 1st United Methodist Church, 603 State Street (Free Meals) 2nd, 3rd, 4th Sundays 4:30pm
  • Bethesda House, 834 State Street (Free Meals) M-F 1:30pm
  • Christ Church, 970 State Street (Free Meals) last Sunday of month 1:30pm
  • City Mission, 427 Hamilton Street (Bagged Meals) 24/7
  • City Mission, 512 Smith Street (Free Meals) M-F 4:00pm, Sat 4:30pm
  • Harmony Fellowship, 888 Albany Street (Food Pantry) 2nd and 4th Thursdays 1:00 - 2:00pm
  • Salvation Army, 222 Lafayette Street, (Free Meals) M-F 7:30 - 11:00am
  • Street Soldiers, Entrance of Vale Park (Free Meals) Sundays 4:00pm
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Free Food (Warren County)

  • 40 Sanford Street, Glens Falls
  • Crandall Public Library, Glens Falls (Free Fridge - food available on a first come first serve basis)

Meghan Lemery Fritz

Dr. David Garrison, MD

Lake Placid

518-837-5245

Glen Street Barbershop

Aurora - Feminine cuts

Garth Canale - Masculine cuts

https://www.glenstreetbarbershop.com/

518-223-0652

Health Coverage Information for Transgender New Yorkers

Dr. Tracy Henderson (pediatrician)

Tupper Lake

518-359-7000

How to be You: Stop Trying to Be Someone Else and Start Living Your Life

A workbook for understanding your unique identity as a queer person

Author: Jeffrey Marsh

https://shopbishopandwilde.com/book/9780143110125

W.T. Huntsman, MD

Plastic and reconstructive surgery

Basset Healthcare Network

https://www.bassett.org/providers/w-t-huntsman-md

Job Boards

LGBTQ Job Board - https://www.lgbtqcenters.org/Careers

LGBTQ Tech Job Board - Out in Tech

LGBTQ Tech Slack Group - https://outintech.com/slack/

Ashley Knutson

Lake Placid Health Center

Lake Placid

518-523-1717

Dr. Elizabeth Lax

Plastic and reconstructive surgery

Basset Healthcare Network

607-547-3456

https://www.bassett.org/providers/elizabeth-lax-md

Insurance accepted:

Aetna
Blue Shield of Northeastern NY – HealthNow (BSNENY)
Capital District Physicians Health Plan (CDPHP)
Emblem Health
Empire BCBS
Empire Plan for NYS Employees (NYSHIP)
Excellus BCBS
Fidelis Care (does not include NYS Exchange Metal products)
Humana
Martin’s Point
Medicare Bassett (Excellus co-branded Medicare Advantage plan)
Multiplan
MVP Health Care
PHCS
United Healthcare Commercial
Univera
Veterans Health Administration (VA approval required for all services)
Wellcare

Learning Good Consent: Building Ethical Relationships in a Complicated World (Good Life)

Consent and relationship ethics

Author: Cindy Crabb

https://shopbishopandwilde.com/book/9781621066675

Lower Adirondack Pride

Brigid Mack, M.D. & Joanne Dannenhoffer, M.D.

391 Myrtle Ave, Albany

518-207-2237

Make Time For The Talk

Consent framework and STI destigmatization

https://www.maketimeforthetalk.com/

Shannon P Mclaughlin

Saratoga Springs

518-430-5738

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/shannon-p-mclaughlin-saratoga-springs-ny/356703

Insurance accepted:

CDPHP
Cigna and Evernorth
Empire BlueCross BlueShield
UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH

 

Cynthia Miller, M.D.

1 Clara Barton Drive

MC 158

Albany

518-262-4043

Pastel Prince

Laura Pica, M.D.

5 Elm Avenue, Delmar

518-478-0948

Queerency

Social Media Reporting on the state of the queer economy

https://www.instagram.com/queerency/

Darry A Roberts

Morrisonville

518-621-0697

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/darry-a-roberts-morrisonville-ny/314882

Insurance accepted:

CDPHP
Cigna and Evernorth
Empire BlueCross BlueShield
UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH

Seattle Voice Lab

Remote MTF and FTM Transgender Voice Training

https://www.seattlevoicelab.com/

Sherry Sherman, P.A.

1444 Western Ave, Suite B, Albany

518-458-8014

Something Positive

Podcast with encouragement for those testing postive for HSV/Herpes

https://spfpp.org/podcast/

Jonathan Sulkin

Saratoga Springs

518-580-9863

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/jonathan-l-sulkin-saratoga-springs-ny/41514

Insurance accepted:

Aetna
Anthem
Beacon Health Options | Carelon
BlueCross and BlueShield
BlueShield of Northeastern New York
CDPHP
Cigna and Evernorth
EmblemHealth
Empire BlueCross BlueShield
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
GHI
Health Net
Highmark BCBS of Western New York
Magellan
MagnaCare
MHN | Health Net
MVP Health Care
Optum
Oxford
UMR
UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH

Voice Feminization

Free voice feminization YouTube video for beginners

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfCS01MkbIY

Voice Masculinization

Free voice masculinization YouTube video for beginners

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud_ZmEwZLcI

University of Vermont Children's Hospital

University of Vermont Medical Center

Burlington, VT

Jennifer Wright, PA-C

Glens Falls - West Mountain Family Health

518-536-7060

https://www.hhhn.org/providers/jennifer-wright-pa-c/