General sexual health information

Websites:

• Wellesley College Health Services
• The American Social Health Association informational website
• Columbia University's Health Education Program
• Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS)
• Planned Parenthood National and Massachusetts
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  Phone numbers:

• Massachusetts Department of Health: 1-800-750-2016

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Contraceptives and Women's Health

Websites:

• National Institutes of Health birth control page
• The National Women's Health Information Center
• National Women's Health Network
• Our Bodies, Ourselves

  Phone Numbers:

• Planned Parenthood of Massachusetts: 617-616-1660; 1-800-258-4448

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Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV/AIDS

Websites:

• SIECUS information page
• American Social Health Association STI information page

  Phone numbers:

• AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts: 617-437-6200
• AIDS Action Hotline (Boston/New England): 1-800-235-2331
• National AIDS Hotline (24 Hours a day/7 days a week): 1-800-342-AIDS
• National AIDS Hotline (for the hearing impaired): 1-800-243-7889
• National STD Hotline (8AM-11PM EST M-F): 1-800-227-8922
• CDC National AIDS Information Clearinghouse: 1-800-458-5231
• MA Department of Health (number above) can be accessed for information on HIV testing

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GLBTQ Information

Websites:

• The National Coalition for LGBT Health
• The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) Health Access Project (MA Dept. of Health)
• Lesbian Health Research Center
• Queer Resources Directory on Health
• National Institutes of Health LGBT page

  Phone Numbers

• Gay & Lesbian National Hotline: 1-888-THE-GLNH (1-888-843-4564)

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Local Adult Stores

• Good Vibrations
• Condom World, Inc
• Athena's Home Novelties
• Intimacy

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