Emergency Quickdial
Created by the Wandering Starlights. This is a resource is built for you quickly find a crisis or support chat when you're unable to find them in a timely manner. Please note this list will always be a WIP - we will do our best to provide as many accessible support lines as possible, but we also encourage you to peruse the resources provided here and find helplines for your specific needs.
Please consider checking out our Mental Health & Safety Resources doc for more in-depth mental health resources, advice, and more.
💻 - Provides in-browser chats
📱- Provides text/SMS chats
☎️ - Provides phone calls/voice chat
🚪- Provides a quick exit function for safety
🌈 - Queer-friendly or queer-focused
🧏 - Options for Deaf/HOH or teletypewriter
International
- Find a Helpline - Provides support chats for several nations around the world. ☎️📱💻🚪🌈
- List of international suicide crisis lines ☎️ (availability for other functions varies by service)
- International resources for reporting child sexual exploitation
- International List of Sexual & Domestic Violence Agencies
United States
General
- Domestic Violence Hotlines & Centres (US)
- 988 Lifeline | Provides crisis & mental health support. ☎️📱💻🌈
- Call or Text 988
- 211 | Find local resources and/or connect with a counselor that can assist with finding help. ☎️📱💻🌈
- Call or Text 211; sub-services vary by state
- Anti-Violence Project | Support service for LGBT+ survivors of hate crimes, abuse, or violence. NYC-based, but offers nationwide resources. ☎️📱🚪🌈
- Call or Text 212-714-1141
- Report Anti-LGBT+ Violence
- Crisis Textline | Connects you to a Crisis Counselor via text. 📱💻🌈
- Text HOME to 741741
- Online Support Chat
- WhatsApp Chat
- The Deaf Hotline | 24/7 ASL hotline for Deaf abuse victims. 💻☎️🧏
- Call 855812-1001
- Disaster Distress Hotline | Connects natural disaster / accident victims in emotional distress to a trained counselor. ☎️📱🌈🧏
- Call or Text 800-985-5990 (ASL options available thru videophone)
- ASL NOW Video Chat
- Hotlines That Avoid Police (availability for functions varies by service)
- Human Trafficking Hotline | Hotline for reporting human trafficking. ☎️📱💻🚪🌈
- Call 888-373-7888
- Text BEFREE or HELP to 233733
- Online Support Chat
- Love is Respect | Provides information and support for navigating relationships, or surviving domestic abuse. ☎️📱💻🚪🌈
- Call 866-331-9474
- National Domestic Violence Hotline | Support line for survivors of domestic violence, abuse or assault. ☎️📱💻🚪🌈
- Call 800-799-SAFE (7233)
- Text START to 88788
- The Network la Red | Support service for domestic/partner abuse survivors, with a focus on LGBT+/queer, polyam and kink communities. ☎️🚪🌈
- Call 800-832-1901
- RAINN | Support network for survivors of sexual assault, domestic abuse and other forms of intimate abuse. ☎️💻🌈
- Call 800-656-HOPE (4673)
- Online Support Chat
- Find a Physical Location Near You
- Trans Lifeline | Provides crisis & mental health support to transgender, nonbinary & gender diverse people, as well as allies and loved ones. ☎️🚪🌈
- Call 877-565-8860
- More From Find a Helpline | Note that you can further filter what kind of services you need via the "Filter" option. There are options for LGBT+, deaf/HOH, Indigenous people, people of faith, Veterans, and more.
BIPOC-Focused
- BlackLine | Peer support and legal resources for BIPOC, run with queer/femme safety in mind. ☎️📱🚪🌈
- Call 800-604-5841
- Mobile Chat App Available
- StrongHearts Native Helpline | Provides support to Native American victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, as well as legal and safety resources. ☎️📱💻🚪🌈
- Call or Text 844-762-8483
Youth-Focused
- LGBT Youth Talkline | Provides mental health, safety, and social support for LGBT+ youth. ☎️🚪🌈
- Call 800-246-7743
- The Trevor Project | Provides crisis/mental health support for LGBT+ youth (under 25). ☎️📱💻🚪🌈
- Call 866-488-7386
- Text 678678
Elder-Focused
- National Center on Elder Abuse | Support service and resources for elderly victims of abuse. ☎️🚪🌈
- Call 855-500-3537 (ELDR)
- Report Elder Abuse
- LGBT Senior Talkline | Provides mental health, safety, and social support for LGBT+ elders. ☎️🚪🌈
- SAGE | Resources, advocacy and community support for LGBT+ elders. ☎️ (limited)📱💻🚪🌈
Canada
General
- 988 Lifeline | Provides crisis & mental health support. ☎️📱💻🌈
- Call or Text 988
- Crisis Textline | Connects you to a Crisis Counselor via text. 📱💻
- Text HOME to 686868
- The Listening Ear | Volunteer/peer support for mental health and social issues. ☎️🌈
- Call 517-337-1717 [10AM to 10PM EST]
- Trans Lifeline | Provides crisis & mental health support to transgender, nonbinary & gender diverse people, as well as allies and loved ones. ☎️🚪🌈
- Call 877-330-6366
- More From Find a Helpline | Note that you can further filter what kind of services you need via the "Filter" option. There are options for LGBT+, deaf/HOH, Indigenous people, people of faith, Veterans, and more.
Youth-Focused
- Kids Help Phone | Mental health and peer support for youth across Canada, including kids, teens and young adults. ☎️📱💻🚪🌈
- Call 800-668-6868
- Text 686868
- LGBT Youthline | Provides support for LGBT+ youth. 📱💻🚪🌈
- Text 647-694-4275 [4PM to 9:30PM]
BIPOC-Focused
- Hope for Wellness | Mental health & crisis support for Native/Indigenous Canadians. ☎️📱💻🌈
- Call 855-242-3310
Australia
General
- 1800Respect | Crisis hotline for anyone who is experiencing domestic violence or abuse. ☎️📱💻🚪
- Call 1800 737 732 [24/7]
- Text 0458 737 732 [24/7]
- Website contains options for online text chat [24/7] and video chat [Mon-Fri 9AM-5PM AEST].
- Domestic Violence Hotlines & Centres (AU)
- Lifeline | Provides mental health & crisis support to everyone in need. ☎️📱💻🌈
- Call 13 11 14
- Text 0477 13 11 14
- MensLine Australia | Provides mental health & crisis support to men from all backgrounds. ☎️📱💻🌈
- Call 1300 78 99 78
- Web and video chat options are available through the website.
- More From Find a Helpline | Note that you can further filter what kind of services you need via the "Filter" option. There are options for LGBT+, deaf/HOH, Indigenous people, people of faith, Veterans, and more.
Youth-Focused
- Kids Helpline | Provides advice, mental health & crisis support to Australian youth (including kids, teens and young adults). ☎️📱💻🌈
- Call 1800 55 1800
- Website includes chat options & peer-support spaces.
United Kingdom
- United Kingdom Crisis Hotlines
- Domestic Violence Hotlines & Centres (UK)
- Galop | Support service for LGBT+ people who have been impacted by domestic violence, hate crimes, conversion 'therapy', forced marriage and other forms of abuse. ☎️🌈
- Call 0800 999 5428
- Web chat is available through the website (PC and mobile friendly).
- Respect: Men's Adviceline | Support hotline for male survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. ☎️
- Call 0808 8010327
- Samaritans | Provides peer support for suicide, mental health & crises. ☎️🌈
- Call 116 123
- Switchboard | Mental health & crisis support for LGBT+ people. (Website is only accessible in the UK.) ☎️💻🌈
- Women's Aid: The Survivor's Handbook | Provides several UK-based resources for women and children surviving domestic abuse, including other hotlines to look into. ☎️💻📱🚪🌈
- More From Find a Helpline | Note that you can further filter what kind of services you need via the "Filter" option. There are options for LGBT+, deaf/HOH, Indigenous people, people of faith, Veterans, and more.
Youth-Focused
- Childline | Mental health & crisis support for youth; also contains helpful articles and resources for everyday problems. ☎️📱💻🚪🌈
- Call 0800 1111
- Papyrus | Provides support to youth struggling with suicide or suicidal thoughts. ☎️📱💻🌈
- Call 0800 068 4141
- Text 88247
- Mermaids | Crisis & mental health support for UK-based gender-diverse youth and their families. ☎️📱💻🚪🌈
- Call 0808 801 0400
- Text 85258