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Resources on the practical aspects of living and making it in San Francisco

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   : : FINDING ROOMATES / HOUSING
Craigslist
Best general resource, especially for shares
www.craigslist.org

Bay Area Reporter
Gay weekly newspaper

Bay Times
Gay weekly newspaper
www.sfbaytimes.com

Rainbow Grocery
Good queer friendly listings
www.rainbowgrocery.org
1745 Folsom Street @ Division
415.863.0620
Safeway on Church and Market
Postings on bulletin boards

Sunday SF Chronicle
Good general housing resources.
www.sfgate.com/rentals

Also check in the SF Weekly, Bay Guardian, Potrero View and Noe Valley Voice newspapers.
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   : : APARTMENT / HOUSING / RENTAL PROBLEMS

San Francisco Rent Stabilization And Arbitration Board
25 Van Ness Avenue, Room 320, San Francisco, CA 94102-6033
Information: (415) 252 - 4602 Fax: (415) 252 - 4699
Office Hours: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, Monday - Friday
www.ci.sf.ca.us/rentbd/

The San Francisco Tenants Union
Tenants rights information and counseling; drop-in clinic.
www.sftu.org
558 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
415-282-6622

AIDS Housing Alliance/SF
427 South Van Ness, San Francisco, CA 94103
415.552.3242
www.ahasf.org
Apartment listings, deposit assistance, tenant's rights, rental counseling and advocay for people with HIV/AIDS.

Housing Rights Committee of San Francisco
427 South Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, CA 94103
www.hrcsf.org

The San Francisco SPCA Open Door Program
SPCA guides tenants searching for pet-friendly housing in creating a resume for your pet, and maintains an online rental listing for pet-friendly units.
www.sfspca.org/opendoor
2500-16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-4213
415-554-3000
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   : : ANTI VIOLENCE / DISCRIMINATION RESOURCES
Community United Against Violence (CUAV)
160 14th Street
415.777.5500, crisis line (415) 333-help (4357)
www.cuav.org
A multicultural anti-oppression agency whose mission is to prevent and respond to violence against and within our diverse lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning communities.

San Francisco Human Right Commission, LGBT/HIV Division
415.252.2500
www.sfgov.org/site/sfhumanrights
Mediates and investigates complaints of discrimination in employment and public accommodations based on sexual orientation, gender identity, HIV status, or domestic partner status and provides training on these topics, enforces the equal benefits/domestic partners ordinance.
MOVE (Men Overcoming Violence)
1385 Mission Street, suite 300
415.626.6683
Provides assistance and support for changing the cycle of domestic violence.

International Gay And Lesbian Human Rights Commission –
San Francisco Office for Asylum Documentation Program

(to contact phone/fax/email only)
1-415-398-2759
f1-415-398-4635 fax
email: asylum@iglhrc.org
www.iglhrc.org
Monitors, documents and mobilizes responses to human rights violations on the basis of sexual orientation, HIV status and gender identity.
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   : : CAREER & WORKPLACE RESOURCES
Positive Resource Center
www.positiveresource.org
Benefits Counseling and Employment Services for people living with HIV/AIDS. Full spectrum of vocational rehabilitation and employment services.
785 Market Street, 10th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103
414.777.0333

Craigslist
www.craigslist.org/

Brian McNaught
Workplace trainings and writing on gay issues and the workplace.
www.brian-mcnaught.com

Equality Project
The Equality Project works to support and help monitor the adoption of written employee nondiscrimination policies on sexual orientation and gender identity in the workplace by pressing companies to implement the progressive policies expressed in the Equality Principles.
www.equalityproject.org

GayWork.com
Job and career placement for members of the gay & lesbian community.
www.gaywork.com
Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund
www.lambdalegal.org
The nation's oldest and largest legal organization working for the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, and people with HIV/AIDS.

Out & Equal Workplace Advocates
A non-profit, national organization, headquartered in San Francisco, to address GLBT issues in the workplace.
www.outandequal.org

Planetout
Online resource for the queer community with a section on money & careers.
www.planetout.com

Progayjobs.com
www.progayjobs.com
online job and resume search engine

San Francisco Mayor's Committee for Employment of Persons with Disabilities
www.disability-employment-sf.org
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   : : EDUCATION
Harvey Milk Institute
1800 Market Street, Suite Q-31
415.865.5633
www.harveymilk.org
The world's largest institute for queer studies; courses are noncredit and ungraded -- they are designed purely for the love of learning.

City College of San Francisco, Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender Studies Department
415.239.3876
www.ccsf.edu/Departments/ed_programs.html
(look for Gay, lesbian bisexual studies department, as well as the HIV/STD studies program).
The first and only department dedicated to GLBTQ studies in the United States. Provides diverse accredited courses that range from introductory and life skills to art, history, psychology, relationships, community and theater.

San Francisco State University, Human Sexuality Studies
415.405.3570
http://hmsx.sfsu.edu
The program in human sexuality studies at San Francisco State University (SFSU) provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach to research and education in sexuality. Houses the gay, lesbian and bisexual studies program, which strives to delineate and analyze meanings that have been associated with homosexuality in various artistic, biological, cultural, educational, ethical, historical and literary contexts. Examines mixed-gender and cross-gender roles and practices.
San Francisco State University Queer Alliance
The Cesar Chavez Student Center
Mezzanine Level
www.queeralliancesfsu.org
415.338.1952

Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch, San Francisco Public Library
http://sfpl4.sfpl.org/librarylocations/branches/eurekavalley.htm
3555 16th St.
415.355.5616

The James C. Hormel Gay And Lesbian Center, Main Branch, San Francisco Public Library
http://sfpl4.sfpl.org/librarylocations/main/glc/glc.htm
415.557.4566
Devoted specifically to the documentation of LGBT culture.
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