Queer-Specific Resources
Organizations
- Queer Psychedelic Society: “Creating queer psychedelic community, healing access, and integration support.”
- Human Rights Campaign: “To ensure that all LGBTQ+ people, and particularly those of us who are trans, people of color and HIV+, are treated as full and equal citizens...around the world.”
- The Trevor Project: “The leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention nonprofit organization for LGBTQ young people.... information & support to LGBTQ young people 24/7, all year round.”
- Psychedelic Liberation Collective: “Entheogen-assisted community care for collective...healing and liberation for Black, Indigenous and people of color (BI&POC), 2SLGBTQIA+ people, and all who are oppressed by structural inequality.”
- Virginia Anti-Violence Project: “Works to address and prevent violence within and against diverse LGBTQ+ communities across Virginia.” Helpline: free/confidential/always open- support, safety, and a place to be heard. Bilingual services available Text 804-793-9999 Call: 866-356-6998 Web Chat: www.vadata.org/chat
- Queerdome: “A collaborative project to bring a queer-centered, psychedelic harm-reduction space to...Burning Man [Festival].”
Help Lines
LGBT National Helpline: Call 888-843-4568
- LGBT National Helpline: Call 888-843-4568
- Trevor Project Crisis Lines: Text TREVOR to 1-202-304-1200 or Call 1-866-488-7386
- Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860 (USA) and 877-330-6366 (Canada)
- Thrive Lifeline: Call 313-662-8209
- Blackline: Call 800-604-5841. "Centers BI&POC, LGBTQ+ black femme lense"
General Ketamine-Related Resources
Organizations
- Ketamine Research Foundation: "Stands at the center of ketamine research, training, and psychotherapy...we advance the use of ketamine in therapeutic methodologies and practices to promote the well-being and balance of our patients through the application of Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy."
- American Society of Ketamine Physicians, Psychotherapists, and Practitioners: “A non-profit group of professionals dedicated to the safe clinical use of Ketamine for mental health disorders and pain conditions.”
- The Ketamine Academy: Support for medical providers who are interested in establishing their own KAP practice.
- The Ketamine Taskforce: “To ensure that every person battling with issues of chronic pain and mental health has access to ketamine’s profoundly effective therapies...to improve awareness and education...without burdensome costs or legacy stigmas being barriers to treatment.”
- The Serenity Foundation: “To provide [financial] assistance to the many patients turning to an entirely new and innovative class of medications to treat their mental illness with a level of efficacy never before seen.”
- Journey Clinical: [info coming soon!]
Personally Vetted/Approved Companies:
- Avesta Ketamine and Wellness: Ketamine and other infusion therapies in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Female-owned.
- Desert Ketamine Clinic: Longest established ketamine facility in Las Vegas, Nevada.
- Calliope Health: Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy services in Bethesda, Maryland. Extremely affordable group sessions.
- The Spirit Nurse: exceptional sitter and Psychedelic Coaching services in Virginia, Maryland, and DC.
- Anna Krishtal, Your Ketamine Coach: a fantastichypnotherapist turned ketamine coach