Counseling Center

The Counseling Center was founded in January 2022 to provide free trauma-informed and culturally competent mental health services to the District’s LGBTQ+ community, who are survivors of intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and/or anti-LGBTQ+ violence.

If you or someone you know is a survivor and needs support, please email us here or call us at: 202-465-8794

The Facts

Nearly two in five LGBTQ+ young people (39%) reported that they had ever been forced to do “sexual things” that they did not want to do.
More than half (54%) of trans and non-binary people have experienced Intimate Partner Violence.
LGB women are significantly more likely than straight women to have ever experienced Intimate Partner Violence in their lifetime, reported by 61% of bisexual women and 44% of lesbian women.
A third of men in same-sex relationships experience emotional violence, a quarter face physical violence, and one in ten endure sexual violence.
LGBT people are nine times more likely than non-LGBT people to be victims of violent hate crimes. In 2024, according to DC MPD’s hate crime data, nearly one in three hate crimes were based on sexual orientation and gender identity/expression.