LGBTQ+ Resources

Cecil College Resources

Seahawk Pride Club

Open to all Cecil College students, the Seahawk Pride Club is a student group for LGBTQ+ students. It is a social, support, and solidarity group that meets once every two weeks. Activities include discussions, speakers, film screenings, mentoring, campus activism, and field trips.
Contact: For questions or further information, please contact the Seahawk Pride Club faculty adviser, Professor Clarence Orsi, at corsi@nullcecil.edu.

Cecil Pride Scholarship

The purpose of this scholarship is to provide a scholarship each academic year to a student who identifies as LGBTQ+ with preference to a student enrolled in a STEM program of study.
cecil.academicworks.com/donors/cecil-pride-scholarship
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Accessibility Services

Accessibility Services helps students with disabilities access the resources and accommodations they need for success.
Location: North East Campus, Technology Center (Bldg. D), room 103A
Contact: (443) 674-1993, accessibilityservices@nullcecil.edu

Student Life

The Student Life office, located on the first floor of the Technology Center (Bldg. D) in room 114, offers a variety of options for current students to become active on campus. From student clubs and organizations, to various activities throughout the year, we are sure that you will find a place to belong!
Contact: studentlife@nullcecil.edu

Reporting Discrimination, Harassment, or Hate Crimes on Campus

To report an incident of discrimination, harassment, or a hate crime, students should do one of the following:

• Fill out a Public Safety Report online.

• Call or visit Cecil College Public Safety:

  North East Campus

  	(410) 287-1601
  	Technology Center (Bldg. D), Room D205

  Elkton Station

  	(410) 287-1602
  	First Floor, Room 114

Local and Regional Resources — Cecil County and Surrounding Areas

The Santé Group

Call (888) 407-8018 for immediate mental health crisis support.
www.thesantegroup.org

Cecil County LGBTQ+ Alliance

This private group is to build our community in Cecil County by working for equality with other groups in Cecil County who have the shared vision of equality for all.
www.facebook.com/groups/575296863371462

PFLAG

Founded in 1973, PFLAG is the first and largest organization dedicated to supporting, educating, and advocating for LGBTQ+ people and their families.
PFLAG Baltimore contact: pflagbaltimore@nullgmail.com

Cecil County Department of Social Services

Offers a thrift shop and financial assistance with first month’s rent and eviction prevention.
135 East High Street, Elkton, MD 21921

Domestic Violence Support

The Bridge, Cecil County's Domestic Violence Rape Crisis Center, is dedicated to ending violence by working to promote gender equality, empowerment, and end oppression through community education, while developing and providing comprehensive services to survivors of domestic violence, rape, and sexual violence.
(410) 996-0333

Bodhi

Provides compassionate, knowledgeable, and efficient mental health counseling and associated services in Cecil County, MD, and the surrounding areas.
2057 Pulaski Highway, Suite 4, North East, MD 21901
(443) 877-4044 • bodhicounseling.com

Key Point Health Services

At Key Point, you'll find quality mental health care, which is the key to opening the door to a new life. With a caring, confident, and licensed staff, you'll be sure to receive the utmost care and attention you really deserve.
135 North Parke Street, Aberdeen, MD 21001
(443) 625-1590 • www.keypoint.org

Cecil Mediation

The Cecil County Community Mediation Center, Inc. (CCCMC) is a non-profit organization providing free, confidential, and effective conflict resolution services through mediation, education, and training to promote respectful dispute resolution in Cecil County, MD.
224 East Main Street, Suite 110, Elkton, MD 21921
(443) 207-5159 • www.cecilmediation.org

The Frederick Center

The Frederick Center exists to support and advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people and our families so we thrive, accepted and affirmed, in the broader Frederick community.
322 W Patrick Street, Frederick, MD 21701 • (301) 383-8787
thefrederickcenter.org

Maryland Trans

Trans Maryland is a multi-racial, multi-gender, trans-led community power building organization dedicated to Maryland’s trans community.
transmaryland.org

The Pride Center of Maryland

The Pride Center of Maryland offers over 30 programs and services that reflect our dedication to ensuring Maryland’s sexual and gender minority community have equal access to care, services, and a space where they can be their authentic selves.
www.pridecentermd.org

Delaware Pride

Delaware Pride sponsors and promotes cultural, social, educational, recreational events and puts on the annual Delaware Pride Festival in Dover, DE. They meet up for bowling, happy hour, coffee, and various other social events.
meetup.com/delawarepride

Planned Parenthood of Delaware

Planned Parenthood of Delaware offers gender affirming health care and other sexual and reproductive health services. We are proud to offer Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy (GAHT) for transgender and non-binary patients age 18 and older at all our health centers. We offer GAHT to patients with existing prescriptions as well as those beginning GAHT. In addition to GAHT we provide comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care services including STI screening and treatment, HIV testing, Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), contraception, breast/chest health services, cervical cancer screening, colposcopy, evaluation and treatment of gynecological and genitourinary concerns, abortion services, miscarriage management, prenatal care, HPV vaccinations, and more.
Newark, Wilmington, and Dover • call (302) 731-7801
www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-delaware

National Resources

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

Dial 988
OR Text GO to 741741 to reach a trained Crisis Counselor through Crisis Text Line, a global not-for-profit organization.
Free, 24/7, confidential.

Trevor Project

Type of Resource: Suicide Prevention
The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ+) young people ages 13–24.
Contact: Trevor Lifeline (for those in immediate danger of suicide) – call (866) 488-7386. For information, visit www.thetrevorproject.org

LGBT National Help Center

Type of Resource: Talk/Hot Line
Free and confidential peer support for the LGBTQ+ and questioning community ages 25 and younger.
Contact: (800) 246-7743
www.lgbthotline.org/youth-talkline