Phone hotlines for men who have been sexually assaulted. There are innumerable rape crisis hotlines around the world ... for women. Here I've listed only those hotlines I've located which reach out specifically to male survivors or for which men are a significant percentage of their clients and therefore have experience working with male survivors. I haven't tried to call all these hotlines, so some may not be in service. If you have problems reaching any of these, or you know of others that should be on this list, please let me know.
In order by state name. If there's nothing listed here for your state, it doesn't mean there's no hotline for you in your state, just that I don't know about it. Call one of the national hotlines.
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375-4357 Monterey Peninsula
633-5900 North County
Monterey Rape Crisis Center
Of 234 reports of rape and childhood sexual abuse during 1994, 7% came from males.
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1(510) 845-7273
Monday-Friday, 7-10pm (Pacific Time).
Men Overcoming Sexual Assault, San Francisco, CA
Hotline setup specifically for male survivors. Unfortunately, in the Summer of 1997 they
lost their funding for existence as a separate program. If the number above doesn't work,
contact Bay Area Women Against Rape (BAWAR).
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(303)443-7300
Boulder County Rape Crisis Team
24 hours 7days/week. English, Spanish available on request.
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(800)338-6172
Hours and sponsoring organization unknown.
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(617) 437-9663 (Boston?)
Sexually Assaulted Males Peer Support Group. Not a hotline, but a support group for men
who are survivors of sexual assault. Meets 7pm-9pm. Hours and sponsoring organization
unknown.
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(612)825-4527 (825-HELP)
Rape & Sexual Abuse Center
2431 Hennepin Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55405
Office: 612-374-9077
Email: jb@visi.com
"In addition to the crisis line, we provide individual, group and couples
psychotherapy to male/female, gay/lesbian/straight/bi adults and adolescents. We are in
the process of starting a support group specifically for adult male sexual assault
survivors. The tentative start date is early January '98." (personal correspondence)
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(800)752-4528
(702)366-1640
(702)366-1640 (TDD)
Community Action Against Rape
About 11% of their clients are men.
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Upper West Side
(212) 523-4728
Rape Intervention Program/Crime Victim Assessment Project
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital
411 West 114th Street
New York, NY 10025
East Side, Murray Hill area
(212)561-3755
Victim of Violence Assistance Program
Bellevue Hospital
27th Street and First Avenue, Room GC-63
New York, NY 10016
Greenwich Village
(212)790-8068
Rape Crisis Intervention Program
Saint Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center
153 West 11th Street
New York, NY 10011
(212)604-8068
In 1996, Saint Vincent's Rape Crisis Program provided services to 14 (about 7%) adult male
survivors of rape, attempted rape and sexual abuse. (1996-7 Rape Crisis Program brochure)
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(212)807-0197
24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Male and female counselors. English/Spanish. Callback
basis.
The New York City Gay & Lesbian Anti-Violence Project
(AVP)
647 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10014
office: (212)807-6761 M-F 10am-6pm
fax: (212)807-1044
email: info@avp.org
Male survivors account for 62% of AVP's sexual assault caseload. Of these men, 86% are
gay, 7% are bisexual.
The following are general rape and sexual assault hotlines. They may be neither prepared for nor sensitive to male survivors.
(212)577-7777
24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Victim Services Agency (VSA)
2 Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10007
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1(516) 360-3607
Victims Information Bureau of Suffolk
24 hours a day.
VIBS cites a statistic (without attribution) that 14% of rape survivors are male.
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967-7273 or 1-800-616-3696
Orange County Rape Crisis Center (OCRCC)
825-A Estes Dr.
P.O. Box 4722
Chapel Hill, NC 27515-4722
office: (919) 968-4647
fax: (919) 968-4677
email: ocrcc@server.net
In 1993, Margaret Henderson, then director of OCRCC, reported that 7% of 147 victims
assisted at her agency were men.
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The following are general rape and sexual assault hotlines. They may be neither prepared for nor sensitive to male survivors.
1-800-656-HOPE (656-4673)
24 hours a day, 7 days a week
The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network
(RAINN)
252 Tenth Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
RAINN automatically routes your call to the rape crisis center nearest you, whose
sensitivity to male survivors cannot be assured. RAINN's online information doesn't
mention men as survivors.
(703)276-2880
National Victim Center
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Revision history:
1998.10.02:
Added Winchester Rape Crisis Services
1997.11.06:
Added Minneapolis Rape & Sexual Abuse Center.
Added Saint Vincent's published statistics.
1997.09.26:
Expanded New York City listings
Added National Victim Center
1997.09.22:
Separated Hotlines from the main Male Sexual Assault page
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