to meet the mental health needs of and provide professional psychotherapy to the LGBTQ community and all those who question the limits imposed by traditional sexual orientation, gender and cultural definitions.

Description and/or History:
The institute for human identity - ihi - was founded in 1973 and led the fight within the American Psychiatric Association to have homosexuality deleted from its listing of psychiatric disorders. Since then it has provided professional psychotherapy to thousands of persons - gay and non-gay - and functioned as a training center for graduate and postgraduate students in the mental health fields.

The institute for human identity - ihi - also runs the Family Q program - consisting of free workshops and counseling, under a grant from the NYS Department of Health, for gay and lesbian parents and potential parents to alert them to and help them deal with the emotional issues involved in raising a "Q" family.

Contact people:

Miriam Ehrenberg, Executive Director, (212) 243-2830, (email) Judith Clarke, Assoiate Director, (212) 243-2830 |Otto Ehrenberg, Director Of Training, (212) 243-2830

Address:

322 Eighth Avenue, Suite 802 New York, NY 10001 (See a map)

Directions:

Located on the northeast corner of 26th Street and 8th Avenue(buildling entrance on 26th Street. Convenient to the IRT line (28th Street stop), the IND line (C or E, 23rd Street Stop), PATH train (23rd Street Station), M20 Bus (up or downtown) and M23 Bus (crosstown),   Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: #1- 28 Street, C, E, 23rd Street,   Walk distance (in minutes): 3   Nearest Bus Stop: M20, M 23, 5 minute walk