Help is just a phone call away.
The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Helpline, modernized in 1994 to provide trained staff members to field phone calls, first began operating in 1981. Twenty-four hours a day, callers to the service can reach the automated helpline offering recorded information. This Sunday will mark the reopening of a revamped helpline, sponsored and funded by the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Union. The service closed in May for the summer. Use of the service has increased steadily during the past few years, rising to a peak 3,500 calls last year, prompting hotline officials to provide, for the first time, trained counselors on Thursday night.