PROFILE: We provide free and confidential telephone and email peer-counseling, information and local resources for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, youth and questioning callers of the allied community. We refer callers to other agencies in the community as part of our mission. Gay Switchboard is a non-profit, tax exempt organization that is dedicated to meeting the needs of the gay,lesbian, bisexual, transgender, youth and those questioning their sexual orientation and gender community. Gay Switchboard was created as part of Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Youth Crisis Hotline of KS & MO by assisting the Kansas and Missouri community or those planning to visit in the future while the hotline helps those in distress in some fashion. The Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Youth Crisis Hotline of KS & MO helps members of our community talk about the important issues that they are facing in their daily lives. We help end the isolation that many people feel, by providing a safe environment on the phone or email to discuss issues that people cannot talk about anywhere else. We speak with callers of all ages about coming-out issues, relationship concerns, HIV/AIDS anxiety, safer-sex information,sexual assault, domestic violence, rape, hate crimes and other issues. We speak with both youth and adults from 8 PM to 4 AM seven days a week and all services are free and confidential. GLBTY Hotline number is (816) 293-7000 & Gay Switchboard number is (816) 293-7999. Non-staffed hours (4am to 8pm) are serviced by a voicemail system and we respond to emails 24 hours a day at gayswitchboard@aol.com.