The Attic Youth Center

I want to believe that this organization does good things for the community, but I haven't seen it, and my personal struggle to deal with them has lead me to have a severely negative opinion. I have a niece, a brown agender queer person, who was in need of therapy. Around a year ago I called this place on recommendation, and went through hell trying to get someone from the counseling department to return my calls. No one *ever* answered, I left voicemails, and would wait 3-5 days and get no callback, so I would call again. I finally complained to the director of the center and got a callback, and the person who called me was severely indignant and had a terrible attitude; and then gaslit me by trying to suggest *I* was having a terrible attitude and exhibiting "privilege" by not allowing them to bully me on the phone for being upset with their terrible, unprofessional behavior. It's now a year later, and my niece's therapist at another place is moving on, so I wanted to give this place another try, but yet again I am calling and leaving messages that are not being returned. If I am to believe this organization takes the mental health of young LGBTQIA+ people seriously, I would need to know that they can do something as simple as return a phone call regarding a child's mental health in a reasonable and professional time frame. Sadly I cannot recommend Attic Youth Center as a positive place for the purpose they claim to serve.

The Attic has been successfully meeting the needs of LGBTQQA youth for several generations now. Keep on going Attic!

Philadelphia's LGBTQ Youth Center. A terrific resource for LGBTQ youth and their friends and families.