For the San Francisco AIDS Foundation's Trilingual AIDS Hotline, dial

• 1-800-FOR-AIDS in California
• (415) 863-AIDS in San Francisco and outside California
• 1-800-FIL-AIDS for Filipino dialects
• (415) 864-6606 TDD/for the hearing-impaired in California
• (888) 225-AIDS TDD/for the hearing-impaired outside of California.

Hours: weekdays, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and weekends, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

For the National AIDS Clearinghouse Hotline (sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), dial

• 1-800-342-2437
• 1-800-344-FIDA (Spanish language)

Here are some questions you might ask if you call the AIDS Trilingual Hotline:

• Am I at risk for getting HIV?
• Could I be already infected with HIV?
• What can I do to help someone I know who has HIV?
• What do I say to someone who has AIDS?
• What can I do to help educate my friends and family about HIV?
• How do I bring up the subject of HIV with my boyfriend? girlfriend? parents?
• What can I say when someone says something mean about people with AIDS?