Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity (MASGD) Resource Guide

MASGD has compiled a basic resource guide for LGBTQ+ Muslims. Each category provides a link to the organization’s website, a description of what services they provide, and includes annotations that specify if they are geared towards Muslim people of specific descent/identities (e.g. Black, South Asian, South West Asian, or North African) or if they have resources to accommodate our diverse and complex identities and experiences. 
**All included providers/services/resources have been minimally vetted in terms of quality of experience for LGBTQ Muslim people. Please note this list is not comprehensive and MASGD as an organization does not expressly endorse any of the following providers/services. This guide does not replace counseling or other forms of therapy and is simply offered as a community resource that we hope to build upon in the future. If there is a resource you are aware of that you don't see listed here, please contact us at hey@themasgd.org. 
 

Canadian Organizations & Resources

The following is a list of Muslim organizations that are LGBTQ+ focused or queer-friendly. While many of these organizations exist for community building, some also focus on advocacy or can help you in other ways. Included on this list are also queer-friendly masjids.  

NATIONAL

Salaam Canada

Salaam Canada is a volunteer-run national support, social and advocacy organization focused on creating space for people who identify as both Muslim and queer and trans.

Location

Chapters in Toronto and Vancouver

Contact

Salaam Canada Contact Form 
Mailing Address: c/o The 519 Church St Community Centre, 519 Church Street, Toronto, ON M4Y 2C9

What can they help me with?

  • One-on-one peer support to those who contact the group nationally. In-person or online peer support requests are arranged based on volunteer availability and capacity.
  • The Toronto Chapter holds monthly meetings at the 519 Church Street Community Centre.
  • Advocacy initiatives 
  • Some refugee and settlement support.

Is this a queer-led Muslim organization?

  • Yes

Universalist Muslims is a federally incorporated Canadian not for profit organization, whose goals include spreading egalitarian understandings of Islam, Muslims and Universal human rights and connecting individuals and communities, of many schools of thought, both inside and outside Muslim communities, to spread harmony and peace.

Location

National Canadian Organization

Contact

Email: universalistmuslims@gmail.com 
Phone: (613) 262 8798
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What can they help me with?

  • Inclusive Muslim community organization in Canada
  • Nurture Muslim communities who promote female led mixed congregational prayers. Also promote interfaith and intrafaith work.

Is this a queer-led Muslim organization? 

  • Yes; They believe that Allah loves us all - all genders, all orientations, all races, all faiths.

Canadian Unity Mosques by location

See “El-Tawhid Juma Circle (Unity Mosque)” under the International section for more info. 

el-Tawhid Juma Circle: Montreal Unity Mosque

Location: Montreal, Quebec

Contact

 Email: montreal.unity.mosque@gmail.com 
Montreal Facebook Group

El-Tawhid Juma Circle: Calgary Alberta Unity Mosque

Location: Calgary, Alberta

Contact

Email: calgaryalbertaunitymosque@gmail.com 
Alberta Unity Mosque Facebook Page 
Alberta Unity Mosque Facebook Group 

El-Tawhid Juma Circle: Vancouver Unity Mosque

Location Vancouver, British Columbia
Vancouver Unity Mosque Facebook Group 

Ottawa Valley Unity Mosque

Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Ottawa Valley Unity Mosque Facebook 

el-Tawhid Juma Circle: Halifax Unity Mosque (HUM)

Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia 
Halifax Facebook Group
CCVT is a community-based organization that helps victims of torture, war, genocide and crimes against humanity. They provide treatment, tools and support that allow refugees to heal from trauma and become active community members. 

Location

National, Canada

Contact

Main Office Address: 194 Jarvis Street, 2nd Floor, Toronto, ON, M5B 2B7
Phone: 416-363-1066 
More Offices: http://ccvt.org/join-us/contact/ 

What can they help me with?

  • MENTAL HEALTH: CCVT provides supportive, non-judgmental counselling that helps survivors develop trust and regain a sense of empowerment.
  • SETTLEMENT: Getting settled in a new country is tough at the best of times. For survivors of torture and maltreatment, it’s even harder. Post-traumatic stress, grief, worry about family members back home – these are just some of the extra challenges they face. CCVT’s settlement team helps refugees overcome these challenges, and start building a new life.
  • YOUTH: Children are among the most vulnerable refugees, but also the most resilient. CCVT offers programs to help children and teenagers, and also their parents.
The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network promotes the human rights of people living with, at risk of or affected by HIV or AIDS, in Canada and internationally, through research and analysis, litigation and other advocacy, public education and community mobilization. They work tirelessly to defend the rights of people affected by HIV, from women, newcomers, and gay men, to prisoners, people who use drugs, sex workers, and men who have sex with men.

Location

National, Canada

Contact

Address: 1240 Bay Street, Suite 600, Toronto, Ontario  M5R 2A7
Phone: +1-416-595-1666
Email: info@aidslaw.ca 

What can they help me with?

  • LEGAL: The Legal Network does community legal education and provides information when they can, but are unable to provide direct legal services to individual clients. In response to the need for these services, the Legal Network is building a national referral list of lawyers who are able and willing to handle HIV-related cases. 
As a grassroots lobby and support group, LEGIT provides immigration information and support to queer, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people while working to end discrimination in Canada's immigration regulations. The group has successfully helped thousands of couples in cross-border relationships gain permanent residence in Canada. Since 1991, LEGIT has lobbied for changes to immigration process, policies and law.

Location

Vancouver & Toronto, Canada

Contact

Vancouver Chapter
 1170 Bute Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 1Z6
Email: legitvancouver@gmail.com 
Toronto Chapter 
P.O. Box 111 Station F, Toronto, Ontario M4Y 2L4
Email: legitoronto@gmail.com 

What can they help me with?

  • IMMIGRATION: Provide helpful information on immigrating to Canada for same-sex couples. Their website also provides a Resources page with more information. 
  • LEGIT has historically been a referral point for the Toronto Chapter of Salaam, an LGBTQ+ Muslim organization in Canada. 
PASAN is a community-based prisoner health and harm reduction organization that provides support, education and advocacy to prisoners and ex-prisoners across Canada.

Location

National, Canada

Contact

Address: 526 Richmond St E, Toronto, ON, M5A 1R3
Phone: 416-920-9567 
PASAN Contact Form

What can they help me with?

  • LEGAL & MENTAL HEALTH: Individual support & counseling, case management, pre-release and post-release planning, referrals, advocacy for medical services, housing supports, phone support through collect calling, and emergency financial assistance
  • PASAN is the only community-based organization in Canada exclusively providing HIV and HCV prevention, education and support services to prisoners, ex-prisoners and their families.​ ​
  • They are queer-friendly. 

ATLANTIC PROVINCES

P.E.E.R.S Alliance

PEERS Alliance supports those living with and at risk for HIV, Hep C and all sexually transmitted infections in PEI by offering a variety of programs and services targeted to diverse communities.

Location

Prince Edward Island, Canada

Contact

Address: 161 St. Peters Road in the Sherwood Business Centre.
Phone: 902-566-2437
Email: info@peersalliance.ca 

What can they help me with?

  • SEXUAL HEALTH: Support to those living with and at risk for HIV, Hep C, and all sexually transmitted infections, plus information and resources about sexual health, for those who use drugs, and for those who provide service about harm reduction and sexual health
  • FOOD: Each year, they partner with the Charlottetown Farmers Market for 6 months of the year so that you can access fresh, local food from the Charlottetown Farmers market through the Market Dollar Program. They can also help with personal hygiene products. All information is kept completely confidential.
  • Programs for youth and adults. 
The Youth Project is a non-profit charitable organization dedicated to providing support and services to youth, 25 and under, around issues of sexual orientation and gender identity. They have a provincial mandate so although they are located in HRM, they travel around the province to meet with youth in other communities. They provide a variety of programs and services including support groups, referrals, supportive counseling, a resource library, educational workshops, social activities.

Location

Nova Scotia, Canada

Contact

Address: The Youth Project, 2281 Brunswick St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K 2Y9
Phone: (902) 429-5429
Email: carmel@youthproject.ns.ca 
Online: https://youthproject.ns.ca/contact/ 

What can they help me with?

  • MENTAL HEALTH: The Youth Project provides supportive counselling for youth who want to talk to someone about sexual orientation or gender identity. They can provide support to families as well. If you want to get some questions answered, are experiencing harassment, are confused about who you are, are coming out, need help, or just want to talk, they are here.
    • Referrals: The Youth Project runs many programs and services but you may need something the Youth Project doesn’t provide. They can help you get connected to the right resources, the right people, and the right programs for you. If you are looking for a professional, a program or an organization that is LGBT positive, they can provide you with that information.
  • Gender-Affirming Items: The Youth Project can provide chest binders and gaffs to youth (aged 25 and under) in need.
ASTT (e) Q's mission is to promote the health and well-being of trans people through peer support and advocacy, education and awareness, empowerment and mobilization. They see the health of trans people and our communities as being intimately linked to the conditions of social and economic inequality that affect their lives. 

Location

Montreal, Quebec 

Contact

Address: 1300 Sanguinet, Montréal, QC H2X 3E7 
Email: info@astteq.org 
Phone: 514-847-0067 x207
Contact ASTTeQ

What can they help me with?

  • MENTAL HEALTH & TRANSPORTATION: ASTT(e)Q provides free, confidential one-on-one counseling to trans people, to people who are questioning their gender identity, and to friends and families of trans people. They are available for counseling in our office, but they can also come to you, communicate with you by phone (they will accept collect calls), through internet (email/Skype/chat) or letter mail. In addition, they offer accompaniment services, be it to a doctor’s appointment, an immigration hearing, or to access other social and medical services.
  • LEGAL & HOUSING: They have extensive information, resources and a referrals database covering a range of issues relating to social, medical and legal aspects of transitioning, as well as relating to health, housing, welfare and employment, sex workers’ rights, the justice system, immigration, sexual and reproductive health, and much more. 
  • SEXUAL HEALTH: Through CACTUS’ needle exchange, ASTT(e)Q provides an array of harm reduction materials, including free condoms, lubricant, and injection materials (including syringes for intramuscular and subcutaneous hormone injection). They also have a CLSC nurse on staff every Monday night from 7-10pm, who can provide free and confidential HIV/STI (blood and sexually transmitted infections) testing, vaccinations and other health services and information.
  • Extensive resources page with legal, housing, employment, migrant, and more resources. 
Africans in Partnership Against AIDS is a volunteer-driven, charitable AIDS Service Organization serving African communities in Toronto. APAA provides unique HIV/AIDS education and support in a linguistically and culturally appropriate manner to African peoples. They believe that a supportive environment is essential to the well-being of people living with HIV/AIDS as well as their partners, family and friends.

Location

Toronto, Ontario

Contact

Address: 526 Richmond St E 2nd Floor, Toronto, ON, Canada
Phone: 416-924-5256 / 416-644-1650 
APAA Contact Form (at the bottom of the webpage)

What can they help me with?

  • Support Services: Programming and community engagement are at the core of their strategy. They invest heavily in supporting the development of integrated solutions and delivering reliable tools to those who need them most.
    • ProjectM: A project for Muslim girls 14-29 Years with emphasis on African/Caribbean heritage. The goal is to raise HIV/AIDS outreach and education in a faith aligned, gender targeted, culturally and linguistically mindful method.
  • Additional Resources
AGIR Montréal (Action LGBTQ avec les ImmigrantEs et RéfugiéEs) is an autonomous non-profit organization, by and for the LGBTQ migrant community living in Montreal.
They offer support services to vulnerable LGBTQ+ migrants, including Support Groups, Drop-in Sessions, Individual Accompaniment, and more.

Location

Montreal, Quebec

Contact

Address: 2075 rue Plessis, Bureau 311, Montréal, Québec, H2L 2Y4
Online: http://www.agirmontreal.org/contact  

What can they help me with?

  • IMMIGRATION & LEGAL: A private and confidential meeting that is about 15 minutes, in French or English (Arabic or Spanish on demand), with AGIR support team who will help assess your current situation and your immediate needs as an LGBTQ+ migrant Montreal; provide you with useful information on site or via a follow-up email. When LGBTQ migrants accessing AGIR services face increased vulnerabilities (e.g. language barriers, mental health difficulties, disability, risk of temporary status loss), their volunteers and employees can offer a support service as needed to promote their access to services as well as their progress within the immigration process.
  • AGIR defends the rights and interests of LGBTQ+ migrants through organizing non-partisan awareness campaigns. In addition, as a member of the Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR), their participation allows them to contribute to the development of more inclusive social policies that fight poverty and promote integration.
The main goals of the ATQ are to provide help and break the isolation of transidentitarian people.  Together, they participate in the demystification of trans identity by representing the ATQ with regard to citizen and social equality while advocating equality within the LGBTQ + community as in the community in general. 

Location

Quebec, Canada  

Contact

Address: 2075 Rue Plessis bureau 310, Montréal, QC H2L 2Y4, Canada
Listening Line: 1 855 909-9038
Email: ecoute@atq1980.org
Additional Contact Information

What can they help me with?

  • MENTAL HEALTH & SUPPORT: 24-hour listening and intervention line, support groups for people who are transient or questioning and their relatives, community activities and much more
 
ASAAP`s work is focused on areas that many South Asians find uncomfortable facing, such as sexuality, sexual health and homophobia. The shame and guilt associated with conversations on sexual health impede access to information and fuels their work even today.

Location

Toronto, Ontario

Contact

Address: 120 Carlton St, Suite 315, Toronto, ON, M5A 4K3 
Phone: +1-416-599-2727 
Email: engagement@asaap.ca   

What can they help me with?

  • SAFETY: The Safe Program was created because men of South Asian and Middle Eastern heritage went missing and were murdered between 2010 and 2017. ASAAP recognizes that cultural complexities exist for individuals in our communities that can leave us isolated as we explore our lives. If someone goes missing, it is important to report as soon as possible to ensure you are found in a timely manner. A common tip to ensure safety for those who are meeting people is to tell a friend or family member where they are going and what they are doing. This tip does not work for those who have no one to tell – therefore, ASAAP has created this program to be that neutral third party to support those individuals.
  • HEALTH: ASAAP’s prevention programs aim to reduce the risk of HIV among our communities through education, outreach and health promotion. They run prevention programs for newcomers and settled South Asian women, youth and GBTQ identified men. 
Anova provides safe places, shelter, support, counselling, and resources for abused women, their children, and all oppressed individuals to find a new start.
“At Anova, we are committed to creating safe(r) and inclusive spaces for all Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer, Questioning, Two-Spirit, Intersex & Asexual (LGBTQ2IA+) folks. We acknowledge all the work LGBTQ2IA+ folks have done and continue to do to create a future without violence.”

Location

London, Ontario

Contact

Address: 255 Horton St E, 3rd Floor, London, Ontario, N6B 1L1
Phone: 519-642-3003
Facilities: http://www.anovafuture.org/contact/   

What can they help me with?

  • HOUSING: Emergency Shelter. Their universally accessible Wellington Road and Clarke Road facilities are high security, never close and provide emergency and short term shelter, free of charge, to women and their children who have experienced gender-based violence.
  • LEGAL: The Family Court Support Program offers direct support to female and male victims of domestic violence or abuse going through the Family Court System
  • MENTAL HEALTH: Sexual Violence Counseling: Individual and group counselling available to women or gender non-conforming people aged 15 or older, in London and Middlesex County, who have experienced childhood or adult sexual violence.
  • Male Survivors
Since 1989, the Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention (Black CAP) has worked to respond to the threat of HIV and AIDS in Toronto’s African, Caribbean and Black communities. Their work is guided by the motto, ‘Because All Black People’s Lives Are Important’, which serves as a reminder of their commitment to the human rights and dignity of all Black people who are vulnerable to HIV and STIs.

Location

Toronto, Ontario

Contact

Address: The Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention, 20 Victoria St. 4th floor, Toronto, Ontario M5C 2N8
Phone: (416) 977 - 9955
Email: info@black-cap.com 

What can they help me with?

  • SETTLEMENT: Black CAP provides extensive settlement support to PHA (people living with HIV/AIDS) and LGBTQ newcomers who require specialized support. This program is funded by Citizenship and Immigration Canada
  • MENTAL HEALTH, LEGAL, & HOUSING: Support Program: The program works to increase the capacity of PHAs to improve their own health and quality of life. The program also recognizes how challenging disclosure can be and the importance of privacy and confidentiality about one’s HIV status in Toronto’s Black community. The Support Program provides the following services: One–on-one counseling and support around HIV/AIDs related issues, referrals and follow-up within the agency and other community agencies for legal, housing ,employment, immigration, prenatal and health services, plus appropriate long-term counseling, and client accompaniments to appointments, hospital and home visits. 
  • The AYA Project: distributes food aid packages to low-income African, Caribbean & Black (ACB) households in Toronto.  Each package has a combination of basic food items that are culturally specific and can sustain a household for up to two weeks.  
The CCLGBTQ + has been implementing the services necessary for the start-up, development and proper functioning of LGBTQ + organizations in Montreal for 30 years in order to improve the quality of life of members of the community. They also host a library specializing in works relating to sexual diversity and make more than 20,000 documents of all kinds available to the public.

Location

Montreal, Quebec

Contact

Address: 2075, rue Plessis, bureau 110, Montréal (Québec) H2L 2Y4
Phone: (514) 528-8424
Email: info@ccglm.org
CCLGBTQ+ Contact Form

What can they help me with?

  • LEGAL: The legal information center is at your disposal to offer you reliable and quality legal information. They offer to direct you to the legal sources corresponding to your problem, in order to help you orient yourself in your research. If necessary, they will send you the contact of LGBTQ + -friendly lawyers specialized in the field concerning you. Note that the centre's services are free and strictly confidential.
  • Library: The Open Book Library (BALO) is the only documentation center specializing in questions related to sexual diversity in Quebec. With its unique cultural heritage, BALO plays a crucial role in the preservation and dissemination of LGBT cultures and memory in Quebec and worldwide.
    • Sexual Violence: The LGBTQ + Community Center Open Book Library in Montreal has developed a new collection on sexual and conjugal violence based on the principles of intersectionality
  • Resources: LGBTQ+ organizations across Quebec
Based on feminist analysis, the CSL's mission is to improve the living conditions of lesbians by offering them services and interventions adapted to their reality, in the areas of domestic violence, to be and health. The CSL is a place of exchange and mutual aid by and for lesbians. Also, awareness is raised with various institutions on the different realities of lesbians.

Location

Montreal, Quebec

Contact

Address: 4126, rue St-Denis, Bureau 301, Montréal, QC H2W 2M5
Phone: 514-526-2452
Email: info@solidaritelesbienne.qc.ca    

What can they help me with?

  • MENTAL HEALTH & HEALTH: Lesbian health and wellness fact sheets
  • Domestic Violence: The Lesbian Solidarity Center is an organization that works with lesbians who experience domestic violence by providing services to victims as well as aggressors. These services allow lesbians who are living or have experienced violence from a spouse, to break their isolation and regain power over their lives.
  • Individual Follow Up: The intervention provides help and support for lesbians who have experienced spousal violence, sexual assault, bereavement,  coming-out  or any other well-being related difficulty. It can also be a request for asylum based on sexual orientation. The follow-up is carried out by lesbians who have received training in different areas of social intervention. It generally lasts between 10 and 20 meetings. There is no cost associated with this service.
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is Canada's largest mental health teaching hospital and one of the world's leading research centres in its field. CAMH is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto and is a Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization Collaborating Centre.

Location

Toronto, Ontario

Contact

Addresses   
CAMH Contact Form     
Email: info@camh.ca 

What can they help me with?

A nonprofit, multi-service Community Health Centre that is playing an active role in the community since 1969. Their programs and services provide an ingrained presence in communities throughout the city so people can access the support that they need. They offer a full range of community services delivered by a diverse team of professionals.

Location

Ottawa, Ontario

Contact

Address: 420 Cooper Street, Ottawa, ON, K2P 2N6
Phone: 613-233-4443 
CCHC Contact Form

What can they help me with?

  • HEALTH: They provide a full range of quality health and social services to families and individuals who live or work in the communities we serve. Care is delivered in more ways than one: one-on-one services, personal-development groups, and community level involvement. They pay particular attention to vulnerable groups including the senior population, the GLBT community, those affected by mental illness and addictions, the homeless, and newcomers to Canada.
  • LGBTQ+ & Trans Health Program
The Coalition Sida des Sourds du Québec is a provincial non-profit organization that offers preventative and educational services on HIV/AIDS and STBBI for Deaf and Hard of hearing communities in Quebec. They also provide support services to Deaf and Hard of hearing people with HIV/AIDS and STBBI.

Location

Quebec, Canada

Contact

CSSQ Contact Form

What can they help me with?

  • SEXUAL HEALTH: One of the two basic goals of the Coalition Sida des Sourds du Québec is to run prevention programs targeting Deaf and Hard of hearing people. This program is designed to inform and educate the Deaf and Hard of hearing community in Quebec about the risks of contracting HIV/AIDS and STBBI. The support programme for Deaf and Hard of hearing persons living with HIV/AIDS is the second primary mission of the Coalition Sida des Sourds du Québec. This programme aims to improve the quality of life of Deaf and Hard of hearing people living with HIV/AIDS.
They offer counselling and support services to anybody in Ottawa who needs it. No matter what it is that you’re dealing with, they’re here to listen. They offer a safe space, and will help you work through whatever is troubling you.

Location

Ottawa, Ontario 

Contact

Mail: 312 Parkdale Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1Y 4X5
Email: info@familyservicesottawa.org 
Phone: 613-725-3601

What can they help me with?

  • MENTAL HEALTH: Counseling & Resources. LGBTTQ+ Around the Rainbow is a community-based program that provides a full range of education, counselling and support services offered by Family Services Ottawa. They support the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, two-spirit, queer and questioning (LGBTTQ+) communities and allies of Ottawa.  
Five/Fourteen is the only foster agency dedicated solely to providing services and support to lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, queer, two-spirit, and otherwise gender-independent children and youth in foster care.

Location

Ontario, Canada

Contact

Address: Five/Fourteen Inc., 3640 Wells Street. Windsor, ON N9C 1T9
Phone: 1-844-514-0514
Email: info@fivefourteen.ca 

What can they help me with?

  • HOUSING: Youth. If you are a youth in care, you have the right to live in a home where your LGBTQ2 identity is affirmed and you receive culturally appropriate services and support. They are the foster care agency for LGBTQ2S youth in Ontario, and the only one in Canada. They are Queer-owned and operated, and they believe in supporting the youth of our community. They have LGBTQ2S-positive foster homes in Windsor, London and Toronto, and are expanding across Ontario. They connect youth and their foster families to their network of LGBTQ2S positive and specialist supports and services, and they will help you build strong and lasting connections in LGBTQ2S communities.
Friends of Ruby (previously Egale Youth Services) was founded by Egale Canada in 2014 to meet the needs of LGBTQI2S youth. They’ve prevented 470 mental health crises and visits to hospital emergency rooms, saving nearly $300,000 in health care costs.

Location

Toronto, Ontario

Contact

Address: 489 Queen Street East, (Lower Level – LL01), Toronto, ON
Phone: 416-359-0237
Email: info@friendsofruby.ca 

What can they help me with?

  • MENTAL HEALTH & HOUSING: At Friends of Ruby’s drop-in space, you’ll find meals, activities, support groups and community. They offer barrier-free one-on-one counselling, support with gender identity or transition, and help accessing housing, health care, and employment.
    • They provide comprehensive and progressive support to LGBTQI2S youth well-being through housing and social services.
The Gay Men’s Sexual Health Alliance is a network of HIV/AIDS service organizations, whose mission is to support its members in building their own capacity, and the capacity among other service providers in their communities, to offer sexual health, HIV, and other services that meet the needs of cis- and trans-gender gay, bisexual, queer, two spirit and other men who have sex with men in Ontario.
“The men in our communities are from diverse backgrounds and identities. HIV prevention initiatives should strive to be inclusive of a diversity of gay, bisexual and other MSM and should incorporate the experiences of both HIV-positive and HIV-negative men. We affirm the need to account for this diversity in all aspects of our work.”

Location

Ontario, Canada

Contact

Mailing address: 252A Carlton St., Suite 300, 3rd Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5A 2L1
Phone: 416-364-4555
The HIV/AIDS and Sexual Health Info-Line: 
  • 416-392-2437 / 1-800-668-2437 
    (English and multilingual Line)
  • 1-800-267-7432 (French Line)

What can they help me with?

  • SEXUAL HEALTH: This page provides information, supports and resources for the sexual health needs of gay (and bi) men living across Ontario. We recognize that “gay and bi men” reflect a diverse community of cisgender and transgender gay, bisexual, queer, two spirit men and other men who have sex with men. 
    • The HIV/AIDS and Sexual Health Info-Line is a free, province-wide anonymous counselling service on HIV, STIs, safer sex, referrals to sexual health services, testing information, harm reduction in drug use and needle exchange information. 
  • MENTAL HEALTH: In March 2018 the GMSH hosted a provincial Gay Men's Mental Health Summit
Gender Journeys, offered through the Canadian Mental Health Association, Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge, provides programming, education, and support services for transgender, 2-spirit, gender expansive, and questioning individuals. Services are also offered for families, partners and loved ones.

Location

Peterborough & Kawartha, Ontario

Contact

Email: genderjourneys@cmhahkpr.ca
Phone: 705-748-6711 extension 2100 

What can they help me with?

  • Resources for Transgender Individuals: Gender Journeys is a 10-week educational group for adults exploring gender identity and expression. They provide up-to-date information about a variety of topics and the experience of transitioning. The group also fosters community support and connection.
  • One-to-one peer support is available for individuals who need additional help with navigating the health system, understanding transition-related documents, locating community resources, and more. Private sessions are offered by trained staff who are transgender or have a trans loved one. Peer Support can also provide a bridge and warm introduction to education and support groups.
Hassle Free Clinic is a community-based clinic providing medical and counseling services in all areas of sexual health. It is the largest anonymous HIV test site in Canada, and is one of the country’s busiest sexually transmitted infection (STI) clinics. The clinic strives to maintain an informal atmosphere, delivering services in a timely, non-bureaucratic manner. A fundamental principle of service delivery is a non-judgemental, supportive attitude to the treatment of sexual health concerns.

Location

Toronto, Ontario 

Contact

Address: 66 Gerrard Street East 2nd Floor, Toronto, ON, M5B 1G3 
Phone: 416 - 922 - 0566

What can they help me with?

  • HEALTH: The women/trans clinic provides birth control, pregnancy testing, abortion referrals, STI and HIV testing and counselling and other services related to women’s sexual and reproductive health. The men/trans clinic specializes in STI and HIV testing and counselling. Testing is done at the ministry of health laboratory and through a private lab. Treatments for most STIs are free.
HALCO is a charitable not-for-profit community-based legal clinic that provides free legal assistance to people living with HIV/AIDS in Ontario, Canada.

Location

Ontario, Canada

Contact

Address: 55 University Avenue, Suite 1400 (14th Floor), Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2H7 
Phone: 416-340-7790
Email: talklaw@halco.org 

What can they help me with?

  • LEGAL: HALCO provides a variety of services. They provide free legal services for people living with HIV/AIDS in Ontario. They also provide public legal education workshops across Ontario. In addition, they are involved in a variety of law reform and community development activities. 
  • HALCO Intake Process for New Inquiries 
Interligne is a front-line center for help and information for people affected by sexual and gender diversity. Thanks to their 24-hour service, they offer support to LGBTQ + people, their families and staff from community, school, health and social services. Through their awareness activities, they also promote greater openness in society towards the realities of LGBTQ + people.

Location

Quebec, Canada

Contact

Address: CP 1006, branch C Montreal (QC) H2L 4V2
Phone:514 866-6788
Email: info@interligne.co 
Interligne Contact Form
Hotlines 

What can they help me with?

  • Interligne's services are offered to all those interested or affected by sexual orientation and gender identity. They are : free, confidential, professional, accessible every day, and round the clock
  • Alix is ​​a way of supporting you and all those who intervene or offer services to LGBTQ + people who are victims of violence. Alix also offers you information and awareness tools, courses of action and resources.
  • LEGAL: legal clinic service for people of sexual and gender diversity. Law volunteers or lawyers will be on the line one evening a week to respond to requests for legal information. 
IWHC Toronto (formerly Immigrant Women’s Health Centre) is an independent sexual health clinic funded by the City of Toronto, through Toronto Public Health. For over 40 years, IWHC Toronto has been providing free, confidential, culturally sensitive and language-accessible sexual health-related clinical services, counseling and support services to women across the City of Toronto. As of 2016, IWHC Toronto also opened its doors to men. They serve clients in 9 languages with an all-female Centre and medical staff.

Location

Toronto, Ontario

Contact

Address: 489 College Street, Suite 200
Phone: 416-323-9986
Email: info@iwhctoronto.com 

What can they help me with?

  • HEALTH: IWHC is a pro-choice organization, with a focus on the sexual health of women and individuals with limited access to sexual healthcare. Their mandate is to empower all of their clients to be well-informed about their reproductive health needs and choices, and to offer sexual health clinical services, counselling, information, education, outreach and other support services in order to facilitate that self-care.
  • Mobile Health Clinic: In partnership with over 50 agencies across the City of Toronto, their Mobile Health Clinic provides most of the above mentioned services (STI testing, pregnancy tests, breast exams and pap tests as well as referrals for mammograms and ultrasounds) to women in the communities where they live and work
The London Cross Cultural Learner Centre (CCLC) began in 1968 as a resource library on cultural and global issues. Today, the CCLC is a registered charity with a mission to provide integration services and support to newcomers, as well as promote intercultural awareness and understanding.

Location

London, Ontario

Contact

Address: 505 Dundas Street, London, Ontario, N6B 1W4
Phone: 519-432-1133
Email: cclc@lcclc.org 

What can they help me with?

LUSO Community Services is a multicultural neighbourhood resource centre that has been making a difference in London for over 39 years. Their various programs and services provide positive opportunities for children, youth and families.

Location

London, Ontario

Contact

Address: 1193 Oxford Street East, Unit 2, London, Ontario, Canada N5Y 3M2
Phone: 519-452-1466
Email: info@lusocentre.org 
LUSO Contact Form  

What can they help me with?

  • IMMIGRATION & SETTLEMENT: Settlement Counsellors provide newcomers with individualized support, advocacy, information, and referrals on settlement and integration related issues. Settlement Counsellors provide one to one needs assessment to help clients with immediate settlement needs such as housing, health care, education, employment, immigration issues etc. In addition, Group sessions are organized to address key and pertinent issues that support successful integration and community involvement.
  • The Basic Needs Program provides support, information and referrals to residents in Northeast London. They help low income families, single parents and newcomers living in Northeast London.
The McGill University Sexual Identity Centre (MUSIC) provides specialized mental health care to individuals, couples and families with sexual orientation and gender identity issues.

Location

Montreal, Quebec 

Contact

Address: 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1A4
Phone: 514-934-1934 ext 43585

What can they help me with?

  • MENTAL HEALTH: Their clientele includes people who are questioning their gender or sexual orientation or who feel unhappy about it, individuals and couples seeking to improve the quality of their interpersonal relationships, and couples and families who have concerns about a loved one’s gender or sexual orientation. MUSIC also works to enhance the health of the larger community through research, education, outreach and advocacy around sexual orientation and gender issues, homophobia and transphobia. All patient services are covered by Medicare (RAMQ) or equivalent provincial or private insurance.
No One Is Illegal (Toronto) is a group of immigrants, refugees and allies who fight for the rights of all migrants to live with dignity and respect. They believe that granting citizenship to a privileged few is a part of racist immigration and border policies designed to exploit and marginalize migrants. They work to oppose these policies, as well as the international economic policies that create the conditions of poverty and war that force migration. 
No One Is Illegal has historically been a referral point for the Toronto Chapter of Salaam, an LGBTQ+ Muslim organization in Canada. 

Location

Toronto, Ontario

Contact

Email: nooneisillegal@riseup.net

What can they help me with?

  • LEGAL: Legal support
  • Status For All: No One Is Illegal-Toronto opposes Canada's unjust immigration and citizenship policies as they discriminate against people of colour and poor and working class people.
The OK2BME project is operated by KW Counselling Services. OK2BME is a set of free, confidential services including counselling and a youth group for kids and teens wondering about their sexuality or gender identity. They may identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender-variant, or they may just have questions.

Location

Waterloo, Ontario

Contact

Address: KW Counselling Services, 480 Charles St. East, Kitchener, ON   N2G 4K5
Phone: 519-884-0000
Email: ok2bme@kwcounselling.com 

What can they help me with?

  • MENTAL HEALTH: OK2BME offers a no cost, confidential counselling program in Waterloo Region for LGBTQ2+ individuals and couples aged 5-29. They also offer counselling at no cost to families with LGBTQ2+ children or youth under age 18. Their Masters level therapists have extensive experience in dealing with LGBTQ2+ related issues, as well as many other issues including: anxiety, depression, addictions, self injury, abuse/trauma and parent-teen relations. 
  • IMMIGRATION: If you are thinking of coming to Canada and you are a member of the LGBTQ  community, you might have some questions. This page will provide you with some general information and useful links to other websites.
  • Trans Resources
  • Aging with Pride 
PARN – Your Community AIDS Resource Network provides support and health promotion for people who are living with, affected by, or at-risk for HIV in the four counties of Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland and Haliburton; education and equipment for people at risk for HIV, hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections; outreach and programming for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, 2-spirit, queer and questioning (LGBTQ+) youth and women who are living with, affected by, or at-risk for HIV; community capacity building projects and workshops; and awareness of HIV/AIDS issues to the broader community.

Location

Peterborough, Ontario

Contact

Address: 159 King Street, Suite 302, Peterborough ON, K9J 2R8
Phone: 705-749-9110

What can they help me with?

  • HEALTH: PARN provides compassionate and confidential support to people who are living with and affected by HIV and/or AIDS in the City of Peterborough and the four counties of Peterborough, Haliburton, Northumberland and City of Kawartha Lakes.
  • Youth Support: The Rainbow Youth Program works to make lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, 2-spirit, queer and questioning (LGBTQ+) youth feel safe, included, and empowered in Peterborough and the four counties. They give LGBTQ+ youth the space to be themselves and the tools to lead positive change in their schools, peer groups, and community.
  • Database of Resources that can be further divided by type (Mental Health, Legal, LGBTQ, Immigration issues, Housing, etc.) within the area.  
Pride London Festival is a volunteer non-profit organization that works to organize an annual opportunity to bring together the LGBT2Q+ communities and our allies, through events and activities, which promote unity, inclusion and awareness of sexual and gender diversity.

Location

London, Ontario 

Contact

Address: 186 King Street, Unit 30, London, ON N6A 1C7
Email: info@pridelondon.ca  

What can they help me with?

Project 10 works to promote the personal, social, sexual and mental well being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, two-spirit, intersexed and questioning youth and adults 14-25. Through advocacy and education, using a harm reduction approach, Project 10 aims to facilitate the empowerment of youth at individual, community, and institutional levels with a particular emphasis on supporting individuals and groups who experience multiple and intersecting oppressions.
Services are free of charge, confidential and anonymous, and are offered in English and French.

Location

Montreal, Quebec

Contact

Address: 1575 Atataken (formerly Amherst), Montreal, QC H2L 3L4
Phone: 514-989-0001
Email: questions@p10.qc.ca  

What can they help me with?

  • TRANSPORTATION: Project 10 offers individual active listening sessions for youths and/or their families to discuss issues related to sexual orientation and/or gender identity. In addition to these one-on-one sessions, they also offer accompaniment services for Project 10 service users. In the past they have accompanied people to doctor’s appointments, HIV testing, social assistance offices, interviews for cooperative housing, other community organizations, shelters, and court dates.
  • They offer gender affirming gear (like binders, gaffs, etc) on a pay-what-you-can basis throughout the year.
Their service users include people living with HIV/AIDS and HCV, their partners/family/friends, as well as those concerned about HIV/AIDS and HCV or at risk for HIV. They also work with anyone who provides services to people with, or at risk for, HIV and HCV. All services are free and confidential.  
Regional HIV/AIDS Connection works from an anti-oppression, anti-racism framework and has adopted several positions statements and definitions that help guide their work with respect to issues such as the criminalization of HIV for non-disclosure, the Vienna Declaration on the criminalization of illicit drug users, health promotion, sex positivity, and diversity. They are currently working on creating position statements on sexism and trans inclusion.

Locations

Perth, Huron, Lambton, Elgin, Middlesex and Oxford Counties, Ontario

Contact

Address: #30-186 King Street, London, ON, N6A 1C7
Email: info@hivaidsconnection.ca
Phone: 519-434-1601

What can they help me with?

RÉZO is a Montreal non-profit community organization active since 1991 with gay or bisexual men, and men who have sex with men (MSM), whether they are cis or trans.

Location

Montreal, Quebec

Contact

Address: 2075, rue Plessis, local 207, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Phone: 514-521-7778  

What can they help me with?

  • HEALTH: RÉZO offers a variety of services to help you answer the questions you might ask yourself in relation to your sex life, whether it be in relation to your preferences or your questions in relation to your body. In addition to offering screening clinics, their workers are there to guide you through the various STI prevention tools or to accompany you with your HIV diagnosis. They also have resources to help you with your alcohol or drug use or to support you if you experience violence in your relationships.
  • MENTAL HEALTH: With its new service, ARCS (the acronym for Rapid Access to Mental Health Consultations), RÉZO allows you to consult a mental health professional, either in psychology, sexology or social work, at a truly affordable price. adapted to your income.
  • LEGAL: Legal overview. If you believe that your rights have been violated, do not hesitate and contact us, our staff will help you to see more clearly.
  •  Resource Directory: additional legal, immigration, mental and sexual health resources & organizations 
  • Guide for Trans Men
Riverdale Immigrant Women's Centre (RIWC) is a multilingual agency based in the Riverdale Hub with experience in delivering settlement, language training, anti-violence and employment services for marginalised women and their families in the Toronto area.
RIWC works with a wide range of community-based organizations, coalitions and research networks to address women’s equality issues to facilitate policy and social change.
RIWC has historically been a referral point for the Toronto Chapter of Salaam, an LGBTQ+ Muslim organization in Canada. 

Location

Toronto, Ontario 

Contact

Address: 1326 Gerrard St E, Toronto, ON M4L 1Z1, Canada
Phone: (416) 465-6021​
Email: info@riverdalehub.ca​ 

What can they help me with?

  • LEGAL: Riverdale Immigrant Women’s Centre is committed to supporting Asian and South Asian women, children, youth and their families in taking greater control of their lives. Our main focus is to provide culturally appropriate and linguistically specific settlement and counseling support services with the use of community- determined strategies, that are developed and delivered by women. Over the years, RIWC has expanded its services to support other minority groups who are marginalized by poverty, sexual orientation, ageism, etc., and isolated, having limited resources and adequate access to services. RIWC provides a broad range of services essential to the integration of refugee communities. We also assist under-served groups such as youth, seniors, 2SLGBTQ+, refugees and other vulnerable women who are isolated and have limited access to services.
  • HOUSING: At RIWC, we have joined with eight women-serving organizations from across Toronto to partner in a 36-month initiative to address the alarming number of women living in unsafe or unhealthy accommodations. With funding from the Status of Women Canada, the action plan includes building a safety and inclusion network to support women in their housing, proposing housing policy changes and designing a women’s housing model that works.
The Settlement.Org website provides newcomers with information and resources to settle in Ontario, Canada. Settlement.Org provides an electronic community where newcomers can get information, read relevant news, ask their questions and share their experiences with others, and access a database of community organizations.

Location

Ontario, Canada

Contact

Online: https://settlement.org/contact/  

What can they help me with?

Sherbourne Health strives to meet the needs of the people and diverse communities they serve. While Sherbourne is open to everyone in our neighbourhood, we are particularly committed to helping people who may have been under-served by conventional health care, including: Homeless and Under-Housed People, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer (LGBTQ) People, and Newcomers to Canada.

Location

Toronto, Ontario

Contact

Address: Sherbourne Health, 333 Sherbourne Street, Toronto, Ontario M5A 2S5
Phone: 416-324-4100 
Email: info@sherbourne.on.ca 

What can they help me with?

  • HEALTH: Sherbourne provides family health care, counselling, health education and supportive services, within Sherbourne’s neighbourhood; a diverse community of South East Toronto. Sherbourne New Canadians drop in clinic strives to promote primary care, counselling, education and skills on nutrition and healthy lifestyle choices.
  • MENTAL HEALTH: Offers a variety of mental health and counselling services for Sherbourne clients, with a focus on people living in our mid-East Toronto neighbourhood, homeless and under-housed people, the LGBTQ community and newcomers to Canada.
SALCO has become a leader on issues of access to justice within racialized communities. They work with thousands of clients a year and also advocate for reforming laws that negatively impact their communities. They are the only clinic in all of Ontario (and Canada) that provides legal services in multiple South Asian languages, including Hindi, Urdu, Bangla, Tamil, Kannada and Punjabi.

Location

Ontario, Canada

Contact

Address: 45 Sheppard Avenue East, Suite 106A, Toronto, ON M2N 5W9
Phone: 416-487-6371  

What can they help me with?

  • LEGAL: SALCO provides advice, brief services, and/or legal representation in a various areas
  • of poverty law, including Immigration, Employment Insurance, & more. SALCO also provides public legal education in many areas of law. 
  • Forced Marriages. 
SPECTRUM is Waterloo Region’s first ever LGBTQ / Rainbow community space. SPECTRUM welcomes the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer community, their families, friends and allies. They serve the Waterloo Region, including Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge & area.

Location

Waterloo, Ontario

Contact

Address: SPECTRUM, Waterloo Region's Rainbow Community Space, 283 Duke Street West, Unit 210, Kitchener, ON Canada N2H 3X7
Phone: 226-779-9695
Email: info@ourspectrum.com 

What can they help me with?

  • LEGAL: Legal Aid Clinic. In partnership with Waterloo Region Community Legal Services (WRCLS), SPECTRUM will be offering a Legal Aid Clinic for the local LGBTQ2+ community. The clinic will cover matters of civil law, including those related to financial support (ODSP, OW, EI, CPP and OAS), housing (tenancy problems), transgender ID, and establishing immigration/refugee status.
  • IMMIGRATION: SPECTRUM’s Immigrant and Refugee Services consist of three components: (1) Rainbow Multicultural Connect – a social group where people from diverse cultures gather together to discuss what it is like to be LGBTQ+ across the world, (2) Converse and Connect Group, and (3) a pool of volunteers who can assist LGBTQ-identified newcomers in various ways.
  • The Rainbow Pages – Waterloo-Wellington is a directory of Waterloo-Wellington resources of particular interest to the local LGBTQ+ communities. 
The St. James Town Service Providers’ Network (SJTSPN) consists of service providers and community members who work collaboratively to support the St James Town community. The Network leads the development and implementation of a coordinated plan for a vibrant, safe and healthy community. 
The Corner is a fully accessible set of offices, meeting spaces, program rooms and community kitchen dedicated to local initiatives and services to benefit the neighborhood. This collaboration between residents, public and private funders and service providers is a unique St. James Town community success story. 

Location

St. James Town (neighborhood in Toronto), Ontario 

Contact

The Corner @200
Address: 200 Wellesley St. East, Toronto, Ontario M4X 1G3
Phone: 416 964 6657
Email: info@stjamestown.org 

The Corner @240 
Address: #108, 240 Wellesley St E., Toronto, Ontario, M4X 1G3
Phone: 416 964 6657*240
Email: thecorner240@stjamestown.org 

What can they help me with?

  • HEALTH: Health Access St. James Town (HASJT) is a pioneering community based model of  localized service coordination and collaboration, where highly skilled intake workers connect residents to health and social services of 15+ different partner organizations and beyond, through a single intake process.  
  • Other Services include: Primary Health, Counseling, HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, SETTLEMENT, & Senior Support.  
The 519 is a City of Toronto agency focused on serving the LGBTQ2S communities in Toronto and beyond.  
While not a Queer Muslim organization itself, the 519 does provide services to queer Muslims, including a Legal Clinic for Muslims, and an public awareness campaign titled “I Am Enough”. Salaam, an organization focused on the Queer Muslim Community of Canada, meets on the 4th Tuesday of each month in the 519 building.

Location

Toronto, Ontario

Contact

Address: 519 Church St, Toronto, ON M4Y 2C9 
Front Desk: 416-392-6874 
Email: Info@The519.org 
The 519 Contact Form

What can they help me with?

  • LEGAL: The 519 has a Legal Clinic for Muslims that gives free general summary legal advice. Get advice on issues such as: Family disputes (divorce, custody), Housing (risk of eviction), Employment (wrongful termination), Immigration-related matters, and Criminal justice system matters. More Legal Initiatives are also listed here. 
  • IMMIGRATION: The 519 provides Newcomer Settlement Services. If you need personalized help with your settlement and integration in Canada, one-on-one appointments are available to all newcomers. More immigration-based programs and services are listed here.  
  • HOUSING: The 519 is committed to providing housing support to lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, 2-spirit (LGBTQ2S) youth age 16-29. (Check the link for more details). 
  • MENTAL HEALTH: The Double Recovery program offers those with mental illness - and who also struggle with alcohol and/or drug problems - safe and anonymous support through information and peer-based meetings. The 519 also has group programs that focus on providing a safe, healing environment, and empower individuals to take positive steps in dealing with stress or trauma. The 519 also provides Crisis Support and Counselling Referrals. 
The West Island LGBTQ2+ Centre serves Montreal’s West Island by providing a safe and welcoming environment where gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning people can come to meet, talk, get to know each other, ask questions and understand themselves better

Location

Montreal, Quebec

Contact

Address: 202 Woodside Road, Beaconsfield, QC, H9W 2P1 
Email: info@lgbtq2centre.com 
Phone: 514-794-5428

What can they help me with?

  • Support Groups: As the only drop-in centre for the LGBTQ2+ community in the West Island, they are proud to offer multiple drop ins for various ages. Their drop-in groups include a Youth group, Young Adult group, Adult and Senior group, and Transgender Support group.
  • Resources: list of LGBTQ and community resources in the Montreal area.
Women's Health In Women's Hands is a Community Health Centre for racialized women living in Toronto and surrounding municipalities. Their primary health care team of highly skilled health care professionals specialize in the health and wellness needs of racialized women and prioritizes those from African, Caribbean, Latin American and South Asian communities. Their services are fully accessible and designed to address the barriers that prevent women from being in excellent health.

Location

Toronto, Ontario

Contact

Address: 2 Carlton Street, Suite 500, Toronto, ON M5B 1J3
Phone: 416-593-7655 
Email: info@whiwh.com 

What can they help me with?

  • HEALTH: Primary health care is essential health care made universally accessible to individuals and families in the community by means acceptable to them, through their full participation and at a cost that the community and country can afford. It involves managing health care concerns within the broader social determinants of health. 
  • MENTAL HEALTH: Women’s Health in Women’s Hands counselling services employs a feminist, woman-centred approach to provide short-term counselling, group sessions and workshops to women from our priority populations.
Incorporated in 2006, WPC is a charitable organization aiming to create a culture of belonging for Windsor-Essex’s 2SLGBTQIA people and their families, allies, employers and educators through education, empowerment and support programs and services.

Location

Windsor-Essex, Ontario

Contact

Address: 1770 Langlois Ave., Windsor ON N8X 4M5
Phone: 519-946 4740
Email: info@windsorpride.com 

What can they help me with?

  • MENTAL HEALTH: 2SLGBTQIA-friendly counsellors are available at the Langlois office of Family Services Windsor-Essex (FSWE) and offers individual, couples and family (including children’s and youth) counselling services in such areas as marriage, addiction, depression, anxiety, sexuality, separation, divorce, parenting, trauma, self-esteem and emotional regulation and overall wellness. Counselling fees are affordable and they are committed to ensuring that no one is turned away due to their inability to pay. 
  • HOUSING: Emergency shelters. Especially see Nisa Homes (group of transitional homes (long term shelters) for immigrant, Refugee, and Muslim women who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.)
  • Gender-based Violence Services

NORTHERN TERRITORIES

Queer Yukon

​Queer Yukon Society supports, promotes, and organizes events for the LGBTQ2S+ community and our allies in Whitehorse, Yukon. Officially incorporated in 2018, Queer Yukon has been organizing Yukon Pride since 2013, as well as many other events to bring together LGBTQ2S+ and allied Yukoners to build a strong and vibrant community.

Location

Whitehorse, Yukon

Contact

Queer Yukon Society Contact Form
All Genders Yukon Society Email: AGYSboard@gmail.com    

What can they help me with?

  • MENTAL HEALTH: Under their Resources page. 
    • All Genders Yukon Society: Provides funding for mental heath services for transgender, two-spirit and non-binary individuals and their significant others, family members and immediate support network. Also provides free mental health services for youth, adults and families. Outreach and transition related resources. 

PRAIRIE REGION

Calgary Outlink

Calgary Outlink is a community-based, not-for-profit charity dedicated to providing support, education, outreach, and referrals for the LGBTQ2IA+ and allied community in Calgary, Alberta.

Location

Calgary, Alberta

Contact

Address: Unit 105 - 223, 12 Ave SW Calgary Alberta, T2R 0G9
Phone: 403-234-8973 
Email: info@calgaryoutlink.ca 

What can they help me with?

  • Drop-in Peer Support: Calgary Outlink offers drop-in peer support services to the community. During drop-in hours, you are welcome to come by for support, referrals, access their resource library, or simply chat over a cup of tea.
  • Online resources page that has been compiled to provide you with accessible information about LGBT2Q+ inclusive organizations, businesses and other resources that you may find useful. 
  • They also have programming for queer youth of color. 
Since 1988 the Centre for Newcomers has been a key resource for immigrants and refugees of all nationalities in Calgary. We view the integration of newcomers as a two-way process of experience, influence and impact between newcomers and the communities that welcome them. 
Settlement services at the Centre for Newcomers help address the needs of immigrants and refugees to make a successful transition to their new home in Calgary.
English language and training services offer clients qualified instructors and practical training in reading, writing, listening, and speaking, as well as life skills, and Canadian cultural awareness. 

Location

Alberta, Canada

Contact

Address: 1010, 999 - 36 Street NE, Calgary, AB T2A 7X6
Phone: 403-569-3325
Email:  info@centrefornewcomers.ca 

What can they help me with?

  • IMMIGRATION: The Centre for Newcomers offers services to the full range of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and other sexually diverse newcomers to Canada. Whether you have permanent residency, filing for asylum as a refugee, or are here under any other status, then you can use our LGBTQ+ newcomer services. We provide service to those in Alberta from any country in the world. More information on the The LGBTQ+ Newcomers Settlement Support Program here.
The Centre for Sexuality aims to normalize sexual health in Alberta by providing evidence-informed, non-judgmental sexual and reproductive health programs and services.

Location

Calgary, Alberta

Contact

Address: 700 – 1509 Centre Street SW, Calgary, Alberta T2G 2E6
Phone: 403-283-5580 
Email: info@centreforsexuality.ca 

What can they help me with?

Their mission is to improve socio-economic conditions for people of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities or expressions (SOGIE) by providing innovative education, support programs, and research.
Their vision is to fully welcome and nurture SOGIE people into Canadian life so that they become contributing members of our society.

Location

Calgary, Alberta

Contact

Contact Form

What can they help me with?

  • SETTLEMENT: Calgary's Rainbow Railroad Station assists refugees, persecuted in their home countries due to being LGBTQ+, to settle in Calgary after they have been assisted by the Rainbow Railroad, UNHCR, or the Canadian Government to flee unsafe countries. They help to create sponsorship groups, find housing or shelter, food, clothing, language training, career development, and all the other things that you will need to get established in Calgary. 
  • Support: They offer peer support groups, support to settle, and support for refugee hearings in the Calgary area. The Welcoming Spaces Project is based on peer support provided by LGBTQ+ people given to LGBTQ+ people to encourage positive mental health and well being oriented toward improving socio-economic conditions for all. 
  • TransJourneys is a drop-in group that provides peer support, education, and resources for the transgender community in and around Calgary. This group is open to all who are transgender, including those who are non-binary, intersex, or questioning their gender identity. 
  • True Colors is a social & support group for lesbian, gay, transexual, bisexual, pansexual, non-binary, two-spirits, queer folks, and LGBTQ+ Newcomers to hold space for our community to thrive, support, and empower one another.
Nine Circles Community Health Centre, with expertise in the care and treatment of HIV, Hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted infections, delivers comprehensive primary care, social support, education and prevention services – creating healthier communities for Manitobans

Location

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Contact

Address: 705 Broadway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3G 0X2
Phone: 204-940-6000
Email: ninecircles@ninecircles.ca 
Nine Circles Contact Form

What can they help me with?

  • HEALTH: At Nine Circles, they believe that everyone has the right to be treated with respect, be safe, and have their health information be kept private. They strive to treat each client as an individual with respect to culture, customs, language and spiritual beliefs. Their team provides supportive and non-judgmental care and treatment, encouraging clients to be active in their own care by being informed and asking questions.
Their centre serves all genders and sexual orientations, no matter where the individual falls. Programs arise out of the needs expressed by the people who access their centre. Their programming addresses the underlying issues which affect the health and welfare of our community by countering heterosexism, homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia. 

Location

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Contact

Address: 213 Avenue C S, Saskatoon, SK
Phone: 306-665-1224

What can they help me with?

  • MENTAL HEALTH: OUTSaskatoon offers free peer support and short-term counselling services to the following groups: Individuals who are questioning their sexuality and/or gender identity, members of the LGBTQ2S community, and parents, family, and friends of the LGBTQ2S community who need support and resources to foster supportive relationships with LGBTQ2S loved ones. They also offer psychiatry one day a week out of their space for individuals that are part of the LGBTQ2S community.  
  • SEXUAL HEALTH: Clinic. OUTSaskatoon and Saskatoon Sexual Health are located in the same building, thus queer-affirming clinics run all week long.
The mission of the Pride Centre of Edmonton is to provide support that responds to the needs of people with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions, and of the people in their lives.

Location

Edmonton, Alberta

Contact

Address: 2nd Floor, 10618 105 Avenue NW, Edmonton AB, T5H 0L2
Phone: (780) 488-3234
Email: hello@pridecentreofedmonton.ca 
Pride Centre Contact Form

What can they help me with?

Rainbow Resource Centre (RRC) offers support to the 2SLGBTQ+ community in the form of counseling, education, and programming for individuals ranging from children through to 55±. It also supports families, friends, and employers of 2SLGBTQ+ individuals. 

Location

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Contact

Address: 170 Scott St, Winnipeg, MB, R3L 0L3, Canada
Phone: (204) 474-0212 
Email: info@rainbowresourcecentre.org 

What can they help me with?

  • MENTAL HEALTH: The Rainbow Resource Centre provides single-session and short-term counseling to 2SLGBTQ+ people and their partners, parents, or families. Everyone’s experience of being 2SLGBTQ+ is unique and so the supports required are not the same for everyone. 
  • HEALTH: Database of health resources listed on their website. 
  • Support for Newcomers: Their New Pride of Winnipeg group is specifically meant for newcomers. If you are an 2SLGBTQ+ asylum seeker please call (204) 474-0212 ext. 201 and ask to schedule a single-session appointment for refugee claimants. Please be sure to say that you are a refugee claimant when you call.
  • Support Groups. 
Sunshine House is a community drop-in and resource centre focusing on harm reduction and social inclusion. They work to provide programming that fulfills people’s social, community, and recreational needs. Participants can come as they are, and are not expected to be “clean” or sober.
They are listed as a resource by Salaam, a queer Muslim organization in Canada. They are also a queer-affirming organization. 

Location

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Contact

Address: 646 Logan Ave., Winnipeg, MB, R3A 0S7 
Phone: 204-783-8565   

What can they help me with?

  • Winnipeg Pandemic Resources: Resource for folks seeking services during the pandemic when so many organizations have changed programming and hours. They have compiled information on what's available for unhoused, underhoused, street-involved, poor and low-income folks in Winnipeg right now. It is a living document
  • Like That: Like That is a program that provides a space where people exploring gender and/or sexual identity can gather at Sunshine House for fun, skills building and recreation.
  • Drop-in: Drop-In is a twice-weekly afternoon space for community members to come in for a cup of coffee, a meal, conversation and fun activities. During Drop-In, folks can access harm reduction supplies (condoms, syringes, etc.) as well as laundry machines and bathing facilities.
TransSask Support Services (TransSask) is a Saskatchewan non-profit that exists to serve the transgender and gender diverse communities of Saskatchewan. 
Location
Saskatchewan, Canada

Contact

Mail: UR Pride Centre, c/o URSU, 3737 Wascana Parkway, Regina, SK, S4S0A2
Membership Information

What can they help me with?

  • HEALTH & MENTAL HEALTH: A Providers List where all of the information listed has been anonymously contributed by trans and gender non-conforming people, and reflect personal experiences.
  • TransConnect: Social Supports for Trans and Gender Diverse Communities in Saskatchewan is a project that includes facilitating social support groups in Regina, Saskatoon, and Prince Albert as well as creating an online peer-support system for individuals outside of those centres. 
  • Changing Legal Documents
The UR Pride Centre for Sexuality and Gender Diversity is a non-profit service provider housed at the University of Regina. UR Pride provides services and programming for the entire community of Regina, not just for the University of Regina.

Location

Regina, Saskatchewan

Contact

Mail: UR Pride Centre for Sexuality & Gender Diversity, c/o URSU, 3737 Wascana Parkway, Regina, SK, S4S 0A2
Email: contactus@urpride.ca 
Phone: 306-519-4733

What can they help me with?

  • MENTAL HEALTH: Monarch Mental Health is a project that started in January 2019 with support from the Community Initiatives Fund. Through Monarch, UR Pride Centre provides clinical counselling to gender and sexually diverse children, youth and adults, as well as their families and loved ones.
  • HOUSING (students only): In Fall 2018, UR Pride introduced an initiative called the Colourful Campus House program for queer, trans, intersex and allied students. This program allows 2SLGBTQIA+ students to apply for student housing that falls under a GSD Living-Learning Community with Housing Services at the University of Regina.
  • UR Pride SPECTRUM: collection of social and support programs that offers programming for all people in Regina and on campus.
With five health centres throughout the Lower Mainland, Health Initiative for Men is a non-profit society that aims to strengthen the health and well-being of gay men. They offer the full spectrum of gay men’s sexual health testing, as well as professional counseling, sexual health education, and an engaging mix of social and volunteer opportunities.

Location

Vancouver, British Columbia

Contact

Address: 310-1033 Davie St, Vancouver BC, V6E 1M7
Phone: 604 488 1001
Email: office@checkhimout.ca 

What can they help me with?

QMUNITY is a non-profit organization based in Vancouver, BC that works to improve queer, trans, and Two-Spirit lives. They provide a safer space for LGBTQ/2S people and their allies to fully self-express while feeling welcome and included.

Location

Vancouver, British Columbia

Contact

Main Address: 1170 Bute Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 1Z6
Accessible Address: 610-1033 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 1M7
Email: reception@qmunity.ca 
Phone: (604) 684-5307 ext. 100
Additional Emails & Calls

What can they help me with?

Founded in 2000, Rainbow Refugee is a Vancouver based community group that supports people seeking refugee protection in Canada because of persecution based on sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression (SOGIE) or HIV status.
Their volunteers speak English, Spanish, Farsi, and Arabic.

Location

Vancouver, British Columbia

Contact

Address: QMUNITY, 1170 Bute Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 1Z6, Canada
Email: info@rainbowrefugee.ca 
Rainbow Refugee Contact Form

What can they help me with?

  • IMMIGRATION: Refugee Claims
  • Sponsor A Refugee: In 2011, Rainbow Refugee Society entered into partnership with the Federal government to direct a blended sponsorship program called the Rainbow Refugee Assistance Partnership (RRAP). This is a national project and Rainbow Refugee has the responsibility of working with its own Circles of Hope as well as other community organizations across Canada to sponsor LGBTQ+ asylum seekers.