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Advocacy
Children of Gay and Lesbians Everywhere (COLAGE) is a national movement of children, youth, and adults with one or more lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer (LGBTQ) parent/s. They build community and work towards social justice through youth empowerment, leadership development, education, and advocacy. www.colage.org
Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Ontario (CLGRO) is an organization composed of groups and individuals who are committed to working towards feminism and bisexual, lesbian, and gay liberation by engaging in public struggle for full human rights. www.clgro.org
Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere (EGALE) is Canada's LGBT human rights organization advancing equality, diversity, education, and justice. www.egale.ca
Family Pride Canada's mission is to address the challenges facing LGBT parents and their families in Canada by contextualizing queer resistance to homophobia and heterosexism both historically (against the background of queer culture and politics) and cross-culturally (in relation to LGBT family life in other countries) http://www.uwo.ca/pridelib/family/index.html
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Educators Network (GLSEN) is a New York based national education organization that is working to ensure safe schools for all students, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity www.glsen.org
Gender Education and Advocacy Inc. (GEA) is an American based organization focusing on the needs, issues and concerns of gender variant people. www.gender.org
Human Rights Campaign (HRC) envisions an America where lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people are ensured equality and embraced as full members of the American family at home, at work and in every community www.hrc.org
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons, their families and friends. PFLAG Canada supports, educates and provides resources to parents, families, friends and colleagues with questions or concerns, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week www.pflag.ca
Pink Triangle Services (PTS) is a not-for-profit registered charity and social service agency providing peer support, educational, research and advocacy services for all gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, two-spirit and queer (GLBTTQ) persons in the National Capital Region (Ottawa, Ontario)www.pinktriangle.org
Positive Space Ryerson-Toronto is a coalition of students, faculty and staff who work together to create and maintain safe, welcoming, affirming and inclusive work, study and living environments for all members of the Ryerson community regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity http://www.ryerson.ca/equity/positivespace/
The Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) is devoted to systemic change to end shame, secrecy, and unwanted genital surgeries for people born with an anatomy that someone decided is not standard for male or female. http://www.isna.org/
The University of Toronto's Positive Space Campaign is intended to help create a campus that is free of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identities. http://www.positivespace.utoronto.ca/Page300.aspx
The Toronto District School Board: Human Sexuality Program LGBT Programs & Services provides individual, family & group counselling support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) students, teachers, parents & families across the TDSB http://www.tdsb.on.ca/_site/ViewItem.asp?siteid=10392&menuid=22287&pageid=19400 http://www.diggyinsurance.com
Two-Spirited People of the First Nations 2-Spirited People of the 1st Nations is a non-profit social services organization whose membership consists of Aboriginal gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people in Toronto. www.2spirits.com
The Trans World Secretariat purpose is to connect all the activists groups around the world who are working on transgender, transsexual or transvestite issues. http://trans.ilga.org/
Queer Peace International is a Canadian Non-Governmental Organization that stands to empower grassroots lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender organizations in developing countries to educate their communities on LGBT issues and concerns, as well as learn the necessary skills to advocate for their rights. http://www.queerpeace.org/about.html
Community Centres
- Greater Toronto Area
Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Centre provides health and settlement services to newcomers in over 60 languages. http://accessalliance.ca/lgbtq
Centre for Spanish Speaking Peoples provides resources, services and support to Spanish speaking newcomer communities http://www.spanishservices.org/
CultureLink provides settlement services and youth programs for newcomers. www.culturelink.net
Deaf Queer Resource Center contains the most comprehensive and accurate information about the Deaf Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered community http://www.deafqueer.org
Delisle Youth Services offers the Strong and Resilient (STARS) program for queer, trans & questioning youth and allies ages 13-21. STARS offer a range of activities and workshops including expressive arts workshops, field trips, discussion groups and non-judgmental comprehensive drug education. http://www.delisleyouth.org/pages/stars-y
Griffin Centre's ReachOUT Newcomer Network provides settlement and social support services for LGBTQ youth and their familes. http://www.griffin-centre.org/programs_cfss.asp?P=ReachOut
The 519 Church Street Community Centre is the hub of community life in Toronto's diverse Church and Wellesley Village. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, two-spirit and queer (LGBTTQ) communities and our allies and friends have always found a welcoming place at The 519. http://www.the519.org/
- Eastern Ontario
Centretown Community Health Centre offers a wide range of programs and services for the GLBTQ community in Ottawa. http://www.centretownchc.org/en/programs-and-services/services-for-you/glbttq.aspx
Jewish Family Services Counselling Services offer a queer friendly environment which will allow you to explore thoughts and feelings about relationships, family of origin issues, school / work place difficulties, coming out and parenting. http://www.jfsottawa.com/TheCounsellingGroup/site/counsellingservices.html#LGBTTIQQ
- Western ONtario
London Cross Cultural Learner Centre offers a full continuum of settlement counselling to new immigrants as well as employment counselling, social support, advocacy and assistance in accessing local medical, educational and social services, job search workshops, resettlement assistance and a volunteer matching program call the Host Program. LCCLC also hosts an LGBT social group that meets once a month helping members find gay-friendly services, networking groups, educational opportunities and provide advocacy in the London region. http://www.lcclc.org/index.html
Windsor Women Working with Immigrant Women's mission is to assist immigrant and refugee women and their families to become full and participating members of Canadian Society. http://www.wwwwiw.org/
- Southern Ontario
The Well facilitates various peer support groups and social groups for members in the Hamilton area. http://www.thewellhamilton.ca/
- Northern Ontario
North Bay and District Multicultural Centre provides information and referral services for all aspects of immigrant support in the North Bay region. http://www.nbdmc.ca/
AIDS Thunder Bay is the leading source for confidential HIV / AIDS information and support in Northwestern Ontario. http://www.aidsthunderbay.org/index.php
Community Information
211 Toronto is a community resource directory listing thousands of agencies, government services, etc.; http://www.211toronto.ca/splash.jsp
Settlement at work addresses settlement needs of specific target groups: children, youth, women, refugees, families, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered persons, seniors, survivors of torture and trauma. http://atwork.settlement.org/ATWORK/SSG/home.asp
LGBTQ friendly churches in Ontario http://www.gaychurch.org/Find_a_Church/foriegn_nations/Canada/canada_Ontario_ON.htm
LGBTQ Settlement Network A network made of up community organizations and community members in Toronto and surrounding areas that provide services to and/or advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, Trans., and queer (LGBTQ+) newcomers. http://sites.google.com/site/lgbtqnewcomersettlementnetwork/
Gay Quinte The purpose of this website is to share information about LGBT events that are happening in the Quinte region, and to help bring our community closer together. Whether you live in Belleville, Trenton, Madoc, Picton or anywhere in Quinte we hope that we have something for you.
http://www.gayquinte.com/index.html
Out in Kingston We list all the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender events taking place in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Health Services
Sherbourne Health Centre specialized expertise in serving communities who are underserved and face barriers in accessing primary health care, namely the LGBT communities, homeless and underhoused people and newcomers to Canada. www.sherbourne.on.ca
The Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition / Coalition sant? arc-en-ciel Canada (CRHC / CSAC) is a national organization whose objective is to address the various health and wellness issues that people who have sexual and emotional relationships with people of the same gender, or a gender identity that does not conform to the identity assigned to them at birth, encounter. www.rainbowhealth.ca
The Rainbow Health Network is a catalyst and a resource for activities promoting the health and wellness of people of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities, in Toronto and beyond. www.rainbowhealthnetwork.ca
Sexual Health
Asian Community AIDS Services (ACAS) is Toronto based and provides HIV/AIDS education, prevention, and support services to the East and South East Asian communities. http://www.acas.org/
African and Carribean AIDS Council on HIV/AIDS in Ontario (ACCHO) is made up of organizations and individuals committed to HIV prevention, education, advocacy, research, treatment, care and support for African and Caribbean communities in Ontario.http://www.accho.ca/ "> http://www.accho.ca/
Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention (Black CAP) works to reduce HIV/AIDS in Toronto's Black, African and Caribbean communities and enhance the quality of life of Black people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS. They also provide settlement counselling http://www.black-cap.com/
The Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention (ASAAP) is a community-based, non-profit, charitable organization committed to providing health promotion, support, education and advocacy in a non-discriminatory manner for those who identify as South Asian living with and affected by HIV/AIDS www.asaap.ca
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network is a not-for-profit coalition of individuals and organizations which provides leadership, support and advocacy for Aboriginal people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS, regardless of where they reside. http://www.caan.ca
Immigration
Lesbian and Gay Immigration Task Force (LEGIT) is an organization of volunteers helping same-sex couples who wish to live together in Canada. www.legit.ca
Mental Health
Family Service Toronto (FST)/David Kelly Services are available to everyone who lives or works in Toronto. Their services help people deal with a broad range of issues including: coming out, sexuality and identity, HIV/AIDS, parenting, discrimination, relationship issues, isolation, depression, abuse and violence. http://www.familyservicetoronto.org/programs/dkslesgay.html
Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA) was founded in 1981 as the American Association of Physicians for Human Rights with the mission of ensuring equality in health care for LGBT individuals and health care professionals. www.glma.org
People living with disabilities
Ontario Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf (ORAD) is a not for profit organization serving Deaf, deaf, deafened, hard of hearing and hearing people who are LGBTTIQQ2S* communities in the Province of Ontario. http://new2.orad.ca/
Cross-DisAbilities/Genders/Sexualities Working Group We are queer/trans people with disabilities, allies, and service providers working together to develop culture and community for LGBT disAbled people. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/x-disabilities/
Support/social/networking groups
Among Friends Refugee Support Group offers support and programming intended to meet the needs and priorities of LGBTQ refugee claimants. The program objectives include providing participants with the opportunity to build community networks, decrease social isolation and access information to support them through the refugee process. http://www.the519.org/programsservices/newcomersettlementservices/amongfriendsrefugeeservices
Black Family & Friends (BFF) provides support, education, & resources to Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, two-spirit, intersex, queer, & questioning youth, their families, friends, classmates, coworkers, service providers & allies through the Love, Acceptance & Support campaign. http://blackfamiliesandfriends.ca/
Breakthrough Network is a a peer-driven volunteer network housed at The 519 for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer (LGBTQ) newcomers. BREAKTHROUGH facilitates creative social networking and community engagement initiatives leading to personal development, reduced social isolation, and access to settlement support. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Breakthrough-Network/168950229787279?sk=info
Express at Supporting Our Youth provides a safe and supportive space where newcomers to Canada and/or immigrant queer youth find a place gather, share ideas, questions, and have fun! http://soytoronto.org/current/express.html
Gay Seniors, Canada is an internet portal for gay, lesbian, 2-spirited, transgendered, transsexual and questioning youth and adults and seniors living in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada www.gaynorfolk-net.norfolk.on.ca
KULANU TORONTO ("All of Us" in Hebrew) is a Jewish LGBTQ social, educational, and cultural group whose programming is geared towards people of all ages. Our community includes people of various Jewish affiliations, from secular to religious. http://www.glbtjews.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=171
Iranian Queer Organization (formerly PGLO) is a non-governmental organization for the Iranian Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) people. http://www.irqr.net/
Salaam is an organization dedicated to Muslims who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual and/or transgender, as well as those questioning their sexual orientation or gender identity, and their friends www.salaamcanada.org
Say Outloud! is a group for open minded youth. It offers a safe place for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and questioning youth to connect, seek support, develop new friendships, express themselves, learn about the LGBTQ community and most importantly, have fun.
http://www.sayoutloud.ca/about.html
London CCLC LGBTQ Newcomer Support Group is a group formed at the London Cross Cultural Learner Centre to provide a warm, safe and welcoming environment for LGBTQ newcomers. If you are new to Canada, join us to meet other newcomers in the LGBTQ community for coffee, conversation, education and social activities, peer support, friendship and fun. Our group meets once a month.
