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2S/LGBTQQIA+ Health Resource Inventory

Queer and trans communities can experience unique and often unmet health needs. Having access to targeted health information—both for community members and the providers that serve them—can help address this gap. However, finding trusted and culturally relevant resources can be challenging. To make this easier, in partnership with Wisdom2Action, CBRC has compiled a list of resources on a range of 2S/LGBTQQIA+ health topics. 

These resources can help 2S/LGBTQQIA+ community members, healthcare providers, community-based organizations, and allies navigate important queer and trans health issues. Also, for those responsible for creating 2S/LGBTQQIA+ health resources, this list can reduce duplication of efforts by enabling you to refer clients to existing resources or adapt them for your context instead of recreating the wheel. 

Please note that this list is evolving. If you notice a resource that is no longer working or you’d like to recommend additional high-quality resources, please contact [email protected]. 

 

This project was made possible through funding received from:

The views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views of Women and Gender Equality Canada.

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Glossaries and Terminology

  • 2SLGBTQIA+ Glossary of Terms. The 519. This glossary provides a helpful list of terms and definitions related to 2S/LGBTQQIA+ communities and health equity.
  • Identities and Terms: An Intro to Language. Out Saskatoon. This glossary is a starting place to learn about 2S/LGBTQQIA+ communities.
  • Foundations of 2SLGBTQIA+ Inclusivity. QMUNITY. This is a self-guided educational module for individuals and organizations looking to introduce themselves to 2S/LGBTQQIA+ inclusion and stay up-to-date on how we understand sexuality, attraction, and gender in Canada.
  • Queer Glossary. QMUNITY. This glossary provides another helpful list of terms and definitions related to 2S/LGBTQQIA+ communities.
  • Parlons de diversité. Alliance arc-en-ciel de Québec. This glossary is intended to raise awareness of existing terms and definitions, with the goal of fostering inclusion and respect for all sexual and gender minorities. [Only available in French]

Mental Health

  • By Their Side: A Step-by-Step Guide for Adults Helping Youth with Their Mental Health. Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA). This guide seeks to better prepare adult allies for conversations with youth about mental health and well-being.
  • Suicidality. Queer and Trans Health Collective (QTHC). This page provides a list of resources and hotlines that people can reach out to if they are struggling with suicidal thoughts or ideation.
  • Mood Disorders. Queer and Trans Health Collective (QTHC). This page provides a short explanation of mood disorders and how they impact 2S/LGBTQQIA+ people, followed by a list of resources for those in need.
  • Gender Dysphoria. Queer and Trans Health Collective (QTHC). This page explains what gender dysphoria is and how it impacts gender-diverse people. 
  • Community Connections. Queer and Trans Health Collective (QTHC). This page talks about the importance of social support and community connections for 2S/LGBTQQIA+ people.

Sexual and Reproductive Health

Gender-Based Violence

Eating Disorders

Substance Use and Harm Reduction

  • RHO Factsheet: LGBTQ People, Drug Use & Harm Reduction. Rainbow Health Ontario (RHO). This fact sheet, created in partnership with the Canadian Harm Reduction Network, discusses what “substance use” and “harm reduction” are and explains why 2S/LGBTQQIA+ people have higher rates of drug use. It also discusses statistics of drug use by various demographics in queer and trans communities.

Conversion Practices

Organizational Best Practices

  • SafetyLabs Project: Resource Guide for Nonprofits and Charities. Kind Space. This guide provides a set of resources that nonprofits and charity organizations can use to make their operations more inclusive and welcoming, drawing on lessons from a range of topics such as disability justice, restorative justice, and community accountability.
  • Tip Sheet for Healthcare Providers on 2SLGBTQIA+ Affirming Care. Queer and Trans Health Collective (QTHC). This document provides a set of helpful guidelines to ensure service providers better meet the needs of 2S/LGBTQQIA+ people. 
  • Coming Out: Supporting Someone. Out Saskatoon. This page provides information for those seeking to support someone in their coming out process.
  • Ottawa 2SLGBTQ+ Community Service Needs, Gaps and Recommendations. Wisdom2Action. This report summarizes the findings from a community engagement initiative in Ottawa, Ontario, highlighting five priority recommendations to ensure community, health and social services better meet the needs of 2S/LGBTQQIA+ people in the city. 
  • Doing Better for 2SLGBTQ+ Communities in Health and Social Services. Wisdom2Action. This webinar, co-facilitated by the Canadian Association of Social Workers and the Child Welfare League of Canada, focused on building the capacity of service providers in the health and social service sectors to support and include 2S/LGBTQQIA+ communities.
  • Challenging the Discomfort: Anti-Oppression in Education. QMUNITY. This poster provides an artistic summary of the main points addressed through the organization’s 2022 facilitators forum.
  • 2SLGBTQIA+ Inclusivity Workshops. QMUNITY. This education program delivers nonjudgmental experiential training and workshops for individuals, service providers, and organizations that want help making their organizations more inclusive for all members of the 2S/LGBTQQIA+ community.
  • Promoting 2SLGBTQI+ Health Equity. Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO). This best practice guide is a comprehensive document that provides guidance and resources for evidence-based nursing practice with 2S/LGBTQQIA+ populations.
  • Beyond the Binary. Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia (LISNS). This guide is intended for any employer, service provider, business, or other organization in Nova Scotia. The purpose of the guide is to help you understand the needs and experiences of gender-diverse populations, what the law says about gender identity and expression, and the importance and value of fostering meaningful and authentic inclusion of Two-Spirit, trans, non-binary, and gender-diverse people across our province.
  • Je m’engage. CACTUS-Montréal.This document, developed through a harm reduction model, reflects a holistic vision of health and is the result of a Montreal-based community project. The project sought to create relevant resources for social service providers working with trans people, and to address the misinformation that discourages many professionals from working with members of this community. [Only available in French]

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Indigenous People

Racialized People

  • Health in Focus: Racialized 2SLGBTQ Health. Rainbow Health Ontario (RHO). This document will help service providers identify barriers experienced by racialized 2S/LGBTQQIA+ people in accessing healthcare and social services, and to better understand what can be done to create affirming environments for this population.
  • The BACCO Program. AIDS Committee of Durham Region (ACDR). This program offers a variety of services and volunteer opportunities for those who identify with the Black, African and Caribbean community, covering topics such as education, stigma, discrimination, racism, homophobia, community advocacy, settlement service referrals, HIV/AIDS, and community outreach.
  • Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity (SOGI) Module. Alliance for South Asian Aids Prevention (ASAAP). This training module seeks to equip service providers with the knowledge necessary to better meet the needs of South Asian, Middle Eastern and Indo-Caribbean (SAMEIC) people who identify as 2S/LGBTQQIA+.
  • Capacity-Building Training & Workshops. Alliance for South Asian Aids Prevention (ASAAP). In addition to the module noted above, ASAAP also offers training and workshops to other agencies that provide services to queer and trans South Asian, Middle Eastern and Indo-Caribbean (SAMEIC) communities members, touching on a range of topics such as HIV/AIDS, consent and relationships, and human rights.

Trans, Nonbinary and Gender-Diverse People

  • Trans Suicide Prevention & Mental Health Promotion Toolkit / Tipsheets. Wisdom2Action. This toolkit and tipsheet synthesize pertinent knowledge and research on trans mental health and suicidality in Canada, alongside concrete tools and resources that trans people, friends and families of trans people, and service providers who work with trans communities can put to use.
  • Putting Trans Inclusion into Practice During and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic. Wisdom2Action. This list of resources, co-created with the Canadian Public Health Association, provides frontline service providers with the knowledge necessary to put trans inclusion into practice.
  • The Trans Wellness Initiative Introduction to Affirming Spaces Training. Community-Based Research Centre (CBRC). A series of three course modules for healthcare providers that offer insight into fostering affirming healthcare practices that better serve trans and gender-diverse patients in Alberta. The training is free and administered by a collection of healthcare practitioners, academic and community-based researchers, activists, community members, university professors, and sexual health educators.
  • Mieux nommer et mieux comprendre. Conseil québécois LGBT. This guide provides practical tools for the media and front-line support services who interact, directly or indirectly, with trans people. It aims not only to prevent problematic situations and awkward comments, but also to facilitate caring and respectful interactions. [Only available in French]

Youth and Families

  • Gender Identity and Diversity: Information for Parents and Caregivers. Mental Health Information Committee of the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) and the Sexual Behaviours Clinic, Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre. This document provides important information for parents and caregivers of gender-diverse youth, touching on a range of subjects including terminology, medicalization, affirming support, and aging.
  • Do You Mind?: Findings on the Mental Health of Young GBT2Q men and Non-Binary People in Canada - Executive Summary. Community-Based Research Centre (CBRC). This report examines data from the Sex Now 2018 Survey to explore the mental health of young GBT2Q men and non-binary people in Canada in order to articulate evidence for the necessity of programs such as Do You Mind? and facilitate the program’s development by identifying recommendations for needed support.
  • COVID-19: Supporting 2SLGBTQIA+ youth mental health. Friends of Ruby. This info sheet provides a set of helpful tips for family members seeking to support the gender-diverse youth in their lives, emphasizing the importance of connection and celebration.
  • Exploring a Youth Mental Health Apps Database for Canadian Youth, Families and Service Providers. Wisdom2Action. This report provides a summary of the findings from a community and stakeholder engagement initiative that sought to identify the needs and preferences of Canadians pertaining to a youth mental health apps database.
  • Youth Mental Health Resources. Wisdom2Action. This set of resources for youth covers a wide range of topics such as self-care, mental health, allyship, equity literacy, and anxiety.
  • Trauma Informed Youth Engagement. Wisdom2Action. This tip sheet aims to help youth-serving organizations embed a trauma-informed approach into their work.
  • #HearNowON: Student Voices on Mental Health. Wisdom2Action. This report provides a summary of a set of provincial consultations with secondary school students to identify their mental health knowledge needs, gather their ideas on building mental health awareness and reducing stigma, learn more about how students want to be engaged in school mental health, and provide recommendations for how students, schools and other key stakeholders can work together to improve student mental health.
  • Workshops and Guest Speakers. TransParent Okanagan. This organization hosts workshops and provides guest speakers at sliding scale rates to local organizations, clubs, non-profits, government departments, and companies.
  • Bonjour Sam : Sensibiliser les jeunes par le jeu. Gender Creative Kids / Jeunes identités créatives. This guide was created to help teachers and educators use play as a tool to explore concepts of gender diversity with their students.  [Only available in French]

Seniors

  • Health in Focus: 2SLGBTQ Seniors. Rainbow Health Ontario (RHO). This educational resource was created to highlight the healthcare and social service needs of queer and trans seniors. This document will help you identify barriers to service access for 2S/LGBTQQIA+ seniors and better understand what you can do to create safe and affirming environments. 
  • La réalité des personnes aînées LGBTQ+. Fierté Montréal Pride. This video showcases testimony from 2S/LGBTQQIA+ seniors, highlighting their unique needs and experiences. [Only available in French]
  • Aging Out: Moving towards queer and trans* competent care for seniors. QMUNITY. This discussion paper is a summary of findings and recommendations to provide culturally competent care for 2S/LGBTQQIA+ seniors in residential care and assisted living.
  • The National Resource Centre on 2SLGBTQ+ Aging. Egale Canada and the National Institute on Ageing. This is a resource centre focused on the lived experiences of 2S/LGBTQQIA+ older adults and aging issues in Canada. The site is a storehouse of information, research and resources for 2S/LGBTQQIA+ older adults, their communities, and for those who provide social service and care to these groups. 
  • Assurer la bientraitance des personnes aînées LGBT. Fondation Émergence. This guide is intended for all those who work with seniors or live alongside them. The guide's objectives are to raise awareness of the realities and needs of 2S/LGBTQQIA+ seniors, and to offer suggestions on how to ensure safer and more welcoming environments for them. [Only available in French]

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