This page includes resources that provide support to 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals. These resources enable us to build our knowledge and familiarity with positive inclusion and acceptance regardless of how we identify.
If you need immediate crisis support please see Crisis Lines & Resources.
indigenous 2Slgbtqi+ resources
- UNYA's 2-Spirit Collective
- Provides support, resources, and programming for Indigenous youth (ages 15 to 30) who identify as 2-spirit or LGBTQI+, and for those who are questioning their sexual or gender identities.
- CSFS Nanki Nezulne (Our Two Spirits)
- 2SLGBTQI+ health and wellness services.
- 2 Spirits of BC
general 2sLGBTQI+ resources
- BC Community Resources (What's On Queer BC)
- The Centre (Vancouver)
- Egale (Canada)
- Fraser Valley Youth Society (Abbotsford, Mission, and Chilliwack, BC)
- Gender Equity in BC
- Provides information on changing your ID.
- Health Initiative for Men (Lower Mainland, BC)
- Life in Colour
- Mental Matters
- A Vancouver-based support group for 2SLGBTQI+ people with mental health issues. The group meets on the first and third Monday of each month. E-mail mentalmatters@yahoo.ca for more information.
- Mycelium Youth Co
- A group of queer & trans youth (ages 16-29) who gather to heal and counter stigma about HIV & Hep C.
- PFLAG
- Prideline BC:1-800-566-1170 (toll-free in BC, 7:00 pm-10:00 pm)
- 604-684-6869 (in the Lower Mainland, 7:00 pm-10:00 pm)
- QCHAT: 1-855-956-1777 (toll free in BC, Sat-Thurs from 6-9 pm)
- QMUNITY
- Offers free and low-cost counselling services.
- Rainbow Foundation of Hope
- Provides financial aid to other charities supporting 2SLBGTQI+ refugees and asylum seekers.
- Rainbow Refugee (Vancouver, BC)
- Supports people seeking refugee protection in Canada because of persecution based on sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression (SOGIE), or HIV status. Claims can be made from outside or within Canada.
- Salaam Canada
- A safe and supportive space for LGBTQI+ Muslims across Canada.
- Sher Vancouver
- A nonprofit society for 2SLGBTQI+ South Asians in the lower mainland.
transgender resources
- Catherine White Holman Wellness Centre
- Provides low-barrier wellness and legal services to 2-spirit, transgender, and gender nonconforming individuals.
- Trans Care BC (BC-wide)
- Aims to improve gender-affirming care across BC by supporting the delivery of equitable and accessible care, surgical planning, and peer and community support for trans people across the province.
- Trans Lifeline (Canada/US): 877-330-6366
- Trans Rights BC
- Provides human rights information that is accurate, accessible, and relevant to the safety and wellbeing of trans and gender-diverse individuals and their allies across BC.
- Trans Specialty Care at Three Bridges: (604) 331-8901
- Offers knowledgeable and specialized medical care to transgender and gender diverse individuals living in the Vancouver Coastal Health region.
- Medical services include hormone starts and stabilization, surgical care planning and referrals and post-operative nursing care.