Support Near You
This referral database is for in-person and/or location-based services, organizations, and collectives, for 2SLGBTQ+ youth in Ontario.
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Where are you located?
What kind of service are you looking for?
Options Clinic: Anonymous HIV Testing
THIS RESOURCE IS NOT 2SLGBTQ SPECIFIC
No name and no health card. All that is linked to you is your year of birth and a six digit testing number. We are one of 50 anonymous testing services in Ontario, but the only one in London, operating multiple testing sites across the city. To book an appointment call (519) 673-4427 or text JP at 519-709-5903
We will respond to you Monday to Friday within 24 hours.
Contact
659 Dundas Street, London ON, N5W 2Z1, London, ON
Out on the Shelf: Queer Library and Resource Centre
Out on the Shelf is Guelph’s only volunteer- run LGBTQ2+ library and resource center. We offer a warm friendly environment to enjoy monthly social programs, events and over 3000 titles written by and/or for LGBTQ2+ people.
Contact
42 Carden street, 2nd floor, Guelph, ON
OUTLoud North Bay
OUTLoud North Bay is an organization driven by volunteers willing to support the mental health and well-being of our community. We do this by providing peer-to-peer support, workshops and offering professional referrals. By mentoring our community to provide support and resources, encouraging leadership, accountability and healthy relationships.
We support and celebrate community in an equitable, diverse and Inclusive safe space. As we invest in our mission and collaborate with our community, we strive to educate and provide the following: facilitating community programming harm reduction, body and sex positivity, indigenous solidarity mental health and wellness, and 2SLGBTQA+ resources.
Contact
123 Delaware Ave, North Bay, ON
OUTniagara
OUTniagara supports our local LGBTQ2+ community and beyond by amplifying the voices of our community, acting as a public policy advocate and helping to build relationships within the community. Our website offers resources and education including the Beyond the Rainbow Syllabus, and a regional Community Strengths and Needs Assessment for Niagara: http://outniagara.org/
Contact
12-111 Fourth Avenue, Suite 270, St. Catharines, ON
Paralegal commissioner of Oaths
Notarized or sworn documents for gender changes on government documents.
Issues with HRTO
Contact
176 Larch Street suite 301, Sudbury, ON
Pathways to Education
Pathways to Education is a community base program that supports youth living in the Rideau Heights and Inner Harbour neighbourhoods of Kingston to graduate from high school and move on to post-secondary education, vocational training or meaningful employment. We offer opportunities to low-income youth to become engaged in their learning and become leaders in their communities.
The program focuses on helping high school youth through tutoring, mentoring, financial support, and advocacy.
The Pathways to Education program offers:
• Academic tutoring sessions in all subjects
• Mentoring activities including field trips, campus tours, YMCA memberships, training and skill-building opportunities
• Financial incentives such as school lunch vouchers and No Frills grocery cards
• Post-secondary scholarships for $500 for each year enrolled in the program
up to $2000 after four years
• Assistance with career exploration and planning post-secondary options for all students
Contact
263 Weller Ave., Kingston, ON
PFLAG Canada
Contact chapters for more info on anti-oppression+ anti-racist polices
Pflag Canada offers peer-to-peer support around sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. We support, educate and provide resources to anyone with questions or concerns. Our Canada wide, volunteer run chapters offer local, practical, and emotional peer-to-peer family support for individuals and their loved ones challenged by gender/sexual identity.
Please visit https://pflagcanada.ca/ontario/ for a full list of chapters, address and contact information on each chapter throughout Ontario.
Contact
1554 Carling Ave, Suite 243, Ottawa, ON
PFLAG Canada Renfrew County
Monthly peer support meetings for LGBTQ2S youth and adults, and/or their family members, in Pembroke, Renfrew and Arnprior. Telephone support and information line. In Transition Clothesline to provide clothing for transgender kids, youth and adults in need. Community events and presentations.
Contact
Pembroke, ON
PFLAG Durham Region
PFLAG Canada Durham Region supports all persons within our reach with their journeys through gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation. We seek to provide education and resources to the greater Durham community to help encourage inclusion, diversity and equity.
We are the only direct 2SLGBTQI support service provider in the Durham Region.
Contact
Durham Region, ON
Pieces to Pathways (P2P), Breakaway Community Services
Pieces to Pathways (P2P) is a peer-led initiative offering Canada’s only substance use support program for LGBTTQQ2SIA youth (ages 16-29).
Our program is open to all LGBTTQQ2SIA youth ages 16-29 who are concerned about their substance use, or are interested in exploring their relationship to substances. Our mission is to provide seamless, comprehensive and effective harm reduction services and a full range of addictions treatment services that are amenable to an individual’s needs and goals. We have always operated on a non abstinence or ‘harm reduction’ approach, which forms the philosophical basis for all our work, in reducing harm and enhancing the health of our clients.
Contact
21 Strickland Avenue, Toronto, ON