LGBT YouthLine offers confidential and non-judgemental peer support through our text and chat services. Get in touch with a peer support volunteer from Sunday to Friday, 4:00PM to 9:30 PM.

THIS IS A GENDERED SPACE

MAX offers individual, group, and community support and education services for queer men, trans and non-binary people in the Ottawa region. Mental, physical, sexual, community health + harm reduction services and programs.

The Nishnawbe Aski Mental Health Wellness Support Access Program (NAN Hope) provides community-driven, culturally appropriate and timely mental health and addictions support to members of the 49 First Nations communities in the Nishnawbe Aski Nation Territory.

This First Nation-led program is in response to the specific mental health needs of community members in northern Ontario, offering a central access point to mental health and addictions support.

THIS SERVICE IS NON-QUEER, TRANS & LGBTQ SPECIFIC

NEDIC provides information, resources, referrals, and supports to Canadians affected by eating disorders. This includes our national toll-free helpline and chat service where individuals affected can speak to a trained support worker.

OUTline is the University of Guelph’s resource and support service specializing in questions and information relating to sexual orientation and gender identity.

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.

THIS RESOURCE IS NOT 2SLGBTQ+ SPECIFIC

Planned Parenthood Ottawa (PPO) is a pro-choice nonprofit supporting our community’s sexual and reproductive health through education, counselling, and referral services. We envisions a community where accurate sexual and reproductive health support and services are comprehensive, accessible, and delivered equitably.

Services Offered:

Options Line support
Community members are able to reach us through email at ppottawa@ppottawa.ca or call our Options Line at 613-226-3234 ext. 101 from 12pm-4pm, Monday to Friday to receive sexual and reproductive health information, time sensitive community referrals (incl. for abortion), emotional support (incl. immediate counseling if necessary, trauma-informed safety planning, crisis de-escalation etc.), and schedule Options counselling.

Options Counselling
Planned Parenthood Ottawa offers free, confidential, evidence informed counseling grounded in respect for personal autonomy through support that is trauma-informed, client-centred, anti-oppressive, and based on informed consent. Community members are given a space to talk about their pregnancy options (parenting, adoption, abortion etc.), how to navigate an STI diagnosis and safer sex practices with a partner/s, contraception choices, pregnancy loss, hormone replacement therapy, and can receive post-abortion support (incl through an in-person peer-support group).

Resource Distribution
We offer free pregnancy tests (urine/ discreet strip tests), prenatal vitamins, safer sex supplies (condoms, dental dams, lube etc.), and sexual and reproductive health related pamphlets/ educational materials to community members and organizations.

Kiosk & Workshops
Our team also offers event kiosking and sexual and reproductive health related workshops for community organizations, universities, primary schools etc. Visit out website (https://ppottawa.ca/) for more information on our workshops and to book with our staff!

THIS SERVICE IS NOT 2SLGBTQ+ SPECIFIC

Reach Out is a free, 24/7, confidential mental health and addictions support and services line for people living in Elgin, Middlesex and Oxford and London. You can connect with Reach Out three different ways:

Text: 519-433-2023
Call: 519-433-2023 or 1-866-933-2023 or click here to learn more.
Web: https://reachout247.ca/

Reach Out also offers a free taxi services to and from the Mental Health and Addictions Crisis Centre in London for youth (aged 16-25) in crisis who reside in rural Middlesex.

Queer@ROCK provides prevention-based programming and supports for 2SLGBTQIA+ children, youth, and families through the Reach Out Centre for Kids, in Halton Region.

Queer@ROCK focuses on:

* supporting access to safer spaces
* building self-esteem
* creating opportunities for connection to community, and a focus on feeling affirmed and seen.

We’re here to empower our queer youth to know themselves and to be able to advocate for themselves in a society that inherently creates layers of barriers for 2SLGBTQIA+ folks.
Queer@ROCK works from an anti-oppressive lens where we understand, but most importantly, centre the needs and experiences of youth coming from intersectional identities where they experience multiple layers of oppression.

THIS SERVICE IS NON-QUEER, TRANS & LGBTQ SPECIFIC

The Regional Warm Line, a pre-crisis, mental health service, is here to help. Each night, 365 days a year, peer support workers are available to answer your call and support people facing lived experiences of mental health challenges/illness. When you need to talk, give us a call!