THIS IS A GENDERED SPACE

MAX offers individual, group, and community support and education services by and for guys into guys in the Ottawa region. Mental, physical, sexual, community health + harm reduction services and programs.

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.

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!

Q Chat Space provides live-chat based, online discussion groups for LGBTQ+ and questioning teens around the world. It’s not a forum and there is no video or audio. Everyone is chatting during the same pre-scheduled time. Chats are facilitated by trained staff/volunteers who work at LGBTQ+ centers across the US, but youth in Canada are welcome to use the service.

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.

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!

*THIS SERVICE IS NOT 2SLGBTQ+ SPECIFIC*

Sexual Assault Centre Kingston is a not-for-profit organization providing free, confidential, non-judgmental support for all survivors 12+ regardless of gender or identity of recent and/or historic sexual violence in Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington (KFL&A) since 1978.

THIS RESOURCE IS NOT 2SLGBTQ SPECIFIC

SACHA supports survivors of sexual assault while working to end violence in our community.

SACHA’s Programs are:
24 Hour Support Line
Counselling and Advocacy
Diverse Communities Outreach
Public Education

THIS SERVICE IS NON-QUEER, TRANS & LGBTQ SPECIFIC

We provide free, confidential, and non-judgemental 24 hour support to all survivors of violence including female-identified, male-identified, and members of the transgender community. We advocate against violence in the community at large and promote prevention through community education.

Free individual and group counselling, and a 24 hour crisis line