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- Rainbow Resource Centre
- http://www.rainbowresourcecentre.org/
- Serves the needs of the gay and lesbian community in Winnipeg by providing services and facilities such as a telephone counselling line, a library and archives and meeting space for groups and events. Provides the general public with information, speakers and workshop leaders on the topic of homosexuality. (See Details)
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans-identified (LGBT) Family Coalition
- http://www.familleshomoparentales.org
Advocates for the legal and social recognition of LGBT families. A bilingual group of LGBT parents and future parents exchanging information, sharing resources and having fun together with our children.
The LGBT Family Coalition works for the legal and social recognition of LGBT families in collaboration with government bodies and the media. We work to increase the visibility of our families and to raise public awareness of the reality of LGBT families. The LGBT Family Coalition creates new resources that can be used in primary and secondary schools, daycares, doctors’ offices, community organizations or social services to sensitize the public about our families and the diversity of our family structures.
Founded in 1998, the LGBT Family Coalition is the result of the merger of two highly successful non-profit community organizations: The Lesbian Mothers Association of Quebec and the Papa-Daddy Group
(See Details)- Lesbian Mothers Support Society
- Lesbian Gay Bi Trans YouthLine
- www.youthline.ca
Provides peer support and information services within Ontario to youth of all cultures and abilities who may identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, two-spirited and transgendered, transexual, queer or questioning. Resource listing.
(See Details)- Alternative Moms Canada
- http://www.mommyqueerest.com/am.html
Forms an advocacy group for queer moms and their children and currently has branches in both Peel Region and Toronto, Ontario, open to all lesbian, bisexual, transexual, intersex, two-spirited, queer and questioning women who are also parents, co-parents, step-parents or foster parents. Provides emotional support, social networking opportunities and community resource referrals for both the mothers and their children.
(See Details)- Victoria Lesbian Seniors Care Society
- http://vlscs.ca/
Works to enable senior lesbians to live active and meaningful lives through the establishment of housing with various levels of support and a community support network.
(See Details)- The Mautner Project for Lesbians with Cancer
- http://www.mautnerproject.org/home/
Advocates on lesbian health issues in the United States. Provides direct services in the US to lesbians with cancer, their partners and caregivers, and education and information to the lesbian community about cancer. Educates the health care community about the special concerns of lesbians with cancer and their families.
(See Details)- QWOC: Queer Women of Colour
Forms an organization for Aboriginal, mixed-race, racial, ethnic and cultural minority women and girls who are questioning their sexuality and/or who identify with bisexual, dyke, transgendered, queer, lesbian. A Victoria-based social and political group that promotes awareness and action around queer and racial issues.
- GLMA
- http://www.glma.org
- Exists to make the health care environment a place of empathy, justice, and equity. Represents the concerns of millions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex patients and thousands of LGBTI health professionals throughout North America. (See Details)
- Women's Creative Network
- http://victoria.tc.ca/Community/WCN/
- Aims to cultivate an empowering atmosphere for women who love women, where enterprise, creativity and enthusiasm abound, while celebrating diversity, including the occasional presence of respectful men at designated all-gender events. (See Details)
