2SLGBTQIA+ Supports
Distress and Crisis Ontario
Resources
Supporting the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
This is a non-exhaustive list of resources separate from our Member Distress Centres that may be helpful to anyone seeking mental health supports. These programs may be run federally, provincially, or locally.
LGBT Youth Line
Ontario
Youth Line offers confidential and non-judgmental peer support through telephone, text and chat services. Get in touch with a peer support volunteer from Sunday to Friday, 4:00 pm to 9:30 pm.
Egale Canada
Canada
Egale is Canada’s leading organization for 2SLGBTQI people and issues. We improve and save lives through research, education, awareness, and by advocating for human rights and equality in Canada and around the world. Our work helps create societies and systems that reflect the universal truth that all persons are equal and none is other.
Rainbow Health Ontario
Ontario
Rainbow Health Ontario creates opportunities for the healthcare system to better serve LGBT2SQ communities.
The Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity
Canada
CCGSD envisions a world in which people can shape the decisions that impact their lives, enjoy freedoms, and navigate an equal world free of violence. CCGSD will be a national force and partner of choice within the movement to end discrimination.
Pflag Canada
Canada
Pflag Canada is proud to be Canada’s only national organization that offers peer-to-peer support striving to help all Canadians with issues of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. We support, educate and provide resources to anyone with questions or concerns. We promise to offer local, practical, and emotional peer-to-peer family support for individuals and their loved ones challenged by gender/sexual identity.
Trans Lifeline
Canada
Trans Lifeline provides trans peer support for our community that’s been divested from police since day one. We’re run by and for trans people.
Additional Resources
Disclaimer: Please note that the above links lead to resources outside of Distress and Crisis Ontario, and as such, we are not responsible for the content or accuracy of the information contained within them.