So, since I was going on about Queer Youth and Religion, here are a few links for the Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Transgendered Youth Lines in Canada and the U.S. When I first came out at the age of 14-15, I used this community line, and found that it helped remind me that there were others out there who were going through the same things. Though I eventually pulled away from the group, and have certain reservations about some of them, I still offer them here as a resource for others. you just never know who it might help.
I am not familiar with all the groups listed here as I took this from another online resource, but many of these links and AIDS/HIV organisations are quite dear to me and I have put some time into volunteering or supporting them. Feel free to share or use them as you wish.
Additional Info Resources
www.mcctoronto.com/ - Metrolopitan Toronto Community Church. For those who find faith and religion a central part in their lives, go to this site. I have been to the Church before and it is quite something. Very welcoming to all.
www.gaycanada.com - Provides a database of services and community groups across Canada. You can also search the database using this form.
www.qrd.org/QRD – Queer Resource Directory
www.rainbowquery.com – Search!
www.spiderbytes.ca - Planned Parenthood of Toronto’s (PPT) site for teens.
www.colage.org/groups.html - COLAGE: Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere. Has links to international chapters.
www.isna.org – “The Intersex Society of North America (ISNA) is devoted to systemic change to end shame, secrecy, and unwanted genital surgeries for people born with an anatomy that someone decided is not standard for male or female.”
www.bodieslikeours.org - Bodies Like Ours: Peer Support and Information for people born with a body that is different.
www.androphile.org - The Androphile Project: Documenting the world history of Male Love
www-lib.usc.edu/~retter/main.html - The Lesbian History Research Site
www.gayteens.org - Global Resource for LGBT Youth
www.genderbend.com - Gender-Bending Web Zine
www.outproud.org - Out Proud: The National Coalition for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Youth.
AIDS Resources
www.actoronto.org - ACT: The AIDS Committee of Toronto.
www.positiveyouth.com – POY: Positive Youth Outreach is for youth aged 13 and 29 years old who are HIV-positive or have AIDS. This is a program of Toronto AIDS Committee (ACT).
www.canfar.ca – Canadian Foundation For AIDS Research - the National charitable foundation created to raise awareness in order to generate funds for research into all aspects of HIV infection and AIDS.
www.acas.org – ACAS: Asian Community AIDS Services is a “charitable, non-profit, community-based organization that provides HIV/AIDS education, prevention and support to the East and Southeast Asian Canadian communities.”
http://www.catie.ca/ – The Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange (CATIE)- an independent, non-profit community based organization. It offers services across Canada through the HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Network, a project that includes a free 1-800 number phone service and Internet service. CATIE relies on the communities of people living with HIV and AIDS for their insight and direction in shaping the services.
www.thebody.com – An AIDS and HIV Information Resource.
www.pwatoronto.org - PWA: Toronto People With AIDS Foundation “exists to promote the health and well-being of all people living with HIV/AIDS by providing accessible, direct, and practical support services.”
www.aidslondon.com – The AIDS Committee of London.
www.phan.ca - PHAN: Peel HIV/AIDS Network.
www.hasslefreeclinic.org - “Hassle Free Clinic provides free medical and counselling services in many areas of sexual health. We are located in downtown Toronto.” Provides anonymous HIV testing!
www.ontarioaidsnetwork.on.ca - OAN: The Ontario AIDS Network is a province-wide coalition of diverse community-based organizations.
www.high5youth.ca - High 5 Youth Canada Network: A site designed by and for HIV + youth, featuring information on being newly diagnosed, treatment info, help finding a Doctor, and other useful info about positive living.
9 comments:
Fantastic! Great call to action. There is also Youthco out in British Columbia that works with Positive Youth - www.youthco.org
Thanks! I will add that in!
What a wonderful post! Your community, your city, your world and your human family are blessed to have you amongst them.
(I'll gather some links to some groups dear to my heart, and post them here later.)
'My' organizations:
'Camp Quality'... for kids with cancer. As a teenager, and in my early 20's, I volunteered as a companion/ counsellor on four different occasions. It is an organization very dear to my heart.
http://www.allensguide.com/obj/url.php?u=www.campquality.org%2F
Habitat for Humanity Canada. Habitat for Humanity is a program dedicated to the elimination of poverty housing by building homes in partnership with families in need. It is about the pride of home ownership and providing a long-term solution designed to break the cycle of poverty.
http://www.habitat.ca/
Integrity Vancouver is a local expression of the international gay and lesbian movement supporting an inclusive Anglican church as a place of welcome for all people, particularly those who have been excluded or even shunned by the church because of their sexual orientation or gender identification.
http://www.vancouver.integritycanada.org
Gay and Lesbian Educators of British Columbia (GALE BC) The focus of GALE BC is to advocate for change in the educational system which will result in a positive environment for lesbians, gays and bisexuals in education, whether they are students, parents, teachers, or administrators.
http://www.galebc.org/
The declining Mountain Gorilla population saddens me greatly. I give directly to the Dian Fossey foundation because I know the money goes directly into clothing and arming the very trackers who protect them. Check it out all:
http://www.gorillafund.org/
hey thanks epi! I should get involed in some more of this when I move. I'll be looking for a new cause to work on, although I'll likely get involved with the women's shelter up there as well.
sister - it was incredibly slow at work, so I thought it would be productive! ;P
Joel - Thanks. I didn't know you were out in B.C until this week!
Bees - That is a great cause. Gorilla's in the Mist made me ball like a baby.
Coffee - no. I would do the same if it were to hot guys!
Daelyn - Well when you move here you can meet the rest of the bloggers during the next meet/greet. :)
Epi - Nah, I live in Toronto now. At the end of July I'm moving to Owen Sound (see my LJ) :-) So we'll have to have beers before that! Either that or I come down and sleep on someone's couch :D
Owen Sound? My-oh-my! We will have beers soon, yes. Or we will work out the couch factor for ya.
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