Their mission is to make Nova Scotia a safer, healthier, and happier place for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth through support, education, resource expansion & community development.
Locations in Halifax, Cape Breton, and the Annapolis Valley.
The Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project (NSRAP) seeks equity, justice, and human rights for 2SLGBTQIA+ people in Nova Scotia.
Pflag Canada is a national charitable organization, founded by parents who wished to help themselves and their family members understand and accept their LGBTQ2S children.
AlterHéros’ mission is to foster the development of individuals in relation to their sexual orientation, gender identity, and sexuality.
Their goal is to improve the lives of LGBTQI2S people in Canada and to enhance the global response to LGBTQI2S issues
1-833-292-3698 - Good2Talk Nova Scotia is a free, professional and confidential support for students in Nova Scotia. Call them for help on any topic.
Kids Help Phone is Canada’s only 24/7, national support service. We offer professional counselling, information and referrals and volunteer-led, text-based support to young people in both English and French. Completely confidential.
This toolkit breaks down the key tips in the feature story “Being There for Nonbinary Youth” (linked in toolkit) and provides links to the online resources for supporting transgender students.
National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH) paper which introduces the historical, contemporary and emergent issues related to Two-Spirit health.
A team of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, Two-Spirit, and queer researchers who focus on understanding how LGBTQ2S+ people experience physical and emotional (mental) health, and how they access health services.
An online guide highlighting LGBTQ+ health resources has been created through a partnership between Dalhousie Libraries, Nova Scotia Health Authority Library Services, and Halifax Public Libraries.
The AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia strives to create an environment in which people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS feel empowered and supported. Our aim is to end stigma and discrimination, and reduce new cases of HIV.
Kids Help Phone is Canada’s only 24/7, national support service. We offer professional counselling, information and referrals and volunteer-led, text-based support to young people in both English and French. Completely confidential.
1-833-292-3698 - Good2Talk Nova Scotia is a free, professional and confidential support for students in Nova Scotia. Call them for help on any topic.
The Institute of Gender and Health (IGH)'s mission is to foster research excellence regarding the influence of sex and gender on health and to apply these findings to identify and address pressing health challenges facing men, women, girls, boys and gender-diverse people.
InterACT uses innovative legal and other strategies, to advocate for the human rights of children born with intersex traits.
The United States' leading organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25.
prideHealth | Nova Scotia Health
prideHealth supports Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex and asexual (2SLGBTQIA+) people by improving their access to safe, coordinated, comprehensive and culturally appropriate primary health care. We support individuals, families and NSH/IWK staff to promote health equity and affirming care. prideHealth is a partnership between Nova Scotia Health and IWK Health.
Nova Scotia’s Sexual, Gender, and Reproductive Health Registry & Warmline
The goal of Egale is to improve the lives of LGBTQI2S people in Canada and to enhance the global response to LGBTQI2S issues
When asked about the history of pride, often the first thing that comes to people's minds are the Stonewall Riots. Canada, however, has its own rich history and turning points in the struggle for and eventual celebration of LGBT rights.