Resources
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Queen's
- Queer Questions & Answers and Terminology
- A recommended read for anyone who is queer or queer-positive!
- Queen's Human Rights Office
- OutWrite: A Queer Review
- Publication that gives queer members of the university community a creative outlet
- Queen's Grad Queer Club (QGQC)
- Lots of fun and friendly queer people, and loads of great ideas and energy for the coming year!
- Certificate in Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies
- Offered through the Department of Women's Studies
- OPIRG Kingston
- Ontario Public Interest Research Group
- Located in the Grey House (51 Queen's Crescent)
- SHRC: Sexual Health Resource Centre
- Sells safer sex products, sex toys, lubricants, and contraceptive devices to the Queen's community at cost
- Staffed by "sexperts" who can answer your safer sex questions
- Located in the John Deutsch University Centre (JDUC) room 223
Kingston
- Queer-Positive Places in Kingston
- EQuIP-maintained listing of queer-positive places to hang out in the Kingston area
- Out In Kingston
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Event Information for Kingston, Ontario
- Kingston Queer Forum
- An anonymous e-mail listserv to provide discussions and information about queer issues and events in the Kingston community
- To subscribe, follow the instructions on the page linked above.
- ReelOut
- Kingston's annual queer film and video festival
- TALK (Telephone Aid Line Kingston)
- Distress, crisis, befriending and information phone line serving all members of the Kingston community
- Phone: (613) 544-1771 (7 days/week, 7pm-3am)
- Womyn Kingston
- Extensive listing of women's services in and around Kingston, also includes queer-positive places in Kingston, resources, and a calendar of events
- Coming Out, Living
After (COLA) Discussion Group
- For queer or uncertain people of all ages. Different topic each week as well as general discussion. Everyone welcome, privacy is respected.
- Wednesdays, 7:30 - 9:30 pm, Ban Righ Centre (32 Queen's Crescent)
- Queer Students On Campus (QSOC) at St. Lawrence College
- A support group run at St. Lawrence College every Wednesday at 7pm in the SA office in room 22010. Provides support for any gay, lesbian, bisexual, trasgendered, transsexual, two-spirited, questioning and queer-positive people.
- Contact by phone at 544-5400 ext 1328 or by email: slcqsoc@yahoo.ca
Canada
- EGALE Canada
- Founded in 1986 to advance equality for Canadian lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people and their families across Canada
- Equal Marriage for Same-Sex Couples
- Advocacy site supporting same-sex marriage in Canada
- PFLAG Canada
- Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
- Information on local chapters and various resources
- Ontario Human Rights Commission
- Information on the Ontario human rights code and how to deal with discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender diversity
- Lesbian Gay Bi Youth Line
- Provides confidential peer support through telephone listening, information and referral services, and through complementary outreach
- Phone toll free (in Ontario): 1-800-268-YOUTH (Sun-Fri, 4-9:30pm)
General
- Mogenic
- World's biggest gay + lesbian teen youth chat, personals and community providing a safe space for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and teenage youth
- Coming Out
To Your Parents
- Coming out isn't for everyone, but if you think you're ready, this is an excellent brochure to read
- OutProud.org
- Resources for Queer and Questioning Youth