Survival Kit {Resources}...

SUPPORT

Legal Aid Ontario
Legal Aid is available to low income individuals and disadvantaged
communities for a variety of legal problems, including criminal matters, family disputes, immigration and refugee hearings and poverty law issues such as landlord/tenant disputes, disability support and
family benefits payments.
www.legalaid.on.ca/


The Lesbian Gay Bi Youth Line
The Lesbian Gay Bi Youth Line is a service provided for youth, by youth that affirms the experiences and aspirations of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, two-spirited and questioning youth in Ontario. We are queer-positive and non-judgmental, and provide confidential peer support through telephone listening, information and referral services, and through complementary outreach. By reflecting our diverse cultures, abilities and experiences and celebrating our potentials, we seek to create an empowering community of queer youth across Ontario.

You can call the Lesbian Gay Bi Youth Line at 1-800-268-YOUTH
(1-800-268-9688) across Ontario,
or (416) 962-YOUTH (962-9688) in the 416/905 local calling area.
http://www.youthline.ca

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Health:

Sherbourne Health Centre
A new kind of health care organization!
As a non-profit community organization, we're determined to provide accessible and effective primary health care to the many faces in
our community in southeast Toronto. We're developing the first comprehensive primary care program for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and transgender.

www.sherbourne.on.ca
416-324-4180

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Social:

Queer Asian Youth (QAY)- Provides social spaces for gay, lesbian,
bisexual, transsexual, transgender, queer, curious, undecided, or questioning East and Southeast Asian youth and their friends.
QAY: Queer Asian Youth, is an initiative of ACAS: Asian Community AIDS Services in Toronto, Canada.

www.acas.org/QAY


WAYV: Welcoming All Youth into the Village
(formerly LGBYT)

WAYV is a social and peer support group for queer youth aged up to and
including 25. The term "queer" here refers to anyone who is gay, bisexual, lesbian, questioning, trans (transsexual, transgendered), two-spirited, or anything else belonging in that category -you are all welcome here!

WAYV runs out of the 519 Church Street Community Centre in Toronto (Ontario, Canada).

http://www.wayvtoronto.org/

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Media

Xtra! - Toronto's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Trans Bi-weekly newspaper.
www.xtra.ca

FAB Magazine - Toronto's Gay Scene Magazine
www.fabmagazine.com


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COMMUNITY

Supporting Our Youth (SOY)
Supporting Our Youth (SOY) is an exciting, dynamic community development project designed to improve the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and transgender youth in Toronto through the active involvement of youth and adult communities. We work to create
healthy arts, culture and recreational spaces for young people; to provide supportive housing and employment opportunities; and to increase youth access to adult mentoring and support.
www.soytoronto.org

Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto
A friendly and inclusive place for those who believe.
http://www.mcctoronto.com

Salaam: Queer Muslim Community
The Queer Muslim Community of Toronto. An organization dedicated to Muslims who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual and/or transgender, as well as those questioning their sexual orientation or gender identity, and their friends.
www.salaamcanada.com


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