Peer support directory

SAFER is a 6-week program designed to support relationship and connection between parents/caregivers and their trans youth. This free program begins each week with a family dinner followed by separate break-out spaces for parents/caregivers and trans youth. Parents/caregivers will learn about attachment-centred approaches to supporting and affirming trans youth while honouring questions, concerns, and fears that may be arising. Trans youth will participate in active and arts-based activities geard towards building connections with one another and discussing gender-related topics. This program is facilitated by trans and non-binary adults who have experience working with trans children and families, and a cisgender parent of a trans young adult.

Kristin Trotter (she/her) is a Registered Clinical Counsellor who specializes in gender, sexuality, and sexual health. Catherine Trueman (she/her) is a Parent Advocate and proud parent of a transgender son. Together they founded Sea 2 Sky Allies in 2019. Sea 2 Sky Allies aims to provide support, education, and resources, as well as build community among parents, caregivers, and allies of 2SLGBTQ+ individuals and families.

Mental health support, transition support, and social/support groups.

Founded in 2008, Sher Vancouver is western Canada's only South Asian Queer Charity and Non-Profit. Sher Vancouver provides services and programming aimed towards, but not limited to, South Asian Queer individuals, allies, and families. Sher Vancouver's services include: peer support groups, free/low counselling, outreach events in community, referrals to partner organizations, and much more. Sher Vancouver hosts various booths at pride events, talks and discussions at local schools, and provides remote support to the community through the valued and responsive team all over Metro Vancouver.

A peer-led group for gender diverse people to connect, share, network, and gather resource information.

We run an assortment of monthly events that are posted on our Facebook, including our monthly board game that we hold on the last Friday of every month.

A group of racialized 2SLGBTQI+ community members who gather for monthly meals, workshops, and other events both online and in-person. We are a group that primarily gathers online, which means people connect from many territories, but are mainly based on the Lekwungen Homelands. People in our collective have a wide range of relationships to the land, including local Indigenous peoples with deep ancestral connections and newcomers who have recently arrived as immigrants or refugees. We honour and uphold Indigenous sovereignty here and around the world with immense gratitude for the land stewards and protectors.

Bi-weekly peer led working group.

The Q+ Crew is a peer support program for LGBTQ+ Immigrants, Refugees, and Racialized Canadians. We build belonging, connection, and support through activities, food, fun, and sharing information. We focus on developing skills for resilient mental health and navigating settlement journeys. Particpants also have access to free counselling sessions through Marigold Counselling.

We provide free, confidential and voluntary support sessions for transgender youth aged 13 to 25 years and their parents. Separate sessions for parents and youth take place at the same location (different rooms) at the same time. Our aim is to provide youth and their family members with safe, supportive and open environments so they can receive much-needed emotional and practical support as they navigate this life transition.

Trans + Loved Ones  provides a space where people who have a loved one in their life who is transitioning or trans, gender diverse, etc. indentified can meet and discuss the complexities and emotions involved with supporting their loved one in their transition journey. This is a safe space for both trans-identified folks and their loved ones (partners, parents, family, close friends, etc.) to share and speak about their experiences, and navigate their feelings while offering support to each other.

Note: This group is facilitated by peers, not trained counsellors or mental health professionals.

This group is intended for folks who are 18+ and currently living in B.C., but exceptions can be made if one "party" in the relationship is living elsewhere.

Weekly social and meal program held in-person for trans, Two-Spirit, non-binary, and gender-diserve persons who have experience in sex work.