Appendix III

LGBTQ Support Resources

CANADA

Trans Lifeline | 1-877-330-6366

Trans Lifeline is a national trans-led organization dedicated to improving the quality of trans lives by responding to the critical needs of the community with direct service, material support, advocacy, and education. The purpose of Trans Lifeline is to fight the epidemic of trans suicide and improve overall life-outcomes of trans people by facilitating justice-oriented, collective community aid. 

LGBT Youth Line | 1-800-268-9688 / Text 1-647-694-4275

The LGBT Youth Line is a toll-free Ontario-wide peer-support phone line for lesbian, gay bisexual, transgender, transsexual, two-spirited, queer, and questioning young people.

Kids Help Phone

1-800-668-6868 / Text CONNECT to 686868

Kids Help Phone is Canada’s only 24/7, national support service, offering professional counselling, information and referrals, and volunteer-led, text-based support to young people in both English and French.

Interligne (French and English service) | 1-888-505-1010

Interligne est un centre de première ligne en matière d’aide et de renseignements à l’intention des personnes concernées par la diversité sexuelle et la pluralité des genres.

Canadian Parents of Trans Kids

parentsoftranskids@gmail.com

Canadian Parents of Trans Kids is a support group for parents of gender diverse children, youth, and adults. Parents canadiens d’enfants trans est un groupe d’entraide pour les parents/les gardiens d’enfants, de jeunes, et d’adultes de divers genres.

PFLAG Canada | 1-888-530-6777

PFLAG Canada is a national charitable organization, founded by parents who wished to help themselves and their family members understand and accept their LGBTQ+ children.

UNITED STATES

Trans Lifeline | 1-877-565-8860

Trans Lifeline is a national trans-led organization dedicated to improving the quality of trans lives by responding to the critical needs of the community with direct service, material support, advocacy, and education. The purpose of Trans Lifeline is to fight the epidemic of trans suicide and improve overall life-outcomes of trans people by facilitating justice-oriented, collective community aid. 

Trevor Project | 1-866-488-7386 / Text START to 678678

Founded in 1998 by the creators of the Academy Award–winning short film Trevor, The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 13–24.

PFLAG National | 1-202-467-8180

Uniting people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) with families, friends, and allies, PFLAG is committed to advancing equality through its mission of support, education, and advocacy.