Support Near You
This referral database is for in-person and/or location-based services, organizations, and collectives, for 2SLGBTQ+ youth in Ontario.
Find a Support Service Near You
Where are you located?
What kind of service are you looking for?
LGBT National Help Center
Providing free and confidential peer support through online chat and phone hotlines for both the US and Canada
LGBT National Hotline: 888-843-4564
LGBT National Youth Talkline: 800-246-7743 (Youth up to 25 years old)
LGBT Online One-to-one peer support chat (all ages): www.LGBThotline.org/chat
Moderated youth chatrooms (tues-fridays): www.LGBThotline.org/youthchatrooms
Contact
2261 Market Street, #296, San Francisco
LGBT YouthLine
LGBT YouthLine offers confidential and non-judgemental peer support through our text and chat services. Get in touch with a peer support volunteer from Sunday to Friday, 4:00PM to 9:30 PM.
Contact
ON
LGBTOUT, University of Toronto
LGBTOUT (Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, and Trans People of the University of Toronto) is an organization of student volunteers dedicated to providing resources, peer support, and programming for LGBTQ2SA students at the University of Toronto.
Contact
73 St. George Street, Toronto, ON
LGBTQ+ Newcomers Program, Access Alliance
A free, weekly drop in settlement workshop, Thursdays from 4:30-7pm for newcomers, refugees and immigrants who identify as part of the LGBTQIA spectrum. Dinner included!
Through this program, you can also get access to 1 on 1 settlement support, counselling, and primary health care at Access Alliance.
Contact
3079 Danforth Avenue, Toronto, ON
LGBTQ+ Support Groups, Moyo Health & Community Services
We have an array of services from STBBI health interventions to mental health support groups (Queer Minds) as well as one to one support offered (Chai n Chat), check out https://www.rainbowsalad.ca/events/ for more information on services available.
Contact
601-7700, Brampton, ON
Maggie’s Toronto Sex Workers Action Project
We offer non-judgmental peer support services and programming. All of our programs are for people working in the sex industry.
We provide monthly workshops on sexual health + education, distribute harm reduction materials and work with community organizations + service providers to better meet the needs of sex workers.
For informal counselling, referrals, and harm reduction supplies office hours Monday – Friday 10am-5pm
Weekly drop-in: Wednesday 2pm-5pm
Indigenous drop-in: 1-3rd Fridays 3pm-5pm (Indigenous only participants)
Trans/Non-binary group: 2nd Tuesday of the month 3pm-4pm
Men’s sex worker drop-in: 2nd Tuesday of the month 6pm-8pm
Contact
526 Richmond Street East, Toronto, ON
Maltby Centre LGBTQ+ Services
Maltby provides community-based mental health and autism services to children and youth in Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington (KFL&A).
We provide counselling and resource support for kids, youth and families around any issue and we have dedicated supports for LGBTQ+ folks, including individual or family counselling.
Services available:
*walk in locations
*virtual and phone sessions
*counselling and therapy
*intensive services
*parent education and capacity building
*translation services for languages other than English or French
Youth 12 and up can access services without guardian consent.
Contact
31 Hyperion Court, Kingston, ON
MAX Ottawa
THIS IS A GENDERED SPACE
MAX offers individual, group, and community support and education services by and for guys into guys in the Ottawa region. Mental, physical, sexual, community health + harm reduction services and programs.
Contact
400 rue, Cooper St Suite 9004,, Ottawa, ON
Men4Men, The AIDS Network
THIS IS A GENDERED SPACE
Men4Men aims to enhance the lives of gay, bisexual, queer and other men who have sex with men by reinforcing self-esteem and personal empowerment through sexual health education and resources. Beginning in 2010, we have provided a number of services in Hamilton, Halton, Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk. Through the delivery of tailored and targeted health promotion we hope to engage the community in person and online in spaces that hold meaning for us as a community. We continue to expand throughout our region. Volunteers are always welcome. Some of our services include:
Men4Men Clinic
The Men4Men Clinic is a partnership with Hamilton Public Health Services that provides free sexual health services to Hamiltons diverse communities of gay, bisexual, queer and other men who have sex with men, whether they are cis or trans. We run a monthly full-service sexual health clinic at The AIDS Network on the second Tuesday of every month from 5:00pm-8:00pm, and provide rapid anonymous HIV testing in various outreach venues such as bathhouses, bars, campgrounds and special events.
Contact
140 King St. E. Suite 101 (lower level), Toronto, ON
Mind Matters: Anxiety, WOCRC
THIS SERVICE IS NON QUEER, TRANS, AND LGBTQ SPECIFIC
Mind Matters is a safe space for youth aged 12-17 experiencing anxiety. In this 8 week group participants will learn about anxiety and how their brain and body works. They will explore the connection between their thoughts, feelings and actions, and develop skills to cope with their anxiety.
Contact
170 Castlefrank Rd, Ottawa, ON