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5 on 5: 2SLGBTQIA+ Health

Happy Pride month!

In celebration of Pride MHIKNET has 5 places where you can find resources in support of 2SLGBTQIA+ health.

1. College of Family Physicians of Canada. CFPC Pride

"The CFPC recognizes the importance of offering sensitive, gender-affirming care to people in 2SLGBTQ+ communities. Many people from these communities face significant barriers when accessing primary care.

More than one million people in Canada identify as 2SLGBTQ+. It’s likely every family physician cares for one or more 2SLGBTQ+ patients in their practice. It’s important for family doctors to have easy access to appropriate resources to address the unique health needs of people in these communities."

2. Two-Spirited People of Manitoba Inc

"Our organization began in 1986 in Winnipeg, when a group of concerned community members came together to support each other and plan community events for our 2Spirit relatives. 

After many years of small-scale community support, we became a non-profit organization in September 2007.  Two-Spirited People of Manitoba is a community-based organization that focusses on helping 2Spirit & Indigenous LGBTQQIA+ holistically improve their circumstances. We currently do this by providing awareness workshops, advocating to prevent homo/trans phobia and other forms of discrimination, hosting community events, as well as collaborating and partnering with other organizations and initiatives to enhance their services."

3. National Resource Centre on 2SLGBTQI Aging

"The National Resource Centre on 2SLGBTQI Aging is a resource centre focused on the lived experiences of 2SLGBTQI older adults and aging issues in Canada. The site is a storehouse of information, research and resources for 2SLGBTQI older adults, their communities, and for those who provide social service and care to these groups.  

The information here is a compilation and distilling of cutting-edge research and resources, which spotlight current issues facing 2SLGBTQI older adults and their communities, thus creating opportunities for collaboration, consultation and engagement on these topics.  

The NRCA is a collaboration between Egale Canada and the National Institute on Ageing."

4. The ArQuives

"The ArQuives was established to aid in the recovery and preservation of our histories. Its mandate is to: Acquire, preserve, organize, and give public access to information and materials in any medium, by and about LGBTQ2+ people, primarily produced in or concerning Canada; and Maintain a research library, international research files, and an international collection of queer and trans periodicals.

The ArQuives is the largest independent LGBTQ2+ Archives in the world and since 1973 the only LGBTQ2+ archives in Canada with a national scope, read further about our history and mission."

5. A list of systematic reviews indexed in PubMed on 2SLGBTQIA+