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Resources for Parents

*More Community Resources are available at the bottom of this page*
Click here for support in several Asian languages:

PFLAG San Gabriel Valley (US) Asian Chapter - Support from other Pflag parents in Asian languages

The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA)
Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre (SARAVYC)


Facts and Myths about Anti-Homophobia Education
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What are educators required to teach about sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom? These pamphlets explain:
Chinese Version
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English Version
File Size: 139 kb
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Questions and Answers for Parents and Family Members of Gay and Lesbian Youth
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Informative booklet covering most common issues for families of gay youth. Published by Vancouver School Board.   
Chinese | English
File Size: 879 kb
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English | Korean | Japanese
File Size: 404 kb
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Making Schools Safer for Everyone
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A Handout from Vancouver School Board about bullying and discrimination in schools. Covers homophobia and racism. Available in multiple languages:
Chinese
File Size: 97 kb
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French
File Size: 16 kb
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Vietnamese
File Size: 46 kb
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English
File Size: 15 kb
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Korean
File Size: 67 kb
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Filipino
File Size: 16 kb
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Punjabi
File Size: 29 kb
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SOGI 123:  Tools and resources for LGBTQ-inclusive education

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The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals, by Stephanie Brill (Cleis Press).
 
This comprehensive first-of-its-kind guidebook explores the unique challenges that thousands of families face every day raising their transgender or gender variant children. Through extensive research and interviews, as well as years of experience working in the field, the authors cover gender variance from birth through college.
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The Transgender Teen: A Handbook for Parents and Professionals Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary Teems, by Stephanie Brill & Lisa Kenny

What do you do when your son announces he is transgender and asks that you call her by a new name? Or what if your child uses a term you've never heard of to describe themselves (neutrois, agender, non-binary, genderqueer, androgyne… ) and when you didn't know what they meant, they left the room and now won't speak to you about it? Perhaps your daughter recently asked you not to use gendered pronouns when referring to 'her' anymore, preferring that you use 'they'; you're left wondering if this is just a phase, or if there's something more that you need to understand about your child.

There is a generational divide in our understandings of gender. This comprehensive guidebook helps to bridge that divide by exploring the unique challenges that thousands of families face every day raising a teenager who may be transgender, non-binary, gender-fluid or otherwise gender-expansive. Combining years of experience working in the field with extensive research and personal interviews, the authors cover pressing concerns relating to physical and emotional development, social and school pressures, medical considerations, and family communications. Learn how parents can more deeply understand their children, and raise their non-binary or transgender adolescent with love and compassion.

Community Resources

QMUNITY – QMUNITY improves queer and trans lives through services, connection and leadership. The QMUNITY building provides a safe space for LGBTQQ2S  (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, questioning and two-spirit) people and their allies to fully self-express while feeling welcome and included. It serves as a catalyzer for community initiatives and collective strength. It’s not only a physical space but also a space created by the coming together of LGBTQ individuals searching for community.
  • We offer: information and referrals; diversity training and consulting services; all ages events and drop-in programming; counselling and social support groups; volunteer and practicum opportunities;  community meeting space.
  • Also home to the Bute Street Clinic (run by BCCDC), which offers free and anonymous STI/HIV testing for the LGBTQQS community; Staffed opening hours 10am to 6pm Monday to Friday, after hours bookings upon request.

(604) 684-5307

BC's Queer Resource Centre
1170 Bute Street
Vancouver BC V6E 1Z6
 
Email: resource@qmunity.ca
Website: www.qmunity.ca

QMUNITY Youth Group
  • Our Youth Program provides a safe place for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, two-spirit, intersex, queer, and questioning youth 14 to 25 years of age to hang out, find resources, share experiences, develop leadership skills, and get support.
  • We offer: weekly drop-ins, Bra, Binder, and Breast Forms Exchange (if available), Information and Referrals for LGBTQ/2S and Allied Youth, youth leadership and training program, special events
Email: youth@qmunity.ca

Sher Vancouver - 
Sher Vancouver LGBTQ Friends Society is an incorporated non-profit society in BC.
Sher Vancouver provides support services for LGBTQ+ South Asians and their friends, families, and allies.
Sher provides counselling, information, referral, peer support, volunteer opportunities, and outreach presentations in the community to combat bullying, racism, and other forms of discrimination.  For more information visit their website at http://www.shervancouver.com.

Pride Education Network advocates for an inclusive, respectful environment for all students, staff and families, regardless of their actual or perceived sexual orientation and/or gender identity, within all B.C. educational institutions, through the development of concrete supports, policies, resources and actions.   info@pridenet.ca 

Trans Care BC – 
Trans Care BC is a BC-wide information service and resource hub. We work to make sure people have the information they need to access gender affirming health care and supports.

Gender Diversity Support - We provide support for parents and youth through drop-in groups and individual counselling. See website link for group information.

MyDavieVillage.com – The purpose of this website is to provide a resource base for Vancouver’s gay community and LGBTQ visitors to Vancouver; to provide a central point for queer / gay people in our community to easily find links to the information they need to create their own social and support networks through sport, art or any other nonpolitical LGBTQ community based group; to provide a central point for our not for profit grassroots community and social organizations where they can be easily found by Vancouver’s Gay LGBTQ community.

Generation Out – 
Gen-Out is a free, confidential and voluntary support group for youth aged 13-18 who are exploring gender and sexuality. Their allies are also welcome to attend.​

DIVERSEcity – At DIVERSEcity Community Resources Society, we empower newcomers and other diverse communities to build the life they want in Canada. Our free, multilingual programs and services in language, settlement, employment and counselling provide them with a foundation of information, skills and connections to achieve their goals.

Phare – We are a building a platform to redesign the way people access mental health services.  We match clients and counsellors.  We allow trust and generosity to increase accessibility and sustainability.  Counselling was made to help, but the current system of accessing that help was not made fair.  Cost, confusion, and long waitlists for those most in need are all too common.  We believe that, together, we can change this.  Reaching out for help should not come with its own hardships.

Rhodes Counselling Centre – A multidisciplinary centre offering services from student counsellors from Rhodes Wellness College.  We currently have over 80 student counsellors offering nutritional counselling, CBT, Somatics, Narrative and many more modalities. We match counsellors on a client-centred basis to ensure it's the right fit.

Mountain View Counselling - Tricia McGarrah (she/her) is a person-centered, strengths-based, trauma-informed Registered Clinical Counsellor.  She works primarily with LGBTQIA2S+ adults (18+) who are working through life, faith, and identity transitions.

Four Feathers Society – Four Feathers Society is a non-profit that serves Indigenous 2SLGBTQQIA+ people through workshops, Talking Circles, and events.  Our focus is on well-being and cultural practices.

Gender Spectrum – Gender Spectrum hosts free online groups for pre-teens, teens, parents, caregivers, and other family members and adults. These groups provide you with the opportunity to connect with others, share experiences, and feel the comfort of a supportive community. ​

Looking Glass – At Looking Glass Foundation™, they support individuals affected by eating disorders and disordered eating.  Through innovative and accessible programs and services, they provide community members with the support they need, no matter where they are on their recovery journey.
Pflag Vancouver acknowledges that our work spans many Territories and Treaty areas and that our meetings are held on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We are grateful for the traditional Knowledge Keepers and Elders who are with us today, to those who have gone before us, and for the youth that inspire us. We recognize the land as an act of Reconciliation, as recommended by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) 94 Calls to Action, and of gratitude to those whose territory we reside on, work on or are visiting.
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We are grateful to The Flag Shop for their ongoing support of Pflag in the Metro Vancouver region, and we encourage you to visit them