Trans
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This directory is designed to help you find resources on Trans in Windsor-Essex. These listings were compiled by submissions from the community along with organizations that have supported the LGBTQ2S+ community in Windsor-Essex. If you feel there is an organization or business that should be listed, please submit the information on our submission form.
Resource Links
Canadian Trans and Non-Binary Youth Health (Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre)
Transgender Facts (GLAAD)
Transition Related Survey (Rainbow Health Ontario)
Local Resource connections
AFFIRM! SUPPORTIVE PARENTS & FAMILY
Trans Wellness Ontario
1435 Tecumseh Road East
Windsor, Ontario, N8W 1C2
Phone: 226-674-4745
Parents and family of trans and queer individuals have many of their own challenges to navigate – this Peer Support Group creates a space for parents and families to connect with one another, to learn from each other, and provide support within the group setting for each individual journey. We are here to support and uplift one another as we meet challenges, celebrate joys, and learn new affirming language.
EXPRESS YOURSELF
Trans Wellness Ontario
1435 Tecumseh Road East
Windsor, Ontario, N8W 1C2
Phone: 226-674-4745
Express Yourself is a social drop-in space for queer and trans people (ages 13+) to learn about empowerment and resilience through mindfulness, therapeutic exercise, conversation circles, poetry, crafts, worksheets, art therapy, and more!
LGBT YOUTHLINE
Phone: 1-800-268-9688
The Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Youth Line exists to provide service for youth, by youth that affirms the experiences and aspirations of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, 2-spirited, queer and questioning youth in Ontario. Working within an anti-oppression and anti-racist framework, we provide leadership opportunities, outreach, confidential peer support and referrals by telephone, texting and online. Get in touch with a peer support volunteer from Sunday to Friday, 4:00PM to 9:30 PM.
OK2BME COUNSELLING
Family Services Windsor-Essex
1770 Langlois Avenue
Windsor, Ontario, N8X 4M5
Phone: 1-888-933-1831
Free counselling to youth ages 12 -29 who identify as 2SLGBTQIA+. Sessions are available in-person, by phone, and secure online video. Counselling can help anyone struggling with depression, anxiety, relationships, addictions, sexuality, their gender identity, gender expression and overall wellness. Family Services Windsor-Essex is proud to offer a safer space for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community to meet their mental health needs.
TRANS FORMATION
Trans Wellness Ontario
1435 Tecumseh Road East
Windsor, Ontario, N8W 1C2
Phone: 226-674-4745
An education-based group to support transgender individuals who are interested in exploring options for transition. This group is for anyone who is part of the trans community (including transfeminine, transmasculine, genderqueer, nonbinary, agender, bigender, two-spirit, gender fluid, gender flux, gender questioning folks), and is for anyone who is 13+.
TRANS LIFELINE
1-877-330-6366
Trans Lifeline is a grassroots hotline non-profit organization offering direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community
TRANS WELLNESS ONTARIO
1435 Tecumseh Road East
Windsor, ON N8W 1C2
Phone: 226-674-4745
The mission of Trans Wellness Ontario is to enhance and sustain the health and wellness of Transgender, Genderqueer, Two-Spirit, Non-Binary, Queer and Questioning communities and their families.
WINDSOR-ESSEX PRIDE FEST
2109 Ottawa Street, Unit #216
Windsor, Ontario, N8Y 1R8
Phone: 226-348-3378
Windsor-Essex Pride Fest strives to strengthen the sense of community and contribute to the vibrancy, health and overall well-being of LGBTQ2S+ persons in WindsorEssex. Raising awareness of ongoing issues facing the LGBTQ2S+ community including youth suicide, discrimination & bullying. Windsor-Essex Pride Fest as an organization is more than just a festival, it empowers individuals to reach out to each other and facilitates opportunities for connection and belonging through age-specific activities or initiatives, peer-facilitated groups and special events and will address social isolation and create a social environment that is more accommodating, resilient and connected to the broader LGBTQ2S+ community in Windsor-Essex.
WINDSOR PRIDE COMMUNITY
1770 Langlois Avenue
Windsor, Ontario, N8X 4M5
Phone: 519-946-4740
We support our committees who, among other things: work to create educational opportunities for the community, including diversity training; work with the local school boards and the Gay-Straight Alliances in schools; work with and support other community organizations, and; host seniors’ programs & activities.
