LGBTQ2S+ Groups & Organizations
LGBTQ2S+ Groups & Organizations
This directory is designed to help you find resources on LGBTQ2S+ Groups & Organizations 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.
Local Resource connections
CAMPUS PRIDE CENTRE
University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue
Windsor, Ontario, N9B 3P4
Phone: 519-253-3000 Ext.4093
The Campus Pride Centre provides a positive environment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Questioning, Two-Spirited, Intersex, Pansexual and Asexual individuals and their allies on the University of Windsor campus. The Campus Pride Centre holds a variety of events during the year. There are also events for National and International celebrations of queer identities such as: National Coming out Day, Transgender Day of Remembrance, International Women’s Day, World AIDS Day, and more.
INSIDE OUT YOUTH GROUP
33 Princess Street, Suite 450
Leamington, Ontario, N8H 5C5
Phone: 519-973-0222
An LGBTQ+ Youth group for youth 11-25. Every week looks different than the last. From board games, discussions, “field trips”, movie nights and arts and crafts. This group is located in Leamington.
EGALE CANADA
To improve the lives of 2SLGBTQI people in Canada and to enhance the global response to 2SLGBTQI issues. Egale will achieve this by informing public policy, inspiring cultural change, and promoting human rights and inclusion through research, education, awareness and legal advocacy.
EMBRACE YOUTH GROUP
320 Richmond Street, Unit #400
Amherstburg, Ontario, N9V 1H4
Phone: 519-736-6811
The House Youth Centre invites you to join us for Embrace at the House Youth Centre. This peer facilitated program is for individuals 14-21 years old and offers a positive space for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer and marginalized youth and their allies. Embrace will foster a supportive community through unique discussions and creative activities, to help develop relationships and resilience.
FIVE FOURTEEN
3640 Wells Street
Windsor, Ontario, N9C 1T9
Phone: 844-514-0514
Five/Fourteen is the only foster agency dedicated solely to providing services and support to lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, queer, two-spirit, and otherwise gender-independent children and youth in foster care.
METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH
1728 Lincoln Road
Windsor, Ontario, N8W 2S2
Phone: 519-977-6897
OK2BME COUNSELLING
Family Services Windsor-Essex
1770 Langlois Avenue
Windsor, Ontario,
Phone: 1-888-933-1831
POZITIVE PATHWAYS
511 Pelissier Street
Windsor, Ontario, N9A 4L2
Phone: 519-973-0222
Our roots and core are the base of our existence. We acknowledge our deep history in the community and to the collective AIDS movement. Our mission and vision are grounded in the values developed by all of those we’ve lost, those who have experienced stigma and discrimination, our long-time survivors, activists and allies. This is the basis for the many branches of people we serve today and provides the strength that drives our work into the future. They host a Gay Men’s Sexual Health Program and also some LGBTQ Youth Groups.
QCONNECT PLUS
Windsor-Essex Pride Fest
2109 Ottawa Street, Unit #216
Windsor, Ontario, N8Y 1R8
Phone: 226-348-3378
QCONNECT PLUS is an LGBTQ2S+ weekly program for the 50+ community in Windsor-Essex providing opportunities for meaningful social and recreational connections. QCCONNECT PLUS will take place in inclusive, interactive and accessible spaces and will include recreational activities, discussions and workshops as well as meaningful volunteer opportunities.
QLINK WINDSOR-ESSEX
Windsor-Essex Pride Fest
2109 Ottawa Street, Unit #216
Windsor, Ontario, N8Y 1R8
Phone: 226-348-3378
QLINK YOUTH DROP IN
2109 Ottawa Street, Unit #216
Windsor, Ontario, N8Y 1R8
Phone: 226-348-3378
Qlink Windsor-Essex invites you to join us for the online QConnect LGBTQ2S+ Youth Drop In.This peer facilitated online program is for individuals 12-29 years of age and offers a positive space for LGBTQ2S+ youth and their allies in an online format. This group offers a space to hang out, meet new people and make connections while fostering inclusion, community belonging, positive relationships and respect for all LGTBQ2S+ people. Groups are on Mondays and Wednesdays weekly.
RUN FOR ROCKY
1280 Woodmont Crescent
LaSalle, Ontario, N9J 3H9
Phone: 519-978-0856
The fundraising efforts through these events have established a Legacy Fund that helps to support Gay Straight Alliances in local high schools and post-secondary schools in Windsor-Essex County. This financial support includes GSA grants, GSA scholarships, funds students and educators to go to GSA educational conferences, supplies educational resources that help support parents and educators and accommodates Diversity Training for educators.
TRANS WELLNESS ONTARIO
1435 Tecumseh Road East
Windsor, Ontario, 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
WINDSOR YOUTH CENTRE GSA
1247 Wyandotte Street East
Windsor, Ontario, N9A 3K6
Phone: 226-674-0006
The Windsor Youth Centre (WYC) is a surrogate living room to over one hundred and fifty youth. Where else is there to go? The youth always answer, “Nowhere.” When it opened in October 2011, the WYC was the only drop-in centre for homeless and at-risk youth in Windsor-Essex . It still is.