Resources

A practical facilitators manual for supporting family members of LGBTQ+ Muslims. The guide begins with a brief discussion on background, intended participants, group objectives, and facilitator considerations. It follows with a review of 8 session topics that include:  Common Questions Family Members Ask When Someone Comes Out Part 1 & 2; Grief, Loss, & Fear; The Community; My Islam; The Acceptance Spectrum; LGBTQ+ People "Back Home"; and Ally Pressures. each session include check-in and check-out questions, exercises, discussion questions, and resources. 

In this presentation, Zakary-Georges Gagné (she/they) will discuss the role that organizations or institutions offering care or support have in the creation of welcoming and intersectional spaces for gender diverse peoples, with  specific attention to French-language spaces. 

This Webinar was presented and recorded on February 28, 2023.

These are centralized locations for aromantic resources. 

It s a collection of materials to use, as well as both informative and interactive online resources on the topic of aromanticism.

The interactive resources put together are checked for inclusion of aromantic people. 

This webinar is part of a series of knowledge exchange events organized as part of the activities of Allies in Refugees Integration (ARI) program of OCASI. It focuses on discussing the intersectional global and Canadian contexts of LGBTQIA+ and the gaps in service provision and ways to improve the support provided to LGBTQIA+ refugees. Guest speakers include: 

Martha Singh Jennings, Director of Housing, Advocacy and Support Services, The 519

Paige Mac Lean, Program Officer, Complimentary Pathways, Rainbow Railroad

Bill Croson , Private Sponsor of LGBTQIA+ refugees

This infographic shares three concrete actions that service providers can take to support Rainbow Seniors who are part of the 2SLGBTQI+ community.

In the Arab world particularly, knowledge and medicolegal frameworks about
intersexuality seem inexistent with no publications to date on the matter. Therefore, this
study aims to highlight certain experiences of intersex individuals in this region as well
as physicians’ practices. Hence, the authors suggest this first-of-its-kind study as a first
step to fill the enormous gap on the practices performed on intersex individuals in this
region.

This article, by scholar Alfred Chabbour, Rim Chehab andElie Charro, seeks to explore gaps in service provision.