Peer support directory

The Foundry 2SLGBTQIA+ group offers 2SLGBTQIA+ and questioning youth a place to connect with others who share some parts of their identity in a safe and supportive environment. They do a wide variety of activities from cooking and baking, to making arts and crafts, watching films, discussing issues, and learning more about sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression.

There are two groups, one for youth ages 16 - 24, and one for youth ages 12 - 15. They also offer a program by appointment that provides gender-affirming gear, such as chest binders and breast forms. 

Taking a spin on the idea of a traditional “Girl’s Group” and/or “Boys Group”, All Genders is a weekly youth group for gender diverse youth and their allies to come and learn about various topics in a safe and inclusive space. 

Each Tuesday, participants will meet up and engage in activities and discussions on a wide range of topics, via a 2SLGBTQ+ lens. Throughout the year, the group will also work on 2SLGBTQ+ projects in and around the CNH neighbourhood.

The Chilliwack Gender Support Network is comprised of transgender individuals, parents of LGBTQ2IA children, partners and family of trans individuals, and various service providers in the medical and mental health field.

This group is a free-to-join Discord Trans Support Group. Restricted for Assigned Male at Birth.

ASK Wellness Society provides a range of outreach support services designed to assist members of our community who are facing homelessness, mental health, substance misuse, or a combination of these factors.

If you or a loved one are coming out, transitioning, questioning your sexual orientation or gender identity, need moral and emotional support, need help finding health and community resources, or have any other sexuality, gender, or sexual-health related questions, then consider accessing these services.

Also available: the Sexual Health hotline! For confidential information or assistance Monday to Friday 8:30a.m. — 4:30p.m.

A welcoming and collaborative space to connect and discuss being authentically "Other". This group is for Two-Spirit, non-binary, genderfluid, genderqueer, gender non-conforming, third gender, agender, and questioning folks - and the allies who love them.

Discussion topics are crowd-sourced and the facillitatorss are arriving in this space as queer, non-binary, trained counsellors with trauma-informed, anti-oppressive lenses. Possible topics may include coming into your authentic identity/identities, relationships, families, pronouns, work, the bureaucracy of gender, self-expression, euphoria, and funding community.

They are happy to include caregivers and support folks with prior approval - please email the facilitators.

Monthly two hour online support group (via Zoom) for trans women, and non-binary people who have previously had bottom surgery (vulvo or vaginoplasty), or those who have a scheduled surgery date. This group has been created for members to share information and offer support and resources.

You must be living in BC and be a trans woman, non-binary or feminine identified person to be approved for this group.

Monthly two-hour online support group (via Zoom) for trans men and non-binary people who have previously had bottom surgery (metoidioplasty or phalloplasty) or those who have a scheduled surgery date. This group has been created for members to share information and offer support and resources. 

You must be living in BC and be a trans man, non-binary or masculine-identified person to be approved for this group.
 

A peer-facilitated support group for folks of all genders who are (or think they might be) sexually and/or romantically attracted to people of more than one gender or regardless of gender. This can include people who identify as bi+, non-monosexual, pansexual, fluid, queer, & other queer self-identifications.

Whether you have felt or identified this way for years, or these are new questions for you, you’re invited to share your experiences in a non-judgmental space. Delve into topics of relationships, loneliness, oppression (monosexism, bi+ phobia, and erasure), health and mental health, creating community, and more!

A peer-facilitated support group for folks of all genders who are (or think they might be) sexually and/or romantically attracted to people of more than one gender or regardless of gender. This can include people who identify as bi+, non-monosexual, pansexual, fluid, queer, & other queer self-identifications.

Whether you have felt or identified this way for years, or these are new questions for you, you’re invited to share your experiences in a non-judgmental space. Delve into topics of relationships, loneliness, oppression (monosexism, bi+ phobia, and erasure), health and mental health, creating community, and more!

The Cariboo Family Enrichment Centre strengthens the quality of personal, family and community life through education, counselling, referral and support.

Cariboo Gender Support is a peer/caregiver support group.

Providing educational and peer support to children and parents of children under 12 experiencing gender diversity. Please bring an open mind and honest questions. Childcare provided.

Chronically Queer (CQ) is for 2SLBGTQIA+ people who are neurodivergent, mad, crip, chronically ill, and/or disabled. CQ recognizes that disability is an umbrella term that includes, but is not limited to: physical, sensory, senses, respiratory, cognitive, mental health, learning, temporary, episodic, invisible/non-evident, self-diagnosed, and more.

CQ is a peer-facilitated support group. We aim to create a supportive and welcoming environment where participants can be themselves fully and openly without fear of judgement. We provide participants an opportunity to engage in an encouraging and caring environment, share personal stories/feelings, listen as others share their experiences, and learn coping strategies.