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APPENDIX
NINE - B
LEGAL
/HUMAN
RIGHTS/ACTIVIST ORGANIZATIONS
December
9 Coalition
620 - 1033 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC, V6E 1M7
Phone: 604.687.8752 Fax: 604.687.7686
Province-wide Toll Free Message #: 1.888.4.GAYLAW
Email:
cmaynard@home.com
Web: under construction
The December 9 Coalition is an umbrella organization of lesbians,
gay
men, bisexual and transgendered persons and their supporters who are
working
across our differences for our welcome in the world.
RAINBOW
BC
620 - 1033 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC, V6E 1M7
Phone: 604.687.8752 Fax: 604.687.7686
Craig Maynard: 1.604.861.3765
Province-wide Toll Free Message #: 1.888.4.GAYLAW
Email:
rainbowbc@rainbowbc.com
Web: www.rainbowbc.com
Rainbow BC is a loose coalition of individuals and organizations
throughout
BC who support lesbians, gay men, bisexual and transgendered
persons.
EGALE
- Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere
306 - 177 Nepean, Ottawa, ON, K2P 0B4
Phone: 616.230.1043 Fax: 613.230.9395
Email:
egale@istar.ca
Web: www.egale.ca
Canada's national gay, lesbian, and bisexual, lobby group and action
network
which provides support and advocates for the legal rights of
LGBT's across
Canada.
Vancouver
Bashline
Phone: 604.899.6203
Provides short-term counselling, information and referral for LGBT
persons
regarding instances of anti-queer violence and same-sex
relationship violence.
(Currently only available in Vancouver).
Lesbian
and Gay Immigration Task Force (LEGIT)
PO Box 384, Vancouver, BC, V6C 2N2
Phone: 604.877.7768
Offers information and support and works to end discrimination based
on
sexual orientation in Canada's immigration laws.
BiNet
BC
984 West Broadway, PO Box 53515, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1K0
Phone: 604.875.6336
Web: www.bi.org/~binetbc/
Email:
binetbc@hotmail.com
Information and support line for bisexual people, attempts to answer
questions
about bisexual issues.
BC
FTM Network
PO Box 10, 1895 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, BC, V5N 4A6
Phone: Lukas: 604.254.7292
Email:
lukasw@direct.ca
or email:
bcftmnet@hotmail.com
Education, information and support for FTM's and their families,
partners,
allies and service providers.
FTM International Web: www.ftm.int.org
Trans
Action
Phone: 604.875.8262
An ad hoc group that meets to work on human rights and legal issues that
affect transgendered people.
Transgender
Forum
Web: www.tgforum.com
This site includes resources, information exchange, and community support.
Some resources are by subscription only.
Transfeminism.org
Transfeminist Anthology Project
P. O. Box 40570, Portland OR 97240-0570
Email :
emi@transfeminism.org
Web: www.transfemism.org
This site includes a library with transfeminist writings and links to
a transfeminist forum.
Atish
Network Society
Phone: 604.878.9991
Email:
ans@canada.com
Support services for the South Asian and Middle Easter communities,
dealing
with issues of sexuality, sexual identity and sexual health,
including
HIV/AIDS
LGBT
GROUPS IN BC
Prince
Rupert Gays and Lesbians
P.O. Box 881, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, V8J 3Y1
Phone: 250.627.8900
Email:
demoore@mail.kaien.com
East
Kootenay Gay and Lesbian Organization (EKGLO)
Box 21023 Cranbrook Mall Postal Outlet, Cranbrook, British Columbia,
V1C
6K5
Phone: 250.489.5939 Fax: 250.489.3426 or 250.423.6186
Email:
dcattonnmawson@cyberlink.bc.ca
Information, social events and support.
Kootenay
Gay Pride
RR#2, Site 19, Comp.19, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 5P5
Phone: 250.352.7303
Email:
gaykoot@netidea.com
Web: www.kics.bc.ca/~kgp/
Holds annual gay pride parades in Nelson.
WKGLB
- West Kootenay Gays, Lesbians, & Bisexuals
P.O. Box 725, Nelson, British Columbia, V1L 5R4
Tel: 250.354.GAYS(4297)
Email:
gayzette@mailcity.com
Web: www.kics.bc.ca/~wkglbs/
Newsletter, social events, phoneline.
Association
for Social Knowledge (ASK@OUC)
c/o Okanagan Student's Association. Kelowna (OUCSA) - K. 3333
College
Way, Kelowna, British Columbia, V1V 1V7
Phone: 250.470.6053 Fax: 250.491.1083
Email:
bonobo@silk.net
Social and support group for lesbians, gays, bisexuals and
transgendered
persons, and their friends.
Kamloops
Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Community
Box 2071 Station A, Kamloops, British Columbia, V2B 7K6
Phone: 250.376.7311
Web: www.gaycanada.com/kamloops.gala
Info-line, support, social events.
N.O.G.L.O
(North Okanagan Gay & Lesbian Organization
Box 1419, Vernon, British Columbia V1T 6N7
Phone: 250.542.4842 or 250.558.6198
Email:
noglo@home.com
Web: www3.bc.sympatico.ca/internetassist/NOGO/nogo.htm
Founded spring of 1995, in order to try and hold gay functions
(mostly
dances) in the North Okanagan to complement, not compete, with
other Okanagan
groups in Kelowna and Kamloops. Our dances have been very
popular and
North Okanagan. NOGLO also publishes a small newsletter
(SPARTAN).
Okanagan
Rainbow Coalition
273 Bernard Avenue, Kelowna, British Columbia
Phone: 250.860.8555 Fax: 250.766.4502
Mailing Address: Box # 711 Stn A, Kelowna B.C. V1T 7P4
Formerly known as the Okanagan Gay and Lesbian Organization
(O.G.L.O).
Events, entertainment, counselling, and information.
Cariboo
Chilcotin Gay and Lesbian Support Group
Web: www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/Chelsea/4916/
Prince
George Gay and Lesbian Information Services
#36 - 1306 6th Ave, Prince George, British Columbia
Phone: 250.562.6253
Email:
alric@netbistro.com
Web: www.midnightfire.bc.ca/glis
GALA North monthly meetings are the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month
at
#36 - 1306 6th Ave.
Lesbians
and Gays of Meadow Ridge
P.O. Box 377, Maple Ridge, British Columbia, V2X 8K9
Phone: 604.688.9378 ext: 2252
A social group for people in the surrounding area, with monthly functions.
Richmond
Gay and Lesbian Social Group
7000 Minoru Blvd, Richmond, British Columbia, V6Y 3Z5
Phone: 604.271.3800
Mailing Address: Box 26051 CRPO, Richmond, BC, V6Y 3V3
Social group, for gays and lesbians living in Richmond.
Sunshine
Coast Gay And Lesbian Association (SCGALA)
Email:
scgala@sunshine.net
Web: www.onelist.com/community/scgala
We provide contact for gay people living on the lower Sunshine Coast.
Our
group is purely a social organization. We get together for potlucks
or
events usually once a month. Each month we send out a newsletter
containing
information that may be of interest to our group which has a
small charge
to recover costs.
Tri-City
Gay & Lesbian Social Network
Phone: 604.942.2443
Web: www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/Heights/3922/
Social events in the Tri-City area (Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port
Moody).
Meetings take place on1st Tuesday of every month.
Whistler
Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Friends
Phone: 604.938.0597
Whistler's first gay, lesbian, bisexual group. Meetings every Monday
evening.
Comox
Valley Queer Connection
Email:
connections1@geocities.com
Web: www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/Cafe/3319/
Gays
and Lesbians of Salt Spring Island (GLOSSI)
c/o The Blue Ewe, 1207 Beddis Rd, Salt Spring Island, V8K 2C8
Phone: 250.537.7773 Fax: 250.537.1967
Email:
glossi@saltspring.com
or
caffyn@saltspring.com
Web: www.saltspring.com/glossi
GLOSSI is a non-profit organization which undertakes education and
outreach
projects on gay and lesbian issues. They have most recently
prepared a
resource for health care providers Gay and Lesbian Health on
Saltspring
Island, which is designed to help general health care
practitioners and
social service workers better meet the needs of a
diverse community.
North
Island Gay and Lesbian Support Group
P.O. Box 1404, Port Hardy, British Columbia, V0N 2P0
Phone: 250.949.8793
Contact and information source for gay/lesbian people of Northern
Vancouver
Island and the Central Coast.
Parents
and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
PO Box 30075, 8602 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC V6P 5A0
Phone: Vancouver 604.421.8084 or 604.468.1749
Email:
betew@intergate.bc.ca
Phone: Victoria 604.642.5171
Email:
PFLAG@gayvictoria.com
Web: www.pflag.org
is the website for the national organization
Support group for parents, family and friends with gay, lesbian,
bisexual
and transgendered children. Provides education community
resources on
homosexuality and advocacy for equal rights.
PFLAG
Prince George
5635 Moriarty Crescent, Prince George, British Columbia, V2N 3P7
Phone: 250.964.6753
PFLAG
Kamloops BC
Phone: 250.828.0732
Email:
pflagkamloops@hotmail.com
PFLAG
Kelowna BC
9166 Shanks Road, Winfield, British Columbia, V4V 1M7
Phone: 250.766.2869
Email:
amazon@cnx.net
PFLAG
Comox Valley
c/o 259B Archery Crescent, Courtenay/ Comox, British Columbia V9N 8Y1
Phone: 250.897.1058
ONLINE
ACTIVIST RESOURCES
Bisexual
Resource Center
Web: www.norn.org/pub/other.orgs/brc/
The online resource for everything bisexual.
Contact
Center Network
Web: www.contact.org
RESOURCES
FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Deaf
Queer Resource Center
Web: www.deafqueer.org
Resources and information for the deaf queer community
Digital Queers
584 Castro St. Suite #560, San Francisco, CA. 94114
Web: www.dq.org
Electronic activism and community support
The
Rainbow's Black Stripe
Web: www.tcp.com/qrd/www/culture/black/blackstripe.html
Queer Theory/Studies and materials relevant to queer peoples of
African
descent
DIRECTORIES
Gay
and Lesbian Guide to Vancouver
Web: www.gayvancouver.bc.ca/
Comprehensive guide to events, businesses and organizations in the
Lower
Mainland.
Vancouver
Island Pink Pages
Web: www.gayvictoria.com/pinkpages
Email:
pinkpages@gayvictoria.com
Lots of links to Island groups and events.
Gay
and Lesbian Online Business Directory of Greater Vancouver
Web: www.glba.org
Comprehensive business directory. Links to many other sites.
Gay
Canada
Web: www.gaycanada.com
A national site of resources and groups across the country.
Canadian Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Resource Directory
Phone: 204.488.1805 or 1.800.CGLBRD.4U (245.2734)
Web: www.cglbrd.com
Directory of Gay Canada from Coast to Coast
Yahoo
Web: www.yahoo.com/society_and_culture/Gay_Lesbian_and_Bisexual_Resources
The 'mother' of all searches on lesbian, gay and bisexual web sites.
Queer
Resources Directory
Web:
www.qrd.tcp.com/qrd/youth/
Huge web page that provides access to, among many other things,
articles
for and about lesbian, bisexual and gay youth. This is a massive
archive
of everything queer. Get anywhere from here, book lists, access
to
spiritual/religious
links and more.
Lavender
Links
Web: www.lavenderlinks.com/places/amnorth/canada/bc.html
Huge Web page that provides mostly social links for LGBT people
world
wide . Is separated into continents, countries and regions.
Rainbow
Query
Web: www.rainbowquery.com
One of the largest LGBT search engines/web sites, the site is
divided
into categories linking to web pages in a number of areas
including
spirituality,
youth, transgender, community activism and
many more.
Lesbian
Org
Web: www.lesbian.org
This site is dedicated to promoting lesbian visibility on the net and
has
many links to others sites including activist and health sites.
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