Resources for the 2SLGBTQPIA+ Community
Here you will find a directory of resources for the 2SLGBTQPIA+ Community in Kamloops and BC.
Trans Lifeline
Trans Lifeline is a new Transgender Crisis Hotline, which has recently opened up a toll-free line in Canada. Their goal is to assist anyone who may be struggling with their gender identity and connect them with services that can assist them in their journey.
Trans Lifeline is a trans-led organization that connects trans people to the community, support, and resources they need to survive and thrive
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Toll-Free 1 (877) 330-6366
Rainbow Reads Library
Rainbow Reads Library is our project designed to increase accessibility of 2SLGBTQPIA+ stories to the community. We currently have 3 community​ locations who are hosting bookshelves for us - head over to check out our book selection and borrow them free of charge!
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The employees at any location will help you check out the books, all you need to do is provide your contact information and you're set!
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Take a look here at our current book inventory.
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Current locations:
Haus of Misfit (275 Tranquille Road)
TRU Wellness Centre (OM 1479)
Kamloops Art Gallery (101-465 Victoria St, inside Admissions Area)
Knowing Your Rights Guide
A Toolkit for 2SLGBTQPIA+ Folks in Navigating Criminal Justice, Health Care, and Youth Issues
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Know Your Rights is a collaborative project between the Kamloops Pride Society and Pro Bono Students Canada, Thompson Rivers University Law School chapter
Stay-in-Your-Lane Guide
A guide to set safe boundaries for relationships, social media, and sexual health.
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There are some tips for how it feels when boundaries are crossed, how you can keep yourself safe online, and some sexual health tips for queer folks.
Normalize-It! Guide
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A Guide on Increasing Allyship and the Acceptability and Safety for the 2SLGBTQIA+ Community
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This guide includes some "Queer-101", and has some tips and recommendations on how to be an ally and create safe spaces for the 2SLGBTQPIA+ Community
Trans and Gender Diverse Mental Health, Wellness and Suicide Prevention Toolkit
SPECTRUM, Waterloo Region’s Rainbow Community Space, developed this toolkit on trans mental wellness and suicide prevention in response to trans community needs and priorities
The Hatchery: Specialty Medical Services Co-Operative
The Hatchery is a gender-affirming care clinic which offers transition-related medical care for those who have a medical aspect to their transition (primarily those seeking or considering hormone replacement therapy or surgical assessment and referral). We take referrals from other physicians and also accept self-referral for those who don't have a family doctor or aren't comfortable asking them for a referral.
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Email: patients@hatcherybc.com
Phone: 778-538-8558
Fax: 833-333-1711
Safe Spaces
A Safe place for LGBTQIAP2S+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, pansexual and Two Spirit) youth (ages 12-26) & their allies to meet and receive education and supports.
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(250) 371-3086
Foxy Box Laser + Wax Bar
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Welcome to Foxy Box! Your #1 destination for the quickest and most effective gender neutral hair removal services on the market! Our mission is to leave you feeling energized and powerful, so you can celebrate your uniqueness and embrace your inner fox! To go along with our mission, we offer all our clients a standing 20% discount on all single service gender affirming laser hair removal sessions. To access this discount, all you have to do is book in and use the code: FOXYAFFIRM.
Ways to Book:
Call Us: 778-471-FOXY (3699) Book in for laser and let us know it is gender affirming.
DM Us: kamloopsbc_foxybox Book in for laser and let us know it is gender affirming.
Book Online: Use the link HERE and enter the code FOXYAFFIRM at checkout.
QMUNITY
QMUNITY is a non-profit organization based in Vancouver, BC that works to improve queer, trans, and Two-Spirit lives. We provide a safer space for 2SLGBTQPIA+ people and their allies to fully self-express while feeling welcome and included. Our building serves as a catalyst for community initiatives and collective strength.
1170 Bute Street,
Vancouver, BC V6E 1Z6​
1-800-566-1170
Our Landing Place
We are a collective of LGBTQ2S+ identified counsellors offering sex-positive, affirming and competent online and phone counselling across Canada. We also provide diversity and inclusivity consulting and training services to individuals and organizations worldwide.
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(250) 806-0455
Wade R. Alexander Counselling
Wade R. Alexander MN, MA, RCC, CCC, RMFT is a queer, gender-affirming and certified trauma-informed counselling therapist who provides online telehealth services that include e-therapy of individual clients, couples and other relationships, and families in Kamloops, BC, and the surrounding areas.
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(778) 472-0388
Wellmind Counselling
WellMind Counselling offers anti-oppressive, trauma informed counselling both in-person in Kamloops or online. We are a team of sex-positive, gender affirming and inclusive counsellors who work to make sure you always have the power in the counselling room. We offer individual counselling and relationship (couples) counselling for a variety of concerns including: anxiety, depression, PTSD, CPTSD, trauma, gender identity, grief, stress and daily life struggles. Our goal is always to work with you to determine what you need.
Safe Spaces
A Safe place for LGBTQIAP2S+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, pansexual and Two Spirit) youth (ages 12-26) & their allies to meet and receive education and supports.
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(250) 371-3086
Okanagan Thompson Legal Clinic (Free Clinic)
We provide advocacy services for family law matters including child support, spousal support, and separation agreements, property and debt, and support through family court. Other services include poverty law matters including residential tenancy issues, disability benefits, debt and consumer law, and employment law. The clinic DOES NOT help with criminal law, personal injury, real estate, or estate documents.
We offer in-person services Monday – Friday, 9am-4pm (except stats). Prospective clients and community partners can reach us by phone at 236-425-9121 or by email at info@bclegalclinic.com.
A Way Home Kamloops
A Way Home Kamloops Society is a grassroots charitable non-profit that provides housing and wraparound support services to youth at risk of, or experiencing homelessness
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653 Victoria Street
(250) 828-0446
Lizzy's Closet (Kamloops Elizabeth Fry Society)
Lizzy's Closet offers FREE clothing for women in need within the Kamloops community. Lizzy's Closet will be open every Monday from 10 AM to 2 PM. It provides a dedicated space equipped with volunteers to assist women, a fitting room, a diverse range of seasonal wear, business attire, as well as essential items such as period products and various accessories including jewelry, purses, and scarves.
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827 Seymour Street
(250) 320-3809
Kamloops Immigrant Services
Kamloops Immigrant Services is here to help you meet the challenges of immigration by offering a bridge of support along the way to establishing in our community.
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(778) 470-6101
448 Tranquile Road
Monday-Friday 8:30-4:30
The Kamloops Self Advocate
Our goal is to spread awareness about what we can do, not what we can’t do. We highlight different themes in the newsletter and include ideas about different topics every month. Recreation and leisure are important to us, as well as social issues that affect our diverse communities, including Indigenous people as well as the LGBTQ2+ community. We also promote different causes and things happening in the disability field.
Interior Health: My Health Is Sexy
Public Health Centres are responsible for delivering core programs for public health that broadly cover the areas of health improvement, prevention of disease, disability and injury, health emergency management, and environmental health.
For Interior Health Locations, Click Here
Interior Health: (250) 851-7300
519 Columbia Street
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My Health Is Sexy: 1 (866) 778-7736
Men's Health Initiative (MHI)
The Men’s Health Initiative’s main goal is to increase supportive, community-based networks for guys-who-like-guys within Interior BC while raising attention to their health care needs and concerns. This includes, but not limited to: asexual, bisexual, cis, curious, gay, male, non-binary, queer, questioning, straight, trans, two-spirit, and all other guys-who-like-guys.
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255 Lawrence Ave, Kelowna BC
(778) 753-5830
Health Initiative for Men (HIM)
HIM is a nonprofit society that aims to strengthen the health and well-being in communities of self-identified GBQ men and gender diverse people in BC. We offer a full spectrum of health-based programming and services to meet the sexual, mental, physical and social health needs of communities of self-identified GBQ men and gender diverse people in BC.
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HIM, the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), and Interior Health are running a pilot program to help eligible individuals in the Interior access PrEP without a local doctor/prescriber.
Click Here to learn more
Get Checked Online
GetCheckedOnline is a new and easy way to test for sexually transmitted infections (STI) in British Columbia, Canada. In a few steps, you can print a lab form, then go to a participating LifeLabs site to give your samples and get your results online or over the phone.
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Clinic Line (604) 707-5603
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TRUSU Pride
Thompson Rivers University Student Union (TRUSU) Pride Collective was created in recognizing the need for advocacy and representation of LGBTQ2S+ students.
For more info, visit the Members’ Services Desk in the Students’ Union Building or contact pride@trusu.ca.
Follow TRUSU Pride Club on Facebook
TRU Diversity and Equity
Safety, inclusion and accessibility is a priority for all students. TRU is working towards advocacy and anti-discrimination efforts for the LGBTQ2S+ community on campus and beyond.
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The Faculty of Student Development has resources for 2SLGBTQPIA+ Students.
Kamloops Pride TRU Bursary
Provides two awards annually to students who demonstrate financial need. Preference will be given to a member of the 2SLGBTQPIA+ community, who has performed at least three hours of volunteer work with an 2SLGBTQPIA+ organization (Kamloops Pride, TRUSU Pride, etc) within the last year.