- BiVictoria
- FTM Etc.
- Gay and Bi Men's Wellness (AVI)
- Military Family Resource Centre
- Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) - Greater Victoria Chapter
- Sagacity of Victoria
- Transcend: Transgender Support & Education Society
- Victoria Lesbian Seniors Care Society
- Victoria Queer Parents
- North Island Gay Support Line
BiVictoria
Via UVIC pride office
Victoria, BC
Contact: (250) 472-4393
www.angelfire.com/bc3/bivictoria
bivictoria@angelfire.com
BiVictoria is a peer-run support and social group. We offer a safe space to bisexuals, questioning and to all genders and orientations. BiVictoria has monthly support meeting on the 1st Tuesday of every month. Social Nights will be held periodically. Our meetings are held in room #B023 of the Student Union Building (SUB) at UVIC (Downstairs).
Type: Serves everyone, primarily bisexuals as well as the GLBT communities
Primary Clientele: Bisexual Men & Women, questioning, friends & supporters
Meets: Support group 1st Tuesday each month, 7pm in the SUB room B023 at UVIC. E-mail or check the website to confirm date and time. Special events posted on website.
Handicap Access: Accessible premises & lavatory
FTM Etc.
P.O. Box 8673
Victoria, BC V8X 3S2
Contact: (250) 413-3220
FTM Etcetera provides one-on-one peer support for anyone born female who sometimes/always identifies as male or masculine.
Type: Serves primarily Transsexuals, Transgendered, Transvestites
Primary Clientele: Transsexuals, Transgendered, Transvestites
Gay and Bi Men's Wellness (AVI)
c/o AIDS Vancouver Island
1601 Blanshard Street
Victoria, BC V8W 2J5
Contact: Captain Snowdon, Coordinator Gay Men's Community Development: 250-384-2366
Improving sexual health and reducing HIV infections among gay and bisexual men.
Type: Serves primarily Gay and Bisexual Men; others welcome.
Primary Clientele: Gay and Bisexual Men
Infocus Rehabilitation Services Ltd.--BRAIN INJURY SUPPORT
P. O. Box 8504, 706 Yates Street
Victoria, BC V8W 3S1
Contact: Leonard Regan, Director of Community Services: 250-884-1501 or 250-590-3805
Fax: 250-590-6104
We provide community support services in general. Originally targeted specifically at persons with acquired brain injury in a state of crisis, we also serve persons with a variety of conditions and disabilities to assist them in accessing the supports they need and deserve. Advocacy, to with government and other funding agencies is our forte. Our client funders have included ICBC, WCB, Public Guardian Trustee, VIHA, lawyers, etc.. Gay positive, gay friendly we look forward to hearing from you.
Type: GLBT-friendly business
Primary Clientele: Everybody
Hours open or meeting times: As Required.
Rates or price range: Varies as to service requested
Accepted: Cheque
Smoking: Smoking areas available
Handicapped Access: accessible premises and lavatory.
Military Family Resource Centre
Military Family Resource Centre
CFB Esquimalt
P.O. Box 17000, Station Forces
Victoria BC V9A 7N2
Contact: MFRC 24 Hour Information Line: (250) 363-2640
Toll Free: 1-800-353-3329
Fax: (250) 363-3108
www.esquimaltmfrc.com
mfrc@pacificcoast.net
The MFRC provides programs and services to military families. We offer deployment support, employment and education assistance, services for francophones, programs for youth, quality child care as well as prevention, support and intervention. Don't hesitate to contact the MFRC if you require assistance.
Type: Serves Everyone; GLBT welcome
Primary Clientele: Everybody
Handicap Access: Call ahead for details.
Publication: MRFC Program Guide & Newsletter
Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) - Greater Victoria Chapter
1834 Newton Street
Victoria, BC V8R 2R4
Contact: PFLAG Victoria: (250) 385-9462
Support for parents, family, friends, lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgendered, and two-spirited persons. In addition, members work towards equal rights through education and advocacy. Speaker's bureau.
Type: Serves everyone; GLBT welcome
Primary Clientele: Everybody
Meeting: Meets at St. John the Divine, 1611 Quadra Street; call ahead to confirm meeting times.
Handicap Access: Accessible premises and lavatory.
Sagacity of Victoria
Victoria, BC
Contact: Ladyfish, Executive Director
Sagacity is a pansexual place where folks who enjoy BDSM, alternative lifestyles, kink, and fetish gather to talk, laugh, socialize, share, and learn. Sagacity is a registered non-profit society that celebrates alternative lifestyles and welcomes each and every individual. Sagacity is BDSM on Vancouver Island - home of kink-friendly gatherings, events, and play parties.
Type: Serves everyone; GLBT welcome
Primary Clientele: Everybody
Handicap Access: Accessible premises and lavatory.
Transcend: Transgender Support & Education Society
Transcend
P.O. Box 8673
Victoria, BC V8X 3S2
Contact: (250) 413-3220
http://www.transgender.org/transcend/
transcend@islandnet.com
Transcend's purpose is to address the systemic social, political, and economic conditions that negatively affect transgender people, intersex people, and our family members. Transcend provides individual advocacy and support, including a monthly drop-in peer support group. The Speakers Bureau offers presentations on gender diversity and social, medical, and legal issues. The website includes a 200 page resource directory with information about basic issues, explanations of how government and medical bureaucracies work, listings of service providers, and self-advocacy tips.
Type: Serves primarily transgendered/transsexual
Primary Clientele: Transgendered/Transsexual
Victoria Lesbian Seniors Care Society
P.O. Box 39022
James Bay Postal Outlet
Victoria, BC V8V 4X8
Contact: Patti Parkyn (250) 360-2747
A network of lesbians of all ages working together to build community through social events, and to provide advocacy, community support, care and housing for senior lesbians.
Type: Serves primarily lesbians
Primary Clientele: Lesbians
Victoria Queer Parents
Victoria, BC
ca.geocities.com/victoriaqueerparents
victoriaqueerparents@yahoo.ca
Victoria Queer Parents is a parenting group for members of the GLBT community in southern Vancouver Island who are considering becoming parents, are expecting, or are parenting babies and toddlers. Victoria Queer Parents is intended to provide opportunities to meet other queer parents for socialization and peer support; to have a forum for discussion of queer parenting issues; and to explore educational topics relevant to the group’s interests.
North Island Gay Support Line
Contact: Bert: (250) 974-2242; during weekdays from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. only.
North Island Gay Support Line is a confidential, discreet service for gay, two-spirited, and bisexual men to connect in the Northern Vancouver Island areas. It provides counselling, resource information, and support for those men wishing to connect in various areas such as Comox Valley / Courtenay, Campbell River, Port McNeill, Port Hardy and other small communities in the North Island area. You may call on weeknights from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., and no late nights calls are accepted.