Vancouver Winter Pride Festival

  • Winter Pride is a collaboration of warm celebrations in Vancouver that aims to support the community throughout the year.
  • The event features a variety of activities such as dance, drag, art, comedy, education, poetry and more, catering to a diverse audience with both indoor and outdoor, ticketed and free, all ages and 19+ events.
  • The event kicks off with the Unicorn Disco on February 18, featuring international and local drag talent, vogue performers, and DJs.
  • Periodt: Black Queer Poetry Slam is an event showcasing black queer poets while Chosen Family Day is a free event that brings together people of all ages to celebrate with their loved ones.
  • The Winter Pride Comedy Extravaganza is an event curated by Comedy Here Often? and it is an opportunity for non-stop laughs.
  • The Wintour is Coming Ball is an event that partners with Van Vogue Jam, it is a Game of Thrones meets Devil Wears Prada clash.
  • The Winter Pride season is an opportunity to build connections and relationships that keep individuals strong and supported.
DATE&TIME
February 18-26, Various times
LOCATION
VARIOUS
COST
​FREE-$$$
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​The Pride Collective

The organization aims to support: -Individuals who identify as 2SLGBTQAI+ and their allies by:
  • Providing information, recommendations, and support -Offers:
  • Social and educational services addressing sexual and gender diversity
  • -Provides:
  • Daily, weekly, annual, and summer events such as talks, movies, and social gatherings
  • Weekly discussion groups
  • -Serves:
  • All members of the UBC community, including academics, staff, and students
  • -Access to:
  • Gender-affirming supplies such as binders, breastforms, packers, and others at low or no cost.
Office is open Monday to Friday from September to April (except during exams and holiday breaks); hours vary.
Service Location
Physical address:
Resource Groups Centre, The Nest, UBC
Email: prideubc@gmail.com
Phone: 6048224638

​VPD - Love Who You Want

"Love Who You Want, Play What You Want" is a community and police sports project that:
​-Encourages 2SLGBTQAI+ youth and adults to:
  • Be themselves and play or watch the sports they choose without fear.
Sport has the power to:
-Bring people together
-Offer role models
-Provide positive opportunities for personal development
PROVIDER PROFILE
Email :
vpd@vpd.ca
Phone Number :
604-717-3321
LOCATION
2120 Cambie St

​ARC Foundation

We develop ground-breaking partnership methods and co-finance them to lessen 2SLGBTQAI+ prejudice in educational settings.
Because every student deserves to feel secure and recognise themself in the world.
PROVIDER PROFILE
Email :
info@arcfoundation.ca
Phone Number :
778-819-2135
LOCATION
312 Main St

​Trans Lifeline

Trans Lifeline is a national trans-led group that aims to:
  • Enhance the quality of trans lives by:
    • Meeting the urgent needs of the community through advocacy, education, direct service, and material support.
    • Promoting justice-focused, community assistance in order to combat the trans suicide pandemic and improve the general well-being of trans persons.
We offer:
  • Hotline peer assistance for transgender and questioning callers
  • Trans-identified operators all over the United States and Canada
Please reach out to us if:
​-You are experiencing a crisis
  • Simply need someone to talk to, even if it's just to determine whether you identify as trans.
  • We'll do everything we can to help you and give you resources.

PROVIDER PROFILE
Email :
contact@translifeline.org
Phone Number :
1-877-330-6366

​Rainbow Refugee Society

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and HIV+ Asylum Seekers, Refugee Claimants, and Refugees in Canada: Support and Advocacy.
PROVIDER PROFILE
Email :
info@rainbowrefugee.ca
Website :
https://www.rainbowrefugee.com/
LOCATION
1033 Davie Street Unit 322

​Three Bridges - Prism Services

  • Prism does not provide direct client services but can help connect individuals to appropriate resources.
  • Prism offers training and workshops on inclusion, diversity, and health and wellbeing for the 2SLGBTQAI+ community. These sessions are available to students, healthcare professionals, social service providers, and service recipients.
  • Prism helps connect individuals to 2SLGBTQAI+ organizations, counseling, resources and community services.
  • Prism also supports Vancouver Coastal Health staff members in developing their skills in working with 2SLGBTQAI+ populations through:
    • Clinical supervision
    • Networking
    • Training
PROVIDER PROFILE
Email :
prism@vch.ca
Phone Number :
604-331-8906
Eligibility :
2SLGBTQAI+ communities
LOCATION
1128 Hornby St

Vancouver Pride Parade & Festival 

       Vancouver Pride Parade & Festival

​When: August 6, 2023

Where: Vancouver’s West End starting on Robson Street, left on Denman Street, and another left on Beach Avenue. The Parade ends beside the Sunset Beach festival site.
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Bring your most colourful costume and get ready for a weekend of parties, parades and gay pride. The Vancouver Pride Parade & Festival draws more than half a million participants and spectators, and it includes street parties, food vendors, movies, family-friendly events and one of the largest gay pride parades in North America.

LGBTQ2

Down below are some 2SLGBTQAI+ resources and events happening in the city. 
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If you would like to share some of your resources, please submit below or contact your coach. ​

Free Counselling 2SLGBTQAI+
  • The counseling program is a professional, volunteer-based service that provides free short-term counseling.
  • The program provides support for a range of issues that individuals may face in their daily lives.
  • The counsellors work collaboratively with clients, offering a variety of approaches based on their education and experience.
  • The counsellor's role is to facilitate the client's work in a way that respects their values, personal resources, and capacity for self-determination.
  • The skills learned during counseling can help to enrich relationships and become a part of an individual's daily life.​

To book your free counselling sessions (to a maximum of up to twelve sessions)or to find out more information, please call 604-684-5307 ext. 100 or email at reception@qmunity.ca

2SLGBTQAI+-Friendly Weight Room

When: Sunday mornings
Time:  8am - 10am
​Where: Britannia Community Centre
Cost: $6.40 drop-in
[Leisure Access Card subsidy applies at 50% off drop-in fee]

  • The gym offers designated time for trans, gender diverse, and Two-Spirit individuals, as well as their family and friends.
  • The gym has a universal change room available for all individuals.
  • The fitness center has various equipment and amenities available including:
    • Cardio machines
    • Strength-training machines
    • Free weights
    • Exercise props
    • Stretching area
    • Includes items such as stair climbers, elliptical machines, balance boards and body balls

Bifocus

When: ​  The second Monday of each month
Time:    7:30pm-9pm
Where:  QMUNITY’s Office, located at 610-1033 Davie St.
 
  • Bifocus is a peer-led social and support group for bisexual, bi-questioning, and pansexual individuals and allies to explore and share their experiences.
  • Bifocus offers a community for individuals of all genders to exchange perspectives on bi/pan/questioning issues and experiences in a non-judgmental space.
  • Topics of discussion in the group include:
    • Relationships
    • Oppression such as biphobia, bisexual invisibility, and monosexism
    • Health and mental health
    • Coming out stories and more
    • The goal of the group is to empower people of all backgrounds.


Everyone is welcome!

Email bifocus@qmunity.ca if you'd like more information.
Or call (604) 684-5307

QMUNITY holds a whole range of social groups. Check them out via the button below.

Women on Wheels:  L.T.Q. Night at Our Community Bikes

When: Biweekly: 
            the 1st + 3rd Wednesday of every month
Time:   6:30pm - 9:30pm
Where:  Our Community Bikes  / 2429 Main Street.
 
  • Our Community Bikes, located near Main & Broadway, holds Women on Wheels events twice a month.
  • These events take place after hours, from 6:30pm to 9:30pm.
  • They are specifically designed for women, trans, and queer identifying individuals to use the shop.
  • Women on Wheels provides a welcoming space for individuals who may feel uncomfortable in the traditionally male-dominated areas of cycling and mechanics.
  • These events take place on the first and third Wednesday of each month at Our Community Bikes.

Tel: (604) 879-2453

Free Bicycle Shop Time for Women, Gender Queer & Trans
Where: Kickstand, 1739 Venables Street 
When:  Biweekly: the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month
Times:  6:30-8:30pm
Cost:  Free

  • Kickstand invites individuals who identify as women, gender queer and trans* to participate in fun-filled bike mechanics nights.
  • These events take place on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month, between 6:30 and 8:30 pm.
  • The community is working to create a radically inclusive space and specifically aims to welcome those who have not traditionally been a dominant part of the bike industry.
  • The events are facilitated by female or gender variant bike mechanics and volunteers.
  • The goal is to create a safer space where learning, positive vibes and fun happen.
  • During these evenings, shop time is free, providing attendees access to all tools and experienced bike mechanics to answer questions and help fix bikes.
  • Basic bike mechanics workshops will also be provided by mechanics between 7:30 and 8:30, with new topics every week.

Yoga with HiM

Yoga with HiM
HIM (Health Initiative for Men) has teamed up with some very talented yoga instructors to offer sessions on Friday nights.

​When:   Weekly on Fridays
Time:      7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Where:  Scotiabank Dance Centre, 677 Davie Street
Cost:      By donation

  • The group aims to increase flexibility, circulation, and overall health and well-being.
  • The group is easy-going, without attitude and open to men of all levels.
  • Scotia Dance Centre has a lounge available for attendees who arrive early.
  • At the front desk, attendees will be asked to sign in to the building, and information about the studio location and how to find it will be provided.
  • Participants should bring their own yoga mat, towel, and lots of energy.
  • Sessions are free, but donations are accepted to keep the services sustainable.
  • The suggested donation range is $5-$10.


The class starts at 7 sharp and there is no late entry.

Just drop in any Friday at 7pm or call for more information 604.488.1001