Canadian Gender Equity

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Canadian Gender Equity aims to support q***r families, offer education & advocacy • Pickle Planet Moncton Families, individuals, workplaces, & organizations looking for support of the q***r community, especially around gender, now have Canadian Gender Equity for help.

From the Canadian Homeless Hub:

What we do know is that LGBTQ2S youth are overrepresented in youth homelessness; based on a book published by the COH and A Way Home Canada, about 40% of youth experiencing homelessness identify as LGBTQ2S. We also know that some issues disproportionately affect LGBTQ2S-identified youth, as highlighted in the following statistics from the book, Where Am I Going to Go?:

Over 80% of LGBTQ2S students report being aware of LGBTQ-related discriminatory practices and policies in their schools 

The majority of LGBTQ2S Indigenous youth (three in four) said they were enrolled in school.

59% of Indigenous LGBTQ2S youth said that they attended alternative schools.

Over 38% of Indigenous youth who identified as LGBTQ2S were unable to access mental health services when they needed to, whereas 27% of Indigenous heterosexual cisgender youth said the same.

LGBTQ2S youth were more likely (51%) to say that they were homeless or street involved due to an inability to get along with their parents, compared to hetereosexual cisgender youth (36%)

LGBTQ2S youth were more likely (34%) to say that violence or abuse made them leave home, compared to hetereosexual cisgender youth (16%)