Rainbow Health Ontario
Sherbourne Health Centre, 333 Sherbourne St M5A 2S5 Toronto, ON, Canada

Today is #TransDayOfRemembrance. Please join us in solidarity, as we honour the memory of members of the #trans community whose lives were lost as a result of violence, and celebrate trans power and the resilience of trans communities. #TDOR #TDoR2020

RHO’s #LGBT2SQ Populations Supplement to the Health Equity Impact Assessment (HEIA) tool can help you plan more inclusive policies and programming: https://www.rainbowhealthontario.ca//health-equity-impact/

Open #LGBT2SQhealth research: Innovative means for exploring SOGIE refugees' life trajectories in the Canadian context | closes 07/31/21 https://www.rainbowhealthontario.ca//innovative-means-for/

Ontario providers can learn about puberty suppression for trans youth in primary health care through our CME-approved training on LGBT2SQ Health Connect. Check out our courses at: https://learn.rainbowhealthontario.ca

Our very own Devan Nambiar, Program Manager for RHO, is a featured speaker for an upcoming Right at Home Canada webinar on 'Providing Clinically Competent Care for LGBTQ2+ Clients.' Takes place on November 26th @ 12 PM. Register today: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_k_VdyyOzQ5ukZ2wd1m6Tkg Description: The presentation explores the social and historical context of LGBT2SQ in Canada. We will review the differences between sex and gender, sexual behaviour versus sexual orientation and gender identity and gender expressions. In addition, the presentation will include minority stress and health disparities, LGBT2SQ terms and definitions, inclusive communications, and intake forms, EMR, to provide culturally and clinically competent care to sexual and gender minority patients.

The Media Reference Guide: Discussing Trans and Gender-Diverse People, that we produced together with The 519, is a useful primer for anyone on gender-inclusive language: https://www.rainbowhealthontario.ca//media-reference-guid/

Open #LGBT2SQhealth research: Including and supporting LGBTQ2+ persons with dementia and caregivers | closes 12/23/2020 https://www.rainbowhealthontario.ca//including-and-suppor/