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Distinctions-based calls

2SLGBTQQIA-specific calls for justice

Recommendation 204: We call upon all governments and service providers to fund and support youth programs, including mentorship, leadership, and support services that are broadly accessible and reach out to 2SLGBTQQIA individuals.


Distinctions-based calls

2SLGBTQQIA-specific calls for justice

Recommendation 205: We call upon all governments and service providers to increase support for existing successful grassroots initiatives, including consistent core funding.


Distinctions-based calls

2SLGBTQQIA-specific calls for justice

Recommendation 206: We call upon all governments and service providers to support networking and community building for 2SLGBTQQIA people who may be living in different urban centres (and rural and remote areas), and to increase opportunities for 2SLGBTQQIA networking, collaboration, and peer support through a national organization, regional organizations, advocacy body, and/or a task force dedicated to advancing action to support the well-being of Indigenous 2SLGBTQQIA persons in Canada.


Distinctions-based calls

2SLGBTQQIA-specific calls for justice

Recommendation 207: We call upon First Nations, Métis, and Inuit leadership and advocacy bodies to equitably include 2SLGBTQQIA people, and for national Indigenous organizations to have a 2SLGBTQQIA council or similar initiative.


Distinctions-based calls

2SLGBTQQIA-specific calls for justice

Recommendation 208: We call upon all governments and service providers to provide safe and dedicated ceremony and cultural places and spaces for 2SLGBTQQIA youth and adults, and to advocate for 2SLGBTQQIA inclusion in all cultural spaces and ceremonies. These 2SLGBTQQIA-inclusive spaces must be visibly indicated as appropriate.


Distinctions-based calls

2SLGBTQQIA-specific calls for justice

Recommendation 209: We call upon all governments, service providers, industry, and institutions to accommodate non-binary gender identities in program and service design, and offer gender-neutral washrooms and change rooms in facilities.


Distinctions-based calls

2SLGBTQQIA-specific calls for justice

Recommendation 213: We call upon all governments, educators, and those involved in research to support and conduct research and knowledge gathering on pre-colonial knowledge and teachings about the place, roles, and responsibilities of 2SLGBTQQIA people within their respective communities, to support belonging, safety, and well-being.


Distinctions-based calls

2SLGBTQQIA-specific calls for justice

Recommendation 214: We call upon all governments and educators to fund and support specific Knowledge Keeper gatherings on the topic of reclaiming and re-establishing space and community for 2SLGBTQQIA people.


Distinctions-based calls

2SLGBTQQIA-specific calls for justice

Recommendation 215: We call upon all governments, service providers, and educators to fund and support the re-education of communities and individuals who have learned to reject 2SLGBTQQIA people, or who deny their important history and contemporary place within communities and in ceremony, and to address transphobia and homophobia in communities (for example, with anti-transphobia and anti-homophobia programs), to ensure cultural access for 2SLGBTQQIA people.


Distinctions-based calls

2SLGBTQQIA-specific calls for justice

Recommendation 216: We call upon all governments and service providers to educate service providers on the realities of 2SLGBTQQIA people and their distinctive needs, and to provide mandatory cultural competency training for all social service providers, including Indigenous studies, cultural awareness training, trauma-informed care, anti-oppression training, and training on 2SLGBTQQIA inclusion within an Indigenous context (including an understanding of 2SLGBTQQIA identities and Indigenous understandings of gender and sexual orientation). 2SLGBTQQIA people must be involved in the design and delivery of this training.


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