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This glossary was originally developed by The 519 and has since been updated and expanded with terms from Rainbow Health Ontario. In instances where a definition is directly sourced from an external reference, an in-text citation is provided. For the original glossary, visit The 519’s website. For more comprehensive glossaries on gender and sexuality, visit...
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Rainbow Health Ontario creates and shares resources for 2SLGBTQ+ communities, service providers, and anyone interested in 2SLGBTQ+ health. Find RHO-produced materials below, or explore our full Resource Library, which includes third-party content. Listen to the 2SLGBTQ+ Health in Focus podcast, where Rainbow Health Ontario speaks with experts and innovators in 2SLGBTQ+ health care about what...
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Give today to support 2SLGBTQ+ health equity in Ontario. Your donation helps improve 2SLGBTQ+ health outcomes by improving access to affirming, equitable care. While primarily funded by Ontario Health, Rainbow Health Ontario also relies on generous donors to sustain this vital work. Every contribution counts. Gifts over $10 receive a tax receipt issued by Sherbourne...
Read Sherbourne Health's letter to the Canadian Senate in support of Bill C-16
Hazelle Palmer, CEO, Sherbourne Health, wrote: “As an organization deeply committed to the health and well-being of LGBT2SQ populations, we wholeheartedly support Bill C-16’s proposed amendments to the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code.” Read the full letter.
Trans primary care guide first online, interactive tool for Canadian healthcare providers
A first of its kind in Canada, the Trans Primary Care Guide is an innovative online interactive tool to assist healthcare providers in offering primary and transition-related care to trans and gender-diverse patients. [...]
Trans primary care guide first online, interactive tool for Canadian healthcare providers
Pour les détails, veuillez consulter la page anglais.
Sherbourne Health welcomes news of C-16 passing third reading
Sherbourne Health welcomes news of C-16 passing third reading June 15, 2017 Sherbourne Health, including Rainbow Health Ontario, is ecstatic that Bill C-16, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code to include gender identity and expression, passed third reading in Canada’s Senate today. This long-overdue piece of legislation, now...
Registration is Open for the Fifth Biennial Rainbow Health Ontario Conference: Because LGBT2SQ Health Matters
Oct. 30, 2017 Register today on our What We Do page to join agents of change in LGBT2SQ health and wellness at the largest LGBT2SQ health conference in Canada. Early bird rates are in effect until Feb. 2, 2018. Rainbow Health Ontario invites you to join us for the fifth biennial RHO Conference from...
Les inscriptions à la 5e conférence biennale Santé arc-en-ciel Ontario sont maintenant ouvertes, car la santé LGBT2SQ, ça compte!
Inscrivez-vous aujourd’hui à et joignez-vous à des personnes qui souhaitent être agentes de changement pour la santé et le bien-être des personnes LGBT2SQ dans le cadre de la plus importante conférence consacrée à la santé LGBT2SQ au Canada. Les tarifs réduits pour inscriptions hâtives sont en vigueur jusqu’au 2 février 2018. Santé arc-en-ciel Ontario (SAO) vous...
Be part of setting an LGBT2SQ Health Research Agenda for Ontario
We’re at an important time in the history of LGBT2SQ health research, with research in this area growing. However, there remain significant gaps in evidence, creating challenges for policy and programming initiatives. More comprehensive research can advance the needs of our communities by translating into better advocacy efforts, policy, programming and services. As part of...
Participez à la mise sur pied d’un plan de travail pour la recherche sur la santé des personnes LGBT2SQ en Ontario
Nous vivons une étape importante de l’histoire de la recherche sur la santé des personnes LGBT2SQ – la recherche dans ce domaine connaît en effet une bonne croissance. Des lacunes persistent encore toutefois du côté des éléments probants, ce qui entraîne des difficultés pour les initiatives de politiques et de planification. Des recherches plus étendues...
LGBT2SQI2S Health and Wellness Design Jam in Vancouver Seeks to Bridge Gaps in Knowledge
The sometimes slow speed of systems change is a common challenge in improving health and well-being—one that sometimes delays the positive impacts that research findings can have on people’s lives and the health care system. This challenge is being tackled head-on with a “design jam”-style event focusing on LGBT2SQI2S health and wellness, and organized by...
SARAVYC report on experiences with gender-affirming surgeries: Ontario findings validate ongoing work of the Trans Health Expansion, highlight additional gaps
March 14, 2018 A new report from UBC’s Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre (SARAVYC) shows a snapshot in time of trans people’s experiences with transition-related surgeries (TRS) in Ontario. The Ontario analysis was funded by the partners in Ontario’s Trans Health Expansion (THEx): Sherbourne Health including Rainbow Health Ontario, Women’s College Hospital and...
Rapport du SARAVYC sur l’expérience vécue par les clientèles en chirurgie affirmative du genre : les conclusions pour l’Ontario confirment celles des travaux de Connexion santé trans en plus de relever d’autres lacunes
Le 14 mars, 2018 Un nouveau rapport du SARAVYC, Stigma and Resilience Among Vulnerable Youth Centre, de l’Université de la Colombie-Britannique (UBC) livre un portrait de la situation actuelle du vécu des personnes trans lors de chirurgies d’affirmation du genre (CAG) en Ontario. L’analyse pour l’Ontario a été financée par des partenaires du projet Connexion...
Rainbow Health Ontario Conference opens March 21, 2018, in Sudbury, Ontario
March 15, 2018 Canada’s largest conference on LGBT2SQ health will bring together over 325 healthcare providers, researchers, policy-makers, community members and advocates. Rainbow Health Ontario (RHO) invites you to join agents of change in LGBT2SQ health and wellness at the largest LGBT2SQ2s health conference in Canada. The Conference features 3 days of conference programming, packed...
La Conférence Santé arc-en-ciel Ontario s’amorce le 21 mars 2018 à Sudbury, Ontario
15 mars 2018 La plus importante conférence sur la santé LGBT2SQ au Canada réunira plus de 325 prestataires de soins de santé, chercheurs, décideurs, membres de la communauté et défenseurs des droits des personnes LGBT2SQ. Santé arc-en-ciel Ontario (SAO) vous invite à joindre les agents de changements pour la santé et le bien-être des personnes LGBT2SQ lors de...
Rainbow Health Ontario and The 519 update co-created Media Reference Guide, now available online
An updated version of The 519 and Rainbow Health Ontario (RHO)’s Media Reference Guide: Discussing Trans and Gender Diverse People is now available on their websites. Created with journalists in mind to encourage respectful and accurate reporting on trans and gender-diverse communities, the guide is a useful primer for anyone who wants to better understand...
Guide de référence pour les représentants des médias à propos des communautés trans et de genres diversifiés
Le côté anglais de cette page Web contient un article sur une ressource. Il s’agit d’un guide de référence pour les représentants des médias, créé à l’intention des journalistes et visant à favoriser l’emploi d’une terminologie plus exacte et plus respectueuse dans les articles et les reportages traitant des communautés trans et de genres diversifiés....
Sherbourne Health releases position statement on Ontario’s health and physical education curriculum
Jul. 19, 2018 Sherbourne Health has released a position statement on Ontario’s health and physical education curriculum. As a program of Sherbourne Health, Rainbow Health Ontario stands with Sherbourne in recognizing that “an evidence-based, factual approach to health and physical education plays an important role in protecting the safety and health outcomes of young people.”...
LGBT2SQI2S Health and Wellness Design Jam in Vancouver Seeks to Bridge Gaps in Knowledge
Pour les détails, veuillez consulter la page anglais.
Sherbourne Health releases position statement on Ontario’s health and physical education curriculum
Pour les détails, veuillez consulter la page anglais.
Sherbourne Health welcomes news of C-16 passing third reading
Pour les détails, veuillez consulter la page anglais.