LGBTQ+ Resources at Memorial
Memorial University’s Sexual and Gender Advocacy Resource Centre (MUN SAGA)
Tel: 709-864-7619
UC-6022, St. John's campus
MUN SAGA provides a support and social group for lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgender, questioning, and other members of the Memorial LGBTQ+ community. Their office is a safe (and confidential) place to be yourself, hang out with other LGBTQ+ people, and meet new people! They also have a growing library of resource materials and LGBTQ+-themed fiction and poetry that is available to anyone who needs it.
MUN Intersections - Memorial University’s Resource Center for Marginalized Genders
Tel: 737-4366, munsuwrc@gmail.com
UC-1009, St. John's campus
At the centre, volunteers trained in crisis intervention are available for informal peer support and can provide referrals to various campus and community services. They have a Trans support group and an Asexual and Aromantic support group. Anyone needing a safe space, a confidential source of information, or simply someone to talk to is welcome to stop by!
Memorial University Student Union (MUNSU)
lgbt@munsu.ca OR advocacy@munsu.ca
MUNSU has two representatives that advocate for the LGBTQ+ community on campus. The queer and transgender representatives advocate for the community as a whole by working with students to create better policy and aid those who require it due to discrimination. The trans representative specifically advocates for the unique needs of the transgender community on campus either on a systemic level or by helping individual students with specific issues they need resolved. In addition to the queer and trans reps, the director of advocacy can work with LGBTQ+ individuals who require aid due to discrimination based on being a part of a gender, sexual, or romantic minority.
Trans Support Group
A peer-based group that offers support to all who identify as trans, outside of the cisgender binary, or are questioning their gender identity. This group is made to be a safer space. They are a completely confidential peer-based support group and together they decide when and where to meet, plan social events and discuss where they want this organization to go.
Human Rights Commission
Tel: 729-2709
Receiving, recording and investigating individual’s written complaints that allege violation of the Human Rights Act. This is where people can go when they’re being discriminated against because they identify as LGBTQ.
Parents of Trans and Gender Diverse Kids – Newfoundland and Labrador
Parents of Gender Creative Kids-NL is a peer-support group for parents of gender creative, gender questioning, and transgender children and youth in St. John’s NL. They meet the second Tuesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. in the Janeway Resource Centre, in the Janeway Hostel. Parents and youth outside the St. John’s area can also join the meetings via Skype or teleconference.
PFLAG Newfoundland and Labrador
Tel: 709-351-2282
pflagnl@gmail.com OR murphy_p_charlie@hotmail.com
Facebook page: PFLAG Newfoundland & Labrador (request to join)
PFLAG offers a monthly peer-support group that meets on the third Thursday of the month from 7-9 p.m., usually in The Landing at Memorial University’s University Center (UC).
Planned Parenthood
Tel: 579-1009 or 1-877-666-9847
Planned Parenthood provides LGBTQ support groups, pregnancy testing, pregnancy options, counselling from a social worker, physician clinics, emergency contraceptive information, testing and treatment for STIs. They also have Camp Eclipse for LGBTQ youth.