Understanding the Issue

Understanding the Rise in Anti-2SLGBTQIA+ Hate

In the past 3 years, anti-2SLGBTQIA+ hate has surged in Canada. From 2020-2021, there was a 64% increase in police-reported hate-motivated violence targeting 2SLGBTQIA+ people in Canada. Across the country, drag spaces and pride events are being met with anti-2SLGBTQIA+ protestors. 2SLGBTQIA+ community leaders in the public eye are being targeted with hate and online attacks. Efforts are underway to roll back 2SLGBTQIA+ inclusion in schools, notably regarding essential privacy protections for trans and gender diverse students. Rhetoric equating 2SLGBTQIA+ people with pedophiles abounds in the online world.

The #Act4QueerSafety campaign is a collaborative effort supported by the following organizations:

• Fernie Pride Society
• No Conversion Canada
• Advocacy Canada
• Sexual Health Nova Scotia
• Rainbow Collective of Thunder Bay
• YWCA Canada
• Protect Our Youth
• SRHR Hubs
• Spectrum Waterloo Region's Rainbow Community Space
• Centretown Community Health Centre
• Oxfam Canada
• Canadian Anti-Hate Network
• ACT
• Alliance for Healthier Communities
• Trans Legal Collective
• LGBT YouthLine
• Sheridan Student Union
• ROBSON VALLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES
• Cape Breton Transgender Network
• Quadrangle NL
• TransParent Okanagan
• Nelson Pride
• Kimberley Pride Society
• Caledon Pride
• Fierté Canada Pride
• ANKORS
• Eating Disorders Nova Scotia
• Peer Support Canada
• Canadian Association of Social Workers
• Positive Living North
• Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity
• Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF)
• Options For Sexual Health
• BC Federation of Labour
• Sex Information and Education Council Canada (SIECCAN)
• Queer Justice Project / Hamilton Community Legal Clinic
• Canadian Mental Health Association
• West Coast LEAF
• Pride at Work Canada
• Young Canadians Roundtable on Health
• JusticeTrans
• Capital Pride
• North Bay Pride
• Pflag Canada York Region
• Canadian Labour Congress
• UFCW Canada
• Community-Based Research Centre
• Canadian Union of Public Employees
• Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association
• Chroma: Pride, Inclusion, Equality, Inc.
• Diversity Cornwall
• Society of United Professionals IFPTE 160
• Planned Parenthood Toronto
• Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants - OCASI
• Capital Rainbow Refuge
• Sault Pride
• tri-Pride Community Association
• The Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies
• John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights
• Fierté Sudbury Pride
• Elizabeth Fry Society Simcoe Muskoka
• Keepers of the Circle
• Gender and Social Justice Program at McMaster University
• Central Okanagan Elizabeth Fry Society
• The Elizabeth Fry Society of Manitoba Inc.
• CFUW (Canadian Federation of University Women)
• Lakehead University Student Union
• Jack.org
• ANKORS Trans Connect
• The Enchanté Network
• Egale Canada
• LGBT Purge Fund
• FrancoQueer
• WILPF Canada Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
• Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa
• Rainbow Refugee Society
• Fora: Network for Change
• Ending Violence Association of Canada
• Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association
• Elizabeth Fry Society of NWO
• EFry Greater Vancouver
• The Equal Futures Network
• Ontario Digital Literacy and Access Network
• Gillian's Place
• Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
• Pride PEI
• Elizabeth Fry Society of Northern Alberta
• Black Rose Beauty Lounge
• CUPE Ontario
• Defend Choice
• Queer Infrastructure Network
• Centre for Family Equity
• Positive Connections
• Affirming Connections
• NG Pride
• Morgane Oger Foundation
• Choice in Health Clinic
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
• Lutheran Theological Seminary, Saskatoon
• Stratford-Perth Pride
• Hamilton Trans Health Coalition
• The United Church of Canada - Church in Mission
• Ontario Association of Social Workers
• Canadian Federation of Students