Essies Place - a Society for people with diverse genders and sexualities

Published purpose

This 12-month project is a phase 2 of the project #20115 will strengthen the capacity and networks of Essie’s Place to advance LGBTQ2 equality. This will be achieved by building organizational capacity to deliver mental health supports, and offer safe, affordable support and resources for who people who identify as gender diverse, transgender, and/or having a DSD intersex, to improve their quality of life in the Shuswap region. At the end of the project, the organization will have strengthened collaboration among organizations to better support LGTOQ2SA+ people in the Shuswap region, advance LGBTQ2 equality with an intersectional approach and will amplify sector capacity at large.