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Title:

2SLGBTQIA+ Policy Review and Youth Advisory Council

Agreement Number:

SO220226

Agreement Value:

$76,617.00

Agreement Date:

Aug 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2024

Description:

Through this eight-month project, Gender Affirming Care Nova Scotia CIC (GACNS) will develop community-informed solutions to key barriers and gaps facing 2SLGBTQI+ communities. This will be achieved by addressing legal barriers to transitioning in Nova Scotia and providing queer youth with policy and governance education. This project will focus on the Nova Scotia Vital Statistics Act and Regulations; reducing wait times and costs associated with legal transitions; and creating mechanisms to address governmental, non-governmental, and private refusal to make documents, applications, and other means of providing personal information align with the Nova Scotian and Canadian human rights acts. It will also seek to create, in partnership with community experts, a comprehensive education program for 2SLGBTQIA+ youth regarding policy and governance, providing them the tools to follow in our path towards inclusive policy and governance. GACNS will achieve this objective through internal policy consultations, policy drafting, workshopping, policy outreach, educational content and platform development, and continued consulting with public entities.

Organization:

Women and Gender Equality Canada

Expected Results:

Partnerships and collaborations are established and/or strengthened to support the LGBTQ2 movement LGBTQ2 organizations have increased knowledge and capacity to advance equality with respect to sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression.

Location:

Bedford, Nova Scotia, CA B4B 1L5

Reference Number:

001-2023-2024-Q2-00045

Agreement Type:

Grant

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Legal Name:

Gender Affirming Care Nova Scotia CIC

Program:

Equality for Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression Program

Program Purpose:

The purpose of ESSOGIE program is to advance social, political and economic equality with respect to sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.

Advancement towards a greater understanding of the intersection of sex and gender with other identity factors that include race, national and ethnic origin, Indigenous origin or identity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic condition, place of residence and disability are encouraged under the Program.