Resource Fair & Queer Artisan Market
Shop local, support queer! From 12-5pm at Centre Square in Kentville, we will have queer-owned makers and small businesses set up with all of their amazing wares. From jewelry to cards to print art to decorations, bring your wallet and find the piece that captures your heart.
Interspersed with the vendors are resource organizations who support the queer community in the Valley. Be sure to stop by their tables to learn about what they do!
Resource Orgs:
Acadia Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Anti-Racism
The Health Equity Alliance of Nova Scotia (HEAL NS) is a registered charity and not-for-profit health promotion organization. We serve those living with and affected by HIV and members of the 2S/LGBTQIA+ community. We provide support services for people living with HIV, access to STI and HIV self-testing kits, and have recently launched Check Me Out, an easy-to-use checklist to inform sexual health discussions with your healthcare provider. Our aim is to improve health outcomes, end stigma and discrimination for our community members, and to end new HIV infections in Nova Scotia.
Sexual Health Resource Centre (Acadia Students’ Union)
The ASU’s Sexual Health Resource Centre (SHRC) works to facilitate Acadia students’ advancement, growth, & development of sexual and reproductive health knowledge and practices. We provide education, resources, support and access to sexual and reproductive health products for the Acadia community. While some of our services are limited to Acadia students, we are happy to support the broader community where possible – just ask! We are also proud to partner with Sexual Health Nova Scotia’s Transformation Closet program, acting as a pick-up and try-on spot for free gender affirming gear for all Nova Scotians.
Get in touch by emailing [email protected] or check us out on Instagram @SHRCAcadia. Free healthcare navigation and sexual health pamphlets are available online.
The Halifax Sexual Health Centre is a primary-care level sexual, reproductive, and gender-affirming care clinic. The mission of HSHC is to improve and optimize the sexual health of all members of our community, by providing high quality and caring clinical and educational services, and empowering clients to make healthy choices.
Pflag Canada is a national organization that works with 2SLGBTQIA+ communities including families, friends, allies and loved ones, to provide peer support, education, and advocacy. We want a supporting, just and caring country for the evolving 2SLGBTQIA+ community, including all sexual and gender orientations and expressions. Pflag is “Family for All!”
prideHealth is a collaboration between Nova Scotia Health and IWK Health that supports Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, and asexual (2SLGBTQIA+) individuals across Nova Scotia. Our goal is to improve access to safe, coordinated, comprehensive, and culturally appropriate primary health care.
We support individuals, families, and health care providers to promote health equity and affirming care through navigation assistance, information, education, training, and resources. We also offer consultation on policies and standards related to 2SLGBTQIA+ health care and health equity.
Psyclopedia
Hello ____: Queer-ying Honourifics
Friend, Boss, Esteemed Guest! Help us brainstorm more inclusive ways of addressing one another. Stop by our table and add to our canvas the terms of address that you use, like, or would like to see used in formal settings, friendships, or with close loved ones. Your contributions will help create community-informed educational resources about inclusive language.
The Queer Gerontology Lab is a research team from the Faculty of Health at Dalhousie University. Our project focuses on health equity for 2S/LGBTQIA+ communities across Nova Scotia. We’re looking at how queer folks experience access to culturally responsive and affirming care, and how prepared current health professional students feel to provide that kind of care. Through a participatory research design, we’re doing work by, with, and for the communities we live in, and we are working to promote more equitable, responsive care across our province.
Sexual Health Nova Scotia (SHNS) is a leading and expert voice around the issues of sexual, gender, and reproductive health (SGRH). We champion positive sexual health throughout the lifespan for all Nova Scotians through advocacy, education, navigation, and partnership. We will be bringing information about our programs – the Transformation Closet, which distributes gender-affirming gear throughout the province, and SUGAR Health, which connects folks to SGRH services near them.
The Transformation Closet provides free gender-affirming gear to anyone, anywhere in Nova Scotia. We also offer education, resources, and workshops about gender-affirming care and gear.
The Valley Youth Project is a branch of the Nova Scotia Youth Project, located in the Annapolis Valley. We aim to make the Valley better (and more fun!) for 2SLGBTQ youth aged 13-25 through events and regular drop-ins. Find us on Instagram, Facebook, or reach us through email.
Queer Artisans:
Info coming soon!