Support Systems
Whether you are just beginning to question aspects of your gender or sexuality, or whether you have come out to everyone you know, it’s important to create a support system for yourself.
What Is A Support System?
A support system can include friends, family, health care professionals, online communities, and even physical spaces such as resource centres, libraries, magazines, books, videos, etc. Supports are the people, places, and things that will be there for you when things are not going well, and even when things are going very well. Supports give you strength when you’re low, and keep your spirits up by making you laugh and giving you hope. Your support system may include people you know and people you don’t know (such as crisis line counselors whom you may never meet or see in person).
Resources
(See also Crisis Services, Counseling Services, and Finding Supportive People)
The content and language of this website is intended to be inclusive and respectful of all GLBTT* people, but it would be nearly impossible for one website to fully represent the diversity of this community. The content on this site was developed in consultation with health care professionals and with the members of the GLBTT* Health Promotion Coalition. However, it is important to note that the information in this website should not be used as a substitute for medical and/or legal advice.