If we don’t help LGBTQ+ organizations now, services will disappear | Opinion

LGBTQ+ charities and non-profits deliver critical services and programs to the most vulnerable queer people. In Ottawa and across Canada, they’re facing the perfect storm: economic precarity, government belt-tightening and corporations rescinding financial support, all made worse by a social and political climate increasingly hostile to LGBTQ+ acceptance. Read MoreFae Johnstone: Ottawa groups like Kind Space and the Ten Oaks Project, who provide family support and summer programs for LGBTQ+ youth, are in a tough financial position.  Opinion, Columnists LGBTQ+ charities and non-profits deliver critical services and programs to the most vulnerable queer people. In Ottawa and across Canada, they’re facing the perfect storm: economic precarity, government belt-tightening and corporations rescinding financial support, all made worse by a social and political climate increasingly hostile to LGBTQ+ acceptance. Read More