Health committee  It's a big part of why we created Pride Home. Number one, there are no youth shelters in Saskatoon so there's that gap to begin with. For the shelters that do exist for adults, there are lots of trans women who are in those shelters and their treatment is despicable. They're trea

Health committee  It's a term created in Winnipeg in 1992, I believe, by and for indigenous people because they weren't necessarily comfortable using the words gay and lesbian. They wanted language that reflected their own experiences. It's a cultural term that for some means gay. If we were to lo

Health committee  Yes, absolutely. The Saskatchewan Human Rights Code changed to include gender and gender identity and expression not that long ago. It was precisely because of landlords refusing to rent to trans people in Saskatchewan. That was where it started to escalate more and more to the

Health committee  Yes, that is true.

Health committee  Absolutely. Enchanté Canada is new. It's two months old. The incorporation process is happening right now, but it's a network of LGBTQ2 centres and groups from across Canada. In September last year, we brought 38 people from every province and every territory in Canada to Sask

Health committee  Do you mean in terms of education models?

Health committee  We have education modules geared for schools, businesses, corporations, the City of Saskatoon, the Saskatoon police department. We tailor it to our audience so we have many different modules. In terms of a provincial strategy, for example, what would be fantastic is a curriculum

Health committee  I would say it's both/and, right? If you don't advertise them well, people won't know they're there. This mapping project is brilliant. Let's do that 100%. We need to be able to find things both within our communities and without. It's really great for everybody to see well-adver

Health committee  Yes, there are. I know that the committee has heard a lot about gay men, so I won't speak to that. We're starting some work on gender-based violence. That's one area, so I can speak to that. We're finding that trans women in particular are at greatest risk. I would not even use “

Health committee  Absolutely. I think one of the linchpins of intersectionality is self-determination and recognition of people's ability to define who they are, to identify themselves and not to be assigned to pre-determined categories. If we think about it, even sitting around this room, we are

Health committee  Yes, huge.

Health committee  Yes. We do lots of mediation. We always say that anyone who walks through the door is welcome to services. Whether it's a mother and daughter who are struggling after the daughter comes out and they need counselling together, or they're supportive and they're figuring how to do i

Health committee  Yes, absolutely. It makes a huge difference. That's why they're in the home—one hundred per cent. It's because they do not have the support of their families.

Health committee  We have six right now. It's full. It's always full.

Health committee  It's $100,000 to run Pride Home.