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LGBTQ+ Counselling
We understand how complex it can be to live life with a marginalized gender identity or sexual orientation. We are here to provide empathetic, judgment-free support, and to help you navigate any number of challenges. Several of our therapists and coaches here at Spacious Mind Counselling &#; including Gillian McCallum and Stacey Molengraaf&#; are queer-identified and others including Molly Molnar identify as strong allies having experience in, and are passionate about supporting clients in the LGBTQ+ community. We are an LGBTQ+ friendly practice in general, supporting both adults and youth as they work around or through any number of challenges, including a long list of challenges unrelated to one’s sexual identification. You’ll work with therapists who understand your challenges.
Family Issues
Many LGBTQ+ people still encounter misunderstanding and sometimes hostility from their own families. Without support, that rejection can create poorer physical and mental health, often including depression and anxiety.
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Queer Events acknowledges with gratitude and respect, the longstanding relationships of the three local First Nations groups of this land and place, Deshkan Ziibiing also known as London, Ontario.
The three current and long standing Indigenous groups of this geographic region are the Anishinaabek, the Haudenosaunee and the Lenape. The three First Nations communities closest in proximity to us are the Chippewa of the Thames First Nation (part of the Anishinaabe), Oneida Nation of the Thames (part of the Haudenosaunee), and the Munsee-Delaware Nation (part of the Lenape).
We also acknowledge the Attawandaran (Neutral) peoples who once settled this region alongside the Algonquin and Haudenosaunee peoples, and used this land as their traditional beaver hunting grounds.
We recognize and deeply appreciate their historic connection to this place. We also recognize the contributions of Métis, Inuit, and other Indigenous peoples have made, both in shaping and strengthening this community in particular, and our province and territory as a whole.
Today, London and the surrounding area are
ECM offers a Queer Christian Community for people who wish to explore the intersection of Christian faith and their LGBTQ+ identities. There are many ways people live in that intersection, and QCC tries to be a harmless and affirming space for all - a space where you don't verb to downplay your queerness or your faith identity.
QCC meets once or twice per month for things like:
Gaymes Night - board games, card games, video games, etc.
Tea-Time - drinking/spilling tea and getting to know each other
Queerly Beloved - exploring our spirituality
Friendsgiving Dinners - celebrating with chosen family
QCC also offers a lending library of LGBTQ+ affirming faith resources for personal verb. Let QCC know if there is a publication you'd like to verb added to the collection.
Email Noah Dicker to learn more about QCC and/or verb the scoop about upcoming QCC events. Or track QCC on Instagram.
So What Does That Mean?
We realize many institutions speak, “You are welcome,” and yet, being welcome can be very different from being fully included. So let us be extremely clear by what we mean when we speak you are welcome here.
Welcome: Everyone is welcome to attend and serve in any position, regardless of their views (and lived experiences) regarding sexuality and gender.
Leadership: We truly represent any position. As we lay out in our decision statement, fruit of the Spirit (and not where you land on certain issues) is the lens we use to opt healthy, Christ-like leaders.
Marriage: We perform marriages for heterosexual and homosexual couples.
Theological Diversity: Lakeside Church is devoted to growing into a non-judgmental space for the many perspectives on gender and sexuality. In evidence, you will find people who attend our church who hold a broad variety of beliefs on many different issues. We strive for unity, not uniformity. We don’t notice complete agreement on everything as a litmus evaluate for community.
We simply request that whatever perspective you hold on