Our Components’ Pride Committee sites
- BCGEU Equity and Human Rights Committee
- MGEU Equality and Human Rights Committee
- OPSEU/SEFPO Rainbow Alliance arc-en-ciel (web page)
- OPSEU/SEFPO Rainbow Alliance arc-en-ciel (Facebook)
- NSGEU Human Rights Committee
- NAPE 2SLGBTQIA+ Committee
Resources
- NUPGE’s Resistances, Movements, and Histories of 2SLGBTQIA+ Communities
- Canadian Labour Congress’ We Keep Each Other Safe: A Guide for Unions to Address Anti-2SLGBTQI+ Hate at Work
- Canadian Anti-Hate Network’s Guide for Pride Defenders
- Canadian Labour Congress’ Workers in Transition guide
- Egale Canada
- HSABC’s Discrimination in the Workplace: Findings from HSA’s Survey on Inclusion and Belonging
- ILGA World
- OPSEU/SEFPO’s Social Mapping Project
- Rainbow Railroad
- Transrespect versus Transphobia Worldwide’s Trans Murder Monitoring
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