Queer & Trans Health Collective
The Queer & Trans Health Collective (QTHC) is a grassroots health organization run by and for queer and trans community members.
OUR VISION:
Our vision is for all queer and trans community members to have equitable opportunity to experience positive health and well-being.
OUR MISSION:
Working alongside our community, we empower queer and trans well-being through programming which promotes equitable access to health education, support, capacity building, community-based research, and provider training.
OUR NEW NAME
When it was created, the Edmonton Men’s Health Collective offered programming and services focused specifically on queer and trans guys. But over time the scope of programming and services has expanded. Our organization has begun to explore opportunities to expand its programs and services to better serve other members of Edmonton’s queer and trans community. Additionally, some of our work now extends beyond the Edmonton area, across Alberta.
In light of this shift in the demographics of our mandate, we understood that this name no longer represents the community we serve. We then undertook a community consultation process engaging with members of the 2S/LGBTQIA+ community as a means of determining our new name. This process ran from January to June 2021, and several options for our new name were put forward for the community to decide on. After a vote on September 21st, 2021, our membership approved our new name: Queer & Trans Health Collective (QTHC).
The QTHC’s office is located at Homestead Coworking, at #202, 10526 Jasper Ave NW. We do not run regular office hours and are only available at this location by appointment or during regularly scheduled programming.
All mail to the QTHC should be sent to PO Box 35002 RPO Midtown, Edmonton, AB, T5J 0B7.
