The NGALE Pride Guide
Newfoundland Gays And Lesbians for Equality, Inc.
P.O. Box 6221, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, A1C 6J9
Telephone: (709) 753-4297 [753-GAYS]
E-Mail: [email protected]
World Wide Web: /homestead/westhollywood/4291
L/B/G/T Resources in Newfoundland
Note: This page covers provincial issues in particular. More information on related national and worldwide organizations
may be found on our Canadian and international pages, respectively.
Category Index
L/B/G/T Support
Newfoundland Amazon Network (NAN)
P.O. Box 1104, Station C
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
A1C 5M5
Phone: (709) 722-3963 [722-DYKE]
Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Association for Support (BGLAS)
P.O. Box 20002
Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada
A2H 6J5
Phone: (709) 634-1066
(Gay Support Line, Thursdays 7-10 pm).
This group appears to have disbanded.
The Lesbian/Bisexual/Gay/Transgendered Support and Information Line
Phone: (709) 753-4297 [753-GAYS]
Live, trained male and female volunteers on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7 to 10 pm,
with voice mail system and updates on current events throughout the week.
The Support Line does not subscribe to Call Display/Caller ID.
LBGT-MUN
Meets weekly on the campus of Memorial University, at various
locations and times. Also hosts discussion groups for women and
transgendered persons. Drop in to the LBGT-MUN Resource Centre
in room T-2022D on the second floor of the Thomson Student Centre,
or call (709) 737-7619 for more information.
E-Mail: [email protected]
Parents and Family/Friends of Lesbians And Gays (PFLAG)
A resource group and support network.
Call the Support/Info Line (709-753-4297) for referral to a parent.
Also visit the Canadian and international PFLAG pages.
Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgendered/Questioning (LGBTQ) Youth Group
Meets on a monthly basis, currently the second Wednesday.
Call the Support/Info Line (709-753-4297) or the Women's Centre
(709-753-0220) for location and time.
Human Rights and Advocacy
Newfoundland-Labrador Human Rights Association
155 Water Street, Suite 206
P.O. Box 6203
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
A1C 6J9
Phone/Fax: (709) 754-0690
E-Mail: [email protected]
Newfoundland and Labrador Human Rights Commission 
Gladys Vivian, Executive Director
345/347 Duckworth Street (Terra Nova Place), 4th Floor
P.O. Box 8700
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
A1B 4J6
Phone: (709) 729-2709, (709) 729-5812, or 1-800-563-5808
Fax: (709) 729-0790
E-Mail: [email protected]
Youth for Social Justice (YSJ)
382 Duckworth Street, P.O. Box 1933
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
A1C 3R4
Phone: (709) 753-2133
Fax: (709) 753-4410
Meets weekly at the Oxfam Centre (see below).
The Oxfam Centre
382 Duckworth Street
P.O. Box 18000
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
A1C 6C2
Phone: (709) 753-2202
Fax: (709) 753-4110
E-Mail: [email protected]
Also visit the pages of Oxfam Canada and Oxfam International.
Amnesty International, Group 60 (St. John's)
P.O. Box 23193
St. John's Newfoundland, Canada
A1B 4J9
Phone: (709) 722-0946
E-Mail: [email protected]
Also visit the Canadian and main Amnesty International pages.
Women's Issues
The Women's Centre / St. John's Status of Women Council
83 Military Road
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
A1C 2C8
Phone: (709) 753-0220
Fax: (709) 753-3817
E-Mail: [email protected]
Provincial Advisory Council on the Status of Women
131 LeMarchant Road
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
A1C 2H3
Phone: (709) 753-7270
Fax: (709) 753-2606
E-Mail: [email protected]
Status of Women Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador Region
8th Floor, Cabot Place, Phase II
10 Barter's Hill
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
A1C 6M1
Phone: (709) 722-5655
E-Mail: [email protected]
Also visit the national Status of Women Canada page.
Women's Studies Program
Room S-4082, 4th Floor, Science Building
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
A1C 5S7
Phone: (709) 737-3322
Fax: (709) 737-4000
E-Mail: [email protected]
Also visit the Women's Resource Centre in room T-2022C
of the Thomson Student Centre, phone (709) 737-4366.
Other Women's Groups Across Newfoundland and Labrador
Multicultural Women's Organization: (709) 722-4858
Green's Harbour: (709) 582-3377
Bay St. George: (709) 643-4444
Grand Falls-Windsor: (709) 489-3907
Corner Brook: (709) 639-8522
Gander: (709) 256-4395
Port aux Basques: (709) 695-7505
Main Brook: (709) 865-6546
Labrador City: (709) 944-6562
Happy Valley: (709) 896-3484
North West River: (709) 497-8298
Rigolet: (709) 947-0087 or 947-0076
Health and Community Services
Newfoundland and Labrador AIDS Committee
345/347 Duckworth Street (Terra Nova Place), 6th Floor
P.O. Box 626, Station C
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
A1C 5K8
Phone: (709) 579-8656 or 1-800-563-1575 (within Newfoundland)
Fax: (709) 579-0559
E-Mail: [email protected]
Office hours: 9 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday.
Also produces Reaching Out, a quarterly province-wide publication designed to be a
source of information and an open forum for persons infected and affacted by HIV/AIDS.
Charitable Organization Registration Number: 0885418-112
The AIDS Committee of Western Newfoundland
c/o Dr. Michael parker, Committee Chair
P.O. Box 303
Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada
A2H 6C9
Phone: (709) 637-6243
E-Mail: [email protected]
Visit their original website here.
Conception Bay North AIDS Interest Group
c/o Philip Lundrigan
P.O. Box 1364
Bay Roberts, Newfoundland, Canada
A0A 1G0
Phone: (709) 786-2055 or (709) 786-6031
E-Mail: [email protected]
Other relevant links here and here.
Canadian AIDS Hotline - Newfoundland Chapter
Phone: 1-800-563-1575
Social Work Education AIDS Network (SWEAIDS-NET)
(Run by the School of Social Work at Memorial University)
E-Mail: [email protected]
Browse their archives here. 
Canadian AIDS Hotline - Newfoundland Chapter
Phone: 1-800-563-1575
Sexual Assault Crisis Centre
354 Water Street, Suite 324
P.O. Box 1914
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
A1C 1C0
Phone: (709) 726-1411 (crisis line) or (709) 738-2770 (office)
E-Mail: [email protected]
Canadian Blood Services - Newfoundland and Labrador
7 Wicklow Street
P.O. Box 13156, Station "A"
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
A1B 4A4
Phone: (709) 754-0461 - 66, After hours - (709) 754-0487
Fax (709) 754-0728
E-Mail: [email protected]
Also visit the national Canadian Blood Services home page.
The Canadian Red Cross - Newfoundland and Labrador
7 Wicklow Street
P.O. Box 13156, Station "A"
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
A1B 4A4
Phone: (709) 754-0461 - 66, After hours - (709) 754-0487
Fax (709) 754-0728
E-Mail: [email protected]
Also visit the Canadian and International Red Cross pages.
Health and Community Services, St. John's Region
20 Cordage Place, P.O. Box 13122
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
AlB 4A4
Phone: (709) 738-4800
E-Mail: [email protected]
St. John's Health Care Corporation
Waterford Bridge Road
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
A1E 4J8
Phone: (709) 758-1338
Fax: (709) 758-1344
E-Mail: [email protected]
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Newfoundland and Labrador Health Care Association
E-Mail: [email protected]
Community Health Clinic - St. John's and Area
(Anonymously book appointments for counselling and AIDS
testing at bi-weekly clinics.)
Dr. Ann Roberts, Medical Officer of Health
20 Cordage Place (off Empire Avenue)
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
A1E 4J9
Phone: (709) 738-4882
Community Health Clinics Across Newfoundland
(Call for information and testing in your area.)
Holyrood: (709) 229-3352
Harbour Grace: (709) 596-3262
Bay Roberts: (709) 786-6031
Grand Bank: (709) 832-1602
Clarenville: (709) 466-3456
Other Eastern Areas: call collect (709) 229-4812
Gander: (709)651-3306
Corner Brook: (709) 637-5436 or 637-5462
St. Anthony: (709) 454-3333
Community Services Council
Volunteer Centre
Suite 201, Virginia park Plaza
Newfoundland Drive
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
A1A 3E9
Phone: (709) 753-9860
Fax: (709) 753-6112
E-Mail: [email protected]
Communicable Diseases Clinic
(Confidental testing for sexually transmitted diseases
and immunization for international travel.)
Public Health Services Building
Forest Road, P.O. Box 8400
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
A1B 4J6
Phone: (709) 738-4882
The Care Centre for Women, Inc.
(Focuses on the physical, emotional, social and
educational needs of mothers and their babies.)
194 LeMarchant Road
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
A1C 2H6
Phone: (709) 738-2273 [738-CARE]
Fax: (709) 738-2273
E-Mail: [email protected]
Planned Parenthood Newfoundland/Labrador
(Pregnancy testing, STD testing, counselling, public education)
Christine Hayward McKee Centre
203 Merrymeeting Road
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
A1C 2W6
Phone: (709) 579-1009
The Newfoundland and Labrador Health Research Network
(Has done several projects on HIV/AIDS)
c/o Ms. Pauline Cole
Research and Graduate Studies
Faculty of Medicine
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
A1B 3V6
Phone: (709) 737-6762
E-Mail: [email protected]
Nena K. Sandoval (Ph.D. cand), Clinical Sexologist
Ambulatory Care, Waterford Hospital
Waterford Bridge Road
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
A1E 4J8
Phone: (709) 758-3631
E-Mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Assessment and therapy provided in a variety of sexual areas including:
sexual dysfunctions, paraphilias, gender concerns, couple counselling,
sexuality education, and a resource for networking internationally within
the area of sexuality. Individuals can make contact by phone or e-mail.
Religion and Faith
The Avalon Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
(Welcomes all without regard to orientation, race, gender, age, or income.)
Reverend Katie Stein Sather
Dogberry Hill Road
St. Phillips, Newfoundland, Canada
Phone: (709) 895-0478
E-Mail: [email protected]
Meets Sundays at 10:30 am in the annex of the Wedgewood park Recreation Centre,
47 Gleneyre Street, St. John's (off Torbay Road).
Also see Rev. Stein Sather's article on page 11 of the Fall 1998 issue of Outlook,
and visit the international Unitarian Universalist Association home page.
Other faiths practiced in Newfoundland include Roman Catholic, Anglican, United Church, Presbyterian, Salvation Army, Pentecostal, Seventh-Day Adventist,
Lutheran, Jehovah's Witness, Jewish, Bahai, Buddhist, Islam, Christadelphian, Quaker, Chinese Christian, and Wiccan/Pagan.
Politics and Government
The Honourable Brian Tobin, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador (Liberal)
8th Floor, East Block
Confederation Building
P.O. Box 8700
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
A1B 4J6
Phone: (709) 729-3570
Fax: (709) 729-5875
E-Mail: [email protected]
The Honourable Oliver Langdon, MHA (Liberal), Fortune Bay-Cape La Hune
Minister of Environment and Labour
(Human rights issues fall under his jurisdiction.)
4th Floor, West Block
Confederation Building
P.O. Box 8700
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
A1B 4J6
Phone: (709) 729-2664
Fax: (709) 729-6639
E-Mail: [email protected]
Bob French, Opposition MHA (PC), Conception Bay South
Opposition Labour Critic
(Human rights issues fall under his jurisdiction.)
Phone: (709) 729-5907, (709) 834-5116, (709) 229-5116, or 1-800-647-9496
Fax: (709) 834-9655
E-Mail: [email protected]
The Honourable Julie Bettney, MHA (Liberal), Mount Pearl
Minister of Human Resources and Employment
(Status of Women issues fall under her jurisdiction.)
c/o Women's Policy Office
4th Floor, West Block
Confederation Building
P.O. Box 8700
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
A1B 4J6
Phone: (709) 729-3580
Fax: (709) 729-6996
E-Mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Sheila Osborne, Opposition MHA (PC), St. John's West
Opposition Human Resources and Employment Critic
(Status of Women issues fall under her jurisdiction.)
Phone: (709) 729-5869 or (709) 745-9378 (745-WEST)
Fax: (709) 364-7596
E-Mail: [email protected]
The Honourable Joan Marie Aylward, MHA (Liberal), St. John's Centre
Minister of Health and Community Services
Main Floor, West Block
Confederation Building
P.O. Box 8700
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
A1B 4J6
Phone: (709) 729-3124
Fax: (709) 729-0121
E-Mail: [email protected]
Loyola Sullivan, Opposition MHA (PC), Ferryland
Opposition House Leader and Opposition Health Critic
Phone: (709) 729-4884, (709) 438-2242, (709) 432-2243,
(709) 334-1155, (709) 747-3033, or 1-800-634-5504
Fax: (709) 363-2224
E-Mail: [email protected]
Gerry Byrne, MP (Liberal), Humber-St. Barbe-Baie Verte
(Voted yes on Bill C-33)
96 West Street
Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada
A2H 2Z3
Phone: (709) 637-4540, (613) 996-5509, or 1-800-563-9934
Fax: (613) 996-9632
E-Mail: [email protected]
Political parties in Newfoundland: Liberal, PC, NDP,
Newfoundland and Labrador , Reform, Natural Law, and Green.
Young Liberals , Young PCs , MUN New Democrats and Newfoundland and Labrador Young New Democrats.
Read about women's issues from the Newfoundland and national Liberal parties.
Newfoundland Members in the House of Commons.
More provincial political information can be found on the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador home page, while municipal connections can be found on the pages of the cities of
St. John's, Mount Pearl, and Corner Brook.
Media
Newsletter
The Heterosexism Enquirer
c/o Lori Yetman and Leslie Bella
P.O. Box 23060, Churchill Square Post Office
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
A1B 4J9
Offices: Room 4008, St. John's College,
School of Social Work, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Phone: (709) 737-2562
Fax: (709) 737-4512
E-Mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
CHMR-FM
Memorial University's campus station (93.5 MHz, cable 103.7),
broadcasting from room T-3001 on the third floor of the Thomson
Student Centre, phone (709) 737-4777, fax (709) 737-4743.
Listen live over the Internet with the free RealAudioTM browser plug-in
(or try their new high-quality SureStream G2 RealAudio server).
Presents several L/B/G/T/Q-friendly programs:
- Rainbow Radio: Tuesdays at 3 pm (NF Time, Eastern + 1.5 hours)
Hosted by Red ([email protected])
E-Mail: [email protected]
the muse
(Memorial University's student newspaper, often
prints L/B/G/T articles, ads, and supplements.)
Room T-2001, 2nd Floor, Thomson Student Centre
P.O. Box A118, Memorial University
St. John's Newfoundland, Canada
A1C 5S7
Phone: (709) 737-8919
Fax: (709) 737-4743
E-Mail: [email protected]
The MUN Gazette
(Memorial University's official newspaper.)
Division of University Relations
Room A-1024, 1st Floor, Arts and Administration Building
Memorial University
St. John's Newfoundland, Canada
A1C 5S7
Phone: (709) 737-8663
Fax: (709) 737-8699
E-Mail: [email protected]
The St. John's Telegram (Formerly The Evening Telegram)
1 Columbus Drive
P.O. Box 5970
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
A1C 5X7
Letters to the Editor: c/o Moira Baird
Phone: (709) 364-6300, extension 320
Fax: (709) 364-3939
E-Mail: [email protected]
The Express
Robinson-Blackmore Printing & Publishing
36 Austin Street, 2nd Floor
P.O. Box 8660, Station A
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
A1B 3T7
Letters to the Editor: c/o Paul Bickford
Phone: (709) 579-1312
Fax: (709) 579-7745
E-Mail: [email protected]
24-hour It's Your Call Voice Mail: (709) 722-2701
Also find other small-town papers from Robinson Blackmore.
Wayves - Atlantic Canada's L/B/G/T Newspaper
R.P.O. Box 34090, Scotia Square
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
B3J 3S1
Editorial/Circulation/Advertising, phone: (902) 453-3953
Current Events, phone: (902) 429-2661
E-Mail: [email protected]
Check out the Newfoundland section of their Services List.
More media outlets: CBC Radio, CBC Television, CHOZ-FM, NTV, VOCM, VOFM/Magic 97, CKIX, and VOAR.
Other Support and Emergency Phone Numbers (St. John's Area)
Police/Fire/Ambulance: 911
Royal Newfoundland Constabulary: (709) 729-8000
Royal Canadian Mounted Police in St. John's: (709) 772-5400 (National R.C.M.P. page)
Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Grand Falls-Windsor: (709) 489-2121
Crime Stoppers (report anonymous crime tips): 1-800-363-8477 [363-TIPS]
Kids Help Phone Line (toll-free Canada-wide): 1-800-668-6868
Telecare St. John's (crisis intervention/suicide prevention): (709) 579-1601
Iris Kirby House (shelter for battered women and their children): (709) 753-1492 (Administration: 709-722-8272)
Naomi Center (shelter/support/safety for young women): (709) 579-8432
Sexual Assault Crisis Center: (709) 726-1411
Social Services Emergencies: (709) 729-3500
Depression Support Line: 1-800-268-0999
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