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L'Annexe: the Ometz Centre for Young Adults
Jewish Community Center; LGBTQ+ Organization; Social Group; Social Services / Human Services; Young Adult Organization
All Affiliations Served
514-342-0000
5400 Westbury Avenue
Montreal,
Canada

About

L'Annexe is a diverse, explicitly LGBTQ-affirming Jewish social services & community space that offers a wide array of free and low-cost programming: a Drop-In Centre, social events, wellness activities, creative arts therapies, skill-building workshops, and one-on-one support.

We are a Jewish space that welcomes those who identify as Jewish as well as those who do not.

Listing Details

Organizational Policies

  • Benefits such as health insurance, parental leave, etc. are gender-neutral and LGBTQ+ inclusive
  • Has written anti-bullying policies that specifically address identity-based bullying
  • Has written nondiscrimination and anti-harassment policy that mentions gender identity and expression
  • Has written nondiscrimination and anti-harassment policy that mentions sexual orientation
  • All registration forms have been updated for LGBTQ+ belonging (i.e. adult 1 / 2 , parents or guardians, expansive gender options, pronouns, etc)
  • Strategic priority of LGBTQ+ engagement

Programming

  • Offers LGBTQ+ affinity spaces
  • Engages with LGBTQ+ civil rights in a way that is consistent with our engagement with civil rights for any core constituency
  • Curriculum and educational materials reflect LGBTQ+ people and identities
  • Has regular programming on LGBTQ+ themes
  • Observes LGBTQ+ days of significance (such as Pride, National Coming Out Day, Transgender Day of Visibility, etc)
  • Speakers/presenters/scholars in residence include LGBTQ+ people

Ritual

  • Offers and frequently uses gender-expansive ritual language

Spaces

  • Has all-gender restroom/s and locker/changing rooms (if applicable) available

Staff & Leadership

  • Incoming staff and public-facing volunteers receive LGBTQ+ awareness training as part of orientation
  • Leadership and staff/volunteers have been trained on LGBTQ+ belonging within the past five years