Many of us experience love. We may love our Mum or Dad. We may love our pet rabbit. We may also have a crush on a pop star or a movie star.
We hear a lot about love when it comes to dating and relationships. But how is loving a boyfriend, girlfriend, or partner different from loving our Mum or Dad? How is it the same? Is loving a partner the same as having sex with them? Is it different? Is a crush the same thing as love?
And what does intimacy mean? Does ‘being intimate’ with someone always mean having sex with them? Are there other ways people can show love to each other, or be intimate with each other? What’s scary about love and intimacy? What’s great about it?
Let’s have a conversation!
Videos
How Do You Support Your Partner and Show Them Love?
Resources
Mental health problems are normal, and during a crisis it can be good to reach out for support.
A concise handout for direct support professionals on the importance of affirming and supporting sexuality – including 2SLGBTQIA+ identites.
Sometimes a relationship needs to end. It may have become unhealthy, or it may just have run its course.
The Rainbow Support Group Guidebook has lots of stories of 2SLGBTQIA+ people with intellectual disabilities, and tips for their supporters.
Gender Marvelous is a space where families of queer, gender-diverse and/or Two-Spirit children and youth come together.
This is a PDF catalogue of adapted sex toys made by and for trans folks with disabilities.
SIECCAN has put together several simpler-language print based info sheets on sexual health for people with disabilities.
News
Need to update your legal name or gender marker? Renew an expired (or soon-to-expire) BC ID, driver’s licence, or BC Services Card? Qmunity and ICBC have you covered.
