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Love Is Love

Marching Forward
with Pride Since 2008

Sher Vancouver is a registered charity for queer South Asians and their friends, families, and allies in Metro Vancouver, B.C.

Sher Vancouver hopes to reduce the alienation and discrimination of people dealing with sexuality, gender and coming-out issues by providing:
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  • Crisis Counselling Program 
  • Youth Leadership Award
  • Peer Support Groups
  • Intake, Information, and Referral 
  • Student Practicum and Mentorship Program
  • Social Justice Film Production 
  • Impactful and Informative Film Screenings
  • Developing Educational Community Resources 
  • Outreach Workshops
  • Sher Vancouver Podcast 
  • Sher Xmas Volunteer Recognition & Cultural Gala
 
Everyone is welcome!
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Support Groups
Two peer-led support groups, Sher Feline and Sher Jupiter, provide safe spaces for queer youth and adults.
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Confidential Counselling
Provided by professional Masters-level Counsellors in multiple languages and locations.
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Photo: Green Timbers Urban Forest where Sher Vancouver's debut feature documentary, Emergence: Out of the Shadows was filmed.
Sher Vancouver would like to acknowledge and recognize that as a settler organization we stand on the ancestral, unceded, and unsurrendered lands of the Coast Salish Peoples (with the understanding that many specific nations exist within those territories). Our work to support people of colour queer folk always recognizes the existence since time immemorial of Two-Spirit and other queer identities that were heralded and celebrated as leaders within their communities. 
We acknowledge that the genocide wrought by settler colonialism also denigrated queer existence and created the structural violence that many queer folks face until this very day. Through the work we do, we hope to act in solidarity with Indigenous folks to support all queer and Two-Spirit folks while continuing to fight for Indigenous sovereignty. We cannot be free until we are all physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually free with justice on these stolen lands. ​
Written By: 
Annie Ohana (she/her)
Indigenous Department Head, LA Matheson Secondary
Sher Vancouver Social Justice Advisor

Timeline of Events

April 2008

Social Worker Alex Sangha founded Sher Vancouver for queer Sikhs

August 2008

Sher Vancouver made history as the first Sikh float to ever participate in the Vancouver Pride Parade

April 2009

The DOSTI project launched to combat bullying, racism, homophobia and transphobia in schools

December 2013

The Out and Proud Project profiles queer South Asians from around the world

August 2015

Awarded “Organization of the Year” from New West Pride for establishing the January Marie Lapuz Youth Leadership Award

March 2017

Sher Vancouver makes history as the first queer South Asian group to march in the Vancouver Vaisakhi Parade

April 2017

Two peer support groups are launched: Sher Jupiter and Sher Feline

April 2018

The 10th anniversary is marked by the Desi-Q Cultural Celebration

May 2018

Sher Vancouver partners with No Fear Counselling to launch the Courage Fund which provides free counselling to queer people in crisis or distress

September 2018

Sher Vancouver releases a film entitled My Name Was January, directed by Elina Gress and Lenée Son

November 2019

Sher Vancouver's recommendation to the City of Delta to install rainbow park benches in city recreation centres to support diversity and inclusion is approved

July 2021

Sher Vancouver releases its debut feature film Emergence: Out of the Shadows, directed by Vinay Giridhar.

Sher Vancouver becomes a registered charity.

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​Charitable Number: 708924097 RR 0001
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