Dignity Seniors Society (DSS) provides information, advocacy and collaborations that strengthen 2SLGBTQIA+ seniors’ wellness, connections and supports.
Join our Board of Directors and employ your strategic and analytic skills to make decisions and contributions that both direct DSS’s trajectory, and make a difference in your community! 😀
Website: https://www.dignityseniors.org
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DSS is dedicated to affecting systemic change
that creates culturally appropriate services
for 2SLGBTQIA+ seniors across British Columbia.
We acknowledge that our current work is primarily conducted on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations and that our Board members live and work on unceded territories across British Columbia.
We acknowledge the colonial harms inflicted on Indigenous Peoples and commit to genuine and ongoing work to forge real understanding, and to challenge the legacies of colonialism. We value the unique cultures of all First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples, and particularly support all efforts of reconciliation for our Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer community members.
Hot off the press! View our Spring 2025 Newsletter here ( pdf copy )! 📰
A note from the Chair of DSS:
Living under the dark clouds of ignorance & hate
Our newsletters are designed to inform you of all the good work we're doing and bring hope and positive news to our communities. But I start this newsletter with a different tone, reflecting the current political events of our neighbors to the South.
I, and many of my colleagues and friends, have spent most of our careers trying to push the needle to a point where society values all of its complexity and gives voice and space to everyone including our 2SLGBTQIA+ plus communities. To experience a Western democracy enact binary legislation is nothing more than shocking for us, which - in the words of my dear friend and DSS board member Dr. Victoria A. Stuart , Ph.D. - is tantamount to "trans genocide" (transgenocide).
I urge community members to rally in support of our trans and nonbinary communities, for it is only through mutual liberation that we can all achieve social equity and be valued as part of a complex social system.
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On 2025-Jan-31 Dignity Seniors Society (DSS, participating online) joined many other organizations in Montreal to hear Lisa Hepfner (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth) announce up to $41.5 million for 106 projects across four different 2SLGBTQIA+ funds.
This funding will advance equality for 2SLGBTQIA+ communities across Canada and address the rise in hate.
DSS is honored to be chosen as one of the recipients of Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE) funding and thank them for their continued support of our important work.
Click here to read the full announcement.
June 28th 2024 marks the 55th anniversary of the Stonewall Revolution. Dignity Seniors Society is delighted to commemorate this important moment in history with the launch of the Q-Elders Project.
