MUN SAGA (Sexual and Gender Advocacy Resource Centre)

Address: 1 Arctic Avenue, Memorial University, UC6022, St. John’s, NL A1B 1T0

Facebook: @MUN SAGA
Website: https://munsu.ca/resource-centres
Email: lbgtcentre@gmail.com and saga@munsu.ca
Snapchat: @munsaga      
Tel: (709) 864-7619

Mandate:

To make the community a safe space for LBGTQ individuals, their families, and their supporters.

Target Population:

Anybody in the St. John’s community; on or off MUN campus.

Highlights of Programs/Services Offered:

  • Safe space for individuals in the St. John’s community.
  • Awareness and Advocacy for people of marginalized genders and orientations, both among marginalized populations and among the community as a whole.
  • Provides Information on topics relating to sexual health, well-being, and gender awareness.
  • Provides condoms, tampons, sanitary pads, chest binders, and books.
  • Provides peer counselling, coffee, and a chill, inclusive, confidential atmosphere.
  • Events: Queer Prom, and Queer-a-Palooza (before Finals in the Winter Term); intended for individuals to have the prom experiences they missed out on in High School, and foster the amateur drag community of St. John’s.