Bio
Bridget Simpson is a registered nurse, a queer, a person with lived experience and an uninvited white settler living and working on unceded, stolen and occupied xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) territories. Bridget has been active in 2SLGBTQ+ community organizing for over 20 years. Since 2016, she has developed nursing practices in harm reduction-based community primary care, sexual and reproductive health and gender affirming care. As a 2023-24 2SLGBTQ+ Health Hub trainee, Bridget collaborated with PACE Society and the Vancouver Community Sex Work Alliance to create education for healthcare workers and self advocacy skillshares for sex workers, with the goal of improving sex workers’ healthcare access.