Call for Artists! ๐ฃ
๐ โจPaint with Pride! is a pilot project created in partnership w. @the519 & @pridetoronto that seeks to engage w. nine 2SLGBTQ artists to do live painting during the weekend of #Pride2024!
โฐDeadline: May 17, 7:30PM
๐ป Apply: streetartoronto.ca/paintwithโฆ
Excited to have Lisa Duplessis from @The519 as a speaker at our conference. Lisa's extensive experience in community engagement and program management will offer invaluable insights into advancing equity and inclusion for refugees.
Learn more: hopeforrefugees.org/conferenโฆ
The 519 is hiring for the position of Senior Manager, People Services. Reporting to the Director, Finance, this position will lead the design, development, and implementation of The 519โs multi-year strategic People Services plans. More details at The519.org/careers
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๐จEMERGENCY CALL TO ACTION๐จ
Join 2SLGBTQ communities, labour groups, and allies in sending a strong message that hate has no place in Ontario.
Join us in a peaceful counter-protest on September 20, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. We will meet in Barbara Hall Park and march to Queenโs Park.
On September 20th, anti-trans and anti-2SLGBTQ activists have planned nationwide events to protest 2SLGBTQ inclusion in schools under the guise of protecting children. We know that far from protecting students, this will hurt them in so many ways.
In this time of renewed hate and emboldened anger against queer and trans people, it's time now, more than ever, for us to show up and make it clear that hate has no place in Ontario.
Inviting 2 Spirit, trans, and non-binary professions for the Trans Professionals' Share Fair - an afternoon of in-person networking:
When: Saturday, September 30, 2023
Time: 12 to 4 p.m.
Where: The 519 [ 519 Church St.]
Register: eventbrite.ca/e/trans-profesโฆ
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My last piece was covering a sports day hosted by @HartHouse and @The519, which had friendly competition for LGBTQ refugees from Africa.
โSports brings everybody together,โ said one participant who had fled from Kenya.
thevarsity.ca/2023/09/04/spoโฆ
Anti-trans extremists have been spreading hate for political gain. Their proposals are a blatant attack on trans people. Their proposals put lives at risk.
We refuse to be pawns in your culture war.
Join us at ArmyOfLovers.ca
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Anti-trans extremists and their political supporters have been busy spreading hate for political gain. Their proposals are a blatant attack on trans people. Their proposals put lives at risk.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๏ปฟ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ.
On Friday, Premier Ford mimicked talking points from the radical right, calling school board policies in place to protect trans and gender-diverse youth a form of indoctrination.
We refuse to be used as a distraction for political gain.
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On Friday, Premier Ford mimicked talking points from the radical right, calling school board policies in place to protect trans and gender-diverse youth a form of indoctrination.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป.
Weโve fought long and hard for the right to exist.
We know your hatred well. Weโve faced it for years.
Weโve never backed down, and we never will.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป.
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Weโve fought long and hard for the right to exist.
We know your hatred well. Weโve faced it for years.
Weโve never backed down, and we never will.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป.
Do you want to learn how to change your name and gender marker on a government-issued ID? Join our Trans ID 101 Workshop on Monday, September 11, 6 to 8pm, at The 519.
Register at: the519.org/tidw101
For more details, contact TransIDClinic@The519.org
Applications for the Will Munro Fund for Queer and Trans Ontarians Living with Cancer are due on Friday, September 15.
For more details, visit The519.org/programs/will-munโฆ
Join us for our monthly self-defense session at The 519!
Sunday, September 17, 12 to 4pm, Phoenix The Fire will be on-site hosting the class and doing ASL interpretation while Chris James facilitates.
Register at: ow.ly/8l5q50PIVMa
In 2019, The 519's program Breaking The Ice (BTI) created an e-zine called Letters to Meth, showcasing the tensions, contradictions, triumphs, and struggles of people who use crystal meth.