Thunder Pride

CHECK IT OUT!!! and Happy Friday Folks! https://www.facebook.com//a.243438612465/2087827458026823/

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Last year our membership spoke loud and clear! And we heard you! Please send any questions or interest to join to [email protected] There is always room for EVERYONE at our table

want to join our team? Well Guess what.... Nominations are officially open! Please send your resume, cover letter and/or expression of interest to [email protected] by February 21s,2021

TODAY IN CANADIAN QUEER HISTORY February 5, 1981 - Four bathhouses in Toronto are raided by Toronto Police Services in Operation Soap. The event is considered o...ne of the crucial turning points in Canadina LGBTQ history, as an unprecedented community mobilization - now regarded as the equivalent of the 1969 Stonewall riots. One of the protest marches during this mobilization is now generally recognized as the first Toronto Pride event. Source: CBC.ca #queercanadianhistory #history #canada

Join Lady Fantasia LaPremiere and Mz. Molly Poppinz for a special Holiday Story Time with Drag Queens on Facebook Live this Wednesday at 3pm EST in support of Our Kids Count. Fun for the whole family!

"After nearly seven years of legislation, Switzerland has now become the 29th country to formally pass marriage equality."

2SLGBT+ Social & Support Group Starting on January 5, 2020 to March 30, 2021 Every 1st and 3rd Tuesday at 6PM & Every 2nd and 4th Monday at 12PM... Want to meet other LGBTQ2S+ people? Have questions? We can help! Come and join us on Zoom for our 2SLGBTQ+ Support Group! Fill out this form to be added to the emailing list (you only need to sign up once): https://bit.ly/2IDXgbV This group is a safe space for students to meet other 2SLGBTQ+ individuals and talk in a nonjudgmental and supportive environment about issues impacting their lives and the 2SLGBTQ+ community. Topics vary depending on the needs of the group

http://stopthat.eventbrite.ca Shut it, uncle Bob! Talking to Racist Loved Ones DEC 16 2020, TUE 6 PM - 8:30 PM ... SUMMARY This event is facilitated by award winning artist, anti-oppression educator & B Inc program director Rania El Mugammar. DESCRIPTION This workshop explores strategies and tactics for addressing racism from loved ones in meaningful and impactful ways. Participants will engage with a variety of scenarios that manifest implicit or overt bias. Common behaviors and tactics for dismissing conversations about race and minimizing the harmful impact of racist behaviors, beliefs and language will be explored. Participants will learn a number of techniques that take into account balancing relationships and creating long term sustained progress and change while understanding the roots of prejudice and tapping into the individual’s capacity for empathy. No prerequisite. --- ASL Interpreters will be present We strive to create a brave space for all participants. In order to help folks make bold moves into progressive thinking and actions, all conversations and material shared during these workshops are strictly confidential and cannot be shared through media of any kind. Image Description Poster background contains an aerial view of mountaintops with a lavender hue/overlay. Top: In small capitalized text Bcurrentlive.eventbrite.ca, Centre main text in cursive font: Shut it, uncle Bob!. Below: Speaking to racist family, friends + loved ones and Facilitated by Rania El Mugammar. Poster Bottom Centre: PWYC - $55, 6-8:30 PM, Dec 16.

Age Friendly Thunder Bay

Each year between November 13 19, people and organizations around the country participate in Transgender Awareness Week to help raise the visibility about transgender people and address issues members of the community face. What is Transgender Awareness Week? Transgender Awareness Week is a week when transgender people and their allies take action to bring attention to the community by educating the public about who transgender people are, sharing stories and experiences, a...nd advancing advocacy around the issues of prejudice, discrimination, and violence that affect the transgender community. #TAW #trans #transgender #translivesmatter #loveislove

Pansexual Pride Day is the date dedicated to celebrating pansexuality #panpride

Hello Pride Community: We have received a request from a family member of an LGBTQ2 person who is looking for someone to talk to about hormone or puberty inhibi...tors. We are not able to provide authoritative information about this ourselves, but we said we would try to find someone in our network with personal knowledge of this who might be able to direct them to reliable resources. If that is you, please message us or email [email protected]. Confidentiality assured. See more

We’re very excited to announce another Provincial Youth Ambassador Project! Introducing the North West Community Needs Assessment! ---------------------- If yo...u are a 2SLGBTQ+ youth living in North Western Ontario, we want to hear from you! Fill out a short online survey, or sign up for an online sharing circle to share your thoughts about the needs of 2SLGBTQ+ youth in our region! North West region includes Wawa and communities further North such as Thunder Bay, Kenora, Dryden, Fort Severn, Sandy Lake, and many more!! Interested in participating? Fill out the survey here: http://ow.ly/CoE750C6gcq OR Sign up for a Sharing Circle here: http://ow.ly/ARqU50C6gcs Have questions? Reach out: [email protected] ---------------------- Want more information about the Provincial Youth Ambassador Project and the Youth Ambassador Community Projects?: http://ow.ly/Pthz50C6gcr PYAP is hosted by LGBT YouthLine, and is funded by Canada Service Corp.

Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is a day to memorialize those who have been lost due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. The first candlelight vigil occurred in 1999. TDOR provides us all an opportunity to publicly mourn and honor the trans lives lost in our community over the past year, in addition to helping raise awareness about hate crimes that the trans community experience daily #tdor Source: queerevents.ca

It’s National Addiction Awareness Week. Canadian are taking action to help people dealing with substance use and addiction. Here are some ideas on how you can make change: https://www.ccsa.ca/national-addictions-awareness-week #ChangeBeginsWithMe #NAAW

Indigenous Webinar Series: Elder Abuse Prevention https://us02web.zoom.us//regist/WN_pVjjuT57QoKYaYP1zfQFsw

RMYC & Pride Central Present Meet Indigenous LGBTQ2S+ Youth A virtual short film viewing December 3rd... 6PM on Kast Email subject line "ILGBTQ2S" to [email protected] to register. This short interview film was made by Indigenous youth during the RMYC summer employment program. They felt that Indigenous LGBTQ2S+ youth needed more awareness about the people in the world like them, as well as spreading that awareness to people unlike them