JQT Vancouver
2768 W. Broadway #667 V6K 2G0 Vancouver, BC, Canada

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY on Saturday, April 24 @ 7PM PDT is the last workshop in JQT Vancouver and Moishe House Vancouver's Rainbow Gardening series! This beautiful intergenerational group of queer Jewish garden lovers will focus on pollinators. Check out the event page for more details :)

Alex Richler, Community Builder is offering up two great events for Jewish queer and trans folx this Sunday! Be sure to check it out :) Queer Jewish Speed Connecting - Afternoon Edition at 11AM PDT https://fb.me/e/3Hf0IZGAS... What is Accessibility? How to Build Brave and Inclusive Spaces at 2:30PM PDT https://fb.me/e/2aWEKLtB0

Interested in Halachic questions surrounding queer lives? Then check out Reb Irwin Keller's upcoming talk on "Where You Go I Will Go: Same Sex Marriage & Jewish Law" on Sunday, April 25, 2021 from 12-2 PM PDT!! Tickets by donation or sliding scale: https://shalomevents.ticketleap.com/where-you-go-i-will-go/

Didn’t have a chance yet to watch Shiva Baby at the Vancouver Jewish Film Festival? Then you can check it out at this Vancouver International Film Festival event!! :)

Be sure to check out all the other presenters on Capital Pride Fierté dans la Capitale's EDUCATE series!!

COMING UP ON APRIL 16 at 3PM PDT - Thank you Capital Pride Fierté dans la Capitale for inviting JQT Vancouver to present on "On The Record: The BC Jewish Queer & Trans Oral History Project" (in partnership with the Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia), which has now led to the launch of our "JQT Seniors Initiative" (a new collaboration with Jewish Seniors Alliance, Louis Brier Home & Hospital and more)! We are honoured to be included in this stellar line up of presenters for your EDUCATE SERIES, representing the west coast alongside Creating Accessible Neighbourhoods! FREE registration here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/educate-series-jqt-jewish-queer This presentation will be recorded and available on Capital Pride and JQT's YouTube channels.

Today is International Trans Day of Visibility. It continues to warm our hearts to see so many trans siblings being out and proud today, answering questions, and overall being wonderful people. We recognize all of the trans people who cannot be out right now because of their circumstances in life or who don’t feel comfortable announcing their identities in public, and JQT wants to say that we see you, we hear you, we love you!! Check out Svara’s Trans Halakha Project: https:/.../svara.org/trans-halakha-project/ Chag Sameach!

TODAY @ 4PM PDT - Check out Faith Jones’ talk on Bringing to Light Yiddish Women Writers!! https://fb.me/e/50gLYLLGr

Hey JQTs! It's wonderful to see all the amazing online opportunities for Jewish queer and trans communities to celebrate Passover together! Our friends are doing incredible work and we are sooooo proud to amplify their events. We gathered a selection (by no means a complete list) of their offerings for you to check out this year: https://mailchi.mp/0f5ae2d3eac5/jewishqueerpassoverevents Next year in person! Chag Pesach Sameach,... JQT Vancouver See more

2021.03.21 - On International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, JQT Vancouver stands in solidarity with our Asian, immigrant and sex worker siblings. As members of the Jewish and LGBTQ+ communities, JQT is acutely aware of racism and hatred and the impact of such incidents on our communities and families. The murders in Atlanta remind us that not too long ago we were grappling with the impacts of racism and hatred in the wake of Pittsburgh and Orlando. The Atl...anta shooting is a complex incident with intersecting issues: anti-Asian racism, misogyny, anti-migrant sentiments, and sex worker discrimination. Anti-Asian racism isn’t just across the border, it is here in Canada too, and predates the pandemic. It’s on the rise. According to Elimin8hate, project 1907 and their partner organizations back east, there have been over 1000 reported incidents to date of anti-Asian racism since the onset of Covid-19, with Canada reporting higher numbers of anti-Asian hate crimes per capita compared to the U.S. The majority of reported crimes are against Asian women. Please refer to the infographic below for data published back in September 2020. You can read Elimin8hate, project1907, SWAN Vancouver and Butterfly's joint "Community Statement in the aftermath of the anti-Asian, white supremacist and misogynistic murder spree of Asian Women in Atlanta" here: https://bit.ly/3cL3QIG To our Asian Jewish family, we offer our support and solidarity now and always. We will continue to speak out against racism in our own communities and in the spaces we occupy. We encourage victims or witnesses of anti-Asian attacks in Canada to report to www.elimin8hate.org/fileareport. All personal information will be kept confidential and will not be shared without your consent. As well, Kendell Pinkney, a contributing member to No Silence on Race (www.nosilenceonrace.ca), is part of a team offering spiritual and religious support to our Asian Jewish family. Kendell works with Ammud: The Jews of Color Torah Academy as part of his rabbinical studies. If you are in need of spiritual support, self-care resources, or space to grieve, please reach out to Kendell at ammudrabbinicfellow[at]gmail[dot]com In solidarity, JQT Vancouver

To learn about medicinal plants Tomorrow at 7, please join the group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/812486442815479/ Fun fact: Many of the plant compounds that humans treat as medicines are the same chemicals that plants produce to deter pests and herbivores! (many of these plants are in our gardens, our homes and our ecosystems!)

JQT Dream Team is teaming up with Moishe House Vancouver to bring you a 4-part Rainbow Gardening series starting on Jan 30th!

Our friends over at Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture are inviting JQT artists with disabilities under the age of 30 to send in their work for the "New Wave" Exhibition! JQT Vancouver - with support from ReelAbilities Toronto Film Festival and Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture - has been actively searching for ways to amplify unheard intersectional stories of Disabled Queer Jewish voices. So if this opportunity calls to you, apply here by March 1, 2021: https://www.kickstartdisability.ca/call-for-artists/

It's a new year over at the Moishe House Vancouver and their new tenants want to invite JQTs to their upcoming event this Saturday! A message from the Moishe House Vancouver: Join us this coming Motza'ei Shabbat for a singalong Havdallah! Lyrics will be screen-shared, and not to worry, all guests will be on mute so you can belt along in the privacy of your home This is an inclusive event and open to everyone, regardless of race, sexual orientation, gender or religious affiliation. See you there https://fb.me/e/3uqSvJ1Ek

Jewish Queer Trans Folx of Vancouver Society (DBA JQT Vancouver) is hosting its first AGM on Zoom! Registration is required by February 5, 2021. RSVP here: https://bit.ly/3py7KcS We are also accepting applications for prospective JQT Board Members throughout January! Apply here: https://bit.ly/3pvOAnL The goal is to have an intergenerational and diverse Board comprised of experienced Board Members and those wanting to gain such experience. Transfer of skills and institutional... memory is very important to us, so that future generations have the skills to help JQT for many years to come! Questions? Send us an email to [email protected]

Hanukkah is just around the corner and JQT Vancouver is so excited to team up with our friends over at Tribe 12! Get ready for Hanukkah Hotties with JQT & Tribe 12 every day of the holiday with special guests from Vancouver, LA, Chicago, Philly, NYC and Berlin! Register to receive daily livestream reminders: hanukkah-hotties.eventbrite.com

On this erev (eve) of Transgender Day of Remembrance, JQT Vancouver commemorates with a yahrzeit (memorial) candle, which will burn for the next 24 hours. The following are ways in which we all can take action to honour the lives of our trans siblings whose lives we remember: "EDUCATE YOURSELF: Take steps to educate yourself about transgender and non-binary people. Learn how to be supportive of someone who is trans and has come out to you. Learn about our obligation to respe...ct name changes. Make transgender lives visible and livable in our communities. LET US KNOW WE BELONG IN YOUR COMMUNITY: Share your pronouns. Create the space for others to share theirs, if they choose. Make sure that gendered spaces are inclusive of transgender people. Transgender women are women, transgender men are men. And work with nonbinary community members to ensure that there is space for them and their experiences. TEACH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS HOW TO BE RESPECTFUL: Be a dugma, an example, to your community. Have inclusive policies that are transgender affirming. Evaluate the forms, applications, and questionnaires your community uses to be sure they are inclusive. CHAVER UP: Speak out as an ally in support of transgender people and transgender rights. Address the racism, ableism, misogyny, and other systems of oppression that are present in our communities." By Seth Marnin & Rabbi Mike Moskowitz, Scholar in Resident for Trans and Queer Jewish Studies at CBST https://www.myjewishlearning.com//we-remember-and-honor-t/

Over the weekend, JQT received LOTS of donations, including another $500 dollar-for-dollar match donation from Jack Huberman! We also were gifted an Alcatel 3T Tablet (Courtesy of Qmunity via TELUS) and a Google Chromebook Plus from an international donor! We are officially over the 50% mark. Our fundraising goal is now in sight. While we're so grateful for large gifts, the majority of the goal has been made up by donations of $8, $18, or $36! EVERY AMOUNT COUNTS DONATE TO JQ...T TODAY (support events & operational costs): https://app.gigitmarketplace.com/group/jqtvan/donate DONATE TO JQT ORAL HISTORY PROJECT (includes tax receipt): https://www.canadahelps.org//jewish-museum-and-archives-o/

JQT Vancouver has hit the halfway mark for our joint oral history project with the Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia! Help us complete the project by nominating your favourite LGBTQ Jewish elders who call/called BC home! Please share this with anyone in your network who may be interested - we know there are a lot of amazing stories out there and we want to hear them all, but we've only got till February, so don't wait! Contact the Project Coordinator at [email protected] with your nominations today. Thank you!