PFLAG Canada
PFLAG Canada 1554 Carling Ave Suite 243 K1Z7M4 Ottawa, ON, Canada

Pflag Canada is pleased to announce our newest Board member, Michael Bates as our Marketing and Communications Director. Michael comes to us with his wealth of experience in the marketing and social media industries. He has worked with companies such as Zoomer, Campbell's, MTV and Steam Whistle. Should you wish to reach out to Michael directly, his email address is [email protected].

Have you shared your experience? If you are over 16 years old and identify as part of the LGBTQ2 community, the Government of Canada wants to hear from you. Be a part of driving forward the LGBTQ2 Action Plan in Canada! #LGBTQ2Survey #LGBTQ2ActionPlan

Our Durham Chapter is hosting this event and the speaker is a great person and very knowledgeable!!! Please check it out!!!

Pflag Canada stands with our British Columbia Chapters is calling for action and change!!!

Check out this pen pal program from Buddies in Bad Times Theatre and Pride Toronto! Deadline to sign up is Jan. 18

On Transgender Day of Remembrance we remember the names of the transgender people whose lives have been lost to anti-transgender violence this year. #TDOR

Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. Today we honour the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. https://www.elle.com//transgender-day-of-remembrance-2020/

This is an amazing announcement!!! Transitional housing for youth. http://www.friendsofruby.ca/progra/transitional-housing-2/]-R&c[0]=AT22KUNQuAtjwP8KUYu-O5KEEMzaVzQLoQAEokaIOPAgleWnnIecKbb7birYl_t6c9zVL_9gTwyIdbLouXz72JeEhF3nskfKipQnz2EyOUz9d1pUuUmRmuiqqaIyljPiWT5jQ1oq-FDxfCIz6qYL583Ig9l44Ubsy3aOo61saWfB1uaunSYS0tnr

Happy National Coming Out Day!!!! Love your true self!!! Pflag loves and is here to support you!!!!

Yukon has become the fourth province or territory to ban conversion therapy.

This is one our Chapter Leads from Halton!!! Congratulations from all of us!!!! https://tamaraisgay.ca/

We’d like to show some love and support for one of Pflag’s major sponsors, Fido. Fido continues to work with us to offer support and opportunities to better our communities nationwide. They began with their tablet and data offering for our Chapters this year, as well as a large-scale donation drive. Fido continues to offer their platform to showcase our work and encourage donations, such as the POSE-a-thon hosted earlier this year. Thank you Fido for supporting LGBTQ2S families and communities

Ace Week, formerly celebrated as Asexual Awareness Week, is an international campaign dedicated to raising awareness and expanding education of Asexuality Some quick facts about Asexuality: It’s a sexual orientation not a gender identity Asexual people can also identify as Heterosexual, Homosexual, Bisexual etc. while still being Asexual... Asexual means a lack of sexual attraction and doesn’t not reflect on a persons sexual experience, knowledge, or interests Ace is a common term used to self-identify for those identity falls within Asexuality. For more info: https://www.aceweek.org (info from queerevents.ca) photo: Ace Week

Our awesome chapter co-lead and rainbow reads' Fairy T, Tamara Lopez, is featured in Egale Canada's Coming Out Loud campaign!! We are so proud of her and are lu...cky to have her share her boldness, courage, and support to our community! Check out the links below to read and watch Tamara's story as well as two other bold and brave individuals who are coming out loud for this year's National Coming Out Day! https://comingoutloud.ca/ https://tamaraisgay.ca/

https://pm.gc.ca//statement-prime-minister-gender-equality

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https://toronto.citynews.ca//tcdsb-teacher-calls-for-revi/

Thank you Rogers for continuing to reach out to #PflagCanada to support our youth! We are so excited for the candidates chosen this year. #FamilyForAll

One of my most treasured memories of Pride is sitting at the PFLAG booth during Victoria Pride with my mum. When I came out to her years before that, it didn't... go well, and it took us about 10 years to get to a point where she could accept me for who I am. Part of that came through her involvement with PFLAG Canada, and that year, she volunteered to make dozens of rainbow-ribbon pins to give out at Pride. Standing with her at that booth and handing those pins out with her I get choked up just thinking about it. When I was younger, Pride was a time of celebration and asserting my identity as a queer woman. It felt like a time when queerness became the norm for a few days people just expected to see Pride celebrations everywhere. As I've gotten older, Pride has become less of a party for me and more of an opportunity to support organizations and artists that take Pride back to its roots of activism and social justice. I'll attend events like East Van Pride, the Vancouver Dyke March and Alternative Pride Vancouver. These feel more intersectional and political to me, which also feels safer and more fulfilling as a queer woman of colour. With so many events cancelled this year, my friends and I are having our own little Pride picnic at the park. These are folks with whom I've shared a lot of Prides with over 20 years' worth. It looks a little different these days, of course less alcohol, dancing and general naughtiness, and more strollers and baby wipes but a lot more comfort and calm, too. It's nice to celebrate Pride with folks who’ve made life as a queer person not just bearable and safe, but also utterly fulfilling and beautiful. The same goes for celebrating general happy gayness with my wife! Our wedding anniversary is shortly after Pride in Vancouver, so it's like successive days of gay gay gay, as it should be, Writer and high school English teacher Tanya Boteju shares what Pride means to her as part of our #XtraDIYPride feature every Friday. Read Boteju’s book, Kings, Queens And In-Betweens (Simon & Schuster), and look out for her next book, Bruised (Simon & Schuster, 2021). (all photos courtesy of Tanya Boteju) See more

Pflag Halifax lead Cyndi Sweeney chats with Alex Mason about the need for intentional allyship from outside the LGBTQ2+ community and beyond PRIDE week; and the need for schools to educate beyond binary from early elementary onwards:

MOTION CARRIED! It is official the motion on York Region’s first ever Rainbow Crosswalk in the @Town_of_Aurora was carried by a vote of 5-2. Mayor Mrakas share...d there was unanimous support from his colleagues at regional council - hopefully similar motions will be made at every other city and town in York Region in the near future. Check out the attached statement made with our delegation tonight. #StandProudYR #PflagYorkRegion #RainbowCrosswalkAurora See more

Pride month may be over, but we can still celebrate stories of what it means to embrace your #AuthenticSelf #pflagcanada #familyforall https://www.refinery29.com/en-ca/coming-out-stories

Pflag Canada would like to acknowledge the loss of someone very special to our community. Laurie Jones, a Pflag pioneer passed away on Wednesday, June 24, 2020. He lived with Alzheimer’s for six years. Together with his wife Mary they ran Pflag Brampton for numerous years. He also served as the treasurer for Pflag Canada. As an advocate and passionate individual, Laurie appeared in numerous media features including many articles, an NFB/ONF Mediatheque film, and CBC’s Man Alive. He is remembered as a kind person who helped so many people along with their journey of acceptance and will be greatly missed, but not forgotten.

For decades, Nik Redman felt that as a Black transgender man, he had to leave a part of himself behind depending on what room he was in. But the long-time Toronto activist says the recent wave of protests give him hope that things are beginning to change. https://www.cbc.ca//all-black-lives-matter-black-lgbtq-voi