Celebrate Pride Month in Alberta!

Lisa C. Community, Settlement News, Updates

June is Pride Month, a celebration of 2SLGBTQQIA+ communities and the progress we have made towards more equal rights for all people, regardless of sexuality or gender identity. Pride Month events in June across the province of Alberta from June 24 to June 30: Innisfail Pride Burlesque Pride Show – YYC Back Alley Pub 2022 Pride YMM Festival Panel: The …

Calgary Pride Launched Detailed Plan for B!G Pride 2021!

Lisa C. Community, Settlement & Community News, Updates

Calgary Pride 2021 (August 27 – September 6) will take place with both in-person and virtual programming. Calgary Pride has recently announced the details of programs and events planned for this year’s celebration, in partnership with B!G ART. B!G Pride Festival: August 27th – September 6th, 2021 Calgary Pride Parade (virtual): September 5th, 2021 B!G Pride: Drive-In, September 1st – …

Survey – LGBTIQ2S+ Perceptions of Procedural Justice and Police Legitimacy

Lisa C. Updates

A Master’s Degree student in Criminology and Criminal Justice Policy at the University of Guelph is conducting a survey entitled: LGBTIQ2S+ Perceptions of Procedural Justice and Police Legitimacy And your insights are needed! This survey is part of a research project focusing on LGBTIQ2S+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex, queer, Two-Spirit and more) individuals’ perceptions of police in Canada. If …

Transgender Day of Remembrance Nov 20

Lisa C. Newcomer Information, Updates

Today November 20, 2020 is the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR). TDOR is an annual observance where we honour lives of transgender and nonbinary people who were murdered over the last year as a result of transphobia and transphobic violence. In the past 12 months, 350 trans and gender-diverse people were reported killed globally. From January 2008 to September 2020, …

University of Calgary Seeking Research Participants

Lisa C. Community, Settlement & Community News, Updates, Volunteers

How does your gender identity affect your involvement in sport and physical activities? Researchers at the University of Calgary are trying to find out and they need your help! To volunteer and participate in this research, you will be asked to share your experiences in sport or physical activities during a 60-90 minute interview. The interview will be recorded and …

Free Health and Wellness Leadership Program for Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Guys

Michelle Mak Daily Life, Newcomer Information, Updates

Totally Outright is a free leadership program for young gay, bisexual, trans, two-spirit, and queer (GBT2Q) guys between 18-30 years of age. You’ll learn about tools you can use to take care of your own sexual health, as well as strategies to help share the knowledge with your friends and community. You will also work together amongst other participants to …

Trans Affirming Network by Skipping Stone

Lisa C. Community, Daily Life, Newcomer Information, Settlement & Community News, Settlement News, Updates

Depending on which country or region you moved to Canada from, the concept of gender diversity may or may not exist. Gender Identity vs. Sex Gender identity is a person’s internal sense of whether they’re male or female, both, or neither, and it’s not visible to others. Gender identity and sex are two different things. Sex was assigned to someone …

Gender Equality Week Sep 20 to 26

Lisa C. Newcomer Information, Settlement & Community News, Settlement News, Updates

Canada’s Gender Equality Week is being held from September 20 to 26, 2020. Advancing gender equality benefits everyone, women, men and gender diverse communities, and leads to greater health, happiness, and economic prosperity. For the recent 2 to 3 decades, Canada has made important progress to remove barriers to equality: added gender identity and gender expression as prohibited grounds of …