2SLGBTQIA+ community-building: Latest news
2SLGBTQIA+ community-building: Recent news
Webinar: Including & Affirming 2SLGBTQI+ People 🏳️🌈
10:30 am - 12:00 noon, Tuesday April 15, 2025
Register here!
🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ Want to create a more inclusive and affirming space for 2SLGBTQI+ individuals in your workplace or community? Join our free [interactive] webinar and help build a world where everyone thrives authentically!
Understand Key Terminology – Gain clarity on the terms and identities of individuals within the 2SLGBTQI+ community and explore the significance of inclusive language.
Recognize & Address Discrimination – Learn how homophobia, biphobia and transphobia appear in various settings and learn about how these biases affect the well-being of 2SLGBTQI+ individuals.
Hear Real Experiences – Explore the challenges and resilience of 2SLGBTQI+ people.
Take Action for Inclusion – Walk away with practical strategies to foster respect, allyship and organizational change.
💡 Who Should Attend? Community members, leaders, educators and allies – everyone is welcome! Whether you’re new to these topics or looking to deepen your knowledge, this session provides a safe, respectful space for learning and growth.
Presenter:Horst Backé (he/him) is the Co-Coordinator of Living OUT Visibly and Engaged Community Response Network (LOVE CRN), which has spearheaded several initiatives to decrease abuse, neglect and self-neglect of 2SLGBTQI+ adults. A retired public health nurse and healthcare manager, Horst has been an avid volunteer and since 1984 and is currently helping resettle LGBTQ+ refugees in Nanaimo in his role as the president of Reaching Out Assisting Refugees (ROAR).
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Trans Day of Visibility: Double Your Impact!
QMUNITY.ca, 2025-Mar-31
On this Transgender Day of Visibility we can raise funds to provide free gender-affirming hair removal to trans women, trans femmes, and Two-Spirit individuals.
We’ve already raised $10.9k of our $20k goal! Click here to protect trans lives!
Even better news: today (Mar. 31) our friends at Earnest Ice Cream are matching every donation, up to $5,000!
100% of donations go into the hands of a trans woman who can’t access gender-affirming hair removal. It isn’t covered by any medical plans, so your donation will help cover the high costs associated with this life-saving treatment.
Together, we can make gender-affirming and life-saving treatment accessible to those who need it most. Change can only be achieved when we actively support and elevate the most marginalized members of our community.
With gratitude,
Michael Robach (he/him)│Director of Development
QMUNITY, BC’s Queer, Trans & Two-Spirit Resource Centre
1170 Bute Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6E 1Z6
Our Shared Future: A Message from Senior Pride Network Canada for the Federal Election on Monday, April 28, 2025
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Monday, April 28, 2025, Canadians will go to the polls in one of our country’s most important federal elections.
Senior Pride Network Canada/Réseau de la Fierté des personnes aînées du Canada (SPNC/RFAC) asks Canadians going to the polls to choose politicians and leadership who believe in a country where everyone, at every age, feels valued and respected.
In these challenging times of conflict and enmity, Canadians must vote for an inclusive future – a future built on kindness, championing human rights, honouring diverse identities, and ensuring older persons, and especially 2SLGBTQI+ older adults, are respected and feel seen and heard.
That future must include within federal government programs and services, such as the 2SLGBTQI+ Action Plan and seniors strategies, specific programs, initiatives and funding to ensure the social, health and financial well-being of 2SLGBTQI+ older adults.
On April 28, 2025, make your vote represent a choice for an inclusive Canada that respects differences, no matter who they love or how they identify, with compassion and understanding.
SPNC/RFAC is a national organization supporting 2SLGBTQI+ seniors, elders, and older persons. We strive to nurture communities that embrace aging with compassion, dignity, and understanding.
Comment:Dignity Seniors Society (DSS) is a co-founding and front-line member of SPNC/RFAC.
2SLGBTQIA+ Open Letter to Party Leaders
🏳️ 🏳️🌈 2SLGBTQIA+ Open Letter to Party Leaders + Launch Materials 🏳️⚧️
Fae Johnstone, Queer Momentum | Momentum Canada
Monday March 31, 2025
On this Trans Day of Visibility we’re launching our open letter.
We've also created a launch guide with some sample social media posts. There, you'll find a Canva template link, if you want to create your own visuals.
You can also use our launch assets which we've put in this Google folder.
You're welcome to use our Press Release to create your own to share with local media contacts (you can swap out the included quotes for your own). The file is set to view only, so just download it and make your edits from there!
Thank you! Fae
Comments
As a non-partisan / volunteer / not-for-profit organization, Dignity Seniors Society (DSS) does not advocate for or against any political party/persons.
DSS considers this Queer Momentum initiative - which addresses all party leaders - as non-partisan. DSS is a signatory to the Open Letter.
DSS member Victoria Stuart also prepared a non-partisan call to action - 🇨🇦 Our Shared Future: 🇨🇦 Upholding Canadian Values in the 2025 Federal Election - which provides guidance and resources.
QMUNITY’s 2SLGBTQIA+ legal clinic launches!
DSS congratulates community partner / ally QMUNITY on the
2025-Mar-20 launch of their pro bono legal clinic! ⚖️ 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🥳 🎂
QMUNITY: We offer free, low-barrier legal services tailored to the unique needs of Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual individuals in BC.
At a time when queer, trans, and Two-Spirit communities are facing mounting challenges, access to legal support is more critical than ever. QMUNITY’s new 2SLGBTQIA+ legal clinic has been quietly operating since late 2024, offering vital resources to those who need it most. Now, we’re coming together to officially celebrate its launch.
Our legal team provides consultation, referrals, and limited representation on various legal issues including (but not limited to) family law, employment, human rights and tenancy related issues to help guide your around your legal equity.
These may include [read more online]:
Tenancy issues: evictions, repairs, and rent disputes
Human rights concerns: equality & accommodations
Employment law: workplace discrimination and rights
Family law: separation, divorce, & child advocacy
Trans ID services : name changes & gender marker updates
Other legal matters …
Wrap-around care: access legal help alongside mental health counselling, youth programming, & more
📍 Available in-person & online across B.C.!
Contact
website: https://qmunity.ca/legal-clinic/
e-mail: legal@qmunity.ca
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