| | The Acronym is your source for the latest news, events, and resources from Egale Canada. This May, we're excited to share with you: legal advocacy updates, upcoming free webinars, new resources, and more. |
|  | International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia |
| Taking place annually on May 17, the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOBIT) was founded in Québec more than 20 years ago and is now recognized around the world to draw attention to the violence and discrimination experienced by 2SLGBTQI people across the globe. Around the world, societies are bearing witness to an unprecedented and exponential rise in anti-2SLGBTQI hate. Unfortunately, Canada has been no exception in this regard. This past year we’ve witnessed an increase in anti-trans policies and policy proposals emerging provincially and federally, and also rising rates of hate crimes, hate speech, and hate in the form of coordinated anti-trans protests in cities across Canada. Egale Canada’s 2024 IDAHOBIT and Victims and Survivors of Crime Week initiatives are generously supported by the Department of Justice. Visit our IDAHOBIT webpage for resources and actions you can take to combat hate against 2SLGBTQI communities. |
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| | |  | Egale Canada and Local 2SLGBTQI Organizations Granted Party Status to Challenge New Brunswick’s Policy 713 We are pleased to share that Egale Canada, along with New Brunswick-based 2SLGBTQI organizations Alter Acadie, Chroma NB, and Imprint Youth, have been granted leave to intervene as added parties in litigation challenging the Government of New Brunswick’s changes to Policy 713. Our priority in this case is to defend 2SLGBTQI young people who are impacted by this policy, and to fight for their right to feel safe and accepted at school. Visit egale.ca to read our full statement and to learn more |
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 | Egale Canada Welcomes Historic Canadian Blood Services Apology For decades, Egale Canada has been actively advocating for Canadian Blood Services (CBS) to end their blood ban, and later deferral, for men who have sex with men (MSM), as well as some trans people. As a member of CBS’ 2SLGBTQIA+ Advisory Committee, we welcome their long-overdue apology for this discriminatory policy. This is a historic moment for 2SLGBTQI communities in Canada who have been calling on CBS to adopt gender-neutral, behaviour-based screening methods. Read our full statement at egale.ca/cbs-apology |
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|  | Upcoming Free Webinars Navigating Anti-2SLGBTQI Hate at Events –
A Webinar for 2SLGBTQI Event Organizers
Generously supported by the Department of Justice 📅 Wednesday, May 15, 2024 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm ET Affirming Adults Supporting 2SLGBTQI Youth – Webinars for Parents & Caregivers to 2SLGBTQI Children 16 and Under
Generously supported by the Public Health Agency of Canada 📅 Affirming Adults 101: May 22, 2024 | 6pm-8pm ET 📅 Affirming Parents & Caregivers 201: June 5, 2024 | 6pm-8pm ET Visit egale.ca for full webinar descriptions and to register |
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 | New Rainbow Action Hub Resource: Messaging Guide for 2SLGBTQI Advocacy The rise in anti-2SLGBTQI hate is often coordinated and has strategic messaging attached to it. To counter this hate, it’s important to have messaging that is purposeful, strategic and direct. Egale has created Inclusive Narratives: A Messaging Guide for 2SLGBTQI Advocacy to provide the tools needed by advocates and organizations to develop effective messaging to combat the ongoing rise in anti-2SLGBTQI hate. Visit egale.ca to access the guide and learn more |
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|  | All Recordings Now Available: Research Highlights Webinar Series In Spring 2024, Egale Canada’s research team held ‘Research Highlights’ – a four-part webinar series exploring our recent 2SLGBTQI research projects on topics of mental health, aging, healthcare experiences and employment. Visit egale.ca to view all of the recordings |
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| |  | 2SLGBTQI Communities are under attack. We need your support. |
| Around the world, societies are bearing witness to an unprecedented and exponential rise in anti-2SLGBTQI, hate-fueled, and gender-critical movements. Unfortunately, Canada has been no exception in this regard. By donating to Egale Canada you will be supporting our ongoing research, education, awareness, and legal advocacy initiatives to help create a world, without homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, and all other forms of oppression so that every person can achieve their full potential, free from hatred and bias.
Donate today at egale.ca/donate |
| | Egale Canada
120 Carlton Street, Suite 217 | Toronto, Ontario M5A 4K2
416-964-7887 | [email protected] |
| Egale works to improve the lives of 2SLGBTQI people in Canada and to enhance the global response to 2SLGBTQI issues. Egale achieves this by informing public policy, inspiring cultural change, and promoting human rights and inclusion through research, education and community engagement. Our vision is a Canada, and ultimately a world, without homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, and all other forms of oppression so that every person can achieve their full potential, free from hatred and bias. |
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