July 2024

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This July, we're excited to share with you: Nonbinary Awareness Week information, legal advocacy updates, new resources, and more.

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Nonbinary Awareness Week 2024

Every year, the week leading up to International Nonbinary People’s Day (July 14th) is Nonbinary Awareness Week. Amidst the current climate of hate towards trans and nonbinary people, awareness is all the more important when it comes to combatting the misinformation and disinformation that paint gender diverse people as undeserving of basic human rights such as access to healthcare, employment, and even the right to choose when to come out.

This Nonbinary Awareness Week, we ask everyone – allies and community members alike, totake some time to reflect, learn more about the issues that nonbinary people face, and to raise your voice against injusticetowards nonbinary people in all its forms.

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Standing up for 2SLGBTQI students: Court decision finds that the Charter of Rights and Freedoms applies to Ontario school boards

A recent decision from the Supreme Court of Canada aligns with Egale Canada’s position that students should benefit from protections at school under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (the Charter).

At a moment where we are seeing premiers playing politics with the lives of gender diverse students, it is critical to take every action possible to protect the safety and well-being of 2SLGBTQI young people.To learn more about Egale’s intervention in this case, visit our webpage for York Region District School Board v. Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario < [link removed] > .

Egale Canada to receive generous $3 million donation from The Slaight Family Foundation

Egale is proud to be one of seven leading organizations to receive a portion of The Slaight Family Foundation’s $30 million transformative and visionary investment to support dementia initiatives.

With this critical funding we will help engage dementia healthcare providers, dementia advocacy organizations and healthcare education programs across the country to support structural and systems-level change towards greater 2SLGBTQI inclusion – a need identified in our research report, Coming Out and Coming In to Living With Dementia < [link removed] > .

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Aging and Living Well online learning activity

Informed by Egale’s Aging and Living Well research report < [link removed] > , this new scenario-based learning eCourse follows the lives of four 2SLGBTQI aging adults. Key decision-points and reflection questions are embedded throughout the activity to help you identify gaps and inform service improvements.

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Share your story:

#SeeThePerson

Trans people are more than just a label, so this Pride Season, we’ve shared the stories of a model-turned-mentor, a rockstar, and a retired professional hockey player.

Now, we invite you to share your own story, and challenge Canadians to look past the label and #SeeThePerson.

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Affirming Adults: A Guide to Supporting Gender Diverse Children and Youth

Egale’s Affirming Adults Guide is designed to support you as you support your child. By using this guidebook, you are taking an important step in familiarizing yourself with your child’s gender identity and gender expression.

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Combat anti-2SLGBTQI hate this Pride Season

With Pride Season continuing across Canada, help combat rising anti-2SLGBTQI hate with Egale's Rainbow Action Hub < [link removed] > .The hub is for anyone, including 2SLGBTQI organizations, activists, and advocates who want to foster a safer and more inclusive Canada and world.

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**Celebrate Pride Season by shopping Egale’s Marketplace
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Treat yourself and give back to the community by shopping at the Egale Marketplace! Our cause marketing partners donate all or a portion of proceeds from every purchase to Egale and 2SLGBTQI communities.

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Egale Canada

120 Carlton Street, Suite 217 | Toronto, Ontario M5A 4K2

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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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