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Hello Everyone,
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We are pleased to announce that we will be in Ottawa on Saturday, July 14, 2012. Alana Boltwood, our Research & Education Committee Chair, will be at the PTS offices (251 Bank Street, Suite 301) seeking to meet many of you to discuss some of the issues that are important to you as Ottawa residents and city-goers.
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This is part of our ongoing summer tour, where we are meeting with folks outside of Toronto to get a sense of the various LGBTQ* needs and experiences that exist across Ontario. Past visits have included Hamilton, Peterborough, Thunder Bay, Sudbury, and Cambridge-Kitchener-Waterloo.
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To recap, then:
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— We will be at PTS from 1:00 to 3:00pm
— This weekend, on Saturday, July 14, 2012.
— Location: 251 Bank Street, Suite 301, Ottawa.
Special thanks go out to PTS for graciously hosting us.
(Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/441163049251056)
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We hope to see many of you there!
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Alana & the rest of the Queer Ontario Steering Committee
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If you cannot make it to this meet-and-greet, please consider filling out and/or circulating the Queer Ontario Pressing Issues Survey:
http://queerontario.org/2012/06/19/pressing-issues
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 Also consider submitting material to the Queer Ontario Think Tank:
http://thinktank.queerontario.org/about
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An Announcement and Call-Out!
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Queer Ontario is thrilled to announce that it will be taking part in Sudbury Pride on Sunday, July 15, 2012. Gary Kinsman, our Sudbury area liaison, will be at the Pride Parade as well as Memorial Park, looking to meet new faces and to get a sense of the pressing issues facing LGBTQ* Sudburians today. So by all means seek him out and say hello!
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If you  are interested in assisting Gary with this outreach work, then by all means let us know! You can email us at info@queerontario.org to learn more and/or to indicate your interest.
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We look forward to connecting with many of you there!
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The Queer Ontario Steering Committee
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Feel free to fill out and/or circulate the Queer Ontario Pressing Issues Survey:
http://queerontario.org/2012/06/19/pressing-issues
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Feel free to also submit material to the Queer Ontario Think Tank:
http://thinktank.queerontario.org/about 

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For Immediate Release  —  June 29, 2012
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Queer Ontario attended the first hearings of Pride Toronto’s Dispute Resolution Process (“DRP”) on June 27, 2012, to monitor and document a process that we consider to be highly problematic. Heard was the case mounted by B’nai Brith’s Human Rights League (“B’nai Brith”) against the participation of Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (“QuAIA”) in the Toronto Pride Parade, where a number of complaints came forward regarding the process. We are providing these complaints here for public awareness.
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Our notes and analysis: