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It’s here! An all-day event where LGBTQ people from across Ontario can get together and party!
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There will be food, games, and lovers & strangers, so be sure to join us for some serious grassroots fun.
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This is an alcohol-free potluck, so please feel free to bring some food and drink for the communal table. We will also have a grill with coal available for those interested in barbecuing.
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When? Saturday, August 11, 2012, from 12:00 noon onward.
Where? Hanlan’s Point Island, Toronto
(Take the Hanlan’s Point ferry to the Island and follow the pink fabric strips to our location)
Our Facebook event page can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/events/463591073653651/
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We hope to see many of you there!
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The Queer Ontario Steering Committee
info@queerontario.org
www.queerontario.org
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We are thrilled to launch the Queer Ontario Think Tank with Anne Tagonist’s 2009 essay, “Fuck You and Your Fucking Thesis” — a note to non-trans researchers who are considering doing research on trans people, trans lives, trans identities, and/or trans communities (including the lives and identities of the sexual and romantic partners of trans people). It raises a number of key points around the knowledge and power imbalances that would exist with such a project, particularly its relationship to university access for trans people and community-generated research opportunities.
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The original essay can be found on Anne Tagonist’s LiveJournal blog, here http://tagonist.livejournal.com/199563.html, and has been posted on the Queer Ontario Think Tank via a free-use Creative Commons license issued by Anne on December 10, 2009.
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If you, yourself, are interested in submitting a work to the Queer Ontario Think Tank, feel free to review our submission guidelines here http://thinktank.queerontario.org/submissions, or simply email your work and a short description to info@queerontario.org. We will let you know if we need any additional material or information.
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In solidarity,
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The Queer Ontario Think Tank Editorial Committee
info@queerontario.org

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Given the enactment of Ontario’s anti-bullying and gender identity bills yesterday [Bill 13 and Bill 33, respectively], we want to know:  Have these added protections shifted your sense of what the most pressing issues are for you as an LGBTQ* person living within Ontario? (If not, let us know know as well). Fill out our Pressing Issues Survey here!
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How The Survey Works
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The survey consists of 5 questions that should take approximately 3-10 minutes to complete.  Simply provide a listing of the issues you feel are most important to you as an LGBTQ person living in Ontario, and provide any additional commentary if you wish to do so.
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We intend to use this information to get a comprehensive sense of the issues facing LGBTQ Ontarians today, with the aim of developing projects and initiatives that are relevant to a greater number of LGBTQ people province-wide.
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We expect to review the results during the latter half of August, so by all means circulate the survey throughout your networks (and people outside of it) to help us get even more responses!
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* Note that for the purposes of this survey, “LGBTQ” will refer to individuals who are marginalized because of their sex, gender, sexuality and/or relationships. This includes, but is not limited to: individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transsexual, transgender, genderqueer, agender, two-spirited, cross-dressing, intersexed, neutrois, asexual, pansexual, polyamorous, and/or kinky.
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To download a Word (.doc) version that  you can return via post or e-mail, click here.
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