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EDITOR’S NOTE (APRIL 4, 2011): NOW UPDATED WITH A FEW PHOTOS BELOW!
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This Sunday, April 3rd, Queer Ontario will be marching with SlutWalk Toronto in response to the Toronto Police’s scathingly judgmental and sexist views on the sexual harassment of body-proud and sexually expressive women/womyn.We invite all of you to join us in support.
Queer Ontario will be meeting on the south / College Street side of Queen’s Park at 1:00 PM (just look for the pink Queer Ontario banner) and will provide a few materials to make picket signs. Of course, you are free to bring your own. Examples of sign messaging / designs can be found on the SlutWalk Facebook page.
If you have any questions, feel free to email us at info@queerontario.org. Otherwise…
We hope to see you there!
The Queer Ontario Steering Committee
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Queer Ontario is an official ally of SlutWalk Toronto.
For a full list of allied groups, click here.
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Queer Ontario, in partnership with Xtra, are proud to announce the joint screening of Track Two, documenting the 1981 bathhouse raids and riots.
This year marks the 30th Anniversary of Operation Soap — the infamous bathhouse raids of 1981 that saw the pillaging of four Toronto bathhouses and the charging of 309 men as keepers and found-ins of a common bawdy house. Track Two, follows the raids themselves and the subsequent uprising from the community.
On Tuesday, March 29, Queer Ontario and Xtra will be screening Track Two at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre (located at 12 Alexander St.). Doors open at 6:30 PM with the event commencing at 7:00 PM. We’re pleased to have some of those involved with the film present to speak to their experiences as well as some speaker’s who make the linkage between the ’81 raids and modern day discussions of sex spaces and policing.
As well, at the screening, we will be accepting donations that will be given to seniors programs to support those in our communities who fought for our rights and now make use of programs such as these at the 519.
We also would like to take this opportunity to re-invite everyone to continue to share their stories of the raids and the subsequent riots as part of The NO MORE SHIT! Remembrance Project.
See you there!
Here’s your digest of recent news coverage on McGuinty’s lack of commitment to enforce Program / Policy Memorandum (PPM) 145:
1. “Banning gay-straight alliances goes against equity grain, McGuinty warns.”
The Globe and Mail
2. “Gay-straight groups not mandatory, education ministry says”
The Toronto Star
3. “McGuinty dodges GSA question, says Catholic schools create alternatives”
Xtra!
Indeed: as mentioned in the Xtra! piece, we will be hosting an exciting Education Forum on Sex-Ed, GSAs, and Religion in Publicly Funded Schools on April 13th — the International Day of Pink. Further details will be released in the near future as they become available. But for now: save the date and mark your calendars!
