You Are Not Alone
LGBT Youth Line is a non judgemental, support group for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, 2 Spirited, queer and questioning youths. They can be reached by phone, chat or email which is on their website. http://www.youthline.ca/
LGBT Youth Line is holding a meeting to discuss the situation of our Queer Homeless Youth downtown Toronto. They are calling on anyone to participate in this discussion. Below are the details for the meeting which can also be found on their Facebook page.
Time: Thursday, December 9 · 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: Harbord Collegiate Institute
286 Harbord Street M6G 1G5
Toronto, ON
Created By
Boru Mata, Aniska Ali, Leonardo Zúñiga, Michael Erickson
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HOUSE CALL is a series of community conversations that will travel to different parts of Toronto in an effort to build a diverse movement to create a shelter for homeless LGBT youth in Toronto. Some of these conversation will be hard. Some of these conversations will be full of joy, full of pain, full of memory and full of hope. Some of these conversations will be historic.
All of these conversations are conversations we nee…d to have.
The HOUSE CALL conversations have three purposes: Record, Relate & Renovate.
Record
We come together to build a record of our histories & hopes.
Relate
We come together to build a movement and make new friends and allies. We respect and listen to each other, even if it’s uncomfortable or scary.
Renovate
We come together to build a new shelter that reflects the needs and dreams of lesbian, gay, bi, trans, transsexual, transgender, two-spirit and queer youth.
This event will be the first in a series of conversations that we will have in different parts of Toronto in the coming months.
This HOUSE CALL looks like this:
7:00 Welcome
7:05 Short film & presentation on why we need an LGBT shelter in Toronto by Alex Abramovich, with some brief examples of some American shelter examples
7:25 Record & Relate Round 1 (see details below)
7:55 Record & Relate Round 2 (see details below)
8:20 Whole Group Open Mic
8:40 Wrap-up & What You Can Do To Stay Involved
9:00 End
Record & Relate Options
We really want to give people different ways to Record & Relate their experiences, their passion, their fears and their hopes. You can choose to do any of the below options:
Art & Craft Area (hosted by The People Project)
Video Booth (hosted by Deviant Productions: Lali Mohammed & Vivek Menon with Leo Zuniga)
Audio & Podcasting Corner
Blogging, Endorsing, Writing and/or Online Surveys
Focus Group Discussion: Why we need an LGBT youth shelter (facilitated by Aniska Ali)
Focus Group Discussion: Dreaming & Prioritizing Possibilities (facilitated by CC Sapp)
Focus Group Discussion: Logistics like Location, Size, Partnerships and More (facilitated by Curtis Norman)
For more information: SYNCtoronto@gmail.com
or message one of the admins.
Follow LGBT Youthline on Facebook
Here is their official website http://www.youthline.ca/
