The 519

Call for Artists! 📣 🌈 ✨Paint with Pride! is a pilot project created in partnership w. @the519 & @pridetoronto that seeks to engage w. nine 2SLGBTQ+ artists to do live painting during the weekend of #Pride2024! ⏰Deadline: May 17, 7:30PM 💻 Apply: streetartoronto.ca/paintwithpride

Excited to have Lisa Duplessis from @The519 as a speaker at our conference. Lisa's extensive experience in community engagement and program management will offer invaluable insights into advancing equity and inclusion for refugees. Learn more: hopeforrefugees.org/conference-spe…

@TWACanadaOrg Hello @TWACanadaOrg, we are very sorry you were misgendered during our Tax Clinic. What happened to you is unacceptable. Can you contact us via Giving@The519.org with more details?

The 519 is hiring for the position of Senior Manager, People Services. Reporting to the Director, Finance, this position will lead the design, development, and implementation of The 519’s multi-year strategic People Services plans. More details at The519.org/careers

In this time of renewed hate and emboldened anger against queer and trans people, it's time now, more than ever, for us to show up and make it clear that hate has no place in Ontario.

On September 20th, anti-trans and anti-2SLGBTQ+ activists have planned nationwide events to protest 2SLGBTQ+ inclusion in schools under the guise of protecting children. We know that far from protecting students, this will hurt them in so many ways.

🚨EMERGENCY CALL TO ACTION🚨 Join 2SLGBTQ+ communities, labour groups, and allies in sending a strong message that hate has no place in Ontario. Join us in a peaceful counter-protest on September 20, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. We will meet in Barbara Hall Park and march to Queen’s Park.

"If We Don't Protect Our Future - No One Will" - Cheif Moonias, Neshkantaga First Nation March For The Land! September 27th 12pm! RSVP here - freegrassy.net/land-alliance-… #GrassyNarrows #FreeGrassy #LandAlliance

Inviting 2 Spirit, trans, and non-binary professions for the Trans Professionals' Share Fair - an afternoon of in-person networking: When: Saturday, September 30, 2023 Time: 12 to 4 p.m. Where: The 519 [ 519 Church St.] Register: eventbrite.ca/e/trans-profes…

My last piece was covering a sports day hosted by @HartHouse and @The519, which had friendly competition for LGBTQ+ refugees from Africa. “Sports brings everybody together,” said one participant who had fled from Kenya. thevarsity.ca/2023/09/04/spo…

We’ve fought long and hard for the right to exist. We know your hatred well. We’ve faced it for years. We’ve never backed down, and we never will. 𝗪𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻.

On Friday, Premier Ford mimicked talking points from the radical right, calling school board policies in place to protect trans and gender-diverse youth a form of indoctrination. We refuse to be used as a distraction for political gain.

Anti-trans extremists have been spreading hate for political gain. Their proposals are a blatant attack on trans people. Their proposals put lives at risk. We refuse to be pawns in your culture war. Join us at ArmyOfLovers.ca

Do you want to learn how to change your name and gender marker on a government-issued ID? Join our Trans ID 101 Workshop on Monday, September 11, 6 to 8pm, at The 519. Register at: the519.org/tidw101 For more details, contact TransIDClinic@The519.org

Applications for the Will Munro Fund for Queer and Trans Ontarians Living with Cancer are due on Friday, September 15. For more details, visit The519.org/programs/will-…

Join us for our monthly self-defense session at The 519! Sunday, September 17, 12 to 4pm, Phoenix The Fire will be on-site hosting the class and doing ASL interpretation while Chris James facilitates. Register at: ow.ly/8l5q50PIVMa

Learn more about BTI at: the519.org/programs/bti/

Responding to the overdose crisis is an ongoing community effort. Support teams and organizations like BTI in this important work.

In 2019, The 519's program Breaking The Ice (BTI) created an e-zine called Letters to Meth, showcasing the tensions, contradictions, triumphs, and struggles of people who use crystal meth.