Resources

Recorded on May 28, 2024, this is a webinar from CLEOConnect, providing community workers with information about the legal framework of rights relating to 2SLGBTQIA+ communities and highlight legal issues affecting queer and trans communities in Ontario. It shares best practices for inclusivity, useful case studies, and resources to guide you to community and legal support.

The Ontario Human Rights Code protects queer and trans communities from discrimination. But our communities continue to experience hate speech, violence, and exclusion, as well as lower levels of income and wellbeing. What can you do to protect the human rights of your 2SLGBTQIA+ clients and provide supportive and inclusive services?

A starting point reading list for queer and trans community members interested in reading about the the intersections of being queer, trans, and Palestinian. 

Titles include:

• This Arab is Queer: An Anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Writers

• Citation and Censorship: The Politics of Talking About the Sexual Politics of Israel (Jasbir Puar)

• “Even a Freak Like You Would Be Safe in Tel Aviv”: Transgender Subjects, Wounded Attachments, and the Zionist Economy of Gratitude (Saffo Papantonopoulou)

This flyer offers a summary of a joint OCASI PSI and ACAS (Asian Community AIDS Services) event entitled "What's Goin On in Ontario Schools?". This resource addresses concerns within newcomer communities around 2SLGBTQIA+ policies in schools. The speakers from the virtual event (watch the recording here) were Christine Hsu, Narina Nagra, Alice Te, and gitanjali lena.

This is an organizational self-assessment and capacity-building tool that looks at ALL parts of an organization: Community Based Approach (which includes Positive Spaces), Governance and Strategic Leadership, Operations, and Human Resources.

AGIR Montréal (Action LGBTQIA+ avec les ImmigrantEs et RéfugiéEs) offre un guide complet qui s’adresse aux prestataires de services qui travaillent dans un rôle d’accompagnement des personnes trans+ et non-binaires migrantes et réfugiées. Ce guide a été créé grâce aux connaissances et expertises des communautés trans+ et non binaires migrantes et réfugiées. Bien que certaines ressources du guide soient concentrés sur le Québec, la plupart du contenu s'applique aux prestataires de services migrantes et réfugiées partout au Canada.

Le guide pédagogique, La transphobie, c’est pas mon genre, a été créé par GRIS Montréal afin de sensibiliser les jeunes aux réalités des personnes trans et non-binaires. Pour ce faire, ce guide vous aide à explorer avec les élèves et mieux comprendre les notions de genre, d’expression de genre, d’identité ou de modalité de genre. 

Le public cible pour ce resource sont les élèves et professionnel.les de l’enseignement secondaire.