• Transgender Day of Awareness - November 20th, 2020 - View Slides

What is the Trans Day of Remembrance?

"The Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is held in November each year to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. Although not every person represented during the Day of Remembrance self-identified as transgender, each was a victim of violence based on bias against transgender people. " -GSANetwork.org

Nov. 5th, 2020

On Thursday November 5th, 2020, Black Lives Matter Toronto released a statement about the most recent reported death in the trans community. Coco was a Black trans woman who died in police custody. "Black trans lives matter! Coco should still be alive today!" -@BLM_TO

What can you do?

If you are in need of immediate support or are looking for outside services : Kids Help Phone, Virtual Community Support Groups, or try another helpline from our Resource List

If you need support and/or want to speak to your experience with gender-based violence and discrimination, you are invited to attend our VSS GSA Trans Day of Remembrance drop-in session on Friday November 20th, 2020 at 11:30 am (check the calendar for link to meeting).

To learn more about the Trans Day of Remembrance and ways you can get involved, check out the following resources : Transgender Day of Remembrance

For tips about how you can practice Active Trans Allyship, check out the following resources : GLAAD, The 519, & ETFO

• First GSA Meeting - November 27th, 2020 - YouTube Live Link

• Sexual Health Workshop from Planned Parenthood Toronto - Wednesday February 10th @ 11:30 pm 

Have you got some questions about sexuality and healthy relationships? Wishing you had more LGBTQ-positive sex ed in school? We got you covered!

On Wednesday, February 10th at lunch we were joined by Andrew from Planned Parenthood Toronto for a Sex Ed Q&A for GSA students.  Planned Parenthood is a fantastic queer-positive organization that can answer your health questions, day or night. 

Our talk addressed questions about gender, sexuality, STIs, pregnancy, relationships, and more, and was designed for a teenage audience. This subject matter may not be for everyone, especially younger family members. 

• Black Queer and Trans History with LeRoi Newbold & Twysted Miyake-Mugler - Wednesday February 17th at 11:30 am

• Awareness from Two Souls: Indigenous 2-Spirit Perspectives on Gender and Sexuality with Mike Izzo - Wednesday March 10th at 11:30 am

• Envision Conference - March 30th - April 1st

Click here for more information! Envision-2021.pdf

• Full GSA Ugly Fashion Show! - Thursday April 8th, 3:15-5 pm

Come join us for a scavenger hunt style challenge that will end up with everyone in outfits that we never expected! Ugly Fashion Show Poster.pdf

• Cissexism in the TDSB: Students Making Change - Wednesday May 5th at 3:30 pm

Cissexism Presentation