What's happening in February...

Peel LGBTTIQQ2S Monthly Calendar_February 2012

What's happening in January...

Peel LGBTTIQQ2S Monthly Calendar_January 2012

QX Holiday Potluck - December 22nd

Join QX for our holiday potluck on Thursday December 22nd from 6-8pm at East Mississauga Community Health Centre (2555 Dixie Rd., Unit 7, on the SE corner of Dixie and Dundas, behind the Esso gas station).


Join us for food, fun and great company. If you can't bring a dish, just bring yourself...there will be plenty to eat! New members welcome... lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, intersex, queer, questioning, two-spirit and anywhere else on the spectrum that you may identify.

Space is accessible and scent free. Bus tickets provided.

PFLAG, Peel Chapter December Meeting Cancelled

The December 28th meeting of PFLAG Canada, Peel Chapter will be cancelled.

Please join us at the next meeting on Wednesday January 25th from 7-9pm at the East Mississauga Community Health Centre (2555 Dixie Rd., Unit 7, on the SE corner of Dixie and Dundas, behind the Esso gas station).

Transgender Day of Remembrance - November 20, 2011

Join the Federal Call to Action – Trans Rights Now!

Recently, Member of Parliament (MP) Randall Garrison (LGBTT critic for the NDP) reintroduced into Parliament a Bill to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act (CHRA) and the Criminal Code of Canada to include gender identity and gender expression as prohibited grounds for discrimination.

This Bill – Bill C-279 – had a previous manifestation, Bill C-389, which made it through Parliament, but died at the Senate when the government was dissolved in March 2011. Now, thanks to the re-introduction by MP Garrison, we have another chance to make these human rights protections a reality.

Find out how you can do your part to pass Bill C-279 here: http://queerontario.org/

Look for more ways to get involved in this Trans Day of Remembrance Newsletter:

TDoR Newsletter

QX Coffee Night - November 3rd, 2011

Come connect with other queer and trans community members from Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon at our monthly coffee night.

$2 toward a drink and transit tickets provided. Accessible space.

Where: Second Cup, 4553 Hurontario St, Mississauga. Located in the Mississauga Market Place just south of Eglinton Ave.
When: Thursday November 3rd, 6-8pm

For more information, contact Ashley at 647.289.4885.

OCT. 20TH: TODAY IS SPIRIT DAY...

Millions of North Americans wear purple on Spirit Day as a sign of support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth and to speak out against bullying. Spirit Day was started in 2010 by teenager Brittany McMillan as a response to the young people who had taken their own lives. Observed annually on October 20, individuals, schools, organizations, corporations, media professionals and celebrities wear purple, which symbolizes spirit on the rainbow flag.

Getting involved is easy -- simply "go purple" on today as we work to create a world in which LGBT teens are celebrated and accepted for who they are.

It's not ok for our LGBT youth to have to wait until it gets better. Let's wear purple today and consider what role we can play in making it better now.