Hey all!!! The Union for Gender Empowerment is starting up a short stories book club! Our first meet up will be Monday February 23rd. At each meeting, we will vote which short story we’ll read out loud at the event (preferably written by queer and/or trans folks and/or people of color), and then we’ll have …
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Learn more on November 13th with the Sexual Assault Policy Working Group!
This meeting is an opportunity to see what has been done, give feedback, and to join in the fight!
Stop by the UGE during our opening hours and ask to see the co-op to check out our selection of alternative menstrual, safer sex, and gender empowerment products – all at cost or pay-what-you-can!
Come join the UGE for our Winter 2016 edition of Staffer Training! We will have 2 days of exciting and informative workshops. Training will take place Saturday, January 30 from 11am-5pm and Sunday, January 31st also from 11am-5pm. Training on Saturday, January 30 will take place at QPIRG Concordia: 1500 Maissoneuve Ouest, suite 204 Schedule: 11:00am-11:30am: … Continue reading
54% of trans people in the us have had contact with the police 16% of trans people in the us have been incarcerated compared to 2.7% of the us population as a whole this number is higher for trans women (21%), black trans people (47%), and indigenous trans people (30%) source: the national center for … Continue reading
hi friends, check out this movie screening on january 26th presented by the prisoner correspondents project. in honor of international trans prisoner day of action and solidarity, the pcp will be showing cruel and unusual (2006), and there will be a reading from the zine “a caged bird sings” by catherine lynn quick. it’s at café ouvert, … Continue reading
noprideinprisons: No Pride in Prisons is holding a rally for International Day of Trans Prisoner Solidarity! Come along to show your support for incarcerated trans people across Aotearoa. The rally will include speakers from No Pride in Prisons and other organisations discussing the reality faced by trans prisoners in this country. More info to come! … Continue reading
The UGE is seeking facilitators/panel speakers for our upcoming event, Trans/formations. We’re looking for folks who have experience in facilitating workshops and also have things to say about trans activism, in Montreal or abroad. The event series starts on November 6th to November 8th, and we’ll have workshops all three days! For more information, you … Continue reading
More than 13% of Natives don’t have reliable access to water. Compare that number to just .04% of non-Native Americans. This is What It Looks Like to Live Without Running Water in America (via nitanahkohe) Continue reading
swyrs: not recognizing abusive behavior as abuse until you’re out of that situation is not at all unusual and does not mean your experiences are less than real, less than valid, that it didn’t happen, or that you deserved it Continue reading
friendlyangryfeminist: just because coming out is brave, doesn’t mean being in the closet is cowardly. queer existence, queer survival is brave. Continue reading
twocinneed: Hello! My name is Ellyn (@skoltinctures). I am working with Maria Andazola (@la-grenuda), former co-editor of the Trans Latina Anthology, and Jamie (@desdeotromar), current co-editor, to put together an anthology of fiction writing by trans women of color and people of color who experience transmisogyny. We’re currently looking for contributing writers to submit their … Continue reading
allthecanadianpolitics: lilaceverglades: allthecanadianpolitics: rickyizc: Canada’s child poverty rate is tragic. Canada’s child poverty rate for Indigenous children is criminal. I wonder how real is this. 100% real. This is the report it is from: Poverty or Prosperity: Indigenous children in Canada Summary: Based on data from the 2006 census, this study disaggregates child poverty statistics … Continue reading
