Community Partners
AnitAfrika Theatre - http://www.anitafrika.com/
Anitafrika! dub theatre is an arts initiative rooted in the “sorplusi” principles of storytelling, being developed by d'bi.young.
Black Cap - http://www.black-cap.com/Black Coalition for Aids Prevention is an organization that works to reduce HIV/AIDS in Toronto’s Black, African and Caribbean communities and enhance the quality of life of Black people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS.
Brown Boi Project (Oakland) - http://brownboiproject.org/
The Brown Boi Project is a community of masculine of center womyn, men, two-spirit people, transmen, and our allies committed to transforming our privilege of masculinity, gender, and race into tools for achieving Racial and Gender Justice.Launched in 2009, the Brown Boi Project works to build leadership, economic self sufficiency, and health of young masculine of center womyn, trans men,and queer/straight men of color--pipelining them into the social justice movement.
Brooklyn Boihood - http://www.bklynboihood.com/
Bklyn boihood is a collective that provides visibility and promotes the empowerment of masculine of center* bois, lesbians, queers, trans-identified studs, doms, butches and AGs of color.
Deviant Productions -http://www.youtube.com/ProDeviant
Deviant Productions is an alternative media collective that advances social justice through its video reportage.Archiving movements, film, social justice, post-production, anti-oppression, graphic design, community empowerment, video art, politics, human rights, dynamic video campaigns.
Egale Canada (SYAAP) - http://www.egale.ca/
Egale Canada (formerly Equality for Gays And Lesbians Everywhere) is an advocacy organization founded in 1986 to advance equality for Canadian lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and their families, across Canada.
Gender Based Violence Prevention (GBVP) - http://www.tdsb.on.ca/gbvp
Working with central staff and community supports, we build capacity for peer-education training in gender-based violence prevention (gbvp); we develop and implement guidelines, workshops, forums and resources for students, staff and schools related to gbvp.
TDSB (SUM Project)
The SUM Project is a spectrum youth led and focused initiative that uses community and secondary school based presentations to inspire, build, support, share and celebrate spectrum youth culture in Toronto and beyond.
Grassroots Youth Collaborative - http://www.grassrootsyouth.ca/
The Grassroots Youth Collaborative (GYC) is a collective of organizations that represents approximately thirty culturally diverse, youth-driven individuals and organizations committed to community development and youth organizing in Toronto.
Youth Social Infrastructure Collective - http://www.youthsi.org/
The youth social infrastructure (YSI) collaborative is a community that accelerates and amplifies the conditions for youth-led organizing and
engagement in Ontario, Canada.
STUD Magazine – http://thestudmagazine.com/
Stud Magazine is a dynamic and comprehensive look into the topics, issues and the lifestyles of non-gender conforming females.
Youthline - http://www.youthline.ca/
The LGBT Youth Line is a youth to youth phone, email and instant message based support service for queer, trans and questioning folks under 27 in Ontario.
Lost Lyrics - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=64465662994
Lost Lyrics is an alternative educational space that utilizes innovative arts-based curriculum to explore empowerment within Diasporic communities.
The Gladstone Hotel - http://www.gladstonehotel.com/hotel
Our historic Victorian/turned Art Hotel is recognized internationally. Each of our incredible artist-designed guest rooms is truly distinct and presents guests with a unique experience.
UNITY Conference - http://www.unityconference.ca/
Unity Conference is an annual gathering of progressive lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer identified people and their allies in the Southeast.
Supporting Our Youth (SOY) - http://www.soytoronto.org/
SOY is a community development project created to help improve the lives of LGBTTI youth in the Toronto area. SOY’s main focus points are helping the youth create healthy arts, recreational spaces, culture, supportive housing, and employment.
ILL NANA/DiverseCity Dance Company- www.illnana-dcdc.com/
Ill Nan is a queer positive multiracial dance company that embraces difference as strength, combats oppressive power structures by expressing their voices through dance, and operates from the grassroots as a collective through consensus.
Colour Me Dragg - http://colourmedragg.blogspot.com/
Colour Me Dragg is a Toronto based variety show that brings together drag, burlesque and other queer and trans performers who are indigenous, aboriginal and/or of colour.
Schools Without Borders - http://www.swb.ca/
Our Mission is to create learning opportunities for young people around the world. Our Vision is to improve lives and communities through the power of education.
AnitAfrika Theatre - http://www.anitafrika.com/
Anitafrika! dub theatre is an arts initiative rooted in the “sorplusi” principles of storytelling, being developed by d'bi.young.
Black Cap - http://www.black-cap.com/Black Coalition for Aids Prevention is an organization that works to reduce HIV/AIDS in Toronto’s Black, African and Caribbean communities and enhance the quality of life of Black people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS.
Brown Boi Project (Oakland) - http://brownboiproject.org/
The Brown Boi Project is a community of masculine of center womyn, men, two-spirit people, transmen, and our allies committed to transforming our privilege of masculinity, gender, and race into tools for achieving Racial and Gender Justice.Launched in 2009, the Brown Boi Project works to build leadership, economic self sufficiency, and health of young masculine of center womyn, trans men,and queer/straight men of color--pipelining them into the social justice movement.
Brooklyn Boihood - http://www.bklynboihood.com/
Bklyn boihood is a collective that provides visibility and promotes the empowerment of masculine of center* bois, lesbians, queers, trans-identified studs, doms, butches and AGs of color.
Deviant Productions -http://www.youtube.com/ProDeviant
Deviant Productions is an alternative media collective that advances social justice through its video reportage.Archiving movements, film, social justice, post-production, anti-oppression, graphic design, community empowerment, video art, politics, human rights, dynamic video campaigns.
Egale Canada (SYAAP) - http://www.egale.ca/
Egale Canada (formerly Equality for Gays And Lesbians Everywhere) is an advocacy organization founded in 1986 to advance equality for Canadian lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people and their families, across Canada.
Gender Based Violence Prevention (GBVP) - http://www.tdsb.on.ca/gbvp
Working with central staff and community supports, we build capacity for peer-education training in gender-based violence prevention (gbvp); we develop and implement guidelines, workshops, forums and resources for students, staff and schools related to gbvp.
TDSB (SUM Project)
The SUM Project is a spectrum youth led and focused initiative that uses community and secondary school based presentations to inspire, build, support, share and celebrate spectrum youth culture in Toronto and beyond.
Grassroots Youth Collaborative - http://www.grassrootsyouth.ca/
The Grassroots Youth Collaborative (GYC) is a collective of organizations that represents approximately thirty culturally diverse, youth-driven individuals and organizations committed to community development and youth organizing in Toronto.
Youth Social Infrastructure Collective - http://www.youthsi.org/
The youth social infrastructure (YSI) collaborative is a community that accelerates and amplifies the conditions for youth-led organizing and
engagement in Ontario, Canada.
STUD Magazine – http://thestudmagazine.com/
Stud Magazine is a dynamic and comprehensive look into the topics, issues and the lifestyles of non-gender conforming females.
Youthline - http://www.youthline.ca/
The LGBT Youth Line is a youth to youth phone, email and instant message based support service for queer, trans and questioning folks under 27 in Ontario.
Lost Lyrics - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=64465662994
Lost Lyrics is an alternative educational space that utilizes innovative arts-based curriculum to explore empowerment within Diasporic communities.
The Gladstone Hotel - http://www.gladstonehotel.com/hotel
Our historic Victorian/turned Art Hotel is recognized internationally. Each of our incredible artist-designed guest rooms is truly distinct and presents guests with a unique experience.
UNITY Conference - http://www.unityconference.ca/
Unity Conference is an annual gathering of progressive lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer identified people and their allies in the Southeast.
Supporting Our Youth (SOY) - http://www.soytoronto.org/
SOY is a community development project created to help improve the lives of LGBTTI youth in the Toronto area. SOY’s main focus points are helping the youth create healthy arts, recreational spaces, culture, supportive housing, and employment.
ILL NANA/DiverseCity Dance Company- www.illnana-dcdc.com/
Ill Nan is a queer positive multiracial dance company that embraces difference as strength, combats oppressive power structures by expressing their voices through dance, and operates from the grassroots as a collective through consensus.
Colour Me Dragg - http://colourmedragg.blogspot.com/
Colour Me Dragg is a Toronto based variety show that brings together drag, burlesque and other queer and trans performers who are indigenous, aboriginal and/or of colour.
Schools Without Borders - http://www.swb.ca/
Our Mission is to create learning opportunities for young people around the world. Our Vision is to improve lives and communities through the power of education.
Financial Supporters
Laidlaw Foundation - http://www.laidlawfdn.org/
Laidlaw Foundation invests in innovative ideas, convenes interested parties, shares its learning and advocates for change in support of young people becoming healthy, creative and fully engaged citizens..
Artreach - http://www.artreachtoronto.ca/
ArtReach Toronto is a program designed to support arts initiatives that engage youth who have experienced exclusion in under-served areas of Toronto.
ArtReach Toronto is a program designed to support arts initiatives that engage youth who have experienced exclusion in under-served areas of Toronto.
Community One Foundation - http://www.communityone.ca/
Community One Foundation is an LGBTTIQQ2S foundation which provides grants to organizations for projects that enhance the development of the LGBTTIQQ2S communities in the Greater Toronto Area.
Trillium Foundation - http://www.trilliumfoundation.org/
The Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF), one of Canada’s leading grantmaking foundations, is an agency of the Government of Ontario that enables Ontarians to work together to enhance the quality of life in their communities.
City of Toronto Arts Services; Live Arts Inc.
