BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Fairlawn Avenue United Church - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Fairlawn Avenue United Church X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.fairlawnchurch.ca X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Fairlawn Avenue United Church REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231120T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231120T170000 DTSTAMP:20260617T110153 CREATED:20230715T014535Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230715T014926Z UID:49247-1700467200-1700499600@www.fairlawnchurch.ca SUMMARY:Transgender Day of Remembrance DESCRIPTION:Visibility Anniversaries TourFairlawn Avenue United ChurchSaturday\, April 13\, 2024 at 2:00pm \n \n \n \n Celebrate Visibility in All Its Forms \n \n \n \n Fairlawn Avenue United Church allied with International Day of Pink for the second year to bring the 2024 Visibility Anniversaries Tour to Fairlawn on Saturday\, April 13. This event celebrated visibility in all its forms — being seen\, welcomed\, acknowledged\, accepted\, respected\, and listened to. It recognized the 25th anniversary of the Trans Flag and the 50th anniversary of the Brunswick Four\, a key event in the queer women’s movement. \n \n \n \n We hosted discussions with 2SLGBTQIA+ community leaders who have shaped our history and are trailblazing our future. Featured speakers included: Monica Helms (she/her)\, creator of the Trans FlagAdrienne Rosen (she/her) and Lamar Van Dyke (she/her)\, activists from the Brunswick FourOmid Razavi (he/him)\, Executive Director of It Gets Better CanadaEarth Guillaume (they/them)\, Planned Parenthood Toronto \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n International Day of Pink \n \n \n \n International Day of Pink’s purpose is to create a more inclusive and diverse world. We do this by encouraging young people to challenge social norms\, ask more of their educators\, and stand up against bullying towards their 2SLGBTQIA+ peers. Every year\, on the second Wednesday of April\, we urge people around the world to put on a pink shirt and stand in solidarity with the 2SLGBTQIA+ community to continue fighting for visibility\, equality\, and acceptance. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Brunswick Four \n \n \n \n In the 1970s\, the Brunswick House was a raucous tavern and community hot spot for University of Toronto students and the Annex neighborhood. On January 5\, 1974\, Pat Murphy\, Sue Wells\, Lamar Van Dyke\, and Adrienne Rosen went to the tavern for some fun. At one point\, they received unwanted attention from a man who had had a little too much to drink. An open-mic session at the Brunswick provided a perfect opportunity to respond to the unwanted attention. Three of the group (Pat\, Lamar & Adrienne) sang their rendition of Rogers’ and Hammerstein’s pop-culture tune\, “I Enjoy Being a Girl”\, changing the lyrics to “I Enjoy Being a Dyke”. The crowd loved it\, but before they finished the first verse the manager cut off the power to the microphone. With the audience’s enthusiasm and encouragement\, the three women unapologetically ended their set. Before they left the stage\, though\, the police were called to stop a “Lesbian Riot”. What followed was a series of events that would capture the attention of the mainstream media and start a national conversation about queer and lesbian discrimination in Canada for the first time. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Trans Flag \n \n \n \n Transgender Navy Veteran Monica Helms wanted to make her community visible\, so she designed and created a Transgender Pride Flag she could carry in a Pride March. Her work and design would eventually be embraced as the symbol the entire community would rally around to celebrate diversity. The original flag was designed and manufactured in 1999 and was carried in a march for the first time during the 2000 Arizona Pride festivities. It took 10 years for the flag to be in common use across North America and on June 20\, 2019\, it was raised for the first time on Canada’s Parliament Hill. The Transgender Pride Flag’s design is a clever colour variation of the Pride Flag that reads like a palindrome. The light blue at the top and the bottom is the iconic “baby boy” colour. The pink above and below the blue is the “baby girl” colour and the line in the middle is white – neither boy nor girl\, non-binary or in transition. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n It Gets Better Canada \n \n \n \n In 2010\, three words would give rise to a global movement focused on empowerment of 2SLGBTQ+ youth — it gets better. It Gets Better Canada is committed to connecting Canada’s 2SLGBTQ+ youth to a better future. It Gets Better Canada envisions a day when no young person in Canada feels marginalized\, isolated\, excluded\, or rejected because of their sexual orientation\, gender identity or gender expression. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Planned Parenthood Canada \n \n \n \n Planned Parenthood Toronto is a youth-driven\, anti-racist\, culturally-responsive community health centre that advances reproductive justice\, health and overall well-being for young people through primary\, sexual and mental health care\, community programs\, research and values-based advocacy. They work towards a vision of healthy\, supportive\, and equitable communities that promote youth’s autonomy in building their lives. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Please Donate \n \n \n \n Fairlawn supports programming for queer youth in the North Toronto community. If you wish to support this work\, please donate to Fairlawn’s Affirm Ministry. \n \n \n \n Scan the QR code with your phone for direct access to secure online donations to our Affirm Ministry \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Via e-transfer to etransfer@fairlawnavenueunuited.ca – indicate ‘Affirm Ministry’ in the memo lineMail or drop off a cheque to Fairlawn Avenue United Church\, 28 Fairlawn Avenue\, Toronto\, ON M5M 1S7 – indicate ‘Affirm Ministry’ in the memo line \n \n \n \n In partnership with: \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Charitable Registration #10737 1676 RR0001 URL:https://www.fairlawnchurch.ca/events/transgender-day-of-remembrance/ CATEGORIES:Affirm,Affirm Ministry ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.fairlawnchurch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/002776_1120-transdayofremembrance.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR