THN

RAINBOW SISTAS
FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH
A GROUP FOR BLACK, AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN WOMEN

This is a monthly drop-in, peer discussion group for Lesbian/Bi/Queer/Trans/Questioning Women. A safe group offering information and educational workshops on issues such as sexual health, mental health, coming out & settlement in Canada.

Where: BLACK CAP Board Room

When: 1ST MONDAY OF THE MONTH

Time: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

20 Victoria Street, 4th Floor

Contact Us:

Kemar Brown

PHA Settlement Coordinator

Tel: (416) 977-9955 EXT. 288

Email: k.brown@black-cap.com

Housing Help Drop-In
Every Tuesday 1:00pm – 4:00pm

 Housing Listings
 Housing Search Help
 Housing Connections application/update
 Transfer applications
 Learn how to secure & maintain housing
 Peer support in a Safe, Welcoming Space
 Clothing Access

Location: 490 Sherbourne Street (Sherbourne & Wellesley)
Drop-in will be every week on Tuesdays from 1:00pm-4:00pm. One-on-one housing help will be provided on a first-come first-serve basis.
For more information email Lawrence Dutchession
ldutchession@fifehouse.org or call 416-205-9888 ext. 213

QAY and AFFIRM presents: Coping Skills Training!

Come join QAY and AFFIRM as we go through several interactive and engaging workshops that promote coping skills geared towards queer and trans East and Southeast Asian youth (14-29)! You will receive compensation, some light refreshments and tokens! Some of the topics we will be covering are overcoming negative feelings, developing safer and affirming social networks and much more!

We will be meeting every Tuesday (starting May 21 to July 16, 2019), at the ACAS office (260 Spadina Ave, unit 410) from 5:30 – 7:30PM. If you’re free, want to eat some delicious Asian food, meet other like-minded queer and trans Asian youth and want to receive compensation, these workshops are for you!

If you want to register, you can e-mail Gabriel at youth@acas.org to register!

OR

(1) you can visit www.projectyouthaffirm.org, (2) Fill out the registration form (online screening) and make sure you choose “Asian Community AIDS Services” as your preferred location (3) and someone from the AFFIRM team will contact you with a confirmation!

If you have any questions about the AFFIRM project, you can contact them at youthaffirm@gmail.com

DATE: May 21 – July 16 2019 (meeting every Tuesday)
LOCATION: ACAS office (260 Spadina Ave, Unit 410)
TIME: 5:30 – 7:30 PM

The Hassle Free Clinic, in collaboration with the Toronto People With AIDS Foundation & Casey House,

Registration is now open for the Spunk! program. This support group is specifically for guys into guys that want to make changes around their substance use.

It will run from Wednesday April 24th weekly until May 29th, and registration will close on April 10th.

To register e-mail spunk@actoronto.org, or visit the website at www.actoronto.org/spunk

When: April 24th – May 29th every Wednesday
Where: ACT Offices, Meeting room C
Who: Gay Bi Queer Men (either cis or Trans) who identify a desire to make a change around substance use.
What: a harm reduction based group that utilizes MI to facilitate guys into guys with achieving personal goals around substance use.

SPUNK! is a support group for cis & trans gay/bi/queer men who want to make positive changes regarding their drug use, whether those changes are harm reduction or abstinence. The group runs for 6 weeks, twice per year. We explore substance use from a non-judgmental point of view, and how it impacts sex and sexuality. We provide tools for personal development and provide extensive, tailor-made referrals to services once the group is over.

SPUNK! is a closed group. This means folks need to register to join, and that it isn’t a drop-in group where different people come and go. A closed group creates a place that allows intimate discussion. SPUNK! is facilitated (led) by two professionals working with cis & trans gay/bi/queer men’s sexual health.

SPUNK! uses Motivational Interviewing (MI), as well as Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA) as well as Mindfulness techniques.

If you are interested, the first step is to call 416-340-8484 ext. 454 or email spunk@actoronto.org

Learn how to manage your money, insurance matters, and estate concerns to help you plan for the future.
Join us on May 29th - June 26th for Community Financial and Estate Planning Management program, a free workshop series for people living with HIV and AIDS.

We will be covering the following topics on the respective dates:

May 29th - Estate Planning
June 5th - Insurance
June 12th - Medication Coverage
June 19th - Financial Planning
June 26th - Funeral Planning
WHERE: ACT, 543 Yonge Street, 4th Floor

TIME: 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Registration is required!

Register Today!
More Information
Alex Wells
awells@actoronto.org
416-340-8484 Ext. 283

A drop in for guys into Party n' Play
Every other Thursday starting May 9th
to September 12th 2019
ACT (543 Yonge St, 4th Floor)
6:30 – 8:30 pm
•
Access harm reduction supplies
•
Discuss strategies for safer parTying, including tips
on safer snorting, smoking, and slamming
•
Talk about T in a supportive, shame-free space
No expectations for stopping or reducing your use.
It’s about feeling good about ourselves,
our choices, and each other.
Every other Thursday starting May 9th
to September 12th 2019
ACT (543 Yonge St, 4th Floor)
6:30 – 8:30 pm

Visit www.actoronto.org/thekiki for a schedule
of activities and discussion topics ranging from ‘hosting
a chemsex party’ to ‘addressing substance use stigma.’
No registration forms or intake meetings
TTC tokens and snacks provided
Questions? Email thekikitoronto@outlook.com
Wheelchair access and single-stall all-gender washroom
*Cis and trans gay, bisexual, and queer guys
(including Two-Spirit and non-binary folks)program lead Jordan Bond-Gorr can be reached at thekikitoronto@outlook.com

MEET ‘N EAT
To register, or for more information, contact Savannah, Community Programming Coordinator
416-340-8484 ext. 219
snast@actoronto.org.
A friendly hot lunch served every Friday, from 11 to 1pm. Open & free to all people living with HIV.

AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT)
543 Yonge Street, 4th Floor, Toronto ON, M4Y 1Y5
T 416-340-2437 W actoronto.org E ask@actoronto.org

Housing Help Drop-In
Every Tuesday 1:00pm – 4:00pm

 Housing Listings
 Housing Search Help
 Housing Connections application/update
 Transfer applications
 Learn how to secure & maintain housing
 Peer support in a Safe, Welcoming Space
 Clothing Access

Location: 490 Sherbourne Street (Sherbourne & Wellesley)
Drop-in will be every week on Tuesdays from 1:00pm-4:00pm. One-on-one housing help will be provided on a first-come first-serve basis.
For more information email Lawrence Dutchession
ldutchession@fifehouse.org or call 416-205-9888 ext. 213

QAY and AFFIRM presents: Coping Skills Training!

Come join QAY and AFFIRM as we go through several interactive and engaging workshops that promote coping skills geared towards queer and trans East and Southeast Asian youth (14-29)! You will receive compensation, some light refreshments and tokens! Some of the topics we will be covering are overcoming negative feelings, developing safer and affirming social networks and much more!

We will be meeting every Tuesday (starting May 21 to July 16, 2019), at the ACAS office (260 Spadina Ave, unit 410) from 5:30 – 7:30PM. If you’re free, want to eat some delicious Asian food, meet other like-minded queer and trans Asian youth and want to receive compensation, these workshops are for you!

If you want to register, you can e-mail Gabriel at youth@acas.org to register!

OR

(1) you can visit www.projectyouthaffirm.org, (2) Fill out the registration form (online screening) and make sure you choose “Asian Community AIDS Services” as your preferred location (3) and someone from the AFFIRM team will contact you with a confirmation!

If you have any questions about the AFFIRM project, you can contact them at youthaffirm@gmail.com

DATE: May 21 – July 16 2019 (meeting every Tuesday)
LOCATION: ACAS office (260 Spadina Ave, Unit 410)
TIME: 5:30 – 7:30 PM

Registration is now open for the Spunk! program. This support group is specifically for guys into guys that want to make changes around their substance use.

It will run from Wednesday April 24th weekly until May 29th, and registration will close on April 10th.

To register e-mail spunk@actoronto.org, or visit the website at www.actoronto.org/spunk

When: April 24th – May 29th every Wednesday
Where: ACT Offices, Meeting room C
Who: Gay Bi Queer Men (either cis or Trans) who identify a desire to make a change around substance use.
What: a harm reduction based group that utilizes MI to facilitate guys into guys with achieving personal goals around substance use.

SPUNK! is a support group for cis & trans gay/bi/queer men who want to make positive changes regarding their drug use, whether those changes are harm reduction or abstinence. The group runs for 6 weeks, twice per year. We explore substance use from a non-judgmental point of view, and how it impacts sex and sexuality. We provide tools for personal development and provide extensive, tailor-made referrals to services once the group is over.

SPUNK! is a closed group. This means folks need to register to join, and that it isn’t a drop-in group where different people come and go. A closed group creates a place that allows intimate discussion. SPUNK! is facilitated (led) by two professionals working with cis & trans gay/bi/queer men’s sexual health.

SPUNK! uses Motivational Interviewing (MI), as well as Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA) as well as Mindfulness techniques.

If you are interested, the first step is to call 416-340-8484 ext. 454 or email spunk@actoronto.org

SOCIALITE 411
EVERY OTHER THURSDAY
A GROUP FOR BLACK, MSM, QUEER, BISEXUAL, QUESTIONING &TRANS YOUTH 16-29

This is a bi-weekly, Drop-in peer support group for African, Caribbean and Black Gay/ Bi/Queer/Trans/Questioning male identified 16 – 29 years old.

Where: BLACK CAP Board Room
When: EVERY OTHER THURSDAY
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
20 Victoria Street, 4th Floor

Contact Us:

David Kd Soomarie
MsM Outreach Coordinator

Tel: (416) 977-9955 EXT. 242

Email: David Soomarie

MEET ‘N EAT
To register, or for more information, contact Savannah, Community Programming Coordinator
416-340-8484 ext. 219
snast@actoronto.org.
A friendly hot lunch served every Friday, from 11 to 1pm. Open & free to all people living with HIV.

AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT)
543 Yonge Street, 4th Floor, Toronto ON, M4Y 1Y5
T 416-340-2437 W actoronto.org E ask@actoronto.org

Housing Help Drop-In
Every Tuesday 1:00pm – 4:00pm

 Housing Listings
 Housing Search Help
 Housing Connections application/update
 Transfer applications
 Learn how to secure & maintain housing
 Peer support in a Safe, Welcoming Space
 Clothing Access

Location: 490 Sherbourne Street (Sherbourne & Wellesley)
Drop-in will be every week on Tuesdays from 1:00pm-4:00pm. One-on-one housing help will be provided on a first-come first-serve basis.
For more information email Lawrence Dutchession
ldutchession@fifehouse.org or call 416-205-9888 ext. 213

QAY and AFFIRM presents: Coping Skills Training!

Come join QAY and AFFIRM as we go through several interactive and engaging workshops that promote coping skills geared towards queer and trans East and Southeast Asian youth (14-29)! You will receive compensation, some light refreshments and tokens! Some of the topics we will be covering are overcoming negative feelings, developing safer and affirming social networks and much more!

We will be meeting every Tuesday (starting May 21 to July 16, 2019), at the ACAS office (260 Spadina Ave, unit 410) from 5:30 – 7:30PM. If you’re free, want to eat some delicious Asian food, meet other like-minded queer and trans Asian youth and want to receive compensation, these workshops are for you!

If you want to register, you can e-mail Gabriel at youth@acas.org to register!

OR

(1) you can visit www.projectyouthaffirm.org, (2) Fill out the registration form (online screening) and make sure you choose “Asian Community AIDS Services” as your preferred location (3) and someone from the AFFIRM team will contact you with a confirmation!

If you have any questions about the AFFIRM project, you can contact them at youthaffirm@gmail.com

DATE: May 21 – July 16 2019 (meeting every Tuesday)
LOCATION: ACAS office (260 Spadina Ave, Unit 410)
TIME: 5:30 – 7:30 PM

The Hassle Free Clinic, in collaboration with the Toronto People With AIDS Foundation & Casey House,

Are you a woman/trans-woman living with HIV?

Meet & Learn at the:

Hassle Free Clinic, in collaboration with PWA & Casey House
invite you for the twice monthly drop-in trans-inclusive HIV+ Women’s Health Promotion/Nursing Clinic. Learn, socialize, and share your knowledge the first & third Wednesday of every month on women’s health issues from a harm reduction perspective in a safe, confidential space.

*Some opportunity for individual nursing consultation*

Date: Wednesday, 17 July 2019
Time: 1.30 – 3.30pm

Topic: HIV Disclosure and the Law
*Robin Nobleman - HALCO staff lawyer*

Location: PWA, 200 Gerrard St E. 2nd Floor

For More Information contact:
esther@hasslefreeclinic.org or call Esther on 416 922 3549 ext. 123

Childcare Subsidy available upon proven eligibility
Tokens available upon request

Registration is now open for the Spunk! program. This support group is specifically for guys into guys that want to make changes around their substance use.

It will run from Wednesday April 24th weekly until May 29th, and registration will close on April 10th.

To register e-mail spunk@actoronto.org, or visit the website at www.actoronto.org/spunk

When: April 24th – May 29th every Wednesday
Where: ACT Offices, Meeting room C
Who: Gay Bi Queer Men (either cis or Trans) who identify a desire to make a change around substance use.
What: a harm reduction based group that utilizes MI to facilitate guys into guys with achieving personal goals around substance use.

SPUNK! is a support group for cis & trans gay/bi/queer men who want to make positive changes regarding their drug use, whether those changes are harm reduction or abstinence. The group runs for 6 weeks, twice per year. We explore substance use from a non-judgmental point of view, and how it impacts sex and sexuality. We provide tools for personal development and provide extensive, tailor-made referrals to services once the group is over.

SPUNK! is a closed group. This means folks need to register to join, and that it isn’t a drop-in group where different people come and go. A closed group creates a place that allows intimate discussion. SPUNK! is facilitated (led) by two professionals working with cis & trans gay/bi/queer men’s sexual health.

SPUNK! uses Motivational Interviewing (MI), as well as Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA) as well as Mindfulness techniques.

If you are interested, the first step is to call 416-340-8484 ext. 454 or email spunk@actoronto.org

A drop in for guys into Party n' Play
Every other Thursday starting May 9th
to September 12th 2019
ACT (543 Yonge St, 4th Floor)
6:30 – 8:30 pm
•
Access harm reduction supplies
•
Discuss strategies for safer parTying, including tips
on safer snorting, smoking, and slamming
•
Talk about T in a supportive, shame-free space
No expectations for stopping or reducing your use.
It’s about feeling good about ourselves,
our choices, and each other.
Every other Thursday starting May 9th
to September 12th 2019
ACT (543 Yonge St, 4th Floor)
6:30 – 8:30 pm

Visit www.actoronto.org/thekiki for a schedule
of activities and discussion topics ranging from ‘hosting
a chemsex party’ to ‘addressing substance use stigma.’
No registration forms or intake meetings
TTC tokens and snacks provided
Questions? Email thekikitoronto@outlook.com
Wheelchair access and single-stall all-gender washroom
*Cis and trans gay, bisexual, and queer guys
(including Two-Spirit and non-binary folks)program lead Jordan Bond-Gorr can be reached at thekikitoronto@outlook.com

MEET ‘N EAT
To register, or for more information, contact Savannah, Community Programming Coordinator
416-340-8484 ext. 219
snast@actoronto.org.
A friendly hot lunch served every Friday, from 11 to 1pm. Open & free to all people living with HIV.

AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT)
543 Yonge Street, 4th Floor, Toronto ON, M4Y 1Y5
T 416-340-2437 W actoronto.org E ask@actoronto.org