Strong Hearts is for everyone 16 and over within the trans woman or trans feminine umbrella.
As well as those looking to affirm, explore, or are questioning a feminine gender identity. Strong Hearts focuses on finding that unwavering light inside of all of us. It is about building the capacity to truly embrace, love, and be kind both within ourselves and as a community.
Holding space to explore, share and celebrate the unique intersection of gender and neuro diversity in our communities.
ONLINE: Third Thursdays
TIME: 6:15 - 8:15pm
For Zoom links & passwords: click here
Come join us for a night of celebration and empowerment at Dickens! This event is all about embracing our black pride and coming together as a community. Get ready for an evening filled with great music, delicious food, and amazing performances. Let's dance, laugh, and show off our pride in style. Don't miss out on this unforgettable party - see you there! Afrobeats, Amapiano, Dancehall, Hiphop, Raggae
Get tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/black-pride-party-tickets-1489197272129?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl
Get tickets: YOU-Phoria an All Ages Variety Show! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/you-phoria-an-all-ages-variety-show-tickets-1545619442359?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=wsa&aff=ebdsshwebmobile
Looking for a friendly check-in with your community? Grab a cup of tea and join us from wherever you are as we share in each other's company! This is a safe space for anyone who identifies as an 2SLGBTQ+ community member or ally. We will accept attendees on a drop-in basis.
This is an in-person meeting at Element Cafe (331 17 Ave SW).
We will have a few drink vouchers available to cover the cost of one drink if needed!
Our group meetings are intended as a space for casual connection. This is not a structured therapy group nor is it a dating space. If you are looking for further support, Outlink staff are available to meet with you one-on-one or in small groups by phone, text based messaging, or video call upon request. They can also help connect you to other counselling services.
Please note that meetings are moderated by Outlink staff and volunteers who reserve the right to remove anyone from the group who is in violation of our Safer Space Ground Rules.
If you'd like to take any pictures of the room or the group, please ask facilitators and participants first.
Public Health Safety Precautions:
Public health and the safety of our communities is very important to us! The following safety practices are put in place for our in-person programming:
Wearing a mask is strongly encouraged when not eating or drinking.
If you have any cold, flu, or Covid symptoms (ex. fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose), we ask that you please do not attend.
Join us online with Tamika Francis for an hour of care, connection, and community healing. Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Loo3FZmgT_iOY9CnfJejQA#/registration
Registration link: https://www.theconfluence.ca/events/hdht-aug#
Did queerness exist on the Prairies before Pride flags lined downtown streets? Absolutely. But colonial records rarely captured it. When they did, it was usually through a distorted lens of shame, scandal, or silence. Yet behind the Victorian façades of early Calgary, members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community were integral to the rapidly growing community, even as they faced significant disdain and persecution from the dominant (non-Indigenous) culture.
This August at Hot Dogs & Hot Takes on History, join local author and historian Kevin Allen from the Calgary Gay History Project for an eye-opening look at Calgary’s colonial era through a 2SLGBTQ+ lens. Kevin will take you through the intriguing story of Jean L’Heureux, a 19th-century Catholic linguist who was adopted into a Blackfoot community that accepted his queerness that faced rejection from settler society. Kevin will also discuss the coded language of queerness in the absence of words to name it, and how queer immigrants, outcasts, and ranchers helped form an underground network in the West.
Queerness isn’t new, and neither is the attempt to erase it. This conversation will uncover how queer identities, though policed and hidden, have always been present, and how reclaiming these stories builds bridges between marginalized communities today. Come for the hot dogs, stay for the radical rethinking of Calgary’s past.
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