Programs
Coffee Night: listen, share, connect.
Our Coffee Nights are a safe space where members of the LGBTQ2 community, their friends, family or allies can come together. This is a place to seek support if you have questions or concerns about sexual orientation or gender identity and expression, or a place to create new connections within the community.
We offer two unique Coffee Night Meetings: Coffee Night Support and Coffee Night Social.
Coffee Night Support Meetings
Our Coffee Nights are a safe space where members of the LGBTQ2 community, their friends, family or allies can come together. This is a place to seek support if you have questions or concerns about sexual orientation, romantic orientation, gender identity and expression, or a place you can make new friends or connect with old ones. Pflag is a #FamilyForAll.
We will be using ZOOM – a FREE video conferencing application available on desktop and mobile devices.
Coffee Night Social Meetings
Our Coffee Nights are a safe space where members of the LGBTQ2 community, their friends, family or allies can come together. Our Social Meetings are informal gatherings led by our Coffee Night Facilitators to socialize and connect.
This meeting will be held online until May. In-Person Meetings Resume May 2023 at the Aurora Public Library.
Coffee Night Chat Webinar
With our Coffee Night Chat series we bring you workshops, presentations on issues that impact our community and chat with the movers and shakers who make us proud to be Queer and allies of our Queer family and friends!
March 7: The Dynamics of our Oppression
This workshop covers stigma, shame, oppression, prejudice, and history of criminalized sexuality in a Canadian context. We’ll explore how all of these elements compound with heteronormativity which in turn harms folks who are queer.
April 4: PrEP – Prevention from the Future
This workshop discusses PrEP, PEP, where it can be attained, what it is, and how it works. Also exploring why folks would want to use either as well as the U=U awareness campaign and how you can do your part.
April 17: PnP – The Party Never Dies
Queer folx are more likely to use substances for recreational use. Knowing this, how can we better prepare ourselves as queer folx, as allies and as support networks to support the people in our lives who use substances? This workshop covers Party and Play culture, substances used, harm reduction strategies, as well as the reason pnp is so prevalent.
Fabulous Adventures
**You must register at the link provided to reserve a spot or be placed on the waitlist**
Fabulous Adventures by Pflag Canada York Region is our new programming designed to promote wellness amongst our queer communities with in-person activities throughout York Region.
Patrick Hunter is a 2Spirit Ojibway Woodland artist from the community of Red Lake, in North Western Ontario. Patrick paints what he sees through a spiritual lens which is inspired by his homeland and growing up seeing the original works of Woodland painter Norval Morrisseau in various buildings around his home town.
You will learn:
– The fundamentals of painting/techniques in a fun and positive environment
– The importance of mental health and healing through the arts
– The spiritual significance/history of the Woodland Art from in Indigenous Communities
Space is limited. Once maximum registrations are reached we will place folks on our wait list.
No cost to attend.
Anonymous Support Line & Support Email
We know in person and online meetings are not for everyone. Thats why we have our support phone line and email available for anyone in need. With your support line you can leave your name and number in our voicemail inbox. Additionally, we can correspond over email at support@pflagyork.ca.
Whichever method you choose, our volunteers will follow-up with you as soon as possible. Our current average wait time for follow up is 5 days.
Anonymnous Phone Line: 1-866-YR-PFLAG (977-3524)
Support Email: support@pflagyork.ca