Social isolation is not going stop us from celebrating 2021 Pride! Youth Pride Durham, Toronto Drag Queen Storytime and Durham Children's Aid Society are partnering with all of the local libraries in Durham Region to present Virtual Drag Queen Story Time, featuring Lucy Flawless. Each library will present one story time, hosted as a Facebook Live event on the Toronto Drag Queen Storytime Facebook page.

"Whether you want to learn how to make challah from scratch or infuse more pride into your challah this month, join us for this family-friendly rainbow challah class and demonstration! This interactive class will be led by Pearl Cohen and Lauren Schreiber Sasaki, both weekly challah bakers who love kids, rainbows and Pride all year round!

Participation is optional but an ingredient list will be sent with registration."

Welcome to the first ever pride online social on Teleport. A live dating experience inspired by the real world. Meet 5 incredible people from the comfort of your own home. If it’s a mutual match, you’ll be able to message and continue the conversation.

Church Street's longest running queer women's party continues - online! Join DJ Swags, DJ Lee and Simply Leah tha MC for a night of soca, hip hop, dancehall and old school jams. It's free on GDTV.

Learn to write a resume, prepare a cover letter, ace an interview, and so much more with drag queen and career educator Erin Brockobic.

You are cordially invited to kick off Pride 2021 at our queer Jewish drag cabaret! This fabulous, free affair will take place live on Zoom + streamed to Facebook. Bring your outrageous, authentic selves, and bask in some queer Jewish wonky wonder!

From Angels in America and Transparent to Bent and Yentl, explore the intersection of Jewish identities and queer identities in film and television. Are these identities separate or influence each other? Do they stand in juxtaposition or complement each other? What does it mean for these characters to be Jewish AND Queer? Enjoy video clips excerpts and analyse these questions using biblical, contemporary and academic texts.

Join the fun as we share our pride and create rainbow themed edible chocolate paintings using cocoa butter colours to paint on a chocolate canvas! Follow along virtually with Kelly of Hot Shot Chocolate or let your creativity fly! Enjoy fun storytelling throughout and leave with a fully edible chocolate painting! Suitable for ages 10+ and any experience levels.

Juwanna talk? Juwanna DeWitt brings it for Pride's fortieth! Sherwin Modeste, the star new ED of Pride Toronto is in the seat of honour to answer Miss DeWitt's probing questions. You want to know where Pride is going and Juwanna will deliver the answers.

The House Royale, spearheaded by Manny Dingo and Alexandher Brandy, aims to make drag accessible to those experiencing isolation and those who may never have otherwise had the opportunity to engage with and enjoy gender variant drag in the past.

In this workshop, facilitator Tanya Neumeyer will share their passion for spoken word and explore the creative possibilities that emerge when we speak from our hearts, minds and bodies. Tanya will perform their own work, writing prompts and encouraging those in the attendance to explore and express themselves in their authentic voices.

According to inclusion expert Verna Myers, “Diversity is being invited to the party; inclusion is being asked to dance.” In which case, belonging is choosing the playlist. This virtual panel discussion hosted by Pride at Work Canada will look at how we move from discussion about inclusion to creating a sense of belonging in our workplaces. This event will bring both business and community leaders to the table. Attendees will learn about how to create spaces of belonging for LGBTQ2+ employees where they don’t just feel tolerated, but are actively celebrated.

Social isolation is not going stop us from celebrating 2021 Pride! Youth Pride Durham, Toronto Drag Queen Storytime and Durham Children's Aid Society are partnering with all of the local libraries in Durham Region to present Virtual Drag Queen Story Time, featuring Lucy Flawless. Each library will present one story time, hosted as a Facebook Live event on the Toronto Drag Queen Storytime Facebook page.

Join us for a virtual 45 minute movement journey of practice + play in celebration of self love, acceptance and empowerment. This mat pilates class will open new portals of sensation incorporating low-impact and high rep exercises designed to improve your overall strength, stability, alignment and posture. Guided by Jennifer Winter she/her, founder and creator of Have A Nice Day Pilates. This is a free event for our 2SLGBTQ+ community creating a space for us to breath, move and feel together.

Welcoming folks across the gender spectrum to come together and build community with others. There can be as much or as little emphasis on romantic connection as you feel comfortable with ??The point is to build community and help people get connected!

Welcome to the first ever pride online social on Teleport. A live dating experience inspired by the real world. Meet 5 incredible people from the comfort of your own home. If it’s a mutual match, you’ll be able to message and continue the conversation. Limited spots are available and tickets are selling out fast!

MANDY GOODHANDY PRESENTS: A Proud Musical & Mystical Salute to the Theatre! Featuring: Sebastian Ellis, Jeni Walls and Joey Wargachuk!

Broadcasting live from the traditional territory of the Huron-Wendat, Anishnabeg, Chippewa, Haudenosaunee, Seneca and Petun First Nations, and the Mississaugas of the Credit River, Category Is…? is a drag game show the likes of which you've never seen. Join us biweekly on Twitch.tv/thehousroyale with a rotating cast of Toronto's top performers for drag, games, and themes that will spin your wig and get you the gig!

Learn to write a resume, prepare a cover letter, ace an interview, and so much more with drag queen and career educator Erin Brockobic.
Queer Career Workshops aim to challenge traditional career development spaces which can be intimidating or noninclusive of queer and trans identities.

What better way to spend an afternoon than curling up with your community (virtually, in the comfort of your own home) learning a new skill? Come join us for our Pride Workshop Series! Flamingo Market presents a FREE DIY Weaving on a DIY Loom Workshop with Gabrielle Trach on GDTV!

It's the launch of a brand new book that is going to keep you coming back for more. Want to know how to masturbate? Here’s your guide. Whether you’re jerking the gherkin, flicking the bean, or something in between, masturbation doesn’t have to be a taboo topic. Join us for the launch of this open and honest book.

Go Go Tygr! Is an evening of go-go entertainment featuring Tygr Willy in the Glad Day window for folks on the patio to enjoy.

Maggie's Toronto Sex Workers Action Project and Strapped TO launched "The Strap House", a queer Black virtual event series prioritizing Black sex workers and supporting them through the pandemic. We run monthly strip teases that feature queer and trans Black entertainers, pay them and uplift their content platforms. Our June event is a virtual porn festival celebrating queer and trans Black sex workers that will feature 10 submissions from local sex workers. At the event we will screen their videos and interview them for our audience. The event features a series of prizes based on different styles/categories of performance that submissions compete for (based on audience vote), but all performers are compensated for their time and participation in the event.

"Cabaret! Camp! Classics! Croonin'! Creativity! Comedy!
It's a mixed bag of musical magic as Chris takes you wherever he feels like going - with special guests."

Social isolation is not going stop us from celebrating 2021 Pride! Youth Pride Durham, Toronto Drag Queen Storytime and Durham Children's Aid Society are partnering with all of the local libraries in Durham Region to present Virtual Drag Queen Story Time, featuring Lucy Flawless.

Gay Men’s Coffee Night Online is a bi-weekly virtual Zoom hang-out for men over 40 who have sex with men or who identify as gay, bi, or queer and have been living with HIV for any length of time. They laugh, lovingly throw shade, and sometimes sup together like on June 17th.

Welcome to the first ever pride online social on Teleport. A live dating experience inspired by the real world. Meet 5 incredible people from the comfort of your own home. If it’s a mutual match, you’ll be able to message and continue the conversation. Limited spots are available and tickets are selling out fast! Reserve your ticket ASAP to secure your spot to this amazing event! We couldn’t be more excited to bring the Teleport experience to you, and we can’t wait for you all to meet. All 2SLGBTQ+ people are welcome. Share your experiences with us, tag @PrideToronto @teleportdates, and include #PrideToronto #Pride40 #TeleportDates

The SlimThick Diaries is an real intimate, real honest, real talk virtual tv show hosted by SlimThick Monroe. This is a special patio edition will happen on the Glad Day patio and be streamed virtually on GDTV. We will be celebrating SlimThick's graduation and it's a chance for SlimThick's fans to see her and each other in the flesh once again!

From the Greek “kalos,” meaning “beautiful”, and “eidos”, meaning “form”—this parade-in-reverse celebrates the beauty of our communities. A bevy of dancers and some of Toronto’s best DJs entertain passers-by from the Glad Day windowscape.

Learn to write a resume, prepare a cover letter, ace an interview, and so much more with drag queen and career educator Erin Brockobic.
Queer Career Workshops aim to challenge traditional career development spaces which can be intimidating or noninclusive of queer and trans identities.

PUPPETTIME with ZacKey Lime! Celebrate Pride 2021 the Family Friendly way! On June 19th ZacKey Lime & his Puppet Pals will be putting on an all ages drag show! Watch through the window of Glad Day Bookshop as you enjoy the open air patio!

Social isolation is not going stop us from celebrating 2021 Pride! Youth Pride Durham, Toronto Drag Queen Storytime and Durham Children's Aid Society are partnering with all of the local libraries in Durham Region to present Virtual Drag Queen Story Time, featuring Lucy Flawless. Each library will present one story time, hosted as a Facebook Live event on the Toronto Drag Queen Storytime Facebook page

On Sunday, June 20 at 2 p.m. ACAS is virtually hosting Pinkdot on Sunday, June 20, 2021, at 2 pm on the ACAS Youtube channel via live streaming, and this year will feature #StopAsianHate message to raise awareness within the Asian community and beyond. This event will be hosted by Vong Show and will feature performances, interviews, and various other formats, as well as supportive videos from special guests.

What better way to spend an afternoon than curling up with your community (virtually, in the comfort of your own home) learning a new skill? Come join us for our Pride Workshop Series! Flamingo Market presents a FREE Tie-Dying Workshop with Paul's Place on GDTV!

Lavender celebrates their third anniversary with a retrospective zine highlighting community memories of their monthly events. The digital launch features spoken word performances from contributors and a virtual dance party.

Does queerness have a spatial expression? What does it look like and who makes these queer spaces? What is the future of queer space in our cities - are they ephemeral or can queerness find permanence in the built environment? Join the Toronto Society of Architects for a special virtual Pride edition of our IDEAS Forum, where an exciting group of artists, designers, and architects will explore questions of queer space in Toronto — past, present and future — in a series of fast paced and fun pecha-kucha presentations (20 slides for 20 seconds each). The presentations will be followed by a moderated discussion led by Azure Magazine’s Evan Pavka.

For Pride Week 2021, TBLGAY (Trans Bisexual Lesbian Gay Asexual at York) and the Alumni Engagement team* present a Table Talk, ‘Queer Perspectives At and After University’. Join us for a compelling virtual panel discussion and Q&A on the topic of intersectional queer and trans perspectives during life at university and after graduation, with candid feedback on what it means to enter academic and professional spaces and retain queerness. Hear from the insights of former TBLGAY members, York alumni and current York undergraduates on how current students can set themselves up for success at and after university! (We will try to keep student loan complaints to a minimum).

Courage Bacchus is joined by three Deaf women artists - Tamyka Bullen, Thurga Kanagasekarampillai, and Gaitrie Persaud Dhunmoon - for an open discussion of their journeys through queerness and art-making, and the barriers that they’ve had to overcome.

Beth Tzedec Artist in Residence Aviva Chernick hosts this virtual roundtable with an outstanding group of Queer Jewish Canadian Creatives; Diane Flacks, Sigal Samuel, Daniel Sarah Karasik and Evan Tapper, all people working in the arts, each accomplished in their own form. Join this celebration in conversation of the intersection between Jewish, Queer and Creative identities. In partnership with LGBTQ+ at the J.

While diversity changes who is in the room, dignity honours the full authentic self and allows equal participation in the discussion. This virtual panel discussion hosted by Pride at Work Canada will examine how we move from acknowledging diversity to affording all employees dignity in our workplaces. Bringing both business and community leaders to the discussion, attendees will learn about how to create a sense of belonging for LGBTQ2+ employees where they feel not only tolerated, but actively celebrated.

Social isolation is not going stop us from celebrating 2021 Pride! Youth Pride Durham, Toronto Drag Queen Storytime and Durham Children's Aid Society are partnering with all of the local libraries in Durham Region to present Virtual Drag Queen Story Time, featuring Lucy Flawless. Each library will present one story time, hosted as a Facebook Live event on the Toronto Drag Queen Storytime Facebook page.

The Catalyst is hosting Trey Anthony in a vibrant talk & writing session for our FCAD community & friends who are LGBTQI2S+ and their allies

Trey Anthony is a famous, home-grown, award-winning playwright, speaker, comedian, producer, educator and new mom to her beautiful adopted baby boy, Kai. She is best known for her play turned television series Da Kink in My Hair. She most recently published the book Black Girl In Love (with Herself). A self help book to guide women to living their best damn lives. Trey is currently a Development Producer for CTV/Bell Media. And is a contributing writer for Huffington Post and a writer in residency at Soul Pepper Theatre. For more information please go to www.treyanthony.com or follow her @blackgirlinlove on social media.

This event is proudly supported by FCAD and Positive Space.

We all know of the many famous recent LGBTQ+ classical composers (Bernstein, Copland, Benjamin Britten), but there's evidence that some of the most famous 18th & 19th century composers were gay (hint: Hallelujah!) Join Oakville Chamber Orchestra's Music Director Charles Demuynck and learn about these outstanding composers' lives and music.

Join DRIFF for an evening under the stars as we kick off our drive-in series Shifting the Narrative with a feature presentation of Yan England’s provocative psychological thriller 1:54.
Exploring what it means to fall outside the norm in the age of social media, 1:54 asks the question: what would you do to survive high school? Tim, a shy 16-year-old athlete with a natural gift for running, is coming to terms with his sexuality and the loss of his mother. After a personal video is posted to social media, Tim's private life is about to explode into the public eye.
Yan England has personally selected the short film Wanted: Strong Woman by up-and-coming Quebec director Marilyn Cooke to precede his feature presentation.
The Drive-in program will begin at dusk. Arrive early to claim a good parking spot. It will be held at 575 Rossland Rd E. Whitby: South parking lot behind the Town of Whitby
Municipal Building

Join us to celebrate our 2021 Rainbow Grant recipients.
Rainbow Grants provide funding to foster new and innovative services and programs that have a positive impact on the 2SLGBTTIQQ community in the GTA, in the areas of health and social sciences, arts and culture, research, education and advocacy.