Transgender Awareness Week 2023

November 13-19 is Transgender Awareness Week

Intersex is an umbrella term for differences in sex traits or reproductive anatomy. Intersex people are born with these differences or develop them in childhood. There are many possible differences in genitalia, hormones, internal anatomy, or chromosomes, compared to the usual two ways that human bodies develop.

Queer Quotes

“You belong in this world.” - Connie Merasty

Transgender Awareness Week 2022

November 13-19 is Transgender Awareness Week

MMIWG2S Movie Night

All the short films we watched at last night’s MMIWG2S movie night!

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Intersex Awareness Day - October 26th

Intersex is an umbrella term for differences in sex traits or reproductive anatomy. Intersex people are born with these differences or develop them in childhood. There are many possible differences in genitalia, hormones, internal anatomy, or chromosomes, compared to the usual two ways that human bodies develop.

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#IWD2022 Inspiring Women

Which women inspire you?

Intersex Awareness Day

Intersex is an umbrella term for differences in sex traits or reproductive anatomy. Intersex people are born with these differences or develop them in childhood. There are many possible differences in genitalia, hormones, internal anatomy, or chromosomes, compared to the usual two ways that human bodies develop.

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Queer Kid's Books at DWS

Thanks to a generous donation from Queer Yukon, DWS has some fab new LGBQT2SA+ and social justice kid’s books in our library.

Drop-in to read them with your littles or borrow them for at-home reading.

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Queer ASL

Learn some queer vocab in American Sign Language!

IWD 2021: Feminist Recovery

“Women are nearly twice as likely than men to lose their jobs during the COVID-19 crisis. Indeed, the pandemic will dramatically increase the poverty rate for women and widen the gap between men and women who live in poverty.” - United Nations

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IWD 2021: Gender Equity

“Women are nearly twice as likely than men to lose their jobs during the COVID-19 crisis. Indeed, the pandemic will dramatically increase the poverty rate for women and widen the gap between men and women who live in poverty.” - United Nations

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Let's Talk About Gender... And Unicorns...

For the first ever meeting of Alphabet Soup - a drop-in group about queer and trans topics at the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in Youth Centre - we chatted about all the different letters in the alphabet soup (LGBQT2SAI+) and about the differences between gender identity, gender expression, sex assigned at birth, physical attraction, and emotional attraction.

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