LGCA Grants 2006
Arts and Culture
CKLN Radio – CKLN Pride Week 2006
Supporting Pride Week programming.
Singing OUT! – Rehearsal CDs
Support for this LGBT community choir to create rehearsal CDs.
Counterpoint Community Orchestra – Capacity Building
Supporting music rentals, stands and a media kit for this LGBT community orchestra.
Inside Out Lesbian and Gay Film Festival – 2006 Queer Youth Digital Video Project
Assisting with compilation and distribution of a collection of short video works created by queer youth.
Mayworks Festival – Full Spectrum
To produce a cabaret focusing on queer women of colour at this annual workers festival.
Mpenzi Black Women’s International Film & Video Festival
To support queer visibility at this local film festival by and about black women.
Trade: Queer Things – A queer fringe magazine
Assist with the printing of this magazine that brings exposure to those on the fringe of the LGBT community.
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre – The PrideCab Project
To develop a cross-generational exchange for youth and activists and produce a presentation this summer.
Toronto Women’s Bookstore – In Written Colour
To produce a series of readings featuring queer writers of colour and two-spirited aboriginal artists.
CONTACT Contemporary Music – Pride Concerts
To support two concerts during Pride Week in partnership with Amnesty International.
Music Picnic& Tapestry New Opera Works – “knotty together”
To expand and workshop the naughty gay three-act opera.
Alec Butler – Trans Cab
To develop a cabaret performance that explores the lives of transsexual and Transgendered people in the shelter system.
Moynan King and the King and Dace Collective – “I Have No Gun – A Lesbian Trilogy”
To produce a performance at Buddies in Bad Times of theatre and dance tackling lesbian stereotypes in mainstream media.
Heather Bain – Archiving Toronto’s Queer Performers
To research and document the history of five prominent and influential queer performers and drag kings in Toronto.
Lucas Silveira & The Cliks
To assist with production and recording 9 original pop-rock songs dealing with new found transgendered identity.
Red Dress Productions - Anna Camillieri & Tristan Whiston – “State of the Queer Nation”
To produce a full-length one woman performance exploring queer political activism since 1980.
Health and Community Services, Research and Education
York Region LGBT Community Outreach Program
A one-day conference on sexual orientation and gender identity in York Region.
Halton Organization for Pride & Education & AIDS Action Halton – The New Face of AIDS Conference
A one day education conference to increase HIV/AIDS awareness in Halton Region.
Halton Organization for Pride & Education – Human Rights Brochure
To produce a three educational brochures on trans, two-spirited and bisexual issues for Halton Region.
Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention – Dosti Project
To support a social support group for gay South Asian men who primarily speak Hindi and Urdu.
Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention – Snehithan Project
To support a social support group for Tamil speaking gay men.
Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention – Mirchi Project
To support facilitation costs of Mirchi, a support group for queer South Asian women.
Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Youthline – Youth Awards 2006
To support the Youthline’s 2006 community youth awards in June.
Agincourt Community Services Association – The Playworks Project
To develop a queer youth arts-based project in Scarborough
Asian Community AIDS Services – The Taboo and Tales Project
A pilot project to expand sexual health education and outreach programmes to queer Asian women.
METRAC – Safe Spaces Project
A project to address specific safety issues faced by LGBTQ communities through developing a new safety audit tool.
Gay and Lesbian Athletic Association – Peer Mentoring Program
Providing support for this anti-homophobia and mentoring program for LGBT youth in sports.
Ontario Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf – Fabulous ORAD!
To support a variety of outreach and education projects for the deaf LGBTT communities.
Planned Parenthood Toronto – Health Care Access & LGBTT Youth
To conduct an agency-wide health care audit to examine accessibility to LGBTT youth.
Ten Oaks Project – Camp Ten Oaks
To support a one-week, sleep-away summer camp for the children of LGBTQ and/or non-traditional families, LGBTQ youth and their allies.
Supporting Our Youth (S.O.Y.) – Essence Workshop Series
To develop and run workshops and a summer camp retreat for queer, trans and two-spirited youth interested in spirituality.
Supporting Our Youth (S.O.Y.) – Volunteer Capacity Building
To support training for SOY volunteers on facilitation and skills building.
Supporting Our Youth (S.O.Y.) – Handy Trans
To support costs related to the youth group TransFusion crew.
Supporting Our Youth (S.O.Y.) – Queer Noise
To support costs related to the development of a queer youth chorus.
Metropolitan Community Church Toronto – The Triangle Program
To support costs related to hosting The Triangle Program, an alternative secondary school for LGBT students.
Toronto Tong Zhi Club – Outreach and Survival 101
To support promotional costs, website and social support group costs for gay Mandarin-speaking newcomers to Toronto.
FrancoQueer – Celebrating our Diversity in French
To raise the profile of this francophone LGBT organization and provide social activities in French.
The 519 Church Street Community Centre and the Seniors Pride Network – Opening the Closet
To support a forum on aging for service providers and the LGBT community.
The 519 Church Street Community Centre – Trans Fathers 2B
To develop a curriculum on parenting for transmen considering parenthood.
Chinese Canadian National Council ( Toronto Chapter) – Planting the Seeds Project
To develop a special edition paper for youth in Toronto’s Chinese community on homophobia.
Lakeshore Collegiate Gay Straight Alliance – Expansion and Development Project
To help this student group with the costs of a developing a gay straight alliance and support awareness building activities at their Etobicoke high
