York Pride Fest

Published purpose

Through this 28-month project, York Pride Fest will address the needs and barriers to equality for 2SLGBTQI+ communities. This will be achieved through a partnership with Safety Experts to perform organizational assessments on organization(s) serving 2SLGBTQI+ community that will result in risk mitigation plans and provide resources to address and/or avoid hate motivated incidents. In parallel, the organization will meet with ethnic minority communities to dispel misinformation and misconceptions regarding 2SLGBTQI+ communities and work with York Regional Police to better support trans and non-binary victims. In collaboration with partners, the organization will organize a community forum to share information on available programming and resources, collect data, stories, lived experiences, and gather feedback from the stakeholders to improve services and program delivery.