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LGBT Parenting Network
May 2007, E-News

This month:

1. Celebrating our Families With Pride: Send Birth/Adoption Announcements ASAP
2. Film and Panel: Politics of the Heart: Sat. May 26
3. The 519's Queer Family Fun Fair: Sat. June 9
4. Parkdale Pride Event: Fri. June 15
5. Parkdale LBTTQ Moms Group: Sat. June 16 (at new location)
6. Dykes Planning Tykes (and Tyke of a Dyke) T-shirts Still Available!
7. Interested in Theatre for Young People? LKYTP Reaches out to Queer Families
8. Plan Ahead: Queer Family Picnic: Weekend of Sept 15/16

CELEBRATING OUR FAMILIES WITH PRIDE!

SEND BIRTH/ADOPTION ANNOUNCEMENTS for special Pride issue of Pride & Joy

We are planning a special Pride issue of the hard copy newsletter Pride & Joy , focusing particularly on birth/adoption announcements. If you have had a child join your family and would like to announce their arrival, please send an electronic photo and wording for an announcement to parentingnetwork@sherbourne.on.ca

First Deadline: June 1, 2006.
Absolute Deadline: June 12, 2007

QUEER PARENTING EXCHANGE AND INSIDE OUT PRESENT:

SAT. MAY 26 :
Two new films by director Nancy Nicol (winner of the Elle Flander's Award for Best Documentary at Inside Out in 2006, for The End of Second Class)
Politics of the Heart (68 min, 2005)
Proud Lives: Chris Bearchell (16 min., 2007)
Saturday, May 26, 2007
12:15 pm
Royal Ontario Museum Cinema
(University & Bloor)

Politics of the Heart is a moving portrait of lesbian and gay families who re-shaped the cultural and political landscape of Quebec by fighting for recognition of their relationships and their families.

PANEL :
Toronto-based queer parenting activists: Rosalyn Forrester, Rachel Epstein and Chris Veldhoven will join director Nancy Nicol for a panel and audience discussion following the screening of Politics of the Heart .

THE 519'S QUEER FAMILY FUN FAIR: SAT. JUNE 9

Come kick off Family Pride Month at the 7th annual Queer Family Fun Fair!

Join us:
Saturday, June 9, 2007
11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
The 519 Community Centre, 519 Church St.
for a free celebration of LGBTTIQQ parents and prospective parents and their chosen families.They'll be fabulous activities for kids, toddler and baby spaces, live music, resources and information, and yummy food!
Contact Shira Spector 416-392-6878 x132 queerfamilyfunfair@yahoo.ca

PARKDALE PRIDE EVENT: FRI. JUNE 15

Parkdale Community Health Centre is having a Pride event!

Friday June 15, 2007
Food at 5 - 6 pm, entertainment to follow.

Childcare will be provided as well as a children?s entertainer. Several performers/authors will be presenting their work. Contact Connie Collinson at 416 537-2455 for more info.

PARKDALE LBTTQ MOM'S GROUP: SAT. JUNE 16 (AT NEW HOME)

Parkdale Community Health Centre?s LBTTQ mom?s group has a new home at Creating Together. Creating Together is a family resource centre located at 1497 Queen St. West at Sorauren Ave. The first group at our new location will be:
Saturday June 16, 2007
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m .
For more info contact Connie Collinson at 416 537- 2455.

DYKES PLANNING TYKES T-SHIRTS STILL AVAILABLE!
Thanks to all those who attended the Dykes Planning Tykes 10th Anniversary Party last Saturday. It was a spirited event and a wonderful celebration of ten years (and more) of dykes and their tykes. For those who didn't attend, there are still t-shirts available.

The shirts are red with black writing, adult shirts say " Dykes Planning Tykes: Queering the Family Tree " with " Hot Mama " on the back of the tanks and " we're unstoppable " on the back of the t-shirts (sizes Small - 3X).

Kids' shirts (sizes 2T - Youth Large) say " Tyke of a Dyke: Queering the Family Tree " and " we're unstoppable" on the back. Beautiful tree graphic.

Get a shirt to wear in the Dyke March! All shirts are adorable!

Adults: $15.00 / Kids $10.00
You can also pick up a free souvenir mug.
T-shirts available at the Sherbourne Health Centre and at local queer parenting-related events.

Reminder : All dykes and tykes and their friends, family and supporters are invited to march at the front of the Dyke March with Dykes Planning Tykes, the Honoured Group. If you are planning to join us and bring your group's banner the Dyke March committee has requested that you register your group with the march . There is no charge. Just go to the Pride Toronto website and register for the Dyke March.

INTERESTED IN THEATRE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE?

The Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People (LKTYP) is reaching out to the queer-parenting community! The LKTYP Drama School and its staff, such as Thom Vernon (a Daddies & Papas2B graduate! ) are making a special effort to get word out to queer parents and their children about the queer- positive drama and theatre classes offered at LKTYP. These classes are developmentally-oriented and interest-based. They are designed to support young people's self-expression, sense of achievement and fun through theatre while practicing pro-social skills such as empathy, group problem-solving and conflict resolution.

Look for LKTYP staff at the The 519's 7th Annual Queer Family Fun Fair, June 9, 2007 and the Queer Family Picnic in September 2007. In the meantime, if you or young people you know, would like more information about LKTYP's Drama School and other youth programming please visit the website at www.lktyp.ca . If you'd like that personal touch, feel free to contact Thom directly at 416-363-5131, xt. 224/242.

About LKTYP: Committed to the development of young people through professional theatre since 1966.

Since 1966, LKTYP has been using live performance to validate the common experiences young people encounter as they grow up in an increasingly complex world. LKTYP?s performances are designed to help children and youth identify with the issues they face today and to offer a platform for addressing these challenges in an entertaining way. LKTYP is the largest non-profit theatre company for young audiences in Canada and presents new Canadian plays, innovative works, and classics from children?s literature throughout the season. A multi-faceted centre for learning through the arts, LKTYP offers weekend performances for family audiences, weekday school programs for students, quarterly workshops for teachers, and a year-round Drama School.

PLAN AHEAD: QUEER FAMILY PICNIC: WEEKEND OF SEPT 15/16

Put it in your books! Join the LGBT Parenting Network and Queer Parenting Programmes at The 519 for a big queer family picnic in Dufferin Grove Park (just south of Bloor & Dufferin).

More details to follow. But we know for sure - the picnic is on!

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