The 519 is a meeting place and focal point for its diverse downtown communities. We respond to the needs of the local neighbourhood and the broader Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual, Transgender, and Queer community.
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- Founded:
- 1975
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2009 LGBT Philanthropy in Canada Conference Opening ReceptionCreated about 2 weeks ago
Events
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- Trans Day of Remembrance: Toro...
The 519 Church Street Community Centre
Friday, November 20 at 7:00pm - Program Launch: Breakthrough
The 519 Church Street Community Centre
Saturday, October 3 at 3:00pm - NEW: The Queer Family Mixer
The 519 Church Street Community Centre
Saturday, July 4 at 10:00am - Tree House Party
The 519's Green Space on Church
Sunday, June 28 at 1:00pm - Open Air Affair
The 519's Green Space on Church
Saturday, June 27 at 1:00pm - Starry Night
The 519's Green Space on Church
Friday, June 26 at 7:00pm - 25th Anniversary AIDS Candleli...
AIDS Memorial in Cawthra Square Park
Thursday, June 25 at 9:00pm - Trans Theatre Under the Stars
The 519's Green Space on Church
Wednesday, June 24 at 9:00pm - Queer Family Pride Party
The 519's Green Space on Church
Tuesday, June 23 at 5:00pm - Refugee Pride: Queer Deportations
The 519 Church Street Community Centre
Saturday, June 20 at 5:00pm
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Well before you are born, your dad plays college hockey at Providence College and wears the "C" for Friars coach and Hockey Hall of Famer Lou Lamoriello. Your dad is then a member of the Calder Cup-winning Maine Mariners AHL team. ...
The 519 Church Street Community Centre If you weren't able to join the over 200 community members who attended Friday's Trans Day of Remembrance - Here is a taste of the passionate, thoughtful presentations which were delivered that night.
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The 519's Kyle Scanlon speaks to the horrific deaths commemorated at the 2009 Trans Day of Remembrance, and to the injustices of the Canadian Refugee System, which would not have permitted their escape to Canada. ...
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The 519 Church Street Community Centre is undertaking a broad evaluation program regarding its programs and services. For more information, or to complete a survey, visit this page.
The 519 Church Street Community Centre Toronto Public Health will be administering the H1N1 Vaccine on Monday from 9:30 to Noon at The 519.
The 519 Church Street Community Centre preparing to welcome the community into the Centre for the 2009 Trans Day of Remembrance.
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Today we mark the Trans Day of Remembrance - a chance to recall and
memorialize those who died because of their gender identity. Keep them
in your heart, and join us tonight at The 519 - 7 pm.
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The number of Transgender Deaths has doubled within one year. As of Oct 22 2009 there has been 95 deaths calculated the year year before there were 47. We are people, We have faces, We have families, ...
The 519 Church Street Community Centre Transphobic deaths have increased 500% worldwide since the first Trans Day of Remembrance. Join us tonight as we gather our voices into one, insisting on a world where no one faces violence because of their gender expression.
Memorializing those within trans communities who have been struck down by violence.
Location:The 519 Church Street Community Centre
Time:7:00PM Friday, November 20th
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A day before the Trans Day of Remembrance, Ontario NDP MPP Cheri DiNovo reintroduced her private member's bill to amend the province's human rights code to recognize gender identity.
Silence is Violence - When I the oppressed become the oppressor As performed by Yasmeen Persad at the 2007 Trans Day of Remembrance Author Unknown When I the oppressed watch silently the struggle of Trans sisters...
The 519 Church Street Community Centre The 519 was pleased to join Irina and Irina in celebrating their courageous act of love.
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When a Russian court threw out their request to marry in Russia, Irina Shipitko and Irina Fedotova-Fet traveled to Toronto, Canada. On October 23, 2009, they were married in Toronto hoping their Canadian marriage will help to advance their struggle for equality and acceptance back home. ...
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"Slowly coming out in his late teens, Kyle travelled an hour on a subway nearly every day after school to go to The 519 Church Street Community Centre in Toronto — a popular gathering place for queer youth.
“The [519] was a good place to meet people for friends, dating. . . in a welcoming and non-alcoholic environment,”... says Kyle.
Spending time at The 519 helped Kyle to come out to his family."
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Kyle Freeman is cold, callous, and selfish — at least, that’s how he’s been portrayed by much of the mainstream media and the lawyers for Canadian Blood Services.
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Fantastic article about former Board Member of The 519, Nina Arsenault.
In the article Nina talks about the 1996 murders of trans prostitutes Shawn Keegan and Deanna Wilkinson - 13 years later this continues to be an issue. The Remembering Our Dead project reports that transphobic deaths have increased 500% since 20...00.
On November 20 we stand together to commemorate those who have gone, join us at the Trans Day of Remembrance (See our Events section for more details).
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Nina Arsenault doesn’t have a kitchen in her bachelor apartment in Toronto’s gay village. She convinced her landlord to gut the kitchen area and build a walk-in closet. Forgoing the ability to cook in ...
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Centre Voices: It takes a Village to build community...
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The Trans Day of Remembrance memorializes those within trans communities who have been struck down by violence. The event is held in November to honor Rita Hester, whose murder on November 28th, 1998 kicked off the “Remembering Our Dead” web project and a San Francisco candlelight vigil in 1999. Rita Hester’s murder —... like most transgender murder cases — has yet to be solved.
The Trans Day of Remembrance serves several purposes. It raises public awareness of hate crimes against transgendered people, an action that current media doesn’t perform. The Day of Remembrance publicly mourns and honors the lives of our brothers and sisters who might otherwise be forgotten. Through the vigil, we express love and respect for our people in the face of international indifference and hatred. The Day of Remembrance reminds non-transgendered people that we are their sons, daughters, parents, friends and lovers. The Day of Remembrance gives our allies a chance to step forward with us and stand in vigil, memorializing those of us who’ve died. The Day of Remembrance calls upon us to recognize the ways in which transphobia, racism, classism and sex-worker stigma are linked so that we can join together to eradicate all oppression and all hate-based violence to create a safer life for us all.
We also acknowledge this: Violence, as it has impacted our communities, is not only an intentioned act. Violence is also an act of neglect. Violence affecting our communities includes the cut to social spending and the depleting social safety net. Violence impacting trans people includes the ever decreasing pool of social services that leaves the marginalized members of society struggling on their own without affordable housing, without access to nutritious food, without access to necessary health care. This social systems needs to change.
At the Trans Day of Remembrance we gather together in the hopes that someday, by working together, we can make these changes happen. We gather as a way to gain strength and we gather as an act of resistance.
Join us for community performances, the reading of names and remembrance of those who have left us and for a moment of silence.
Memorializing those within trans communities who have been struck down by violence.
Time:7:00PM Friday, November 20th
Location:The 519 Church Street Community Centre
