Parents, Families and Friends of and Gays

Special Edition: Pride 2014 www.torontopflag.org [email protected]

TORONTO PFLAG VISION NEXT SUPPORT MEETINGS

Toronto PFLAG is a charitable organization that Wednesday speaks for a more accepting Canadian society by providing support, education and resources to all July 2, 2014 people who wish to grow in their understanding of sexual and gender diversity. 7:30 p.m.

Toronto PFLAG actively assists in the recognition Kimbourne Park and growth of , , bisexual, , United Church transsexual, two-spirit, intersex, and 200 Wolverleigh Blvd., questioning persons, and their families and Toronto, ON M4C 1S2 friends, within their diverse cultures and societies.

The Village People to play at Phoenix Concert Theatre A Chorus Queen, Official Drag Musical for 2014 on Wed June 25; supporting Toronto PFLAG playing at U of T’s Hart House Theatre

A message from your President We are celebrating Pride with a new tent, a raffle, and gorgeous

June 20, 2014 merchandise so you can show your colours and of course our special

World Pride Toronto 2014 edition Toronto PFLAG World Pride 2014 purple T-shirts will be on sale.

Happy World Pride everyone! It is If you have time to volunteer in our finally here. After years of planning Toronto is playing host to the LGBTQ booth please contact Marla at [email protected] world.

Toronto PFLAG will be there with bells This year’s Parade on Sunday starts at 1PM and will be massive. We are on. You will see us everywhere in our limited to 100 marchers this year special edition purple T-shirts: at the because there are so many entrants. flag raising on the 20th, at Discos and If you are a PFLAG member and want Divas on the 25th, in the Trans March to walk, be at Bloor and Jarvis (now on the 27th, in our booth on the 28th called Ted Rogers Way) at 1 pm. We and 29th, at our Brunch on the 29th and are in Group 14G. Look for the in the big parade on the 29th. parents in purple: I expect we will

Isn’t that wild? stand out!

For all the excitement about World You will find more details on all of Pride, let’s remember that many kids these events in this newsletter. will be coming to Pride for the first time. Let’s join with the LGBTQ Please come to Pride and visit us at family in wrapping our collective our booth. Like last year our booth will be on Alexander St. between arms around these brave and hopeful young people with all the love and Church and Yonge streets. acceptance they deserve.

It would be fantastic to see all our Now lace up and get to Pride! friends and supporters to catch up.

Anne Creighton

DISCO & DIVAS

PROUD FM and LUXARDO Liqueurs presents DISCO & DIVAS with the grand masters of Disco...THE VILLAGE PEOPLE and Canadian sensation Addictiv! A portion of ticket proceeds will benefit Toronto PFLAG

Phoenix Concert Theatre Wednesday June 25th 2014 Doors 8pm, Show 9pm 19+ General Admission ~ see one of the most iconic bands in MUSIC history ~ LGBT Icons of the Pioneer-eth Degree.

NOW $40 TAX IN! Reduced Price Tickets available at: http://www.ticketbreak.com/event_details/7639

VILLAGE PEOPLE CONTEST ALERT!

Hurry! Enter to WIN 2 tickets to see some of the most recognized singers... and outfits, in the community this WorldPride!

The Village People are joining us THIS WEDNESDAY at the Phoenix Concert Hall along with ADDICTIV for Disco & Divas, brought to you by 103.9 ProudFM!

It's easy to win, all you have to do is "Like", 'Comment" and "Share" the post about this contest on our Facebook Page www.facebook.com/torontopflag, and send us a "Message" with your name and telephone number (make sure you use the "Message" button up top on the right side of our cover photo so you keep your contact information private!), and by the end of the day Tuesday, June 24th, there could be 2 FREE tickets in your name!

Just click "Like" and "Share" on our Facebook Page below one of the posts about this contest, and leave a nice Toronto PFLAG welcoming comment for our friends from the YMCA.., and we'll announce the winner Tuesday afternoon on Facebook (and we'll call you of course).

We hope you will join us! Partial proceeds go to benefit Toronto PFLAG, oh and did we mention the 800th ticket holder wins $5000?!?! Buy your tickets now at: http://www.ticketbreak.com/event_details/7639

Happy WorldPride!

VOLUNTEER WITH TORONTO PFLAG

Call for Volunteers

Come out and be a part of the action at our booth at PRIDE! We’re looking for volunteers to help in our booth, greeting visitors and gratefully accepting donations for merchandise.

It’s a lot of fun, and you’d be helping out our charity by giving a few hours of your time. If you’re available for a 3-hour shift on Saturday, June 28 or Sunday, June 29, please consider donating your time.

We’re especially looking for volunteers to help set-up and stay in the booth on Sunday morning (8:30 – 11:30). If you’re not attending the Brunch, and could help during this time at our booth, please contact me by email at [email protected].

Trans March

Toronto PFLAG will be showing our support of the Trans community by participating in the Trans March on Friday, June 27th. The March begins with a Rally at Church & Wellesley (North Stage) at 7:00pm, and the March begins at 8:00 down Yonge Street.

Details are on the Toronto PRIDE website: http://worldpridetoronto.com/. We would love to have a big turnout for this event.

If you’re planning on joining us, please wear a Toronto PFLAG t-shirt if you have one. We will have some signs if you wish to carry one, or you can make your own! Hope to see you there as we support our Trans friends.

Join Toronto PFLAG for the 6th Annual Pride Family Brunch Sunday, June 29th, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.

Don’t miss one of the highlights of Pride week! Come join us at Pogue Mahone Irish Pub (at College and Bay) for the 6th annual Pride Family Brunch. It’s a great morning of food, friends and fun, and all are welcome.

You can arrive any time between 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. The cost is just $13 per person for a delicious buffet brunch including: Eggs Sausage and Bacon Home-Fried Potatoes Pancakes Muffins Salad with Tomatoes Fresh Fruit Coffee and Tea

Check out all our upcoming events at www.torontopflag.org, where you’ll see a link to RSVP for the brunch. See you there!

A Chorus Queen, Official Drag Musical for 2014 Special offer for Toronto PFLAG!

A Chorus Queen is offering a great deal on ticket prices for Toronto PFLAG.

This fundraiser for People With Aids Foundation is sure to be a fun night out. Outlandish costumes and dazzling choreography help tell the tale of three drag queens as they try to achieve their dream of making it on the big stage. Their trials and tribulations are captured through well-known Broadway and West End musical numbers, as well as first class acting from some of Toronto's top queens!

Performances run from June 19 – 28 at U of T’s Hart House Theatre.

The Toronto PFLAG offer is available for telephone ticket orders only. Call the box office at (416) 978-8849 and use promo code PFLAG. Prices are $30 for matinee and $35 for evenings for Toronto PFLAG – the best deal available.

For more information visit www.uofttix.ca

LOOKING FOR MORE INFORMATION?

About WORLD PRIDE 2014 in Toronto? a digital copy PRIDE GUIDE can be found at: http://issuu.com/intorontomag/docs/guide_pride_2014 or search @WP14TO on FB / visit: www.worldpridetoronto.com

About TORONTO PFLAG: WORLD PRIDE events? including Marching ~ Sunday Family Brunch ~ or a Concert Night OUT w/ The Village People: search @Toronto PFLAG on FB or visit: www.torontopflag.org email: [email protected]

OUR OPENING NIGHT – JUNE 25, WILL BE DEDICATED TO TORONTO PFLAG!

To buy tickets http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/59112

To watch trailer http://youtu.be/_yLMxcDwvVU

Woven through music and imagery, this comic monologue moves from Alison Wearing's carefree, Gilbert & Sullivan-laced childhood to the moment she learned, at age twelve, that her family was a tad more complex than she had thought.

It was the 1980s. The words 'gay' and 'parent' hadn't been put in the same sentence yet. So the Wearing family did what they could: they improvised. Balancing intimacy, history and downright hilarity, this is a story of the early days of rainbow family life in Canada: birthday parties and bath house raids, confusion and closets, scandals and soufflés, disco and opera, and the triumphant music of love.

JUNE 25 @ 8pm JUNE 26 @ 8pm JUNE 27 @ 8pm JUNE 28 @ 2pm & 8pm

George Ignatieff Theatre University of Toronto, 14 Devonshire Place, Toronto

Don’t miss Confessions of a Fairy’s Daughter: Growing up with a Gay Dad

Opening night, 8 p.m. June 25th, dedicated to Toronto PFLAG

Alison Wearing’s memoir, Confessions of a Fairy’s Daughter, quickly became a Globe and Mail national bestseller when it was published in 2013, and was selected for the Indigo Recommended Reads and Top 50 for that year.

Alison has since turned her memoir into a one-woman show about growing up with a gay father in the 1980s. Woven through music and imagery, the monologue moves from Alison’s carefree childhood to the moment she learned, at age twelve, that her family was a tad more complex than she had thought. The ensuing years were a time of confusion and disbelief, puff pastry and opera, bathhouse raids, scandal and celebration.

Alison will do a Q&A after the show on June 25th.

THANK YOU

Toronto PFLAG wants to offer a heartfelt ‘Thank You’ to the wonderful people who have recently made a donation to Toronto PFLAG. Your donations are allowing us to continue offering our 24/7 Telephone Support Line, our Monthly Support Meetings and our ongoing outreach and community support.

If you would like to help, you can make a donation through the secure servers at CanadaHelps.org (charitable donation receipts are issued automatically), and if you wish you can specify that your donation remain anonymous, or you can choose to honour someone or a special occasion.

Or you may send a cheque to Toronto PFLAG, 200 Wolverleigh Blvd., Toronto, ON, M4C 1S2. (charitable donation receipts will be issued for amounts of $20+)

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