Affirming

El-Farouk Khaki – Guest Speaker

February 26, 2018

 

 

On Sunday, February 25th 10:30am, our guest speaker will be El-Farouk Khaki.  El-Farouk is a spirituality activist, human rights &  justice advocate, and refugee lawyer, a public and media speaker on issues including Islam, LGBTIQ/human rights, refugees, politics and HIV.  El-Farouk is founder of Salaam: Queer Muslim Community (1991); and co-founder & imam of el-Tawhid Juma Circle (2009).  El-Farouk  is co-owner of the Glad Day Bookshop, and recipient of numerous Awards including: 2006 “Excellence in Spirituality” Award – Pride Toronto; 2007 Hero Award, Canadian Bar Association; and 2016 CCVT Trevor Batram Award.  He is currently working on his first book exploring issues of sexuality, social justice and spirituality.

Buddies in Bad Times – My Funny Valentine

January 9, 2018

 

Buddies in Bad Times Theatre is presenting a play called “My Funny Valentine” January 10th to 21st. Buddies in Bad Times is an alternative theatre that gives voice and space to the LGBTQ+ community so that their stories can be told and heard.
“My Funny Valentine is based on the true 2008 story of a fifteen-year-old boy who asked another boy in his class to be his valentine. The next day, that boy shot and killed him during first period. My Funny Valentine enters the minds of people on the fringes of a murder that will forever affect them and examines the ripple effect of hatred in a community. Haunting, moving, and at times strangely comedic, My Funny Valentine cracks open the greater humanity of a town trying to heal.” #lgbtqa #affirming #toronto

The link to the site is: http://buddiesinbadtimes.com/show/my-funny-valentine/