june 2009
1. Dosti Social/Support Meeting – JUNE 17th : Presentation & Discussion
2. ASAAP & Q-SAY at PRIDE
3.Volunteers needed to proof translations – starting May 12th
4.Screening “BROWN LIKE ME” at Queer West Film Fest – June 20th
5.Community PRIDE events
a. Besharam – June 5th
b. Haram: the sin – June 13th
c. FunkAsia at Pride – June 26th
d. Indigo Vibes – June 19th + 27th
7. Job Opportunities
Dosti Social/Support Meeting – JUNE 17th
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ASAAP & Q-SAY at PRIDE
 
Toronto’s Pride Parade is on June 28, 2009!!
Show your pride by volunteering and/or marching with ASAAP’s Queer South Asian Youth (Q-SAY) Community float. Individuals of all ages and sexual/gender identities are welcome to participate.
Email or call Siva at tamil.outreach@asaap.ca or 416 599-2727
ext 227.
We need marchers, dancers, amateur make-up artists, and building/tear-down crews! Your participation is what will make the float spectacular!
 
www.pridetoronto.com
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Volunteers needed for assistance with proofing translation
 
If you can proof-read and can possibly translate Hindi, Urdu, or Tamil…we STILL really need you!!!! The Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention (ASAAP) is expanding our resources to provide two provincial resources called Pozitively Healthy: A Gay Man’s Guide to Sex and Health in Ontario and HIV Legal Guide in multiple languages.
These resources are available by request in PDF format, and we have until mid-June to have them thoroughly reviewed and proofed by skilled community members so they can go to the province’s printer. Volunteers able to proof and help correct translations in any of the languages, are asked to please contact ASAAP’s Coordinator of Volunteers at volunteer@asaap.ca and MSM Outreach Coordinator at desimen@asaap.ca.
FREE ASAAP and HIV Stigma Campaign memorabilia and a small honoraria will be presented to our dedicated volunteers for this particular undertaking.
 
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Screening “BROWN LIKE ME” at Queer West Film Fest
Official Event Queer West Fest

Saturday June 20 –
Curtain Up, Light the lights the Annual Queer West Film Festival is back for 2nd year
@ Fixt Point Studio


A German film maker who completed a documentary on LGBT people in Poland. The Film is entitled "14 Grad Ostwaerts." and Brown Like Me, 27 min, short documentary of the journeys of queer South Asian youth. from Rahim Thawer and Ms Mohini Datta-Ray from ASAAP Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention. We are expecting three video shorts from, Irondvd.com who hosted the Q2 Fly Film Festival this year and other submissions.

The Details: Saturday June 20 at Fixt Point Theatre, 1550 Queen St W. beside Mitzi's Sister and Good Catch General Store. (Parkdale) PWYC Doors: 8 pm to 10:30 pm queerwest.org/queerwestfilmfest Queer West Village, Toronto Ontario
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Celebrating PRIDE: South Asian & Queer
Door $5.00 b4 Midnight $7 after
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OTHER PRIDE EVENTS
http://www.pridetoronto.com/festival/events
http://www.queerwest.org/queerwestfest_official_events.php
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JOBS & OPPORTUNITIES JUNE 2009
BLACK COALITION FOR AIDS PREVENTION
 Newcomer Resource Development Coordinator Position
*Open to members of South Asian ethnocultural groups*
 
Ontario HIV Treatment Network
Education and Training Coordinator
 
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