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Amutha Awarded The Caring Hands Award
Amutha Samgam was awarded The Caring Hands Award on the evening of Saturday March 2, 2019 in Toronto. Congratulations to Amutha for her dedication and hardwork. The Caring Hands Award is bestowed upon an individual or organization that works or volunteers in the direct provision of supportive care f [...]
International Women’s Day Movie Night
In honour of International Women's Day (March 8), our monthly movie night on March 18 will feature a film that focuses on queer women: The Handmaiden. This event is FREE for LGBTQ Asian cis & trans men, cis & trans women, and nonbinary folks. 6:00pm - Doors open for arrivals 6:30pm - Movie s [...]
SLAM forum registration opens
The SLAM Forum is the highly anticipated event every year for Asian cis & trans gay, bi, queer men. Save the date for March 30! We have a lot of great things planned for the day. Registration opens this week. [...]
Poz event supporting OPA+ on March 29th
Bring your friends and join us at Poz-TO Mingle Dance and Fundraiser for OPA+ on March 29, 2019 at Buddies (7-10pm) POZPLANET / Poz-TO's monthly Mingle events resume in March with a NEW format at a NEW venue! Everyone is welcome to meet, mix, MINGLE + boogie down in support of Ontario Positive Asian [...]
Introducing the 2019 SLAM Forum theme: DIS/CONNECT
Introducing the 2019 SLAM Forum theme: DIS/CONNECT This year the theme DIS/CONNECT explores how we connect or don’t connect with the different parts of our identities. Being gay and Asian is complex with many layers that shape our experiences. Though we may all be Asian men who like men, there are m [...]
ACAS Counselling Hours
Free and confidential counselling at ACAS February 2019 Tuesday 5 4:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesday 12 (no counselling) Wednesday 20, 3-5 p.m. Tuesday 26, 4:30-6:30 p.m. [...]
STARS 100 (Super Trans Asian Runways) Call Out!
Calling for Asian trans men and women for an exciting new initiative -contact shimmer@acas.org STARS 100 (Super Trans Asian RunwayS) is a series of workshops starting Feb 1 (every two weeks) on a variety of topics including confidence building, clothing/costume design & construction, voice coach [...]
Testing at ACAS on Feb 14 2019
HIV Testing @ ACAS Fast • Easy • Free • Anonymous Thursday February 14, 6pm - 9pm at the ACAS office (260 Spadina Ave, Unit 410). For gay/bi Asian men, trans men & trans women. การตรวจหาเชื้อเอชไอวี รวดเร็ว ง่าย และสะดวก ตรวจฟรีโดยไม่ต้องแจ้งชื่อ สำหรับเกย์ ไบ ชายและหญิงข้ามเพษชาวเอเชีย ห [...]
Invitation to Remembering our History and Building our Future
Dear friends and cherished supporters, I am inviting you to join us for a special event for World AIDS Day, on November 26, 2018. Our event is called Remembering our History and Building our Future, where we will be remembering those who we have lost but also focusing on building a stronger tomorrow [...]
Another Successful Volunteer Training
Congrats to our latest batch of volunteers on completing Volunteer Training!! They spent a full day learning about HIV 101, Anti-Oppression, Confidentiality & Boundaries, and Peer Support. We're so happy you're apart of our ACAS family! [...]