Events for May 5, 2024

Join QTAY (Queer & Trans Asian Youth) Wednesday February 17 at 7pm A free screening of The Way We Are by Amanda Am-Min Wong! This documentary uses interviews, home video footage, and photos to tell the queer stories of four Asian women. Register to attend at forms.gle/Vfx8Q3BV162UMAce8 "The Way We Are" shares excerpts of stories from audio interviews with 4 queer Asian women: Katherine Chun, Wenda Li, Tamai Kobayashi, and Nancy Seto. Told in the present-tense, these stories are arranged in a way that explores the past as the present, and in doing so, immersing viewers into the real-lived experiences from a different generation. This film was inspired by the intimacy of looking through a photo album with loved ones; there is something nostalgic about the materiality of handling photographs, especially in this digital era where images are so increasingly ubiquitous. The act of sharing photos around a living room is a such physical and emotional reflection on the importance of community and family history.

This is a Lunar New Year event for East & Southeast Asian transmasculine and non-binary people. This includes all transmasculine-identifying folks or folks who may be questioning. We welcome people at any point of their transition. This event will be facilitated by an Asian trans man. This event is a casual meeting for our group members to join. We have several $25 food gift cards that we can provide for this event We welcome you to join us and share your tradition of lunar new year's day. Date: Wednesday, February 17 Time: 7:00pm – 8:30pm EST To join, please register through this form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeEEi9o8mqHX5A6USs-N9N1sbGjuuu6rPDdtyy8H8oDbDeKFQ/viewform) and the facilitator will email you with the Zoom link. If you are part of the Asian transmasc Facebook group or email newsletter, you will automatically receive the Zoom link there. Who can join? ACAS primarily serves those who identify as East and/or Southeast Asian living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. However, we know spaces for East & Southeast Asian transmasc folks are very few and we are happy to open this event to those living outside of Toronto. Please note that resources will be focused on Toronto due to our knowledge of local services and resources. East & Southeast Asian includes those from multiple generations of immigrants (1st generation, 2nd generation, and so on..) and members of the diaspora from East & Southeast countries like China, Hong Kong, Philippines, Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, etc. This can also include people with mixed backgrounds from at least one of those countries. This may also include those who might not identify ethnically by blood, but have a substantial heritage or up-bringing living in those countries.