Events for November 12, 2024 - November 12, 2024

It's the Queer and Trans Asian Youth Bubble Tea Tour!!! HAMILTON, We're coming for you! Are you striving to be an A+ student at McMaster, Mohawk, or Columbia? Take a break from your studies with other Asian queer and trans folks. Not in school anymore and got time to spare? Join us for some evening tea and games! Date: Thursday Feb 13 Time: 5:30pm-7:30pm Location: CoCo at 96 Main St East, Hamilton QTAY (formerly QAY) was formed in 2000 and is turning 20 years old this year! To celebrate its 20th year, QTAY will be hosting a Bubble Tea Tour across Toronto and the GTA. We'll have a meetup each month in a different part of the city.

Invisible Footprints 0.3: Life To Art: Retracing Footprints Across Generations Symposium and Video Screening February 15, 2020 Toronto Media Arts Centre (32 Lisgar Street, 2nd Floor, Toronto) 2pm-9pm This event is free and open to all. TMAC is wheelchair accessible. Invisible Footprints (IF) is proud to present, Life To Art: Retracing Footprints Across Generations, our video screening and symposium event. For the past six months, IF has been working with a group of youth artists to explore different facets of Toronto’s LGBTQ East and Southeast Asian communities, histories and identities. Having participated in our two workshops and four public forums, these artists have been connecting with ‘elders’ within the community, tracking down archival materials and learning the various ways veteran activists, artists and community members have organized or represented themselves. Please join us on February 15 for the premiere screening of the video works the artists have produced in response to both these issues as well as their own independent investigations. Programs: - Reception - Video Screening: premiere of video works by Youth Artists - Artist Talk: featured artists will speak about their videos and research process. Talk will be followed by audience Q&A - Intergenerational Panel: dialogues between ‘elders’ and youth artists sharing community/life experiences and having them be inspiration for art. Panel will be followed by audience Q&A Doors Open: 2pm Screening: 2:45pm - 4pm Artist Talk: 4:30pm - 5:30pm Keynote / Panel (featuring longtime community members and youth artists): 6pm – 7pm Repeat Screening 7:45pm – 9pm Reception in between programs. Light refreshments will be served. Featured Youth Artists: Amanda Ann-Min Wong Becca Wijshijer Dinaly Joyce Tran Kaythi Rui Liu Tyler J Sloane Vale Artist Talk Moderator: Khanh Tudo Special Guest Panelists: Jo SiMalaya Alcampo Nancy Seto Tamai Kobayashi Panel Moderator: Vince Ha Project Coordinators: En Tze [...]

Invisible Footprints 0.3: Life To Art: Retracing Footprints Across Generations Symposium and Video Screening February 15, 2020 Toronto Media Arts Centre (32 Lisgar Street, 2nd Floor, Toronto) 2pm-9pm This event is free and open to all. TMAC is wheelchair accessible. Invisible Footprints (IF) is proud to present, Life To Art: Retracing Footprints Across Generations, our video screening and symposium event. For the past six months, IF has been working with a group of youth artists to explore different facets of Toronto’s LGBTQ East and Southeast Asian communities, histories and identities. Having participated in our two workshops and four public forums, these artists have been connecting with ‘elders’ within the community, tracking down archival materials and learning the various ways veteran activists, artists and community members have organized or represented themselves. Please join us on February 15 for the premiere screening of the video works the artists have produced in response to both these issues as well as their own independent investigations. Programs: - Reception - Video Screening: premiere of video works by Youth Artists - Artist Talk: featured artists will speak about their videos and research process. Talk will be followed by audience Q&A - Intergenerational Panel: dialogues between ‘elders’ and youth artists sharing community/life experiences and having them be inspiration for art. Panel will be followed by audience Q&A Doors Open: 2pm Screening: 2:45pm - 4pm Artist Talk: 4:30pm - 5:30pm Keynote / Panel (featuring longtime community members and youth artists): 6pm – 7pm Repeat Screening 7:45pm – 9pm Reception in between programs. Light refreshments will be served. Featured Youth Artists: Amanda Ann-Min Wong Becca Wijshijer Dinaly Joyce Tran Kaythi Rui Liu Tyler J Sloane Vale Artist Talk Moderator: Khanh Tudo Special Guest Panelists: Jo SiMalaya Alcampo Nancy Seto Tamai Kobayashi Panel Moderator: Vince Ha Project Coordinators: En Tze [...]

For Asian gay, bi, queer, cis and trans men Remember that time you exchanged messages with that cutie on instagram with the slick photo grid and made a date to meet up, only to discover he was awkward af and had no game to speak of? (No? Okay maybe that was just me...) In this month’s edition of HumpDay, we're going to dive into the ancient art of *flirtation* so when you meet someone at the bar, in your apartment, the grocery store or jammed in a crowded streetcar, you'll know how to escalate that small talk or put on the brakes. We're going to give share some classic lines to say, practice some body language exercises, share tips, tricks and wisdom as well as discuss how to deal rejection. Come with an open mind, and a flirty attitude, as well as some food to share because this is a potluck and hangry sure ain't sexy. ACAS Office @ 260 Spadina Rd. Unit #410 6:00pm: Meet, Greet, Eat 6:45pm: Flirt 7:30pm: Break 7:45pm: Chat 8:15pm: Wrap up / Check out For more information, contact Zack (gaap@acas.org) or Greg (mensexualhealth@acas.org).

It's the Queer and Trans Asian Youth Bubble Tea Tour!!! You don't need to be a York U student to join us, so if you're in the area, come on by. Grab your drink to go at nearby Campus BBT or Gongcha, it's your choice! And then join us at SSC J3 - Room 338 for some games with other LGBTQ+ Asian youth =) Date: Thursday March 5 Time: 5:00pm-7:00pm Location: York University, Second Student Centre (SSC J3 - Room 338) For more info contact youth@acas.org QTAY (formerly QAY) was formed in 2000 and is turning 20 years old this year! To celebrate its 20th year, QTAY will be hosting a Bubble Tea Tour across Toronto and the GTA. We'll have a meetup each month in a different part of the city.

Secure your spot now for one of the most anticipated and fun event of the year for Asian gay, bi, queer, cis & trans men! Register at men@acas.org Is it hard to meet guys online or at the club? Come join us for a fun and relaxed afternoon. We have some fun and new ways to meet people but also includes the standard speed dating format. To give you a fulfilling experience, there is a cover charge of $10 which provides you complimentary food platters. As space is limited to 30 spots, RSVP is required ahead of time. Please RSVP your name and email at men@acas.org to secure your spot. Date: Saturday, March 7 Time: 12:00pm-3:00pm Location: The Drink Address: 459 Church St Cover charge: $10 (Cash only on the day of, includes complimentary food) This is our 5th year running this highly anticipated event. This year our Speed Dating event will be held at The Drink, an chill bar in the gay village that serves coffee, beer, cocktails, and food. Buy yourself a drink to loosen up, or buy a drink for that person you're eyeing ;) ****************************************************** What is Speed Dating? It’s a fun way to meet many new potential friends, dates, and/or partners. Please be mindful of the following guidelines: 1. This is an event for self-identified cisgender and transgender Asian men. 2. You are welcome regardless of your HIV status, age, body type, and language ability. 3. Come with an open mind. You will be meeting a variety of people looking for different things, so please be respectful and open to communicating. 4. Respect different relationship statuses. Whether you are single or in a relationship(s), we encourage you to discuss what you are looking for with the people you meet. 5. If you feel uncomfortable, you [...]

ACAS Men's Program and Good For Her present Sex Toys 101! To join in, email Ryan at men@acas.org for the Zoom Meeting Link. This workshop will go over some of the things to look for when choosing sex toys for your stay-at-home fun. Just because we're not going out to hook up doesn't mean we can't have a good time! Greg will facilitate live on location at Good For Her on 175 Harbord St. and highlight some of his favourite toys, how to use them, and how to get the most pleasure out of spending all that time by yourself.

ACAS Men's Program presents Cannabis 101 For Asian gay, bisexual, queer cis and trans men   To join, email Ryan at men@acas.org for the Zoom Meeting Link Monday April 20 7:00pm-8:30pm   This year's 4/20 is going to be a special one, so whether a seasoned chronic or just curious, come join Greg as we talk about cannabis. We'll discuss medicinal and recreational use, safety and harm reduction, legality, access and stigma. There will also be opportunity for discussion around substance use in general - how we use it to cope and manage or physical and mental health and what that looks like during a time of crisis.

Hosted by SLAM, the ACAS Men's Program for gay, bi, queer Asian cis and trans men Grab your favourite microwave popcorn and join us for our first online Asian Movie Night! We'll be watching Dear Ex, a Taiwanese comedy/drama with the ultra-rare happy gay movie ending. A quick synopsis from Netflix: “When Sanlian's ex-husband passes away, she discovers he has altered his insurance policy, cutting out their son in favor of a stranger named Jay. Outraged, Sanlian decides that she and her son will confront Jay, but Jay proves equal to her scheme. However, when her son unexpectedly moves in with Jay, she is forced to reassess her relationship with them both.” And the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZuDMECORFE The dialogue is in Mandarin Chinese and we’ll be watching with English subtitles. We’ll be hosting the movie on a free platform called Kast. To join the stream, all you’ll need to do is: 1. Open Google Chrome (It will not work with Firefox) (https://www.google.com/chrome/) 2. Install the Kast web extension (https://kast.gg/download.html) – middle option 3. Register your email to make an account with Kast (https://w.kastapp.live/) 4. Email Zack at gaap@acas.org and we will send a link on the day of the screening (April 28) There’s a web chat feature that we can use throughout the movie and we’ll be sticking around for a bit afterwards to talk about it too, at which point whoever’s interested can join us in testing out Kast’s video chat feature! If you’d rather just watch for a bit you’re welcome to come and go as you please. Screening starts at 7pm on Tuesday April 28th!

To kickstart Asian Heritage Month, AQUA and ACAS is hosting a movie night: Watch Netflix's movie The Half of It directed by Alice Wu (the same director of Saving Face) with us! (No Netflix account needed) This event is for queer Asians of all genders. "The Half of It" releases on Netflix on May 1st, but if you don't have a Netflix account, you can watch it with us on May 2, 8pm. Movie Synopsis: When smart but cash-strapped teen Ellie Chu agrees to write a love letter for a jock, she doesn't expect to become his friend - or fall for his crush. Watch the trailer: youtu.be/B-yhF7IScUE We’ll be hosting the movie on a free platform called Kast. To join the stream, you will need to: 1. Register to our event here: forms.gle/iQYqT36twPCAmaa66 and an invite link will be sent on the day of the screening (May 2) 2. Sign up with a free account on Kast (w.kastapp.live) 3. With the invite link, you can watch directly through your web browser (Google Chrome only) or download the desktop app (kast.gg/download.html) There’s a text chat feature that we can use if you want to comment and share your thoughts throughout the movie.