Events for November 16, 2024 - November 16, 2024

**EVENT NOW AT CAPACITY** If you cannot make it but have signed up please let us know so we can work through the waitlist. Friday July 21st, 7:30PM at Tâm Restaurant (369 Keele St. Toronto, Ontario M6P 2K6) Free, no cover fee Food provided by Tâm Restaurant This is a combined event between AQUA, ACAS, and queer Asian community members that includes queer Asian folks across all genders anywhere along the 2SLGBTQQII+ spectrum and Asian being anyone from Asia, including East, SouthEast, South, SouthWest, West, North and Mixed Asian. 🎥 We would like to invite everyone to join in a screening of Supporting Our Selves (SOS), a documentary film that explores how and why the queer community in Toronto, Canada has grown and evolved over the past 40 years, through the lens of one grassroots organization and its impact. From the Bathhouse Raids to BLM’s Pride Parade Protest, activists of all generations lead an honest and unflinching narrative journey that charts a community’s complex and sometimes conflicting memories.

HOT POT SQUATS (Supporting Queer And Trans Stories) Hong Fook Youth and Family Services partnering with ACAS to run a monthly LGBTQ+ peer support program for Asian LGBTQ+ youth ages 18-29. 👉 WHEN: July 26 👉 TIME: 6:30pm - 8:00pm EST 👉 WHERE: Zoom 👉 REGISTER: email Moshe at msakal@hongfook.ca The peer support group offers a space for youth to connect and share their experiences around a variety of topics relevant to their lives, including LGBTQ+ and mental health. Together we create a supportive, non-judgemental environment that inspires hope, healing, and change.

Thursday, July 27th, 2023, 06:00-08:00 p.m. Event Location: HQ 790 Bay St. #820, Toronto, ON M5G 1N8 Contact us at (416) 963-4300 or officadmin@acas.org Asian Community AIDS Services (ACAS) in partnership with Where Love is Illegal and Witness Change, invites you to attend an exhibit of photography by queer artists Robin Hammond, Justin Anantawan and Chris Lau. We will also launch ACAS Strategic Plan (2023-2025) and to have an acknowledgement ceremony for the Ontario Trillium Foundation, donors, sponsors, and supporters for their support to ACAS. Please RSVP at https://forms.gle/4Zx8Mnou5NV8UAFo8 Light snacks and non-alcoholic beverages will be served.

🌈 Do you want to be a QTAY Peer Educator? Here's your chance! ✨ Come join our team by attending QTAY’s mandatory one-day training on Saturday, July 29th from 1-4pm EST and go through an interview. We are looking for 3 peer leaders to work on a part-time contract (approx. late Aug. 2023 – June 30, 2024) for up to 300 hours. You will be paid $16.50/hr on a basis of 7hrs/week, but the reality is that you can work your 300 hours in whatever way works for you within the timeframe of your contract. You can find the job posting here. You must be able to work weekends and some evenings, but otherwise hours will be flexible. This position may be perfect for you if you want to… ➡ Learn new leadership and facilitation skills ➡ Make an impact in the Queer and Trans East and Southeast Asian community ➡ Increase your social support networks and meet amazing youth in the community ...and more! Hiring details: ➡ Submit your resume with 2 references by Wednesday, August 2nd at 11:59pm. ➡ Attending the July 29th training will act as a cover letter of sorts, so don't worry about that unless you felt you weren't able to exhibit your skills at the training. ➡ We will call qualified peers for a job interview. ➡ If you can't join the training but still want to apply, you can send a cover letter, resume, and two references over to Dany at youth@acas.org by August 2nd, before 11:59pm. HOW TO RSVP You can RSVP here: https://forms.gle/uVNs3736X6sKmu566 Once you’ve RSVP’d, Dany will send you a zoom link closer to the training date! DATE: July 29th, 2023 TIME: 1PM – 4PM EST LOCATION: ZOOM! (a zoom link will be sent to you once your attendance has [...]

ACAS would like to invite you to learn how to use HIV self-testing and learn self-care from Miss Trish, beauty/style pro expert and owner of Styled by Miss Trish, on Thursday, August 3, 6-8 pm at ACAS 260 Spadia Ave #410 Free HIV self-test kits and refreshments will be provided. There will also prizes to be won! This workshop is open to participants of East Asian and South East Asian descent. Please email officeadmin@acas.org, gettested@acas.org or call (416) 963-4300 to register. See less

Date: Thursday August 17 Time: 8:00pm – 11:00pm Location: Spa Excess (105 Carlton St) It's Asian Night at Spa Excess! It's gonna be a wet and wild night. Cum to relax, meet new guys and have some fun. Our volunteer team will be there to create a welcoming and friendly environment while getting you connected with resources on PrEP and HIV/STI testing. Coupon for 50% off lockers available by contacting Ryan at men@acas.org Join our bathhouse volunteer team by emailing Ryan at men@acas.org

Please join us for our next Community Forum. This time our topic will be: "Honest Talk About Preparing For Your Death." One day you're walking around living life...then the next day you feel a pain in your chest. You go to the doctor, who sends you to the hospital where you are told you have a terminal illness. They're not sure if you'll make it through the night. No one ever thinks this will happen to them but eventually our turn must come. What will happen to the money in your bank account, your possessions? Will anyone know what my final wishes are for my body? Do I want to be cremated or buried? Do I follow a certain religion? How do I arrange all of this? Join us for an in-person dinner and candid conversation with Kyle Vose, longtime HIV/AIDS and anti-poverty activist and worker, about his experience of being diagnosed with a terminal illness, preparing for end of life, and this destination that we all share. Our moderator for this conversation will be Ambrose Fan (ACAS volunteer.) This is our first in-person community forum in a long time, and we look forward to seeing you!  Date and Time: Friday, August 25th, 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Location: Fife House, main floor community room (490 Sherbourne Street.)  To register please contact: support@acas.org