Events for November 1, 2024 - November 1, 2024

The SLAM! Forum (Sex Love Asian Men!) is an interactive online learning forum on sex, health, relationships, and lifestyle for self-identified cis & trans gay, bi, queer East and Southeast Asian men living in and across Canada. Date: May 7-9 Admission is free. Register at www.surveymonkey.com/r/LDD9K5R Zoom links will be emailed upon registration Each attendee living in Canada will be given an electronic giftcard for food for attending the forum. For this year's SLAM Forum: Online, we will share, learn, and connect together in our experiences through multiple online sessions held throughout the weekend of May 7-9. In this forum, we want to discuss what sex means to different individuals and empower folks to explore their own sense of sexuality. For your convenience, you can attend as many sessions as you’d like. To protect the safety and confidentiality of our community, the sessions will not be recorded. Session topics include: + Share & Care: Quarantine woes with queer Asian guys + PrEP 2.0 (Descovy) and HIV Tests@Home + Beyond Masc or Femme + PHA Experiences: Then & Now + Embracing Sensuality, Owning your Pleasure We are excited that each session will feature online performances from a variety of local queer Asian artists: + Terence Thepoet + Justin Anantawan + Tygr Willy + Sze-Yang Ade-Lam + Ms Nookie Galore This event is funded by ViiV Healthcare

👉 When: Sunday, May 16, 2021 👉 Time: 1 - 3 PM 👉 Location: Zoom (virtual) QTAY presents: Finding Your Ikigai Join us for a few hours of self-reflection to discover more about your passions, purpose, and meaning! According to Yukari Mitsuhashi, ikigai is a traditional Japanese concept that embodies happiness in living. Finding your ikigai is all about achieving greater happiness in life. In this workshop, we will be exploring the four main elements of ikigai and how they might intersect for you. Through this, we hope to guide you closer to your ikigai and ultimately give your everyday life more meaning and joy. This event is open to all queer and trans Asian youth, but we are capping participants at 10 people - so fill out our Google Form to save your spot! Feel free to email Dany at youth@acas.org for more information.

Did people ever assume that you were good at math just because you were Asian? Were you expected to be soft-spoken and quiet, or loud and assertive because of your gender? Are you interested in unpacking how race and gender interact to shape our experiences in the world? In this workshop, we will be discussing the racist stereotypes that affected us growing up, the gender expectations that were (and are!) placed upon us, and how we can live loud and proud in a world that wants to make us feel invisible. About Pillow Talk: Pillow Talk is a forum hosted by ACAS that aims to draw lessons learned about sexuality, intimacy, and relationships from the real-life experiences of Asian ciswomen, transwomen, and non-binary folks.  This year, ACAS is proud to host Pillow Talk 2021: Sorting Through the Fluff, sponsored by Viiv Healthcare!  Thank you to ViiV for supporting us and helping us create a safer space to discuss our experiences around intimacy and relationships to both our own and other people’s bodies.

QTAY is hosting an open mic night! Join us Wednesday May 19 from 7pm to 9pm, when we will unleash an awesome line-up of performances and FUN TIMES! Performances can be live or pre-recorded.   Want to perform? Here’s the sign-up link: https://forms.gle/bWuBzdYZad3goRtw9 Want to watch? You can register to do so here: https://forms.gle/MFjSSmpRKH4LyMFx7   [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: neon blue and pink text over a diagonally split background of hazy night lights and sparkles]

Kicking off during Asian Heritage month, ACAS is hosting an English Conversation Circle! Looking to practice your English speaking? The ACAS English Conversation Circle is for the Qmunity if you want to make new friends and develop your English speaking skills. This series will be on Zoom, so you can participate from anywhere. We will host the English Conversation Circle once per month, where you can become more confident in your speaking and make new friends in a judgment-free safe space. Please click here to reserve your spot. https://docs.google.com/.../15l4JrOZLnMqtAK28Pae3SMO.../edit After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

An anti-oppression workshop facilitated by Ryan Tran with ASAAP and Pride Toronto Through the intersectional lens of being LGBTQ and East/Southeast Asian, we give an overview of the major issues and their impacts on our community with an interactive activity Join us on Zoom at https://zoom.us/j/94891872297?pwd=ZmRnWVQ3TUwyTlZ0MFBabHhtekErZz09

We are all magical beings. Our magic is incarnated through our joy, resilience and love. This workshop is an exploration in various healing tools--art-making, chill mindfulness techniques and grounding exercises for tapping into your gorgeous asian power. For this workshop, we prioritize queer Asian magic users, but any Asian magic users of marginalized genders are allowed to join (ciswoman, transwoman, non-binary, etc.). About Pillow Talk: Pillow Talk is a forum hosted by ACAS that aims to draw lessons learned about sexuality, intimacy, and relationships from the real-life experiences of Asian ciswomen, transwomen, and non-binary folks.  This year, ACAS is proud to host Pillow Talk 2021: Sorting Through the Fluff, sponsored by Viiv Healthcare!  Thank you to ViiV for supporting us and helping us create a safer space to discuss our experiences around intimacy and relationships to both our own and other people’s bodies.

Curious about exploring pleasure? Need a refresher on STIs and HIV/AIDS? Time to wrap it up, because our facilitators will take you through an informative and interactive session. Tasneem will introduce STI risks and cover some safer practices. Ayser will inform you about tools for your pleasure and ways to cover your bases. Now let’s tie up those ties and get sexually wise! About Pillow Talk: Pillow Talk is a forum hosted by ACAS that aims to draw lessons learned about sexuality, intimacy, and relationships from the real-life experiences of Asian ciswomen, transwomen, and non-binary folks.  This year, ACAS is proud to host Pillow Talk 2021: Sorting Through the Fluff, sponsored by Viiv Healthcare!  Thank you to ViiV for supporting us and helping us create a safer space to discuss our experiences around intimacy and relationships to both our own and other people’s bodies.

Igniting East and Southeast Asian Youth Activism on Anti-Asian Racism, Anti-AIDS Stigma & Discrimination, and Anti-Homophobia & Transphobia Panelists: Justin Anantawan, Youth Activist Michael Arnord, Executive Director at Égides – International Francophone Alliance for Equality and Diversity Dany Ko, ACAS Youth Coordinator Dr. Alan Li, ACAS Co-founder, HIV/AIDS Advocate and Champion   Moderator: Noulmook Sutdhibhasilp, Executive Director, Asian Community AIDS Services (ACAS) Please register here