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Title:

Queer Resistance: Empowering 2SLGBTQI+ Individuals and The Broader Community to Overcome Hate

Agreement Number:

SO240258

Agreement Value:

$774,341.00

Agreement Date:

Apr 1, 2025 - Sep 30, 2027

Description:

Through this 30-month project, Rainbow Resource Centre, Inc. will address the needs and barriers to equality for 2SLGBTQI+ communities. This will be achieved by identifying systemic change opportunities and raising awareness about hate and discrimination and the forms it takes in the media, online and in the community. In an effort to advance and protect queer rights, the organization will look to increase the representation of 2SLGBTQI+ people in all sectors by facilitating focus groups to identify top issues for employers experiencing gender transitions in the workplace, by creating online eLearning modules, developing a toolkit, offering training opportunities for employers and the health care sector, and by implementing a strategic marketing campaign to promote the tools that shape a more collective response to addressing improved equality for all community members.

Organization:

Women and Gender Equality Canada

Expected Results:

Partnerships and collaborations are established and/or strengthened to support the LGBTQ2 movement LGBTQ2 organizations have increased knowledge and capacity to advance equality with respect to sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression.

Location:

Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA R3L 0L3

Reference Number:

190-2024-2025-Q4-00002

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Legal Name:

Rainbow Resource Centre Inc.

Program:

Equality for Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression Program

Program Purpose:

The purpose of ESSOGIE program is to advance social, political and economic equality with respect to sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.

Advancement towards a greater understanding of the intersection of sex and gender with other identity factors that include race, national and ethnic origin, Indigenous origin or identity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic condition, place of residence and disability are encouraged under the Program.