Thank you for an extraordinary year of impact
**Egale Canada's 2024 Impact Report
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We're thrilled to share the incredible milestones we've made together with our
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Dear John,
As 2024 draws to a close, I’m reflecting on an extraordinary year at Egale Canada. Despite rising levels of anti-2SLGBTQI hate, your support has afforded us the resilience necessary to move forward.
Together, we’ve achieved remarkable milestones and positives impacts for 2SLGBTQI communities across Canada.
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From Start to Finish in 2024
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Egale stood up for the rights, safety, and inclusion of 2SLGBTQI youth through every pillar of our work – through our legal advocacy < [link removed] > by fighting for the rights of trans and gender diverse young people in the courts, our wide range of inclusive schools < [link removed] > education initiatives, awareness campaigns like our Coming Out Together < [link removed] > campaign, and research examining the importance of affirming adults caring for 2SLGBTQI youth.
In 2024 we saw an unacceptable trend from 2023 continue; discriminatory policies that use fear and disinformation to target 2SLGBTQI young people, a particularly small and vulnerable part of the community. As long as these policies remain in place, Egale will continue to fight them in court, and show 2SLGBTQI youth in every way we can that we are in their corner.
Spanning Generations
Egale’s work in 2024 also provided support for 2SLGBTQI people living with dementia and their unpaid carers through our award-winning awareness campaign, Help Us Remain < [link removed] > , which includes an audiobook, short film, and resources < [link removed] > informed by our research report, Coming Out and Coming In to Living with Dementia < [link removed] > . Now more than ever, we recognize the need to support older adults and seniors in our 2SLGBTQI communities and we plan to expand on this work in 2025 with research to better understand experiences of housing insecurity by 2SLGBTQI veterans.
Combating Misinformation
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With the ongoing rise in misinformation and hate targeting trans and gender diverse communities, much of our work in 2024 focused on research, education, awareness, and legal advocacy initiatives to combat the misinformation and hate that is leading to discrimination and violence. Our premier research report of 2024 was Working for Change < [link removed] > , a national study on employment experiences and challenges for Two Spirit, trans, and nonbinary people.
Egale’s educational programming such as our workshop and companion resources, Draw-The-Line Against Transphobic Violence in Schools < [link removed] > , helped participants recognize and intervene in the harmful dynamics that perpetuate transphobia to foster cultures of consent and gender inclusion.
Our 2024 Pride Season awareness campaign, See the Person < [link removed] > , set out to encourage viewers to see the person, not the label by sharing the stories of three inspiring role models who just happen to be trans. And finally, in our ongoing legal advocacy work, such as our case against the Government of Alberta < [link removed] > where they have relied on misinformation to target gender diverse youth, preventing them from accessing safe and essential medical care.
Countering 2SLGBTQI Hate with Egale's Rainbow Action Hub
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To counter rising anti-2SLGBTQI hate, in 2024 we launched the Rainbow Action Hub < [link removed] > , offering free resources, tools, and education to support individuals and organizations in understanding and promoting the role we can all play in tackling anti-2SLGBTQI hate in Canada and abroad. Since its launch, the hub continues to grow, with many more tools and resources already in the works for 2025.
Thank You
None of this would be possible without the dedication of our staff, partners, and supporters like you. In the face of rising hate, together, we were still able to make a positive impact and work towards our vision of a Canada, and ultimately a world, without homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, and all other forms of oppression so that every person can achieve their full potential, free from hatred and bias.
Sincerely,
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Helen Kennedy (she/her),
Executive Director
Read Egale’s 2024 Impact Report < [link removed] >
As we look ahead to 2025,our work and your generosityis needed now more than ever. Donate < [link removed] > to Egale to create a lasting impact for the 2SLGBTQI community today, tomorrow and beyond.
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