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Positive Space Events

The Positive Space Faculty and Staff Network is a volunteer-based network at the University, comprised of faculty and staff of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions, committed to creating and maintaining a safe, welcoming and inclusive environment. Learn more about Positive Space.

All community members are invited to join in Positive Space events throughout the year:

TMU staff members in pink shirts in the Student Learning Centre

Day of Pink

The second Wednesday of every April marks the International Day of Pink. Each year, community members gather in solidarity against homophobic and transphobic bullying, and to celebrate equity, diversity and inclusion.

Learn more about Day of Pink.

TMU staff members pose with Eggy the Mascot in the Student Learning Centre

Pride at Toronto Metropolitan University

Each June marks Pride month in honour of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York. Throughout the month of June and during Fall term, community members are invited to participate in events that honour, celebrate, recognize and affirm the dignity, equality and increased visibility of people of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions. 

Learn more about Pride events.

Ashley Cooper (comedian) performs to an audience at the Trans Awareness Month kick-off in 2019 in the Student Learning Centre

Trans Awareness Month 

November marks Trans Awareness Month. Throughout the month, community members are invited to participate in advocacy and educational events that celebrate, honour and raise the visibility of the trans community. We also honour the memory of trans people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence on November 20. 

Learn more about Trans Awareness Month events.