October Newsletter
📞 BRING BRING BRING 📞
INCOMING CALL FROM 🍲 Queer Community Soup 🍲
- You (a very cool, fun, smart, queer and/or trans person): “Hello?”
- Us: “Quick, call ALL your friends - Queer Community Soup is BACK next weekend. Don’t forget to bring 💸 CASH 💸 and your best spooky costume for the photo booth 📸👻”
October 10th, 2026
Doors at 5pm, Dinner at 5:30(ish)pm
Oaklands Community Center
2827 Belmont Ave
Keep reading to savour in the details of this month’s Queer Community Soup!
🥣 Upcoming Soup 🥣
🤝 This Month’s Collaboration 🤝
We are SO excited to introduce this month’s collaboration and funds recipient - 🏳️⚧️ Gender Generations Project (GGP) 🏳️⚧️
Gender Generations Project is a small, grassroots, trans-led organization that provides intergenerational programming to support trans, Two Spirit, non-binary, and other gender diverse kids and youth. They bring trans+ kids and youth together with trans+ adults and seniors through mentorship and arts-based events and retreats.
Since 2017, they have published two books, held an art show, and painted a mural inspired by their life-changing weekend retreats. These retreats provide a variety of workshops and activities for trans+ kids and youth (ages 5-18), parents and caregivers of trans+ kids, and trans+ seniors and older adults.
Queer Community Soup is teaming up with GGP for this month’s soup preparation and are inviting trans+ youth (ages 12-18) to participate in a Food Skills Workshop from 11am-2pm on October 10th to help make the soup dinner. If you know any youth who might be interested, they can sign up here (https://forms.gle/bCuWGY5gVzke6weG8).
GGP also has a retreat coming up on October 23rd - 25th; like any small non-profit working in our community, their budget is tight. Funds raised from the October 10th Queer Community Soup will go directly toward GGP’s fall retreat expenses.
If you are interested in attending the retreat and participating in a weekend of trans brilliance and joy, either as a mentor, volunteer, or participant, you can sign up 👉 HERE 👈
You can also find out more about GGP by checking them out online at their website (https://www.gendergenerations.org/), on Instagram @gendergenerationsproject, on Facebook @GenderGenerationsProject, or by emailing them @[email protected].
Come on out and support GGP on October 10th, be gay, and eat soup!
🥕What’s on the Menu & Soup Ingredient List 🥕
You are going to 🍂 fall 🍂 in love with these delicious soups inspired by cozy vibes and autumnal seasonal goodness 🤤
🧑🍳 Chefs Hailey and Robin, and GGP trans+ youth will be chef-ing up:
Chicken (with or without Noodle) Soup - gluten free with chicken, onion, celery, carrot, parsnip, vegetable oil, salt, pepper, bay leaf, chicken stock
optional garnish: noodles, parsley
Curry Squash, Ginger and Apple Soup - vegan and gluten free with squash, apple, onion, candied ginger, curry powder, lime juice, vegetable oil, salt, pepper, vegetable stock
optional garnish: sour cream, parsley
Baked Potato Soup - vegan and gluten free with potatoes, leeks, garlic, vegetable oil, salt, pepper, bay leaf, vegetable stock
optional garnish: chives, green onion, sour cream, cheddar, chili flakes
September QCS attendees smiling after eating their soup!
🌈🥄 A “Spoonful” of 2SLGBTQIA+ History 🥄🌈
And of course you can’t get away without a little learning!
DID YOU KNOW…
That October is actually Queer and Trans History Month? A whole MONTH devoted to recognizing, learning about, and celebrating queer and trans history. How cool is that!?
October includes some important days, so get ready to mark your calendars folks! 🗓️
Oct 8: International Lesbian Day
Oct 11: National Coming Out Day
Oct. 21 (third Wednesday): International Pronoun Day
Oct 26: Intersex Awareness Day
Last full week (Oct. 25 - 31): Asexual Awareness Week
So… why October though? 🤔 Well, let me tell you!
2SLGBTQIA+ History Month was established in 1994 by Missouri teacher Rodney Wilson to coincide with “National Coming Out Day”. Starting in the U.S., 2SLGBTQIA+ History Month is now recognized and celebrated in 12 countries around the world.
As for Canada, 2SLGBTQIA+ History Month is recognized in October to mark the end of the state-sponsored discrimination of 2SLGBTQIA+ military personnel and federal public servants by the federal government between the 1950s to the mid 1990s. This time in history is also referred to as the “LGBT Purge”. CAF veteran Michelle Douglas’ successful legal challenge put a stop to these discriminatory policies in October of 1992.
If you’re interested in learning more, you can read on about this impactful point in history 👉 HERE 👈
NOW THAT YOU KNOW..
A few questions to consider (maybe over a warm bowl of soup in the company of hilarious, kind, new and old pals at a cool upcoming community event on October 10th 🤷)
Do you celebrate any of the days listed in October? Why or why not?
Do you know anyone directly impacted by the “LGBT Purge”?
Why might intergenerational queer and trans community events be important?
Alright folks, that’s it that’s all for this month’s newsletter. We will see you on October 10th at Oaklands Community Centre in your fun costumes! Don’t forget to bring your cash, pals, and smiles 🧑🤝🧑 See you soooooooooon!
