Our INspired x Community program supports LGBTQ2+ non-profit organizations and service providers serving diverse LGBTQ2+ communities across Canada by providing them with some of the same benefits available to corporate partners, free of charge.
IN Magazine partners with LGBTQ2+ non-profit organizations and service providers across Canada to promote and support their work through its INspired x Community program. We create authentic and meaningful partnerships with LGBTQ2+ community organizations by providing them with opportunities for visibility throughout the year including, but not limited to, event sponsorship, logo placement, social media promotion, editorial consideration and more. We aim to amplify diverse LGBTQ2+ voices, educate, inform and inspire our readers about the important work being done by our community partners and digitally distribute our magazine through established community partner networks.
Vision
A future where safe spaces exist for all LGBTQ2+ folks.
Mission
To elevate, support and empower LGBTQ2+ non-profit organizations and service providers across Canada 365 days a year.
Core Values
- Compassion: We recognize our shared humanity, treat ourselves and everyone we encounter with kindness, embrace empathy and take action to alleviate suffering.
- Courage: We speak from our hearts, show up and allow ourselves to be fully seen just as we are and hold space for others to do the same.
- Connection: We believe in cultivating relationships where everyone feels seen, heard and understood, without judgment, and knows that they matter.
Get In Touch
Jumol Royes
Director of Communications + Community Engagement
Email: jumol@elevatemediagroup.co
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IN Community: 2SLGBTQI+ Crisis And Helplines For When You Need Support
Call or text these numbers if you’re struggling with mental health issues, self-harm, feelings of loneliness, questions of gender identity and sexual orientation and more
IN Community: How The Federal Government Is Strengthening Canada’s LGBTQ2+ Communities
Minister Marci Ien provides an update on Canada’s 2SLGBTQI+ Action Plan and announces project funding for the Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention and Egale Canada
IN Community: Pride At Work Canada Sparks Conversations and Drives Change
Takeaways from a day of shared learning and networking centring diversity, equity and inclusion
IN Community: Friends Of Ruby Champions Chosen Family Day Bill In Ontario
Private members bill introducing the Chosen Family Day Act would see February 22 proclaimed as Chosen Family Day each year
IN Community: 5 Queer Black Organizations In Toronto To Support, And For Those Seeking Support
These organizations are working in and with diverse Black LGBTQ2+ communities in Toronto
IN Community: Publisher Pulls Sex-Ed Textbooks Used By Ontario Catholic Schools
Move follows accusations that the texts contain anti-LGBTQ2+ content
IN Community: Toronto’s First Shelter For LGBTQ2+ Adults Is Now Open
New shelter funded by the City of Toronto, operated by Homes First Society and supported by The 519
IN Community: Watch Video Series For CANFAR’s Latest Awareness Campaign
Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research highlights diverse voices and aims to reengage Canadians in the fight against HIV
IN Community: HelpLine For LGBTQ2+ Youth To Pause Service
LGBT YouthLine is closing the HelpLine from November 6-13 to give staff and volunteers a much-needed break
IN Community: What’s Included In Canada’s First 2SLGBTQI+ Action Plan
Federal government invests $100 million to support queer communities
IN Community: Egale Canada Is Queering Mental Health Supports
Participate in a survey or focus group and help improve mental health supports for the LGBTQ2+ community
IN Community: 'Welcome, We've Been Waiting' Is This Spring's Must-See Production
Rodney Diverlus’ inaugural work for the Toronto Dance Company invites audiences on a journey of home and place, of fantasy and finding your tribe… By Jumol Royes The long and…
IN Community: Pride & Remembrance Returns To Toronto’s Church-Wellesley Village
Registration for the first in-person run in three years opens Friday, April 29… By Jumol Royes On your mark, get set, go! Toronto’s pride & remembrance run is returning to…
IN Community: Celebrate Love With Casey House This Valentine’s Day
Give a gift that does good in the community and has double the impact… By Jumol Royes When you think Valentine’s Day gifts, you probably think sappy greeting cards, a…
IN Community: 7 Activities For Older LGBTQ2+ Adults
Programs to help LGBTQ2+ seniors stay connected to their community and their peers… By Jumol Royes Queer culture is known for being youth-focused, some might even say obsessed. Sadly, that means LGBTQ2+ seniors…
IN Community: What You Can Do To Help Keep Vulnerable LGBTQ2+ Youth Warm This Winter
Friends of Ruby is requesting donations of new and/or gently used clothing as part of their Winter Clothing Drive… By Jumol Royes The ability to shop for clothing and accessories…
IN Community: The 519 Virtual Gala Supports Canada’s Largest LGBTQ2+ Community Centre
November 14 event to feature musical performances by Alan Cumming, Ben Vereen, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Jackie Richardson, Theo Tams, and Serena Ryder… By Jumol Royes Who doesn’t love a party with…
IN Community: One In Three LGBTQ2+ Homeless Youth Have Attempted Suicide Since Start Of The Pandemic
New CAMH-led study “shows how urgently we need specialized, population-based LGBTQ2+ mental health supports for this group of young people,” says Dr. Alex Abramovich… By Jumol Royes Photo by: Dimi…
IN Community: Made-In-Canada Queer Trivia Card Game
Limited edition Pride deck contains queerful, bilingual question prompts… By Jumol Royes A new queer trivia card game hopes to keep LGBTQ2+ themed conversations going not just during Pride, but…
IN Community: Church-Wellesley Village BIA Calls For Removal Of Alexander Wood Statue
“Removing the symbol would be good,” says BIA chair… By Jumol Royes There’s a long-overdue reckoning happening right now across Canada when it comes to residential schools and the historical…
IN Community: Cooking With Trans People Of Colour
The 519 publishes a new cookbook by and for trans folk… By Jumol Royes There’s a popular saying that goes: “Cooking with love provides food for the soul.” Cooking with…
IN Community: Sex, Love And Dating During COVID
Grindr surveys 10,000 users to find out how their behaviour and expectations have changed… By Jumol Royes Trying to navigate sex, love and dating during the best of times is…
IN Community: Inhale/Exhale With Across Boundaries
Free, feel-good QTBIPOC programming awaits you… By Jumol Royes Photo by Autumn Goodman Spring is finally in the air and we could all use a little pick-me-up to lift our…
IN Community: Help Improve The Lives Of LGBTQ2 People In Canada
Complete an online survey and be a part of Canada’s LGBTQ2 Action Plan… By Jumol Royes The Government of Canada is putting out a call for participants to take a…
IN Community: Toronto's Gay Village Needs You To Think Outside The Big Box This Holiday Season
If you live in Toronto, shop local and support The Village this holiday season… By Jumol Royes Planning on getting any last minute gifts for friends and family just in…
IN Community: A Monument To LGBTQ2+ Canadians
Design competition launches for national monument commemorating discrimination faced by LGBTQ2+ people in Canada
IN Community: LGBTQ2+ Life In The 905
Q&A with Pflag York Region president Tristan Coolman on the challenges of queer life in the suburbs
IN Community: Food Is Comfort
The AYA Project helps low-income, African, Caribbean and Black communities in Toronto get the food they need
IN Community: A Welcoming Space For LGBTQ2+ Youth
The Friends of Ruby emergency housing centre is on track to open later this year… By Jumol Royes 42 per cent of the LGBTQ2+ community reported significant impacts on their…
IN Community: "This Is A Time When We Should Agree to Help"
Staff at the Rekai Centres find themselves on the frontlines of the COVID-19 crisis… By Jumol Royes Our healthcare workers are our everyday heroes. But at the Rekai Centres, a…
