Welcome to a new year of our Inside Out youth programming at Calgary Outlink! Our group will now be meeting on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month at from 6-8pm!
Our youth programming is for 2SLGBTQ+ youth ages 13-18 along with their friends, families, and supporters. We aim to create fun, affirming, and friendly spaces for queer and trans youth! This is a drop-in group, so no registration is required.
The meetings on 2nd Tuesdays are an Arts & Crafts Club, where we’ll be doing different crafts together each month!
Get ready for spring and paint some clay pots with us! We’ll have paint and different sizes of pots available. Then you can bring your pot home and start planting!
This meetup is intended as a fun and welcoming space for friendly connection and to meet fellow 2SLGBTQ+ and allied youth! If you are looking for further support, Outlink staff are available to meet with you one-on-one or in small groups by phone, text based messaging, or video call upon request. They can also help connect you to other counselling and support services.
The group is run by volunteer group facilitators who have received 30+ hours of peer support training.
We ask all participants to follow our Safer Spaces Ground Rules when attending group or accessing any of our services. If you aren’t following them, we might talk to you about it and/or ask you to leave depending on what’s happening.
If you’d like to take any pictures of the room or the group, please ask facilitators and participants first.
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Getting There:
Paid and free street parking is available in the area. The nearest LRT Stations are Downtown-West Kerby (blue line) and 8th Street (red line). Nearby bus routes include the #65 and #66. Other buses are nearby in the area as well.
Building Accessibility:
There is a ramp leading up to the main door. Please be aware that there is a lip at the bottom of the ramp, so it’s not quite flush with the ground. There is an elevator in the building. Washrooms in The Rainbow Room are all-gender and wheelchair-accessible.
Public health and the safety of our communities is very important to us! The following safety practices are put in place for our in-person programming:
- Wearing a mask is always welcome and encouraged.
- If you have any cold, flu, measles, or Covid symptoms (ex. fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, rash, etc), we ask that you please do not attend.
- The room can fit about 12 people comfortably.
