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Let's Talk About Gender... And Unicorns...

Let's Talk About Gender... And Unicorns...

For the first ever meeting of Alphabet Soup - a drop-in group about queer and trans topics at the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in Youth Centre - we chatted about all the different letters in the alphabet soup (LGBQT2SAI+) and about the differences between gender identity, gender expression, sex assigned at birth, physical attraction, and emotional attraction.

EducationDawson Women's ShelterMarch 6, 2020alphabet soup, lgbqt, queer, trans, unicorn, gender, lgbqt2sai+, two spirit Comment

Useful Links - Listening to Disclosures Workshops

Useful Links - Listening to Disclosures Workshops

A whole bunch of fancy links and videos that we promised to share with participants from our Listening to Disclosures workshops.

Education, Taking Action, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterFebruary 19, 2020listening to disclosures, workshop, learning, education, survivors, sexual assault, gendered violence

Calendar Guys

We’ve been doing some post-holiday cleaning around the shelter and found this 2013 calendar.

Recognize anyone?

Education, Taking ActionDawson Women's ShelterJanuary 7, 2020Yukon, men, taking action, gender-based violence, allies, allyComment

DWS Links and Things #1

DWS Links and Things #1

Roundup of useful links curated by Dawson Women’s Shelter.

Education, Taking Action, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterJanuary 6, 2020Kelly fraser, Julie Berman, solstice, indigenous, ally, family, estranged, arctic, food Comment

HEAT in Dawson

HEAT in Dawson

A group for youth 16-19 to explore consent and healthy sexuality.

Connection, Consent, DWS Events, Services, Taking Action, Education, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterDecember 28, 2019groups, youth, dawson, harm reduction, sexuality, consentComment