The Action Plan builds on the City’s Toronto Youth Equity Strategy, which identified key issues faced by youth, including gender-based violence experienced by gender-diverse youth. The Action Plan’s recommendations and activities will be implemented between 2024 and 2027.
To develop the Action Plan, the City:
Two-Spirit, trans and non-binary (2STNB) youth in Canada experience harassment, discrimination and violence at higher rates than cisgender youth.
Canadian trans and non-binary youth have reported avoiding a range of community spaces for fear of harassment or harm:
The City’s Street Needs Assessment shows that gender-diverse youth are overrepresented in Toronto’s homeless population, and they become homeless at a younger age than their cisgender counterparts:
The impacts of these experiences on the health and wellbeing of youth are profound:
These highlights from research and consultations to support the development of the Action Plan demonstrate the urgency and timeliness of work to address systemic transphobia.
Have your say and share your ideas on improving service and program experiences for gender diverse youth in Toronto. All Two-Spirit, trans and/or non-binary youth between the ages of 16 to 29 are welcome to register for an upcoming, paid focus group. Registration closes at 5 p.m. August 15.
Many different terms are used by people to describe their genders, and these terms change over time. The City uses “Two-Spirit, trans and non-binary (2STNB)” and “gender-diverse” to refer collectively to the diverse communities that we hope will benefit from the Action Plan.
This includes but is not limited to those who used the following terms to describe themselves:
agender, androgyne, androgynous, bigender, demiboy, demigirl, enby, FTM, genderfluid, genderqueer, genderf*cked, gender expansive, gender non-conforming, GNC, Indigiqueer, intergender, man of trans experience, MTF, multigender, netrois, non-binary, NB, pangender, polygender, trans, transgender, trans man, trans woman, Two-Spirit, two-spirited, woman of trans experience.
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