Item - 2021.QS4.3
Tracking Status
- This item was considered by Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Advisory Committee on December 8, 2021 and was adopted with amendments.
- See also EC27.7
QS4.3 - A Preliminary Service Plan for Transgender and Non-binary Youth
- Decision Type:
- Presentation
- Status:
- Amended
- Wards:
- All
Committee Decision
The Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Advisory Committee:
1. Requested the Director, Community Resource Section and the Manager, Youth Development, Social Development, Finance and Administration, to incorporate the Committee's feedback into the development of a Preliminary Service Plan for Transgender and Non-binary Youth.
2. Recommended that the Director, Community Resource Section and the Manager, Youth Development, Social Development, Finance and Administration convene a table of Transgender, Two-Spirit, and Non-Binary individuals with lived experience to provide advice on what meaningful community engagement looks like to inform staff's work in developing a service plan for youth who identify as Non-binary, Trans and Two-Spirit as part of the Toronto Youth Equity Strategy.
Decision Advice and Other Information
Aina-Nia Ayo'dele Grant, Director, Community Resource Section and Stefany Hanson, Manager, Youth Development, Social Development, Finance and Administration gave a presentation to the Committee.
Summary
The Director, Community Resource Section and the Manager, Youth Development, Social Development, Finance and Administration, will give a presentation to the Committee. The presentation will discuss efforts to develop a preliminary service plan for youth who identify as Non-binary, Trans and Two-Spirit. A Preliminary Service Plan for Transgender and Non-binary Youth is the result of Council direction for a second Toronto Youth Equity Strategy in the form of a gender-based violence action plan targeted to youth who are most vulnerable to facing gender-based violence in Toronto.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/qs/bgrd/backgroundfile-174070.pdf
Communications
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/qs/comm/communicationfile-142285.pdf
Motions
That the Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Advisory Committee:
1. Request the Director, Community Resource Section and the Manager, Youth Development, Social Development, Finance and Administration, to incorporate the Committee's feedback into the development of a Preliminary Service Plan for Transgender and Non-binary Youth
2. Recommend that the Director, Community Resource Section and the Manager, Youth Development, Social Development, Finance and Administration convene a table of Transgender, Two-Spirit, and Non-Binary individuals with lived experience to provide advice on what meaningful community engagement looks like to inform staff's work in developing a service plan for youth who identify as Non-binary, Trans and Two-Spirit as part of the Toronto Youth Equity Strategy.