Colleen Westendorf joined SlutWalk Toronto as in Organizer in June 2011shortly after participating in the inaugural Toronto SlutWalk.She also volunteers for a pro-choice, LGBTQ-positive sexual health clinic as a sex educator and is committed to anti-discrimination, sex-positivity and sexual and reproductive health rights as fundamental human rights. By profession, Colleen is a writer and communications professional who works and lives in Toronto.
Many people in Toronto right now have opinions about the actions of TTC driver Dino Oroc stopping his streetcar and chasing someone who allegedly sexually assaulted a passenger of his on the 501 route. I was glad to hear that he has been reinstated as a driver after...
In June of this year in Ontario, the amendment to our Human Rights Code to add "gender identity" and "gender expression," was widely celebrated as a milestone that would hopefully move on up federally and finally enshrine the same rights for trans people that everyone else (in theory)...
Wednesday evening was a perilous moment for every person with a uterus in Canada and elsewhere. In a country where we are applauded for not having legal restrictions on abortion, (though this by no means guarantees access) Parliament voted on M312, a motion that...
This post from SlutWalk Toronto is in response to Krista Ford's comments about sexual assault following a recent press conference in Toronto. The organization collected responses from social media as well as providing its own take on the subject.
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