Statement on Anti-Black Racism and Black Liberation
As a 2SLGBTQ+ community organization led by Black, Indigenous, and people of colour we are enraged, we are heartbroken, we are tired. As individuals we are organizing, we are grieving, we are making the space for others to do the same. As an organization, our usual...
COVID-19 & Kind Space
Dear community members, As a precaution, Kind Space will be suspending in-person discussion/support groups, workshops, outreach events, and rentals until April 5. At the time we will reassess based on the information that is available at that time. Staff will be...
Kind supports Overdose Prevention Ottawa
We at Kind wholeheartedly support Overdose Prevention Ottawa (OPO). This support is extended to all of OPO’s work, including their recent pop-up overdose prevention site. OPO is providing life-saving services that do not yet exist in Ottawa. These services are as...
Joint Call to Action – Make Ottawa a Sanctuary City!
BREAKING: For International Women’s Day, 27 organizations advancing women’s equality call on City Council to make Ottawa a Sanctuary City! A sanctuary is about gender justice and women’s equality. Email Mayor Watson and Council to show your support...
A letter to the National Art Gallery of Canada
To Marc Mayer, Director of the National Gallery of Canada, and to Thomas P. d’Aquino, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the National Gallery of Canada, We at Kind were disappointed and dismayed to hear that the National Gallery of Canada will be hosting Jordan...
A message to our communities
Dear LGBTTQIA Communities in Ottawa, This letter to you has been a difficult one to write. It has been difficult to find words that not only convey the anger, devastation, fear, and exhaustion many of us feel but also the disheartening confusion that has come from the...
Better Together: Kind and Planned Parenthood Ottawa join forces to create new downtown community centre
Ottawa – It’s no joke! On April 1st, Ottawa will have a new downtown community centre dedicated to gender, sexual orientation, sexuality, and reproductive health. Kind and Planned Parenthood Ottawa (PPO) are bringing their joint 84 years of experience serving the...
Funds stolen over the holidays from Kind
For immediate release Ottawa, ON: Thanks to the efforts of dedicated volunteers, Kind remained open this past holiday season, to offer compassion and companionship for members of Ottawa’s queer community who may face isolation in other areas of their lives. Public...
Kind condemns defacement of the #SayHerName mural
For immediate release Kind expresses its deepest sympathy to the members of our communities affected by the violent and detestable defacement early yesterday morning of the mural honouring the lives of trans women of colour. This mural has stood as a proud...