EVENTS
TransEstrie organizes various events and activities for trans, non-binary and questioning people, and their loved ones.
Unless indicated otherwise, our activities are held at 69 rue Wellington Nord, Sherbrooke.
To stay updated on our upcoming events, take a look at our Facebook and Instagram.
Calendar of the Month
Next Events
We are closed for the holiday period, from December 20th to January 4th.
Café causerie - Découvrez le site transitionner.info !
Monday January 19th, from 6 to 7 pm
Online (Zoom)
Click here for the Zoom link
Our Café causeries are friendly chats on a different topic each month, open to everyone, and sometimes featuring a guest speaker.
This month, we are offering you a unique opportunity to discover our tool, transitionner.info! This Café causerie will be online with our graphic designer, Théo-Rose, who will explain the site and answer your questions. The activity will be primarily in French (as is transitionner.info), but we also speak English.
Open to everyone!
Zine workshop about medical transition as part of our ACQUIS project
Friday March 13th,
5:30 to 8:30 pm
Saturday March 14th,
10 am to 2 pm
In Person
69 rue Wellington Nord, Sherbrooke
Open to any trans, nonbinary or other gender-diverse person, regardless of whether you have had gender affirming surgery or hormone replacement therapy, are awaiting this care, have been denied this care, or wish to receive it (or not!).
Snacks and meal provided.
Venue wheelchair/walker accessible, toilet not accessible.Webinar (FR/EN) of the AJUSTER research project
Friday March 27th
(Hours will be specified soon)
Bimodal
69 rue Wellington Nord, Sherbrooke
OR through Zoom
AJUSTER, a research project on access to gender-affirming care in Quebec and existing issues regarding the quality of this care, is organising two webinars (French/English) to share the preliminary results of its analysis and its research report.
More details to come.
Name and Sex Designation Change Clinic
Monday February 23rd,
11:30 am to 4:40 pm
In Person
69 rue Wellington Nord, Sherbrooke
Our Halloween Party was moved to November 1st!
Peer Support Groups
Trans, non-binary and questioning youth (14-17)
Our peer support groups are a place to meet other teens with similar experiences and support each other. They take place at 69 rue Wellington Nord, Sherbrooke.
These groups are open to youth aged 12 to 17 years old, but 12 and 13 year-olds must have permission from their parents to participate.
Trans, non-binary and questioning adults (18+)
This month, the group for adults is on Thursday the 13th, from 6:30 to 8pm. The theme this month is hope and self-care.
Our peer support groups are a place to meet other adults who have a similar experience and support each other.
This month, the group is bimodal: that means you can participate in person or online through Zoom! To participate in person, show up at 69 rue Wellington Nord, in Sherbrooke. To participate through Zoom, use the meeting link here.
Parents and loved ones of trans, non-binary and questioning people
This month, the group for parents and loved ones is on Thursday the 6th, from 6:30 to 8pm.
The discussion groups allow people to adapt to the coming-out and transition of their parent, child, spouse, family member or friend.
This month, the group is bimodal: that means you can participate in person or online through Zoom! To participate in person, show up at 69 rue Wellington Nord, in Sherbrooke. To participate through Zoom, use the meeting link here.
Café causerie - Discover transitionner.info!
November 3rd, from 5:30 to 7pm. This event is held in French, but our team speaks English.
Online! Click here for the meeting link.
Our Cafés causeries are discussions on a different topic each month, open to everyone and sometimes featuring a guest speaker.
This time, we are giving you a unique opportunity to discover our online tool, transitionner.info! This chat will be online with our graphic designer, Théo-Rose, who will explain the site and answer your questions.
Name and gender marker change clinic
Friday November 14th from 1:30 to 4:30pm
Thursday November 27th from 5:30 to 8:30 pm
By appointment: click here to sign up!
Looking for the right time to apply for a first name and/or sex designation change? This is your opportunity! A member of our team will be able to swear in the application and make sure that it is ready to be sent. You can fill out the forms in advance and have them sworn in only (about 5 minutes), or fill them out with us (about 30 minutes).
SEE THIS PAGE TO LEARN WHAT TO BRING
For any questions, contact services@transestrie.org.
Community Dinner
August 15th, 4:30pm to 7:30pm
Our community dinners are an opportunity to connect with others in our communities while sharing a good meal. Bring food to share!
Other Activities
Saturday November 1st, from 4:30 to 9 pm
Halloween can be a great time to express and explore your gender: come and celebrate with other trans, non-binary, and questioning people! On the menu: music, crafts, board games, a costume contest, Just Dance, a game of Werewolf, and horror stories by candlelight. There’s plenty to keep you busy all evening!
This event is open to everyone: trans, non-binary, and questioning people of all ages, and our allies. Bring your friends!
(This event is held in French)
Monday November 17th, at 6:30pm
We invite Jeannot Clair from GRIS Estrie to lead a workshop that is particularly relevant for addressing hatred and misunderstanding towards our communities!
« La société actuelle fait beaucoup de reproches aux personnes 2SLGBTQ+, mais en plus, ces reproches se contredisent ! Pensez à « Vous n’êtes pas utile à la reproduction de l’espèce », mais « vous ne devriez pas faire d’enfants ! ». Cet atelier invite les personnes participantes à explorer des thèmes variés liés aux normes sociales, comme la pression de conformité ou de représentation, à travers des concepts accessibles et des oeuvres d’art, afin de développer une réflexion critique et des outils pour mieux naviguer ces enjeux. »
Thursday, November 20
Trans Day of Remembrance can be a difficult time for our communities, so before the march and the reading of names, we invite members of our communities to gather for a moment of mutual support and gentleness. This gathering is intended for trans, non-binary, and questioning individuals, but the rest of the evening is open to everyone.
To honour those who have lost their lives to transphobic violence, we are organizing a candlelight march. This march will begin at TransEstrie and proceed to Carré Strathcona, in front of Sherbrooke City Hall. There, we will have a minute of silence. We have candles, but we invite you to bring your own if you have them. The proceeding of the march will be explained before we set off.
This march is open to everyone.
After placing the candles at City Hall, we will return to TransEstrie for speeches, where we will have the opportunity to share our thoughts. Then, we will read the names of the 2S/TNBDG people who have lost their lives. “Gardiens du senti” will be on site if you feel the need to talk to someone or are experiencing distress.
Friday, November 28, from 1:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Something new following the end of our drop-ins!
Want to try gender-affirming items and learn more about them? Want to explore and borrow one of the books from our library? Now’s your chance!
At 2:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., you can attend a presentation on the gender-affirming items available at TransEstrie.
For more details on the RDAAG (Gender-affirming gear distribution resource), click here.