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By Catherine Meade,

Team Toronto's travel partner, Rainbow High, is hosting a Travel Show on Saturday March 29th from 12noon to 6pm at the Intercontinental Hotel, 225 Front Street West. There will be 80 exhibitors, presentations, performers, $20,000+ prizes!

Experts are presenting on 2014 Celveland Gay Games Travel (1:00PM), Gay Adventure Travel, Cruising, Up & Coming Vacation Spots. There are hourly giveaways to local attractions and trips to...

By Catherine Meade,

Matt Cordish, Marketing Manager of the 2014 Gay Games will be in Toronto March 27-30th.

He will be at the Rainbow High Travel Show at the Intercontinental Toronto Centre and will be doing on-site registration for the Games at a discounted rate of $150 for general registration ($45 off online price) and an additional $10 off per sport.

If you can...

By Catherine Meade,

The TGFL is proud to announce its first-ever Women’s Division. This division is open to all individuals who identify as women. Although they are very excited about the prospect of this division, it’s important that you get signed up ASAP as we need to know by April 1st whether or not we have enough interested women to make this division...

By Yanick Landry,

In less than 9 months since it's inception, the Toronto Gay Sailing Club reached over 250 facebook likes and 70 official registered members!

Since many registered members are sailing enthusiasts without their own sailboat, TGSC is actively reaching out to the sailing community to acquire more sailboats in it's fleet!

Never sailed before? The TGSC members will gladly introduce you...

OUTSPORT TORONTO seeks applications from individuals interested in assisting its Board of Directors to achieve its Vision.  Positions are available as of 7 May 2014.   Please see below for a list of the various positions on the Board of Directors.  Note that these are not paid directorships.

Who is Eligible?

A person is eligible to be a director of...

By Shawn Sheridan,

I'm pleased to announce that the 2013 Annual Report of OUTSPORT TORONTO is now available (click here) in PDF form.  We are finalising the information circular, which contains details of the Annual General Meeting to be held Wednesday, 7 May 2014, 6:30pm, the location for which is being finalised.  We anticipate publishing the information circular mid-April.

In...

On Saturday, March 15, the PrideHouseTO Winter Games Lounge welcomes Toronto's Parasport organizations, supporters and fans.  Come watch the Paralympic Games, enjoy a drink with friends and hear from amazing speakers and parasport champions,  Victoria Nolan and Paul Rosen.  Learn how able-bodied sports and activities are adapted in parasport communities as well as discover unique parasports.  Find out how the...

By Adam McNair,

Exciting news!  The monthly meetings for this year's OUTSPORT TORONTO SportZone are now up on the event calendar and can be found in links below.  Let the sign-ups begin!

The best part - you don't have to be a Member Organisation representative to get involved!  We want all kinds of folks contributing their time and talents to help...

By Adam McNair,

Over the past few months I've been happily meeting and getting to know more and more people at the Toronto Pride offices in the lead-up to this year's WorldPride Festival.  And what an event they're planning!  I can't wait for the OutSport Toronto SportZone to be part of this exciting and historic experience.

Planning sessions are kicking off in earnest...

Sport groups for LGBT athletes actually help heal the negative effects of discrimination, Waterloo research finds.  Steven Mock, assistant professor in Waterloo’s Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies has just published research that shows   LGBT-focused sports involvement is especially helpful for people who have had very negative experiences related to homophobia, harassment and discrimination. "It helps them come...

By Chim Kan,

Downtown Swimming Club is promoting its All Out Swim swimming competition, sanctioned by Masters Swimming Ontario. 

The event is going to happen on April 5th 2014 (Saturday) at University of Toronto Athletic Centre (55 Harbord Street).

Come and join us in this festive and competitive event. It will be a great way to start the Spring season and prepare yourself...

By Yanick Landry,

The members of the Toronto Gay Ski and Snowboarding Club team up annually with the Toronto based charity Supporting Our Youth (SOY) in sponsoring a ski and snowboarding day for LGBTQ youth.

This important event gives a chance for LGBTQ youth that would not otherwise have the opportunity to have winter fun, escape the city and  get some exercise. It...