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Combatting 2SLGBTQ+ discrimination, racism, and bullying in schools, summer camps, and workplaces. What is Get REAL?
Get REAL is a Canadian non-profit organization. Our mission is to combat 2SLGBTQ+ discrimination, racism & bullying in schools, summer camps, and workplaces. We accomplish this through our two core areas of focus:
Education: offering Inclusivity, Anti-Racism, and Trans 101 Workshops for students, teachers, parents, and workplaces, and by producing online and in-person resources, including curriculum pieces, posters, videos, and merchandise, and through:
Leadership development and youth support: through our University Chapter, High School After-School, and 2SLGBTQ+ Virtual Counselling Programs. Our programming aims to break down prejudice, promote unity, and foster compassion in our world. For all bookings and speaking engagements:
Workshop modules:
- Inclusivity (2SLGBTQ+ focus)
- Anti-Racism (Anti-Black Racism focus)
- Trans 101
- 2SLGBTQ+ History
- Black History
- Building Capacity: Employee Resource Groups
- Building Capacity: Positive Space Groups
For all audiences, please contact:
Marley Bowen
Executive Director
[email protected]
For all other inquiries, including:
--Corporate sponsorship or charitable donation opportunities
--Bulk merchandise orders for your school, summer camp, or office
--To reserve a sold-out item from our online store
--Volunteer opportunities
--To join an existing university chapter or start a new one
--Event partnerships
--Media inquiries
--After-School Programs
--University Chapters
Please contact:
Chris Studer
Executive Director
[email protected]
09/24/2026
These responses 😭😭 We’re so grateful for the impact we’ve been able to make ❤️🥹
We’ve spoken to over 1 million students and counting 🫶🏽🗣️
Book a workshop for your school:
↖️🔗 www.thegetrealmovement.com/workshops
To support our work: check out our merch ↖️🔗 www.wegetreal.ca ✊🏾🌈 all proceeds go towards our mission to combat 2SLGBTQ+ discrimination, racism and bullying in schools, workplaces and community spaces 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🤜🏼🤛🏿
• workshops, school presentations, antibullying, youth support, belonging, affirming environments •
09/21/2026
Pride Around the World 🌎🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
🗓️: October 8th
⏰: 6:00 PM - EST
💻: Virtual Event
🎟️: FREE - register 🔗↖️ www.thegetrealmovement.com/pridearoundtheworld
🎁 First 30 people to register (and attend) the event will receive a FREE Get REAL T-Shirt!
💻 Only those residing in Canada are eligible to receive a t-shirt!
Our speakers include:
🎙️ Bandy Kiki Bandy Kiki: Activist, Doctoral Researcher, & Director of ‘Living Free UK’, from Cameroon, living in the UK 🇨🇲 / 🇬🇧
🎙️ Tarek Zaiden: Activist, Harvard Law Student, Executive Director of Helem Lebanon, from Lebanon 🇱🇧
🎙️ Brigitte Bandit Brigitte Bandit: Activist & Drag Queen, from U.S.A. 🇺🇸
🎙️ Danijel Kalezić, Danijel Kalezić : Activist, Co-Executive Director of ERA LGBTI Equal Rights Association , from Montenegro 🇲🇪
“Pride Around the World,” is hosted by Get REAL, and features a panel of q***r leaders, influencers, and artists sharing their experiences with celebrating the 2SLBGTQ+ community in their own countries. 🌈
It’ll be an evening of COMMUNITY, LEARNING and of course PRIDE.✊🏾
We can’t wait to see you virtually there! 🤩🫂
Thank you to our partner Purdys Chocolatier for making this event possible!! 💜
This initiative is made possible thanks to the support and partnership of the Foundation for Leadership, Imagination and Place 🤍
🗣️: Event is 19+, 2SLGBTQ+ community & allies are welcomed!
Introducing Danijel Kalezić, from Montenegro, a leading LGBTIQ+ human rights advocate and Executive Director of ERA - LGBTI Equal Rights Association for the Western Balkans and Turkey. 🇲🇪🌈
Introducing Danijel Kalezić, from Montenegro, a leading LGBTIQ+ human rights advocate and Executive Director of ERA - LGBTI Equal Rights Association for the Western Balkans and Turkey. 🇲🇪🌈
Bandy Kiki, an award-winning LGBTQ+ activist and writer from Cameroon! She is serves as the Director of Living Free UK, a community interest organization in the UK. Hear from her at our 2026 panel!
Bandy Kiki, an award-winning LGBTQ+ activist and writer from Cameroon! She is serves as the Director of Living Free UK, a community interest organization in the UK. Hear from her at our 2026 panel!
Brigitte Bandit, a Texas based Dra
09/17/2026
Send this to the educators you know 🗣️
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✨ FREE Educator workshops available. Spots are limited! 👀
✨ FREE Positive Space Kits available. Apply today!💅🏽
✨ NEW Pride in our History and Black History Matters Worksheets! 📝
🔗↖️ www.thegetrealmovement.com/educatorresources
If you have any questions, feel free to emails us: [email protected] 💌
• Affirming Space, School belonging, PA Day, Teacher Resources, TPT, Teachers Pay Teachers, Classroom, Back to School •
emphasis on the relief 🫶🏽🥹🏳️⚧️
📣📣 “Gender affirming care affects all of us. Cis people under go gender affirming care every day.”
📹 ✂️ clip via Jeff Yoo, MD | Emergency Physician 🙌🏽
• healthcare, belonging, care, gender affirming care, respect, support, doctor•
09/11/2026
Thank you, Saddle Lake Cree Nation. 🧡
This move is paramount at this time as Alberta’s premier continues to threaten the rights and protection of 2SLGBTQ+ youth.
Once again showing Indigenous communities standing up for humanity and the rights, well-being and safety of the 2SLGBTQ+ community. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️✊🏾🙌🏽
• First Nation, Solidarity, Gender Affirming Care, Protect Youth, Support Youth, Education Act •
09/09/2026
Enroll today 🧡 Land Acknowledgement Module available NOW in English & French! 🗣️
This module provides an introduction to land acknowledgements, exploring what they are, why they are done, and the complexities surrounding them.
Created in partnership with and delivered by Rachael Berwald, a Get REAL speaker of mixed Indigenous descent from Mi’kma’ki.
We actually use this module internally with our team members to ensure we approach land acknowledgements critically, intentionally, and with a commitment to ongoing learning and action before adding it to our email signatures. We thought it would be a great resource for other organizations and companies as well!
Connect with us to enroll today!
[email protected]
More info: www.thegetrealmovement.com/workshops
09/08/2026
Last day to pre-order 🫶🏽 🔗↖️ www.wegetreal.ca
Pre-order one of our classic ‘No Homophobia’ T-shirts by September 8th, 2026 👊🏽
Now available:
✨ Sage
✨ Indigo Blue
✨ Sand
✨ Military Green
🗒️ Please note: pre-orders will be sent out early October. White T-shirts and Youth sizes are not available beyond the current stock.
🙌🏽 All proceeds help support our mission to combat discrimination in schools, workplaces and community spaces 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🤜🏻🤛🏿
Learn more about what we do: www.thegetrealmovement.com 💗
• non-profit, local, q***r merch, affirming shirt, supportive messaging •
More parents like this, PLEASEEEE 🥹🫶🏽🌈📹 via Farah فرح 👏🏽🙌🏽
• supportive parents, resources, affirming, safe space, brave space, parenting, unconditional love •
Please go and show Purdys Chocolatier some love 💜📣
Clearly, there are a lot of people who need to attend our workshops to learn how to be kind, empathetic and affirming. 👀
If you want to book a workshop for your school or business, connect with us! 🌈✊🏾
www.thegetrealmovement.com/workshops
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• belonging, workshops, education, team support, affirming spaces, business values, team value •
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