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🎬Pride In Our History 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 🤜🏿🤛🏻Vol. 3️⃣4️⃣: LGBT Purge 🌈✊🏾

Today, we are highlighting the brave LGBT Purge survivors and activists. The LGBT Purge was one of the largest and longest-running human rights violations in Canadian workplace History. The LGBT Purge is remembered not only as a painful chapter in Canadian history, but also as a powerful example of how activism and courage can create lasting change. 🙌🏽✊🏾

Learn more about the LGBT Purge in the video above! 💙✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

💙This initiative is made possible thanks to the support and partnership of the Foundation for Leadership, Imagination and Place.

💜 Thank you our partner Purdys Chocolatier for making this initiative possible 🙌🏽

❤️ Thank you to the LGBT Purge Fund for all of the crucial work they are doing to raise awareness of the LGBT Purge, including providing funding that helped make this video possible.

To learn more about their work, please visit lgbtpurgefund.com

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We are the Get REAL Movement a nonprofit whose mission is to combat discrimination in schools and workplaces ✊🏾🌈.

Visit our website for more info on what we do and our programming: ↖️🔗 www.thegetrealmovement.com

Looking for our merch? Support our mission by visiting 🔗↖️ www.wegetreal.ca 🛒 All proceeds from our merch go directly towards combatting discrimination 🫶🏽👊🏽

Get ready with me to got to Pride on a Boat 🌈⚓️

Our Pride on a Boat party is our most anticipated party of the year. Rain or shine, we’re there! ☀️🌧️ Don’t forget your sunscreen, nonetheless.😉

Thankfully Kiehl's Since 1851 has a been a longtime supporter of Get REAL so we stopped by a Kiehl’s boutique to get Pride-ready 😏😌

We still have a couple of tickets left! 🤗
🎟️↖️ www.thegetrealmovement.com/prideonaboat

Thank you Kernels Popcorn for the generous in-kind donation to our Youth Pride Prom 🥹🍿🎉 👑

We’re so grateful for your support in helping make this pride prom experience even better 🤤

Spots to join our FREE Youth Pride Prom are still available! 🌈🔗↖️ Register to attend: www.thegetrealmovement.com/youthprideprom

This year’s theme: A Sea of Stars ✨🌊

Our Youth Leadership committee is putting together another amazing event this year:
✨ Friday, June 26th @ 7:30- 10:30 PM
✨ Located in Oakville (shared upon registration)
✨ Tickets are FREE! Registration Required
✨ For 2SLGBTQ+ youth and allies in grades 9-12

There will be Music, Dancing, Drag Performances, Snacks, Arts & Crafts, a Photo Booth, Community Building, a Dance Lesson, Q***r Joy, & More! 🌊

Accessibility notes:
• On-Site Mental Health Support, 
• Dedicated Chill Zone/Quiet Space, 
• Wheelchair Accessible Venue, 
• Gender Neutral Washrooms

Artists to add to your playlists 🎵🌈

Check out Jonas’ full Pride 2026 Locals and Legends playlist on Spotify 🔗↖️

www.thegetrealmovement.com/localsandlegends

“Locals & Legends” is an educational music campaign made up of real playlists curated by our Q***r team members that feature:

💿 Up-and-coming Black artists (“Locals”)
💿 Black icons of music history (“Legends”)

💙 This initiative is made possible thanks to the support and partnership of the Foundation for Leadership, Imagination and Place.

💜 Thank you our partner Purdys Chocolatier for making this initiative possible 🙌🏽

We believe that it’s important to celebrate and educate during Pride Month, and sharing art and music is a huge part of that. 💚🎹🎸🎷🎤💿

*Parental Advisory: Playlist may contain mature language*

What’s in our Pride on a Boat Costume prize pack? 👀 🌈 Well, we went to the experts at Kiehl's Since 1851 to help us select which products to add! 😏✨

Here’s what they selected:
✨ Kiehl’s Lip Balm
✨ Ultra Facial Barrier-Hydrating Cleanser
✨ Ultra Facial Cream
✨ Beyond Screen
✨ Ultra Facial Toner
✨ Rare Earth Pore- Minimizing Clay Mask
✨ Creamy Eye Treatment
✨ Ultra Pure High-Potency Serum
✨ Clearly Corrective Dark spot solutions

🎁 Gift box valued over $500 🤭

Get your tickets today and dress up for a chance to win these amazing products! 🤩
www.thegetrealmovement.com/prideonaboat

Join us for a night of buffet dinner, drag show, dancing and prizing on the beautiful Empire Sandy, from 7-10pm EST! 🪩🍽️

All proceeds will go towards Get REAL’s mission to combat discrimination in schools, workplaces and community spaces across Canada 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🤜🏿🤛🏻

Want to know more about these products? Check out a Kiehl’s boutique near you and chat with a Kiehl’s Skincare Expert! They got you covered and can also recommend products for your skin specifically! 🥰

🎬Pride In Our History 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 🤜🏿🤛🏻Vol. 3️⃣3️⃣: Ruth Gates 🪸🔬

Today, we are highlighting Ruth Gates, an openly gay marine biologist and advocate for ocean conservation. Her work helped protect ecosystems that over a billion people and thousands of marine species depend on daily. 🌎

Learn more about Ruth Gates in the video above! 💙✊🏾🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

💙This initiative is made possible thanks to the support and partnership of the Foundation for Leadership, Imagination and Place.

💜 Thank you our partner Purdys Chocolatier for making this initiative possible 🙌🏽

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We are the Get REAL Movement a nonprofit whose mission is to combat discrimination in schools and workplaces ✊🏾🌈.

Visit our website for more info on what we do and our programming: ↖️🔗 www.thegetrealmovement.com

Looking for our merch? Support our mission by visiting 🔗↖️ www.wegetreal.ca 🛒 All proceeds from our merch go directly towards combatting discrimination 🫶🏽👊🏽