Be Part of our 2024 Coming Out Day Campaign

With anti-2SLGBTQI hate rising across Canada, many queer and trans youth may not feel safe to come out this National Coming Out Day. This is why it’s more important than ever that we all come together to help 2SLGBTQI youth feel supported and accepted for who they are.    

As supportive and affirming adults in the community, we invite you to submit a video or written submission for a chance to be a part of our national Coming Out Together campaign:  

• Coming Out Together is about encouraging adults to ‘come out’ as supportive, affirming and safe people in the lives of 2SLGBTQI youth.  

• Taking the pledge to ‘Come Out’ as an affirming adult, means taking concrete actions to foster safer spaces for 2SLGBTQI youth.  

• We invite you to send us (1) a video of yourself (up to one minute in length) or a (2) written submission sharing about why you are taking the pledge to ‘Come Out’ as an affirming adult.  

• Our goal is to create a video with these submissions that shows 2SLGBTQI young people that they are loved, accepted, and supported, regardless of whether or not they are out.  

Script and Questions

Please feel free to use the below script and answer the below question to help guide you in introducing Egale’s Canada’s Coming Out Together Campaign.   

Hello, my name is _____ and this coming out day, I pledge to come out as a safe, affirming adult for 2SLGBTQI youth everywhere. I’m here today as part of Egale Canada’s Coming Out Together Campaign to urge you to join me to Come Out Together, as a safe, affirming adult for queer and trans youth everywhere. Make your pledge today and use the hashtag: Come Out Together on your social media to show your support.   

Answer any/all of the following questions:

1. What does being an Affirming Adult for 2SLGBTQI youth look like or mean to you? What actions do they take, and what values do they upload?  

2. With the current rise of anti-2SLGBTQI at an all-time high, queer and trans youth need our support now more than ever. Why is it important for adults to ‘come out’ as Affirming Adults instead – as a safe person for 2SLGBTQI youth?  

3. What’s one piece of advice you would like to give parents about the importance or the process of becoming an Affirming Adult?  

Video Submissions

• Please submit your videos (up to one minute in length) through one of the following platforms, Dropbox, Google Drive, We Transfer or any applicable file-sharing platforms and send your submissions to this email address: communications@egale.ca

Video Recording Tips

• We ask that the videos be recorded in a well-lit, quiet place 

• Recorded in landscape mode 

• That both of your shoulders are in the frame 

• And that you can record in front of a clear, empty background 

Written Submissions

If you’d like to share a written submission answering the campaign questions email it to our team at communications@egale.ca. Written submissions will be kept anonymous.