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Skipping Stone Foundation
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Connecting trans and gender diverse youth, adults and families across Alberta w/ comprehensive, low barrier access to the support they need & deserve.
#1900 - 736 6 Ave SW, Calgary, Alberta | Treaty 7
www.skippingstone.ca/learnmore
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Get ready to write for Trans Day of Remembrance!

Join us to write a letter supporting trans rights, trans safety, trans lives. TDoR is our day to honour those we have lost and to fight for those still here. Trans rights are human rights.

Thursday Nov 20 | 10am-7pm
Skipping Stone
This week:

Mon
❤️ TRANS BOARD GAME NIGHT (D6 Tabletop Café) | 6pm-9pm (Registration Full)
❤️ CAREGIVER MEET-UP (Prairie Dog Brewing) | 6:30pm- 8:30pm

Tues
🧡 FLOWING HEARTS*

Wed
💛 YOUNG HEARTS*

Thurs
💚 STRONG HEARTS*

Fri
💙 OPEN HEARTS*

* Online | 6:15pm-8:15pm

www.skippingstone.ca/calendar
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
💛💜 Today is Intersex Day of Remembrance / Intersex Solidarity Day. We must all stand together for a world where everyone is welcomed, respected, loved, affirmed, & can live as themselves openly in safety. Our struggles are interconnected. The rigid enforcement of the gender binary harms us all.
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Looking for a few more outfits? Expand your closet by joining us tomorrow at Expressions: Clothing Swap! This program connects trans folks with free access to some wonderful, affirming, and pre-loved clothing.

Sunday, November 9th | 10am-1pm
Sunalta Community Hall (1627 10 Ave SW)
Free attendance!
November 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Our next Caregiver Meet Up is at a new location on Monday night! Come together over food & drinks to find community, conversation and a fun night out with other parents of trans & gender diverse folks.

Monday, November 10th | 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Prairie Dog Brewing (105D 58 Ave SE)
November 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This Friday’s events:

💙 HEARTS & CRAFTS - Adults (Skipping Stone) | 6:15pm-8:15pm

💙 YOUTH CHOIR* (Anacrusis Music) | 3pm-4pm | under 18

💙 CREATIVE LABS* | Ages 13 & over
- 4pm-6:30pm (online)
- 4:30pm-6:30pm (Anacrusis Music)

*To try out a class Email [email protected], or register online.
November 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Get ready to write for Trans Day of Remembrance!

Join us to write a letter supporting trans rights, trans safety, trans lives. TDoR is our day to honour those we have lost and to fight for those still here. Trans rights are human rights.

Thursday Nov 20 | 10am-7pm
Skipping Stone
November 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Today’s events:
💚 STRONG HEARTS (Skipping Stone) | 6:15pm-8:15pm | Registration Required
💚 YOUTH GUITAR & STRING ENSEMBLE* | 6:30pm-8pm
💚 ADULT BAND/CHOIR* | 8:15pm-9:30pm

*At Anacrusis Music. To try out a class email [email protected] or register online.

www.skippingstone.ca/calendar
November 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Laverne Cox is an award winning actress. She accomplished many firsts including: being the first trans person to appear on the cover of Time magazine, the first openly trans person to have a wax figure at Madame Tussauds, & the first trans person to play a trans series regular on US broadcast TV.
November 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Join us for HARMONY HEARTS tonight! This is an affirming space for Asian trans & gender diverse folks that acknowledges & addresses the unique intersections of queerness, gender, & race.

Wednesday, Nov 5 | 6:15pm- 8:15pm
In person at Skipping Stone .

www.skippingstone.ca/groups
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
POP-UP CLINIC: Uterine Health for Trans Folks
Wed, Nov 19 | 4:30pm-7:15pm
Sheldon Chumir Health Centre
Registration required

Created in partnership with AHS Sexual & Reproductive Health, these events are exclusively for Two-Spirit, trans, & gender diverse folks.

www.skippingstone.ca/uterinehealth
November 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
🎲 Registration is now open for Trans Board Game Night! Spots fill up quickly, and registration is required to attend.

Monday, November 10th | 6pm-9pm
D6 Tabletop Café (2323 32 Ave NE Suite 112, Calgary)

www.skippingstone.ca/boardgames
November 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Here’s what we have for you this Tuesday:

🧡 Affirming Fitness Class for Trans Folks (Every Body Stronger) | 5pm-6pm
Free of charge, no mirrors, just a great workout with other trans folks. Register now & join us today!

🧡 Tender Hearts (online) | 6:15pm-8:15pm
For trans men & trans masculine folks.
November 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Step Up for Trans Folks! Join us for food & fun at Fluevog Shoes in both Edmonton & Calgary.

Thursday, November 13 | 3pm to 7pm
207 8 Ave SW, Calgary
10344 Whyte Ave NW, Edmonton

Folks are welcome to just pop in and have a good time with us!
50% of any purchase goes directly to Skipping Stone
November 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
🏔️ Coming to a town near you! We’re getting out of Calgary and headed to the Bow Valley to help make it even easier for folks to connect to support.

Monday, November 17 | 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Elevation Place (700 Railway Ave, Suite 100, Canmore)
November 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
We are now accepting clothing donations from November 3rd to 7th (9am-5pm) at Skipping Stone.

The Expressions: Clothing Swap connects trans folks with free access to some wonderful, affirming, and pre-loved clothing. Join us on Nov 9th from 10am to 1pm at Sunalta Community Hall (1627 10 Ave SW).
November 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This week:

Tues
🧡 AFFIRMING FITNESS CLASS (Every Body Stronger)
🧡 TENDER HEARTS (online)

Wed
💛 HARMONY HEARTS*

Thurs
💚 STRONG HEARTS*

Fri
💙 HEARTS & CRAFTS - Adults*

Sun
💜 AFFIRMING CLOTHING SWAP (Sunalta Community Hall)

* in person at Skipping Stone

www.skippingstone.ca/calendar
November 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
💖 Happy Transgender Parents Day! 💖

Today we celebrate trans families everywhere. Caring, supportive, & affirming families show us a beautiful, bright, & possible future of love & acceptance for all. Today goes out to all the trans families out there, in their vast & brilliant diversity.
November 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Alok Vaid-Menon (they/them) is a gender non-conforming media personality, writer, & performance artist. Their art calls for freedom from constraining gender norms, unpacks the dynamics of transmisogyny, & advocates for self-determination & bodily diversity.
November 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
👻🎃 Happy Halloween friends! 🎃👻
Today is a time to find joy trying out different looks, fully embracing being yourself & dressing however you want — whether that’s silly, spooky, or somewhere in between. May you shine brighter than the brightest jack-o'-lantern! Have a safe & happy Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Friday’s events:
💙 YOUTH CHOIR (Anacrusis Music) | 3pm-4pm | Ages 18 & under

💙 CREATIVE LABS | Ages 13 & over
- 4pm-6:30pm (online)
- 4:30pm-6:30pm (Anacrusis Music)

Email [email protected] to try out your first class, or register online.
Anacrusis Music: Unit 205, 1410 11 Avenue SW, Calgary.
October 31, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Registration is now open for STRONG HEARTS (in person) next week! Strong Hearts is our meet-up for trans women and everyone under the trans feminine umbrella.

Thursday, November 6th | 6:15pm-8:15pm
In person at Skipping Stone

www.skippingstone.ca/groups
October 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Nov Highlights - Part 1:
☁️ AFFIRMING FITNESS CLASS (Nov 4 | Every Body Stronger)
☁️ HEARTS & CRAFTS - Adults (Nov 7 | Skipping Stone)
☁️ EXPRESSIONS: AFFIRMING CLOTHING SWAP (Nov 9 | Sunalta Community Hall)
☁️ TRANS BOARD GAME NIGHT (Nov 10 | D6 Tabletop Café)

www.skippingstone.ca/calendar
October 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Sign up now for our next Affirming Fitness Class!
We are partnering with Every Body Stronger to offer free classes, open to all trans & gender diverse folks. Get active in a safe & affirming space!

Tuesday, Nov 4 | 5pm-6pm
Every Body Stronger (2501 Alyth Rd SE)

www.skippingstone.ca/fitness
October 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Join us tonight for our non-binary & genderqueer meet-up Flowing Hearts! This group is about helping us understand who we are, how we want to grow, and how we can live authentically.

Tuesday, October 28th | 6:15pm to 8:15pm
In person at Skipping Stone
October 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
👕 Looking to donate your preloved clothing? Next week we’re accepting clothing donations for our next EXPRESSIONS: AFFIRMING CLOTHING SWAP. This event connects trans folks with free access to some wonderful, affirming, & preloved clothing.

Donation time: November 3-7 (9am-5pm)
At Skipping Stone
October 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM