INSPIRE Awards Reception, Ceremony & Community Celebration

You are invited to join us at one of the most inspiring events of the summer. On June 1st our community, friends and allies, will come together for the 3rd year to celebrate long time and unsung heroes and great individuals, businesses, and community organizations. Lifetime Achievement 2013 RECIPIENTS: Anna Willats Salah Bachir LUX Award 2013 RECIPIENT *NEW* David Buchan LGBTQ Person of the Year 2013 NOMINEES David Wood Leonard Kelly (a.k.a. Candice Kelly) Daniela Lechet Ryan Hinds Drew Deveaux LGBTQ Youth of the Year 2013 NOMINEES Ricky Rodrigues Meghan Killingsworth Adam McMaster Nathan Truppe Bing Ki LGBTQ Positive Business of the Year 2013 NOMINEES Glad Day Bookstore Dylanium Knits The Flying Beaver Pubaret Take a Walk on the Wildside Woody's Toronto Inspiring Organization of the Year 2013 NOMINEES AIDS Committee of Durham Region Trans Lobby Group The Imperial Court of Toronto My House York Region Family Services of Peel Region LGBTQ Program For more information about this year's Recipients and Nominees, please visit http://inspireawards.ca/awards/2013-nominees-recipients *********************************************** Be part of an evening that will be very memorable. On June 1, let’s come together and paint the Hart House UofT with the spirit of our community, friends, families, and allies. Enjoy a wonderful cocktail reception, inspiring awards ceremony, and dance party under the stars (Cash Bar and Hors d'oeuvres) Treat yourself to a very memorable event, everyone is special that night. Be part of it. Check out the wonderful lineup of our community's amazing talents: Ceremony Host: The always funny Richard Ryder ******** Cocktail Reception Performers: Roxxie Terrain & Adam Weinmann Rainbow Ballroom Performance ******** Awards Ceremony Performers: Jeffery Straker Markus Guzman Ori Dagan Belle Jumelles & Johnny B Goode Anna Gutmanis with Karen Dinardo Vincent Wolfe ******** Dance Party DJ: The incredible DJ TK ******** And an 11:30pm special performances by: Headliner Suzie McNeill And fabulous drag artist Nikki Chin ***************************** Let’s have a fun and inspiring time together! Buy your ticket today; this event always sells out http://inspireawards.ca/the-event/tickets We look forward to seeing you all on June 1st The INSPIRE Awards are presented by a collective of community organizations: PinkPlayMags & The Pink Pages Directory, PFLAG Canada (Durham region, PEEL Region, York Region, and Black Friends & Family Chapters), Church Wellesley Village BIA, Pride Durham, Toronto Leather Pride, Fife House, Durham Social Club Alliance (Club 717), TransCommunity.ca Supported by Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, US (GLAAD) With many thanks to our generous Sponsors Platinum: Roy Foss Motors | Humberview Motors | Gold: Campbell, Roy, and Eldridge Insurance | Hakim Optical | Mike’s Music Machine | Queen of Clean CORE Design Services| Jerry Herszkopf | Silver: Ace Awards Inc. | The New Leaf Florist | Raymond Helkio