Toronto Aces & Aros
Toronto Aces & Aros is a grassroots community group focused on building local ace and aro community.
- We offer online and in-person discussions and social events for diverse people (ages 17+) under the asexual & ace and/or aromantic & aro umbrella(s) and people questioning whether they might be. This includes aces who are not aro, aros who are not ace and aroaces. We also have a Discord server.
(We also offer educational workshops/events for people of all ages)
Ages Served: 17+
Fees: Free
Languages: English
Regions Served: Toronto
Type of Service: Grassroots Community Group, Website/Online Support
Closed Identity-Specific Groups: Asexual/ Aromantic, Open to All Races
Access
Physically Accessible to Wheelchairs and Mobility Devices: Yes
Accessible Washrooms: Yes
Gender-neutral Washrooms: Unsure
Scent-free / Low Scent: Low Scent
ASL: Available upon request, Available occasionally
Childcare: Unsure
Food: No food available
Transit Reimbursements: No
Alcohol: No
Other Access Info:
Washrooms: -- For meetups that take place at regular indoor locations, there are washrooms accessible for wheelchairs and mobility devices that are also all-gender washrooms.
-- For occasional meetups that take place at different locations, there may not always be accessible washrooms. We always make washroom information available with location info for these meetups ahead of time.
ASL interpretation:
-- ASL interpretation is available for some events upon request.
-- During the fall and winter months we are able to offer ASL interpretation for social events upon request.
-- We are only rarely able to offer ASL interpretation for discussion-based events.
-- We encourage those who need ASL interpretation to contact us advance so that we can do our best to make ASL interpretation available at events of interest.
-- While not equivalent to ASL interpretation, we do also have some all-text online meetups when ASL interpretation is not available.
Online & In-person meetups:
-- We are continuing with online meetups as we begin to return toward in-person meetups.
-- We encourage mask-wearing at in-person meetups, though will be meeting in locations where masks are not required
Scent-reduced space:
-- We bring scent-free soap to our in-person meetups so people avoid using the scented soap provided by venue washrooms. We also have a scent-free guidelines for our in-person events, but we meet in spaces that are available to us, which are not scent-free. Please check out our Scent-Free Guide: https://torontoacesandaros.wordpress.com/accessibility/scent-free-guide/
Child-minding:
-- We encourage anyone with child-minding needs to contact us. We have on occasion had attendees bring their children to the events with advance planning: not all our events will be suitable for children to accompany a care-giver.
Other accessibility info is available here: https://torontoacesandaros.wordpress.com/accessibility/space-accessibility/