Guest Speaker: Dr. Reverend Brent Hawkes
Friday, January 8, 2021 - Time: 12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM
Rotary Virtual Meeting via Google Meet and YouTube Live
Topic: Confronting Religious-Based Discrimination
Against the LGBTI Community
Host: John Joseph Mastandrea
Rotarian and Guests: RSVP to office@rotarytoronto.com
if using Google Meet to be admitted to the meeting.
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Biography
Rev. Dr. Brent Hawkes, C.M., is the Founder and Executive Director of Rainbow Faith and Freedom, and Senior Pastor Emeritus of Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto, where he was at the forefront of ministry to the LGBTQI2S community for over 40 years. On January 14, 2001, he officiated at the first legal same sex marriages in the world. He received the Order of Canada, the Order of New Brunswick and three honorary degrees for his stand on social justice and human rights within the LGBTQI2S communities.
Website: https://rainbowfaithandfreedom.org/