CAISO: Sex & Gender Justice

Since 2010, CAISO has been at the forefront of policy advocacy, collaborating with community partners and organizations. We’re excited to announce Our new 2025 Policy Agenda is here, featuring three priority areas and ten action points! Click the link in our bio to explore and stay tuned as we expand on each priority area 💪🏽 #caisott #lgbtqipolicyagenda2025 #lgbtqiTT

🌈 We hope everyone is having a safe and wonderful Pride! Please remember that the Wholeness & Justice Programme is here for LGBTQI+ community members who may need support. We’re committed to responding to violations and providing trauma-informed, clinically competent care that supports healing, safety, and resilience. 💜 If you’ve experienced a violation or know someone who has, please don’t hesitate to reach out to the Wholeness & Justice team. You are not alone. #caisott #wholenessandjustice #lgbtqi #ttpride

📌 Please be guided accordingly.

🌱 Growing Spaces: Eat Well, Live Well: A Practical Nutrition Series Eating Healthy on a Budget: Understanding Healthy Eating in Real-Life Contexts 🍎🥗 Join us for an interactive workshop exploring strategic meal planning, smart food preparation, and practical tips for building healthier daily habits without breaking the bank! 💡✨ Facilitated by Ornella Salina, Registered Dietitian & Founder of SimpleYou Wellness Services. 📅 Date: 21 May 🕕 Time: 6PM 💻 Location: Virtual — register via Zoom link in bio! Part 1 of Growing Spaces: Eat Well, Live Well: A Practical Nutrition Series. Stay tuned for other sessions in this series. More details to follow: Thursday, June 18 – Simple Meal Planning & Food Preparation Thursday, July 16 – Adapting Nutrition for Different Needs & Building Sustainable Habits Thursday, July 30 – Community Wellness Discussion & Nutrition Support Circle

🏳️‍🌈 It’s International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism, and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), a day rooted in challenging injustice and ending discrimination against LGBTQI+ communities worldwide. This year’s theme, “At the Heart of Democracy,” calls on societies everywhere to build systems grounded in equity, justice, dignity, and freedom for all, because democracy works best when everyone has a seat at the table! Today and everyday we continue to affirm the importance of inclusion, safety, visibility, and human rights for all. 🌍 #idahobit2026 #caisott

On #IDAHOBIT, the 🇬🇧 UK recommits to standing against hate and violence, and to supporting those working peacefully for human rights and freedoms. Recently, we were pleased to join @caisott Growing Spaces Launch and 5th Annual IDAHOBIT Media Conference, which reinforced that significant challenges remain for the LGBTQ+ community in Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹🏳️‍🌈 Here are 3 things we can do as allies to help: 1. Be inclusive – treat everyone with dignity and respect in workplaces, schools and communities. 2. Speak up – challenge discrimination and support those facing exclusion. 3. Keep learning – build understanding through education, dialogue and awareness. #IDAHOBIT2026 #attheheartofdemocracy

Introducing Growing Spaces 🌱✨ A new project by CAISO: Sex and Gender Justice, grounded in the simple but powerful belief that when people’s basic needs are met, empowerment and self-advocacy become more possible, sustainable, and transformative 💛 With healing justice support systems in place, Growing Spaces aims to increase security, safety, wellbeing, and opportunities for LGBTQI+ people in Trinidad and Tobago 🌈🇹🇹 Building off of our work and the insights from the Wholeness and Justice programme, this project is a response to the many identifiable needs within our community - creating pathways for people to access support, build resilience, and step into their power with dignity and care 🤝🌿 We’re so thrilled to embark upon this project and can’t wait to share more with you. Stay tuned for updates, opportunities, and ways to get involved 🎉💫 #caisott #growningspaces #wholenessandjustice

💛 Gratitude Post 💛 We’re still feeling the love from BackChat and are beyond grateful to everyone who helped make it such a beautiful, powerful, and affirming experience. 🌈✨ A huge thank you to all of our open mic participants, featured writers, and performers for pouring your hearts onto the stage and embodying the theme of queer resilience in every piece 🎤📝🔥 Thank you to our incredible interpreting team for helping bridge the gap and making the event more accessible and inclusive for our community. Your work matters so much. 🤟🏽💫 And finally, thank you to every single person who attended, supported, cheered, shared, and most importantly, donated what you could to the CAISO Food Bank. Your generosity reminded us what community truly looks like. 🥹🫶🏽🥫 BackChat might be over but we’re far from finished! More community, more conversations, and more magic are on the way. 👀🌟 @bocaslitfest @novelniche @tttranscoalition @bacanoleaf #caisott #backchat2026

One week later and we’re still thinking about the amazing performances at BackChat 2026! What a night! #caisott #backchat2026 Featuring: The Sugarcane Collective @thesugarcanecollective Andre Bagoo @pleasureblog Angelique V. Nixon @sistellablack Brandon O’Brien @therisingtithes Chinyere Brown @dreamscapescolors Cyndy Celeste @cyndi.celeste Daniel Blaize @mrbubbieshouse Deneka Thomas @denekathomaspoet_ Mauby Man @mauby_man Shivanee Ramlochan @novelniche Tamara Ali @girlwiththepurplepen Bocas Special Guest Writers: Christina Cooke @christina.j.cooke Karen Lee @karenleeartist Linzey Corridon @westofwestindian Drag Performers: Charlotte Street @dairyofcharlotte Lioness @tan.esha20 Velvet @velvet.tt_

The high-energy BackChat, hosted by our longtime partners at CAISO: Sex and Gender Justice @caisott , was everything we’ve come to expect from this staple of our annual festival, held for a second year at @kafeblue.tt Honouring the theme Queer Community: Celebrating LGBTQI+ Voices in Hard Times’, #bocas2026’s first evening event featured poetry, music and stories by LGBTQI+ writers and performers, including Tamara Ali, Andre Bagoo, Daniel Blaize, Chinyere Brown, Angelique V. Nixon, Brandon O’Brien, Shivanee Ramlochan, The Sugarcane Collective, Deneka Thomas, and visiting authors Linzey Corridon, Christina Cooke, and karen lee. Photography by Shaun Rambaran and Sataish Rampersad of Forge Business Imagery, official 2026 Festival photographers More photos on Facebook (link in @bocaslitfest 's bio) The 16th edition of the Bocas Lit Fest concluded on Sunday 3 May after four days of discussions and readings, workshops, performances, open mics, and music, featuring close to 150 writers, speakers, and performers. 🙏The JB Fernandes Memorial Trust, @onecaribbeanmedia , and the Ministry of Culture and Community Development @mccdtt are main sponsors of the 2026 Bocas Lit Fest; the festival is also sponsored by @MassyGroup , the @britishcouncil , @ansamcalgroup , and @UWI_staugustine . @ampliatt is the festival’s official livestream partner and AVIT Support Ltd is the official technology partner. #bocas2026 #alltogethernow #caribbeanwriters #readcaribbean

tonight! port-of-spain, come thruuuu!!! 🇹🇹📚🏳️‍🌈🎙️🏳️‍⚧️✨

Today’s the day! 🥳🎉 See you later for BackChat 2026! 🎊 Don’t forget to walk with your donations for the CAISO Food Bank. 🛍️❤️ 📅 Thursday 30th April 2026 ⏰ 8pm 📍 @kaisoblueslive