This Saturday, May 30th, Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders will join countless others across Canada by participating in Egale Canada’s OUTatNight 2015. Saunders will make a yet-unannounced appearance at the official OUTatNight venue at David Pecaut Square in Toronto, where he will address a crowd and express his support for the thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, and Two-Spirit (LGBTQ2S) youth who go homeless across Canada every year due to stigmatization.

Saunders is among a larger group of public figures, including Rick Mercer, Victor Garber, Seinfeld’s Jason Alexander, Academy Award winning Marlee Matlin, actor Ali Liebert, Toronto Mayor John Tory, and City Councilor Kristyn Tam-Wong who have publicly championed Egale’s mission to fund housing projects for LGBTQ2S youth across Canada.

OUTatNight invites participants to collect sponsorship and spend one night outside, briefly experiencing a taste of the struggles of homeless LGBTQ2S youth. Egale has partnered with youth housing NPO A Way Home to allocate funds raised, so that resources are spent in the communities they are raised, with a portion still dedicated to a broader national housing effort. Participants will be asked to spend the night outside, whether in their backyards, on their balconies or patios, community spaces, or at one of two official event spaces, David Pecaut Square in Toronto and Shaw Millennium Park in Calgary.

Saunders and Tewksbury’s speeches at the OUTatNight grounds in Toronto will be part of a night of festivities, with food trucks, live entertainment, photo booths, dancers, balloonists, and many other surprises.

OUTatNight Toronto begins at 7:30pm on May 30th, and runs until just after dawn.

Information on OUTatNight can be found at OUTatNight.ca.