In the wake of israel's continued assault on iran this june, the hijacking of the madleen and the imposed starvation in gaza, now more than ever, queer and trans communities must understand our pride as synonymous with our politics. Toronto has long been a place that people of colour move to in order to join queer of colour communities Yet the city’s rich history of activism by queer and trans black, indigenous, and racialized people (qtbipoc) remains largely unwritten and unarchived. From the first brick thrown at the nypd by queer folks at the stonewall inn, to resisting the bathhouse raids by toronto police, pride has been, and will always be, political And this year, queers around the world are standing up for palestine in bigger numbers than ever. Alexis pauline gumbs was the first person to dig through the archives of several radical black feminist mothers including june jordan, audre lorde, lucille clifton, and toni cade bambara while writing her dissertation we can learn to mother ourselves
Michael riordon teaches writing, and has written four books of oral history Family life on the queer side, an unauthorized biography of the world, and out our way Gay and lesbian life in rural canada. Join author and activist tim mccaskell for a presentation on his recent book queer progress Queer progress was chosen as a quill & quire favourite release of the year. Between the lines is a social movement press founded in 1977
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