This panel features seven powerful queer voices discussing the systemic and daily oppression faced by Black queer and trans communities, highlighting the ways that anti-blackness is present in LGBTQ spaces.
This panel will be moderated by Beth Jordan, a senior-level administrator, educator and social services consultant, and features Angela Robertson, co-editor of Scratching the Surface: Canadian Anti-Racist Feminist Thought; Dr. Rinaldo Walcott, an academic and writer of Black diaspora cultur...
This panel features seven powerful queer voices discussing the systemic and daily oppression faced by Black queer and trans communities, highlighting the ways that anti-blackness is present in LGBTQ spaces.
This panel will be moderated by Beth Jordan, a senior-level administrator, educator and social services consultant, and features Angela Robertson, co-editor of Scratching the Surface: Canadian Anti-Racist Feminist Thought; Dr. Rinaldo Walcott, an academic and writer of Black diaspora cultural studies with an emphasis on queer sexualities, masculinity and cultural politics; Kim Katrin Milan, an award winning, internationally acclaimed artist, educator and writer; Rodney Diverlus, writer and co-founder of Black Lives Matter – Toronto Coalition; Syrus Marcus Ware, an artist, activist and scholar who’s work focuses on activism in Canada; and Pride Toronto 2016 Youth Ambassador Jordyn Samuels, founder of Journeys In Equity, raising awareness of equity, anti-oppression and LGBTQ issues.
In partnership with:
The Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies and The 519
