A talk and workshop with Gary Kinsman Tuesday, September 25 7 PM – 9 PM Venus Envy Ottawa 226 Bank Street, Ottawa. Hosted by Venus Envy Ottawa –What was the Canadian war on queers? -How
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Gary Kinsman, “Policing borders and sexual/gender identities: queer refugees in the years of Canadian neoliberalism and homonationalism” in new Envisioning book to be launched Sept. 13th
Book launch Envisioning Global LGBT Human Rights: (Neo)colonialism, Neoliberalism, Resistance and Hope (2018) Thursday September 13, 2018 6:30 – 8:30PM Glad Day Bookshop, 499 Church St, Toronto On the brink of global change, Envisioning Global
Read moreContested Terrains: Of Terms of Reference, The Police, and Missing Persons.
There is a slightly revised version of the terms of reference for the Missing Persons Review that will be discussed at the Toronto Police Services Board Meeting on Thursday August 23, 2018. Aside from granting
Read moreBook Launch: Envisioning Global LGBT Human Rights, (Neo)colonialism, Neoliberalism, Resistance and Hope
* Thursday, Sept. 13th Glad Day Bookshop, 499 Church Street, Toronto, 6:30pm. Speakers: Nancy Nicol, Jane Wothaya Thirikwa, Maurice Tomlinson and Amar Wahab. Wheelchair accessible. Sponsored by the Centre for Feminist Research, York University. For
Read moreGary Kinsman on The Apology, Bill C-66, and Bill C-75 on Speak Up, CJSF.
Speak Up! We speak to Gary Kinsman about the Canadian state’s relationship to the LGBTQ2+ community in Canada. In particular, we discuss the historical state-issued violence doing towards the queer and trans communities. Nearing the
Read moreSaturday June 23rd in Toronto : Thirty Five Years of AIDS Activism
Join us to hear from a group of activists who have fought for the rights of people living with AIDS/HIV and communities affected by AIDS over the past 35 years. Panelists will talk about the
Read moreAnother Flawed Bill: Gay and Lesbian Historians on C-75.
For Immediate Release June 11, 2018 For more information: Gary Kinsman – gkinsman@laurentian.ca or 647 385-4221 Tom Hooper – thooper@yorku.ca Another Flawed Bill: Gay and Lesbian Historians on C-75. Today the House of Commons sent
Read moreSocial Theory and ‘Homosexuality’ Encylopedia Entry
Here is an entry I was asked to write on the topic of “‘Homosexuality’ and Social Theory” which covers how mainstream social theory constructs heterosexism, the problems with ‘deviance,’ the limitations of ‘homophobia,’ challenges to
Read more“AIDS Activism: Remembering Resistance Versus Socially Organized Forgetting” now out in Seeing Red.
Seeing Red: HIV/AIDS and Public Policy in Canada Edited by Suzanne Hindmarch, Michael Orsini, and Marilou Gagnon © 2018 https://utorontopress.com/ca/seeing-red-2 What does it mean to think of HIV/AIDS policy in a critical manner? Seeing Red
Read moreA Panel and a Presentation at the North American Anarchist Studies Network Conference
9th North American Anarchist Studies Network Conference Tiohtià:ke (Montréal, Canada) June 1, 2, 3 | 1-2-3 juin | junio 1, 2, 3 @CEDA, 2525 Rue Delisle, Lionel-Groulx Metro Free 1). Sex policing panel: Friday June
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