A new collection published in fall 2017 by the Radical Imagination Project, Upping the Anti and Fernwood Publishing, edited by Alex Khasnabish and Max Haiven The Radical Imagination: What is it? How is it generated?
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Why I could not sign the contract and confidentiality agreements to be on the Advisory Council for an Apology
Since this is now in the media I thought it best if I make public the reasons why I could not sign the contract and confidentiality agreement to be on the Advisory Council to the
Read moreThree Provocations for Socialist Studies
Below please find the video from the plenary for the 50th Anniversary of Socialist Studies held at Ryerson University. I as asked to speak at this and my three provocations are 18:14 minutes in. The
Read moreStudy for Struggle: The Regulation of Desire by Chris Dixon from Writing With Movements
June 15, 2017 by Chris Dixon http://writingwithmovements.com/study-for-struggle-the-regulation-of-desire/ When I introduce Gary Kinsman to people who don’t know him, I usually say that he is a leading scholar of state regulation of sexuality in the Canadian
Read morePride Has Always Been Political
http://graphichistorycollective.com/project/poster-6-pride-always-politicalPoster by Kara Sievewright Introduction by Gary Kinsman I am delighted to introduce Kara Sievewright’s wonderful poster, “Pride Has Always Been Political,” that vividly captures our movements in history. For those unfamiliar with Pride, it
Read moreIn Sudbury — Pride Denied: Homonationalism & the Future of Queer Politics
Film Screening & Talk Pride Denied: Homonationalism & the Future of Queer Politics With guest speaker: Gary Kinsman Monday 20 March, 2017 7:30pm Ernie Checkeris Theatre Thorneloe University Manitou Rd. on the Laurentian University Campus
Read moreToronto Book Launch for We Still Demand! Redefining Resistance in Sex and Gender Struggles
For more information: call Glad Day at 416-961-4161; https://www.facebook.com/events/1164759103619644/ About the Book We Still Demand! recovers vibrant and unsung histories of sex and gender activism across Canada from the 1970s to the present. Departing from
Read moreSudbury disruption of Liberal government ‘basic income’ pilot project ‘consultation.’
The Sudbury Raise the Rates Campaign group disrupted the beginning of the Liberal government ‘consultation’ on the pilot project for basic income. This is a time for action and not more ‘consultation’ and study as
Read moreWe Still Demand! Redefining Resistance in Sex and Gender Struggles
We Still Demand! Redefining Resistance in Sex and Gender Struggles By Patrizia Gentile, Gary Kinsman, and L. Pauline Rankin http://www.ubcpress.ca/search/title_book.asp?BookID=299175397 Ubcpress.ca :: University of British Columbia Press About the Book We Still Demand! recovers vibrant
Read moreMy talk at the Human Rights Panel on the Bath Raids: “The City Was Turned On Its Ear”, Remembering Resistance to the Bath Raids
On February 5, 1981, police raided Toronto’s gay baths and arrested 286 men on bawdy house charges. The raids, carried out with calculated brutality and overt homophobia, resulted in extensive property damage. An immediate
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