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
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Toronto 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
Read moreMoss Park: Whose Park? Whose ‘Redevelopment’?
The Context: Social Exclusion and Gentrification The Downtown East has already been the target of major attempts to push homeless and poor people out of our communities, including through a major loss of shelter beds
Read moreHuman Rights Panel: Bathhouse Raids
Hosted by Pride Toronto and The Mark S. Bonham Centre Tuesday, June 7th at 7pm The 519, 519 Church Street, Toronto On February 5, 1981, police raided Toronto’s gay baths and arrested 286 men on
Read moreTwo Upcoming Talks at the Historical Materialism Conference.
I am giving two talks at the upcoming Historical Materialism conference at York, May 13-15th. If you are attending the conference check them out. For more info. on the conference go to: http://hmtoronto.org/ Some
Read moreThe New Tendency — Autonomist Marxism in 1970s ‘Canada’
The Connexions site now has the Newsletters of the New Tendency (NT) and other documents from this group available for view that were not previously available on line. The New Tendency existed in the early
Read moreBrief Report on No Pride in Gentrification of Moss Park community meeting
Last Thursday (April 7), over 120 concerned people came to a public forum and community meal at the John Innes Community Centre. Organized by Queer Trans Community Defence (QTCD), with the support of the Ontario
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