April 3, 2018 Dear Olivia Nuamah, Executive Director Pride Toronto and Erin Edghill and Kevin Rambally, the Co-Chairs of Pride Toronto Board of Directors: This letter was written prior to the release yesterday of the joint
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Kingston talk — The making of the neoliberal queer and reconciliation with Canadian national security
The making of the neoliberal queer and reconciliation with Canadian national security: The apology from above versus the apology from below A talk by Gary Kinsman Sunday March 25, 1-3pm AKA Autonomous Social Centre, 75
Read more“Will We Be Stoned?”: Queer Activist Histories Leading to the first Sudbury Pride march in 1997.
With Gary Kinsman The title comes from concerns expressed by some in the community that people would throw stones at us at the first Sudbury Pride march. This presentation focuses on Sudbury queer activism in
Read moreGay and lesbian historians declare that lack of consultation and a rush through Parliament produce a flawed Bill C-66 (the expungement bill)..
For Immediate release – Dec. 11, 2017. Contact: Patrizia Gentile, 613-266-2048 or patrizia.gentile@carleton.ca; Tom Hooper, 647-309 7956 or thooper@yorku.ca; Gary Kinsman at 705-523-2204/647 385-4221 or gkinsman@laurentian.ca; or Steven Maynard at steven.maynard@queensu.ca. On November 28th, Prime
Read moreThe Apology from ‘Above and ‘Below.’ Expanded version
By Gary Kinsman, Dec. 5, 2017. * A shorter version of this piece was published as “How Canada’s historic apology to LGBT people falls short, ‘We are sorry’ is not enough, queer historian tells
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AIDS activism has always required Black liberation
Read moreSome of my take on the Apology from Xtra!
How Canada’s historic apology to LGBT people falls short
Read moreThis year’s winner of the Dorothy E . Smith Scholar Activist Award is Dr. Gary Kinsman
Dorothy E. Smith Scholar Activist Award Winner This year’s winner of the Dorothy E. Smith Scholar Activist Award is Dr. Gary Kinsman, Professor Emeritus from Laurentian University and a long time scholar activist. Gary Kinsman
Read moreSyrus Marcus Ware to join queer radical imaginations focus of Toronto launch of What Moves Us: The Lives and Times of the Radical Imagination
Join us for the Toronto launch of What Moves Us: The Lives and Times of the Radical Imagination, edited by Max Haiven and Alex Khasnabish. 8 pm sharp — Thursday, Dec. 7th Glad Day
Read moreA Contribution to the History of the First Sudbury Pride March in 1997
In the lead up to the Fierté Sudbury Pride elections meeting on Nov. 21st at 7 pm at the Sudbury Theatre Centre it is important we remember our history. A Contribution to the History of
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