Pride is about to start in St. John’s, on the island of Ktaqmkuk, and I’ll be appearing on a panel, “Trans Writes”, this Sunday.
But first, some context: Pride festivals across the Northern hemisphere have been happening in the shadow of the genocide in Palestine. If you’re not yet familiar with No Pride in Genocide, please check them out. Among the resources on their website is a short zine that explains pinkwashing and homonationalism, and how to respond to pinkwashing (especially Israel’s pinkwashing).
And here are the details of the “Trans Writes” panel:
Trans Writes
Sunday, July 14, 1–3 pm
St. John’s Farmers Market, 245 Freshwater Road, St. John’sOn Sunday July 14 at the St. John’s Farmer’s Market join us for an event showcasing just a few of the incredible local trans writers in our province!
Join us at 1pm for readings as well as a roundtable discussion as our authors discuss their work and the important contributions and perspectives of trans writers in both the local and global literary scene. There will be opportunities for signings and some authors’ works will be for sale. This event will coincide with the SJFM Queer Market and is sponsored by the Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour! This event is free and we encourage you to contact the organizers with any accessibility questions.
For bios of the panellists, please see the Facebook event. Many thanks to the journalist, writer and audio producer Rhea Rollmann for organizing this event. It’s an honour to participate.
