Qouleur 2014: Building Bridges with Two Spirited/LGBTQ Indigenous Peoples | Créer des liens avec des personnes bispirituelles/LGBTA autochtones

Building Bridges Between Two-Spirited/LGBTQ Indigenous and LGBTQ People of Colour & Racialized Migrant Communities / Créer des liens entre les communautés des personnes bispirituelles/LGBTQ autochtones et des personnes/migrant.e.s racisé.e.s LGBTA Centre for Gender Advocacy / Centre de lutte contre l’oppression des genres 1500, blvd de Maisonneuve Ouest, #404 Wheelchair accessible / Accessible aux chaises roulantes 2/8/2014 1 p.m. / 13h This closed workshop for those who identify as Two-Spirited and LGBTQ people of colour, indigenous folk, and racialized migrants will provide an overview of the Two-Spirited/LGBTQ Indigenous experience in North America, with a focus on the impact of settler colonialism and imperialism on attitudes towards sexual diversity within Native communities and the contemporary movement to raise awareness of and bring recognition to the important role Two-Spirited/LGBTQ Aboriginals have played in their respective nations. Discussion will then turn to ways that Two-Spirited/LGBTQ Indigenous and LGBTQ people of colour & racialized migrant communities can work together to build stronger ties and overcome the destructive legacies of settler colonialism and imperialism that still affect these communities today. Guest Speaker and Moderator / Conférencier et modérateur invité: Ben Geboe Ben Geboe is an enrolled member of the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, where he grew up, and member of the American Indian Community House in New York City. He has been active for many years in the Two Spirit Native movement, which came into LGBTQ literature in 1985 with the St. Martin's Press anthology, Living The Spirit; Gay American Indians. Ben contributed a poem and an essay titled Gay American Indians under the name Ben The Dancer. He is a founding member of the North East 2 Spirit Society in NYC, and very active in Native cultural life as a pow wow dancer, and beadworker. He is working on his PhD in Social Work at McGill School of Social Work. In English. Whisper translation provided / En anglais avec traduction chuchotée. Free admission (donations welcome) / Entrée gratuite (les dons sont les bienvenus) For childcare services during our event, please send an email to qouleur.qollective@gmail.com, specifying the number of children, age, and desired dates and times. / Pour des services de garderie pendant nos évènements, veuillez écrire à qouleur.qollective@gmail.com et mentionnez le nombre d'enfants, leur âge et les dates désirées.