Intersections of Queer: Call For Facilitators
Call for Facilitators: Intersections of Queer Symposium
A Collaboration between the Alberta Public Interest Research Group, the Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services and the Edmonton Pride Festival Society
Arts Based Research Studio, University of Alberta
Deadline for submissions February 5, 2014
None of us are solely gay, straight, lesbian, bisexual, queer or transgender. We all occupy a multitude of social positions in the world, and this complexity informs and transforms our experiences of gender and sexuality. In seeking to build communities, spaces and places for LGBTQ* people, it is these places of intersection, of transformative complexity, that must guide our practices, our explorations and our learning.
With this intention, the Intersections of Queer Symposium is an attempt to create spaces for critical engagement with the complexities of LGBTQ* experiences, bodies, identities and communities. Based on a structural engagement with the intersections of queer identity, our goal is to support a series of workshops, discussions and facilitated spaces that share knowledge and facilitate collaborative learning around issues of race, class, ability, gender, mental health, spirituality, ethnicity, indigeneity, and citizenship in relation to queerness.
We are actively seeking individuals who are interested in facilitating sessions around these intersections of LGBTQ*. Importantly, we encourage creative approaches to learning and connecting including popular education models, arts-based practices (dance, theatre, visual arts, spoken word, and poetry) and facilitated discussions that value the experiences and knowledges of all participants. Honouraria will be provided to session facilitators.
Possible areas of engagement for workshops:
How do we build communities that create spaces for the complexity of each of our experiences beyond simply LGBTQ*?
Who are marginalized within dominant LGBTQ* communities and conversations and what are the implications of these exclusions?
What would LGBTQ* organizing and activism look like if it was to move towards a meaningful engagement with intersections?
What dominant forms of oppression operate within LGBTQ* communities? How might we go about recognizing them in meaningful and active ways?
What is the role of creativity, joy, play and desire in intersectional, complex LGBTQ* communities?
What are useful tools and practices for exposing, examining and changing inequalities within LGBTQ* communities?
If you are interested in facilitating a workshop/discussion/space during this two-day symposium (Workshops will be held March 5th – 6th, 2:30 - 8:30pm) please contact daley (outreach coordinator at APIRG) at [email protected] with the following information:
Name and contact information (email & phone)
Type of workshop/space/discussion you are wanting to facilitate
How your workshop relates to the topic of intersections of LGBTQ and the goals of the Intersections of Queer Symposium [Approximately 150 – 200 words]
Any support/resources/supplies you will need
The length of your workshop/space
Any accessibility needs/wants that you have
Please indicate your availability during March 5th and March 6th
Please be in contact by February 5, 2014.
Any further questions or concerns feel free to contact daley at 780-492-0614.
APIRG is located on Indigenous Territories and explicitly acknowledges that as we work towards identifying, challenging, and addressing intersections of oppression, it is critical to confront the ongoing practices of colonization of indigenous peoples and the land on which we live.
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