Just finished an interview with Max from Bricks & Glitter, a radical queer community arts festival based in Toronto focused on “celebrating two-spirit, trans and queer talent, ingenuity, caring, anger, and abundance.” Listen for it on Talking Radical Radio in a few weeks!
The latest collection from master storyteller Ivan Coyote. Charming. Thoughtful. A great mix of heavy and light, grief-laden and joyful. The same wise, compassionate insight into life in general and into gender in particular. This collection seemed to have more very short pieces than I remember from those I’ve read in the past. Which is …
By Toronto-based writer and performer Kai Cheng Thom. Essays interspersed with poems. Smart. Thoughtful. Challenging. Names not just the violence of the mainstream but its more insidious correlates within communities that style themselves as being of marginalized belonging and/or of resistance. Less ornate in its writing than I for some reason (perhaps because the author …
Mayson Fulk works in manufacturing in London, Ontario, and is a member of the United Steelworkers. Among other roles, he serves as their trans liaison for District 6, which covers all of Canada. Scott Neigh interviews him about what unions can do to stand up for trans workers. An important step in the journey of …
Just finished my third and final interview of the week. On Tuesday, I talked with Sharon Fortney, Curator of Indigenous Collections and Engagement at the Museum of Vancouver, about a show they have going on called Acts of Resistance. Still a bit uncertain about when and how I’ll use that interview — I will be …
Frédérique Chabot is the director of the health promotion program for Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights and Natalya Mason is a sexual health educator and a registered social worker who works for Saskatoon Sexual Health. Scott Neigh interviews them about this year’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Week campaign, about comprehensive sexuality education …
Thank-you to Frédérique and Natalya for the Talking Radical Radio interview just now about this year’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Week campaign. Listen in a couple of weeks to hear us talk about sex ed as not just a health intervention but also a justice intervention!
Imtiaz Popat is a therapeutic counsellor in Vancouver. He is also the coordinator of the local chapter of Salaam: Queer Muslim Community, and he has played a central role in the Two-Spirit and LGBT People of Colour Alliance and the Coalition Against Bigotry – Pacific. Scott Neigh interviews him about his extensive work against oppression …
Jessi Taylor is a member of Reproductive Justice New Brunswick and a spokesperson for the campaign to Save Clinic 554. The clinic is a family medicine practice in New Brunswick that is one of the few places in the province where people can receive abortion services, trans care, and a range of specialized care for …
Kaeden Seburn is a Bachelor of Social Work student at Carleton University and a community organizer and advocate. Jay Burns is a high school student currently finishing Grade 12. Both are active members of SAEFTY Ottawa, a group run by and for trans and gender-diverse youth. Scott Neigh interviews them about SAEFTY and about the …