PETERBOROUGH PRIDE 2012
photos: Tori Silvera Peterborough Pride has been a part of the Peterborough community since 2003, when the event was officially recognized by Mayor Sylvia Sutherland. In the last 10 years the event...
View ArticlePride: In the Name of Love
By Vanita Lokanathan MD & Sheena Howard-Lokanathan RN, BScN Queer love is brave. As is any act of love that is unheeding of conventions and social expectations, and exists because it must, because...
View Article“Queer Ink Project” to promote LGBTQ youth storytelling
“If I did not define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies of me and eaten alive.” – Audre Lorde Lorde’s words speak to the idea behind The Queer Ink Project, an all...
View ArticleBreaking Down Identities
Within the queer community many terms and identities have come out. Language, I feel, is a good thing. I feel it creates inclusion and expression more than anything. Can a person really label...
View ArticleThis Queer Guy is on Fire
As a married, poly, masculine-ish mannered gay guy who regularly wears eyeliner and who performs and teaches fire spinning, Thomas Vaccaro brings a whole new meaning to the term ‘flaming.’ What do you...
View ArticleI am Queer Because…
It is a touchy subject, but it does come up in the queer community. Why are people queer? Are you born that way or are horrific events such as sexual abuse possibly the cause? I wanted the real...
View ArticleWe’re Here, We’re Queer, and You’re Invited!
It’s once more unto the breach of new school year, but don’t worry—the Trent Queer Collective (TQC) is here to fill your gender and sexuality non-conformist needs! What is the TQC some of you may ask?...
View ArticleTrent Professor Receives Grant for Study on Queer Muslims
Professor of Sociology at Trent, Dr. Momin Rahman, received a four-year Insight grant for his study, Muslim and Queer Visibility in Canada and the United States. This study will mark the first in...
View ArticleLetter to Trent Admin: Improving the Safety of Queer Students
Dear Trent Administration, As far as the work the administration has done to make Trent University a Positive Space for queer students, I appreciate what’s been accomplished. However, the faculty would...
View ArticleTQC: A history of the Trent Queer Collective
The Trent Lesbian and Gay Collective sent out their first newsletter in 1987 and did absolutely nothing till the nineties. Well not really, but this is the story the “archive” tells. Going from the...
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