{"id":21661,"date":"2021-08-27T11:25:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T15:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/?p=21661"},"modified":"2024-07-03T19:49:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T23:49:57","slug":"tonight-we-still-demand-the-past-present-and-future-of-2slgbtqia-activism-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/2021\/tonight-we-still-demand-the-past-present-and-future-of-2slgbtqia-activism-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Tonight: We Still Demand: The Past, Present, and Future of 2SLGBTQIA+ Activism Event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Tonight: We Still Demand: The Past, Present, and Future of 2SLGBTQIA+ Activism Event\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<article role=\"article\">The Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity (CCGSD) is hosting an amazing event Friday August 27th at 1pm ET titled \u201cWE STILL DEMAND: THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF 2SLGBTQIA+ ACTIVISM\u201d with support of the Anti-69 Network, Fredericton Pride, and activist scholars Tom Hooper, Gary Kinsman, and IIS faculty member <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/iis\/people\/patrizia-gentile\/\">Patrizia Gentile<\/a>. The event remembers one of Canada\u2019s first 2SLGBTQIA+ rights protests, \u201cWe Demand,\u201d on its 50th anniversary. Speakers will discuss their own work and historical context, demands, and silences to provoke discussions of queer resistance and commemoration.<p><\/p>\n<p>Speakers include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Laura Hall<\/li>\n<li>River Rossi<\/li>\n<li>Gary Kinsman<\/li>\n<li>R. Cassandra Lord<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please register at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/we-still-demand-the-past-present-and-future-of-2slgbtqia-activism-tickets-166049559703\">We Still Demand: The Past, Present, and Future of 2SLGBTQIA+ Activism Tickets, Fri, 27 Aug 2021 at 1:00 PM | Eventbrite<\/a><\/p>\n<\/article>\n\n\n\n<p>The event was also featured on CBC Radio: <a id=\"LPUrlAnchor529690\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/listen\/live-radio\/1-100-ottawa-morning\/clip\/15862885-we-still-demand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">We Still Demand | Ottawa Morning with Robyn Bresnahan | Live Radio | CBC Listen.<\/a> The 50th anniversary of the first large scale demonstration for gay rights in Canada, We Demand. Here is the interview Emma gave with the CBC this morning about the event happening today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/iis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/WE-STILL-DEMAND.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6323\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity (CCGSD) is hosting an amazing event Friday August 27th at 1pm ET titled \u201cWE STILL DEMAND: THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF 2SLGBTQIA+ ACTIVISM\u201d with support of the Anti-69 Network, Fredericton Pride, and activist scholars Tom Hooper, Gary Kinsman, and IIS faculty member Patrizia Gentile. 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