QUEERING BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS BACK FOR ITS FOURTH YEAR!!

Friends! Comrades!

We are very excited by the 4th Annual Queering Black History Month event on Friday February 28th, 2014! We are delighted to invite you to this evening of queer black history, wine and fabulous food.

We have a very special guest this year from the United States who will be sharing space with some incredible Toronto-based activists and academics.

As always, Queering Black History Month aspires to re-insert the lives, experiences and achievements of queer and trans African, Black and Caribbean people. Its a time for us to reflect, celebrate, honour and complicate all the magic that is cultivated in our various communities.

I hope all of you will join us again for an even bigger event this year! Entertainment will be announced soon, courtesy of the fabulous folks at Write On! Open Mic Nite Series.

You wont want to miss this incredible coming together! It promises to be a quite extraordinary evening!

THE DETAILS:

Date: Friday February 28, 2014

Reception: 5:30 pm

Panel: 6:30 pm

Location:

The event will be taking place at Ryerson's Students' Union Centre at 55 Gould St. The Corner of Church and Gould St in Rm 115.

This year we are proud to present the following speakers:

Mia McKenzie - of blackgirldangerous.org

janaya khan - community organizer, social justice educator, boxer and cyborg

Monica Forrester - Transgender Woman of Colour, community organizer, sex worker activist

Christopher Smith - Completing his PhD at UofT, examining black queer diasporic formations through cultural history of Black Pride events.

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The space is wheel-chair accessible.

This event is organized by the Ryerson Students' Union, Rodney Diverlus and Lali Mohamed

For more information, contact RSU VP Equity, Rajean Hoilett, vp.equity@rsuonline.ca

For media inquiries, contact Lali Mohamed, lali.moham@gmail.com

Many thanks to XTRA! for their generous media sponsorship and Christopher Cushman for the logo.