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As part of the Black History Month series
QUEER BLACK HISTORY GALA
A Night of Reflection, Action & Celebration
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25
6:00-9:00pm
Thomas Lounge
Ryerson Student Centre, 55 Gould Street
Featuring a performance by TBA
SPEAKERS
Abdi Osman
Abdi Osman is a Somali-Canadian multidisciplinary artist whose work focuses on questions of black masculinity as it intersects with Muslim and queer identities. Osman’s video and photography work has been shown in Canada and internationally in both group and solo exhibitions.
Website: http://abdiosman.com/
Beverly Bain
Beverly Bain teaches in Women and Gender Studies in the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Toronto Mississauga. She has been teaching in the university environment for the past 12 years. She currently teaches and researches in the area of diasporic sexualities, black queer diasporic studies, sexual assault and violence against women, gender, colonialism, transnationalism and anti-capitalism.
Alena Peters
Alena Peters is an outspoken activist, educator, and arts facilitator born and raised “in the 6” (Toronto, CA). A founding member of Black Lives Matter Toronto, Lena was instrumental in shaping the groups’ early organizing. In addition to grassroots organizing, she has facilitated workshops and trainings on rape culture and colonialism, anti-racism, and femmephobia.
Website: http://www.lenapeters.com/
ARTISTS
Jah Grey
Jah Grey is a self-taught photographic artist primarily focused on portraiture. He began taking photos with a “point and shoot” at a young age and has kindled a love of the visuals of classical photography into a full time career. Inspired by exploring his own vulnerabilities and the vulnerabilities of those around him, Jah skillfully uses the power of his photographic images to share the deep and meaningful stories behind his subjects. Fascinated by light and how it can impact a photograph, Jah actively remains unafraid to expand himself as an artist. Jah is on a dedicated journey to live his truth and depict it through photography.