BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251006T132847EDT-7077P6h2Sv@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20251006T172847Z DESCRIPTION:Remembering Resilience: Embodying the Queer Legacies in Uncerta in Times\n\nPlease register by October 10th\, 2025\n \n As the world spirals into increasing authoritarian\, social collapse\, and moral panic over qu eer and trans existence\, it is more important than ever that queer commun ities draw from our revolutionary past to shape a more hopeful future. Yet \, it is also essential that we recognize that queer icons of history were also just people living their own fears and fragilities. In doing so\, we open the possibility of finding strength in vulnerability\, making a spac e for us to be human in our activism. In this presentation\, cultural work er\, somatic practitioner\, and ɬ﷬ graduate 2013\, Kai Cheng Thom invi tes us to reimagine resilience as human connection in the midst of class s truggle and social collapse and illuminates the ways that pleasure\, joy\, forgiveness\, and militancy all belong together as integral aspects of th e fight to save the world we love. \n\nThe 2025 Queer History Month (QHM) Keynote will be delivered by Kai Cheng Thom and is titled\, Remembering Re silience: Embodying the Queer Legacies in Uncertain Times. In this present ation\, cultural worker\, somatic practitioner\, and ɬ﷬ graduate 2013\ , Thom invites us to reimagine resilience as human connection in the midst of class struggle and social collapse and illuminates the ways that pleas ure\, joy\, forgiveness\, and militancy all belong together as integral as pects of the fight to save the world we love.\n\nKai Cheng Thom is an awar d-winning writer\, performer\, and creative arts facilitator based in tkar onto/Toronto whose work delves deeply into the themes of revolutionary lov e\, transformative justice\, spirituality\, and healing from collective tr auma. With roots in the spoken word community of Montreal\, she is author of six award-winning books in multiple genres\, including the novel Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir\, the essay collection I HOPE WE CHOOSE LOVE: A Trans Girl’s Notes From the End of the World\, and the non-fiction collection Falling Back In Love Wi th Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls\, which was an instant Canadian best seller. Over the course of her career\, Kai Cheng’s work has received mult iple literary awards\, including the Stonewall Honor Book Award\, the Publ ishing Triangle Award\, and the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBT Writers. Her picture book\, From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea was also f eatured on Dame Julie Andrew’s podcast\, Julie’s Library. For over five ye ars\, Kai Cheng was the author of the advice column “Ask Kai: Advice for t he Apocalypse” for Xtra Magazine\, which ended on its 100th edition. Kai C heng is\, additionally\, a somatics teacher\, professional life and leader ship coach and group process facilitator\, as well as a known lasagna love r and wicked witch.\n DTSTART:20251022T210000Z DTEND:20251023T000000Z LOCATION:Room 365/370\, Donald E. Armstrong Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 3L1\, 3420 rue McTavish SUMMARY:The ɬ﷬ Equity Team presents Queer History Month 2025 - Keynote Event with Kai Cheng Thom URL:/igsf/channels/event/mcgill-equity-team-presents-q ueer-history-month-2025-keynote-event-kai-cheng-thom-368125 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR