In honour of Trans Day of Remembrance, Women's and Gender Studies in the School of Social Work presents
in partnership with the Office of Human Rights, Equity, and Accessibility and the Office of Sexual Violence Prevention, Resistance, and Support
TRANScending Love: Rings & Tingz
with
Tatiana Ferguson, co-founder of the Black Queer Youth Collective (BQYC)
and
Vanessa Carter, consultant and Trans advocate
Thursday, November 17, 2022
10:00 am - 11:15am
via Zoom Webinar (pre-registration is required)
This event is free and open to the public. Live captioning will be provided.
TRANScending Love: Rings & Tingz is a community-led project that examined the experiences of African, Caribbean, and Black Transwomen in Canada when dating and in pursuit of long-term relationships. The project builds on TRANScending Love: T-Love, an arts-based workshop designed to address self acceptance and Intersectional stigma among Transgender Women of Color in Toronto. Unlike the TRANScending Love: T-Love which focused on Transwomen of Color in Toronto, TRANScending Love: Rings & Tingz engaged Black Transwomen across Canada to explore key motivators for Transwomen who are Single, Dating, or Married. Tatiana will be sharing findings from the project including insights about the research design, outreach strategy, and themes that emerged at the upcoming event. To learn more about the project, feel free to check out the podcast episode on the TRANScending Love: Rings & Tingz.
Bios:
- Black Queer Youth Collective website https://www.blackqueeryouthcollective.org/
- Queer and Trans Research Lab site https://sds.utoronto.ca/queer-and-trans-research-lab/
- QTCast https://sds.utoronto.ca/qtcast/
- Toronto For All: Trans Youth of Color campaign - https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/get-involved/community/toronto-for-all/transphobia/
- Toronto Action Plan to Confront Anti-Black Racism - https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2017/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-109127.pdf
- Trans PULSE Canada - https://transpulsecanada.ca/