Stories: 2SLGBTQ+

Slipping Into the Shadows: Boxing, Affect, and Healing Justice’ Published in ‘Trans Athletes’ Resistance

Slipping Into the Shadows: Boxing, Affect, and Healing Justice’ Published in ‘Trans Athletes’ Resistance

New Publication on Sex Work and Data Privacy in Queer Data Studies

New Publication on Sex Work and Data Privacy in Queer Data Studies

Reuniting Black LGBTQ+ People and African-Centered Thought

Reuniting Black LGBTQ+ People and African-Centered Thought

Carleton Community Shows Its Pride

Carleton Community Shows Its Pride

Colourfully dressed and slathered in SPF, Carleton students, staff and faculty moved through the sunny streets of downtown Ottawa as part of the 2023 Capital Pride Parade on Aug. 27. Drawing thousands of spectators, this... More

Screening Cinema’s First Nasty Women

Screening Cinema’s First Nasty Women

Remembering Queer and Trans Ancestors

Remembering Queer and Trans Ancestors

Every June, as I am surrounded by the sudden influx of pride flags and rainbows that are gone just as quickly by the end of the month, I like to take some time to think... More

Carleton’s Engiqueers Reframe a Sense of Community

Carleton’s Engiqueers Reframe a Sense of Community

Just like family. That’s how Dilsha Appu-Hennadi describes the community of peers involved in Carleton University’s Engiqueers (CUE) society for LGBTQ+ engineering students. “It was the first group that helped me personally step my toes... More

Emme Reynolds Featured in Mastercard’s True Name Campaign

Emme Reynolds Featured in Mastercard’s True Name Campaign

Emme Reynolds, communications officer for Carleton’s MacOdrum Library was recently featured in Mastercard’s True Name campaign, promoting the company’s new feature that provides transgender and nonbinary people in Canada with a reflective ID, without requiring... More

Celebrating Pride Month: Reconnecting with Roots of Movement

Celebrating Pride Month: Reconnecting with Roots of Movement

Pride is a space for 2SLGBTQ+ folks to connect with friends and allies, resources and organizations, and other forms of support. It can make some people feel less isolated and it can give them a... More

Celebrating Pride Month: Benny Michaud Leads Centre for Indigenous Support and Community Engagement

Celebrating Pride Month: Benny Michaud Leads Centre for Indigenous Support and Community Engagement

Benny Michaud is a proud Michif (Métis) eagle clan person from St. Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba. In the Michif language their traditional name is kaa-natawiyiweet dans la sud oschi, which means Medicine Person from the South,... More

Celebrating Pride Month: Dan Irving’s Research on Inclusion

Celebrating Pride Month: Dan Irving’s Research on Inclusion

Although he still considers Pride important, Carleton Prof. Dan Irving’s relationship to the annual event has shifted over time. “When I first came out as queer and trans, and had begun my transition, the event... More

Celebrating Pride Month: Creating a Safe Community

Celebrating Pride Month: Creating a Safe Community

As a queer parent who manages mental health issues, Mike Reynolds is on a personal journey of growth and learning. They believe strongly in sharing that life experience, so others can learn as Reynolds does,... More