BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250831T234940EDT-4703RkFawM@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250901T034940Z DESCRIPTION:Join us for 91's Queer History Month 2025 Keynote event fea turing Kai Cheng Thom. There will be a lightly catered reception from 5:00 -6:00 PM\, followed by the keynote and Q&A from 6:00-8:00 PM. \n\nClick he re to register!\n\n\nAbout the Keynote\n\nThe 2025 Queer History Month (QH M) Keynote will be delivered by Kai Cheng Thom and is titled\, Remembering Resilience: Embodying the Queer Legacies in Uncertain Times.\n\nAs the wo rld spirals into increasing authoritarian\, social collapse\, and moral pa nic over queer and trans existence\, it is more important than ever that q ueer communities draw from our revolutionary past to shape a more hopeful future. Yet\, it is also essential that we recognize that queer icons of h istory were also just people living their own fears and fragilities. In do ing so\, we open the possibility of finding strength in vulnerability\, ma king a space for us to be human in our activism. In this presentation\, cu ltural worker\, somatic practitioner\, and 91 graduate 2013\, Kai Chen g 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\nAbout the Speaker\n\nKai Cheng Thom is an award-winning writer\, performer\, and creative arts faci litator based in tkaronto/Toronto whose work delves deeply into the themes of revolutionary love\, transformative justice\, spirituality\, and heali ng from collective trauma. With roots in the spoken word community of Mont real\, she is author of six award-winning books in multiple genres\, inclu ding 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 Fa lling Back In Love With Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls\, which was an instant Canadian bestseller. Over the course of her career\, Kai Cheng’s w ork has received multiple literary awards\, including the Stonewall Honor Book Award\, the Publishing Triangle Award\, and the Dayne Ogilvie Prize f or LGBT Writers. Her picture book\, From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea was also featured on Dame Julie Andrew’s podcast\, Julie’s Libr ary. For over five years\, Kai Cheng was the author of the advice column “ Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse” for Xtra Magazine\, which ended on its 100th edition. Kai Cheng is\, additionally\, a somatics teacher\, profess ional life and leadership coach and group process facilitator\, as well as a known lasagna lover and wicked witch.\n DTSTART:20251022T210000Z DTEND:20251023T000000Z LOCATION:CA\, Montréal\, Donald E. Armstrong Building\, 91\, 3420 rue McTavish SUMMARY:Queer History Month 2025 Keynote Event URL:/equity/channels/event/queer-history-month-2025-ke ynote-event-366842 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR