Queer Activism Night

Hosted by the Victoria Pride Youth Leadership Council, Queer Activism Night will bring together local speakers, activists and artists to present on and discuss the history of queer activism and current community issues.

Le VPS Youth Leadership Council vous présente une soirée qui rassemblera divers conférenciers, activistes et artistes locaux pour discuter de l’historique de l’activisme queer et de sujets d’actualité sur le plan communautaire.

There will be 4 sessions, each 35 minutes with a 10 minute intermission between each session. During the intermission there will be entertainment planned as we transition each speaker/ presenter.

Come join us as we learn and engage with pieces of our communities’ history and where we are now. This event will take place over Zoom.

Queer Activism Night is presented as part of the Victoria Pride Week Festival.

A full list of festival events can be found on the Victoria Pride website

ABOUT THE VICTORIA PRIDE WEEK FESTIVAL

Presented by the Victoria Pride Society, the Victoria Pride Week Festival provides opportunities for local LGBTQIA2S+ communities to be visible, to celebrate, to advocate and to feel connected to community.

From June 28 to July 4, the 2021 Victoria Pride Week Festival will include a variety of online events to showcase and safely connect our amazing local LGBTQIA2S+ communities while highlighting the work that still needs to be done to overcome racism, transphobia, homophobia and all other forms of discrimination.

ABOUT THE VICTORIA PRIDE YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL

The Victoria Pride Youth Leadership Council (YLC) is a group for 14-24 year-olds that meets monthly to plan youth initiatives and events that relate to the LGBTQIA2S+ community. The YLC works to foster learning opportunities, voice youth needs and inform key initiatives to make positive impacts in our communities.

To learn more, see the YLC About Page or follow their Instagram.

ABOUT THE VICTORIA PRIDE SOCIETY

Victoria Pride creates opportunities for visibility, collaboration, ongoing conversations and celebration as we work towards equity for all people of diverse gender and sexual identities.
The Victoria Pride Society acknowledges that it organizes and works on the traditional territories of the Lekwungen peoples, and that the land’s historical relationships with the Songhees, Esquimalt and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples have existed since time immemorial. Further to this acknowledgement, the Victoria Pride Society affirms that colonialism, and the attitudes and practices that have accompanied it, contributes to systemic discrimination and violence against Indigenous Peoples.