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June is Pride Month in Canada, a time to celebrate diversity and acknowledge the history and achievements of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. In North Bay, Pride celebrations take place in September. Take a moment to explore the educational resources and upcoming events listed below. Happy Pride, Lakers!

Upcoming CCDI Events and Webinars

• Building 2SLGBTQIA+ safety and inclusion across Canadian workplaces: A panel conversation

Pride Resources

Books

• Angry Queer Somali Boy: A complicated memoir
  by Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali (Memoir)
• NDN Coping Mechanisms: Notes from the Field
  by Billy-Ray Belcourt (Poetry)
• Theory
  by Dionne Brand (Novel)
• The Gospel of Breaking
  by Jillian Christmas (Poetry)
• Rebent Sinner
  by Ivan Coyote (Non-Fiction)
• We Have Always Been Here
  by Samra Habib (Memoir)
• Polar Vortex
  by Shani Mootoo (Novel)
• The Subtweet
  by Vivek Shraya (Novel)
• Queer Returns
  by Rinaldo Walcott (Essay Collection)
• Born Both: An Intersex Life
  by Hilda Viloria (Memoir)
• Exiled for Love: The Journey of an Iranian Queer Activist
  by Arsham Parsi (Memoir)
• Nîtisânak by Lindsay Nixon (Memoir)
• A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder
  by Ma-Nee Chacby with Mary Louisa Plummer (Autobiography)
• All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir Manifesto
  by George M. Johnson (Memoir)
• Red, White and Royal Blue
  by Casey McQuiston (Novel)
   

Videos

• What is intersectionality?
• The Urgency of Intersectionality
  TEDTalk by Kimberlé Crenshaw
• Stonewall Forever
  – A documentary about the Past, Present and Future of Pride
• NFB LGBTQ2S+ Films and Documentaries
• Intersextion
  A documentary directed by Grant Lahood and John Keir
• Scenes from a Black trans life
  TEDTalk by D-L Stewart
• Disclosure :
  A documentary directed by Sam Feder and produced by Laverne Cox

Online Resources

• Guide to Allyship
• Arquives
• LGBTQ2S+ Secretariat
• pflagcanada. Resource Page
• Pride at Work Canada
• Micropedia of Microaggressions