Putting Montreal trans landmarks on the bike map
QUEBEC / Bike tour highlights intersections of trans identity
DeAnne Smith / Montreal / Wednesday, September 23, 2009
http://www.xtra.ca/public/Montreal/Putting_Montreal_trans_landmarks_on_the_bike_map-7515.aspxOn Sep 24, The 2110 Centre for Gender Advocacy is sponsoring a bike tour.
Instead of heading to the usual tourist traps, though, organizers Kate Lamothe and Telyn Kusalik will lead cyclists to locations around Montreal that are, or have been, important to the trans community. The idea is to raise awareness about the past and present struggles that trans people face and to highlight the intersections of trans identity with sex work, poverty, seropositivity and queerness.
"With this tour," says Lamothe, "we're trying to really make people think about how institutions can directly influence people's lives and how changing policies within institutions can have a drastic affect on the lives of trans people."
