“A Garden of Voices and Time for Debate to Bloom” - A Queer Salon Inspired Tale

It was hot, the food was filling, and the banter and socialising were both so so spot on. The unwritten but often practiced dance of 7-degrees-of-the-rainbow was on and happening as the salon’s attendees all got to add context to who they were all sharing the room with and their worlds.

Then, it was story time…

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The 2023 Albertan Queer Affirmation Review identified the importance of empowering Queer story tellers.

Through its ways, Treaty guarantees that Two Spirit folks & others should be able to live in our cities and schools. Queer people have the grand joy that, in being true to ourselves, we make room for & affirm Treaty. The same Treaty that allows us to be our own true selves lets others do the same, and deserves empowerment. Through this, Queer spaces become magic spaces, and stories maintain that magic.

By grace and good fortune, we've gathered Queer writers and their stories. Today's story is the second of our second tranche which has brought the pilot project back to life. It helps us set a new tempo and reflects on Queer storytellers, audiences, and who stories are for. What follows comes in part from being Queer in Treaty 7.

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