Queer People Belong in Our Governments: It Can Be Done - Michael Smith affirms

At a Salon of Queer storytellers in Calgary, where the Elbow meets the Bow, the question arose, "Should Queer youth bother with politics if governments can't seem to accept them?" And Michael answered, "It can be done...

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Last year, The 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 line 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. Through this, Queer spaces become magic spaces, and stories maintain that magic. By grace and good fortune, we've raised enough to gather Queer writers and promote their stories. This story does that in its own way; what follows comes from being Queer in Treaty 7.

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