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Excellent Show for the “Right to Refuge” Event!

Post author By gqrg
Post date June 3, 2012

We want to thank everyone who participated in last week’s “Right to Refuge”, a public forum on the c-31 bill. It was an amazing event!

For more information about this event, please check out the Right to Refuge organizer, Shayna Plaut’s article.

http://www.straight.com/article-700146/vancouver/shayna-plaut-forum-sfu-explores-why-bill-c31-heightens-risks-refugees

Here are some pictures of the event.

Organizer, Shayna Plaut addressing the crowd and opening the event.

right to refuge 1 — Harsha Walia, Elizabeth Csanyi, Sharalyn Jordan, Lesley Stalker, Peter Klein, Lobat Sadrehashemi

right to refuge sharalyn — Dr. Sharalyn Jordan

The Global Queer Research Group (GQRG) is a new research group initiative based at the Liu Institute for Global Issues, UBC. The purpose of the GQRG is to connect scholars, activists, and community members around research and policy issues concerning lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex communities, both locally and globally. Areas of focus within the GQRG include (but are not limited to) homophobic violence and anti-homosexual legislation, global l/g/b/t/q/ i human rights issues, the rise of “homonationalism” in western Europe and North America, transitional justice for queer communities, queer migration and asylum issues, health issues like HIV/AIDS, and representations of queer experiences and identities. Contact: globallgbtq@gmail.com