QUEEN'S PRIDE PROJECT
Formed in 2008/2009, QPP was created to organize and plan Pride Week for Queen's University in Kingston Ontario. The very first Pride Week was organized in 2006/2007 by EQuIP (Education on Queer Issues Project) but as more and more events were added the queer community and their allies on campus decided that a seperate club was needed to handle such an elaborate project. Pride Week's focus is on a balance of social and educational events for the queer community and their allies at Queen's and the surrounding Kingston area. Our hope is to foster and provide a queer-positive environment for continued education of queer issues. Events are planned to cover a spectrum of issues and to reach as many people as possible - from first years to tenured professors.
2010/2011
Director: Althea Green
2011 will mark Pride Week's 5th year on campus. Queen's Pride Week is focused on bringing a balance of social and education events to the campus for the queer community, allies and surrounding Kingston area. Our hope is to foster and provide a queer-positive environment for continued education of queer issues. Events are planned to cover a spectrum of issues and to reach as many people as possible.
This year we are hoping to organize our events with the underlying theme of 'Uncensored'. Censorship is not only perpetrated against queer individuals but also by organizers within queer communities. We are hoping to bring to light this injustice and bring a voice to queer individuals who have been silenced.
While QPP realizes the controversial nature of the term 'queer', we feel it is an all-inclusive term allowing us to refer to the community which has a sexual orientation and/or gender identity that does not conform to heteronormative society. While we understand that not everyone will be supportive of this term we hope it is accepted for our purposes.
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