
LitFest Presents: Vivek Shraya: I'm Afraid Of Men
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With raw honesty, author Vivek Shraya delivers an important record of the cumulative damage caused by misogyny, homophobia, and transphobia, in turn releasing trauma from a body that has always refused to assimilate. Her latest book explores how masculinity was imposed on her as a boy and continues to haunt her as a girl—and how we might reimagine gender for the 21st century. I’m Afraid of Men is a journey from camouflage to a riot of colour, and a blueprint for how we might cherish all that makes us different and conquer all that makes us afraid.
Featuring a special guest performance of "waýawîstamâso", Cree translation "s/he goes to the bathroom". A piece choreographed by Sean Giroux with dancers Ayla Modeste and Sean Giroux, music by Jim Moore. It is an exploration through dance of the awkwardness of a transgender having to use a public washroom.
Tickets available online until two hours prior to presentation. Single tickets at the door are $15.
Metro Cinema has partial wheelchair accessibility: only the auditorium is accessible, via the alley.