Teeth Become Weapons: Trans Grief and Rage

Our bodies, lives, and very beings are increasingly politicized.
Our stories and histories are flattened, made palatable for the sake of survival.
Our unique grief becomes increasingly buried and unheard, unshared.

Imogen Reid will guide participants in an exploration this unspoken (and spoken) grief.

What makes it unique?
What do we grieve?
How does that grief affect us?
What prevents us from engaging with that grief?
How does our grief connect us and bring us together?

Imogen Reid is the last of the feral trans women, a proud dirtbag, degenerate, and fuck up. She is a harm reduction advocate and educator, a former founding member of Communities Organizing for Harm Reduction, one of the first organized groups in Ottawa doing harm reduction before there were any safe sites. Imogen is a recovering drug addict, survivor, fighter, activist, shoplifter, parent, story teller, and the holder of the memories of her dead.

She is a visual artist, photographer, shitty punk musician, and author whose work explores themes of bodies, gender, queer desire, poverty, trauma, drugs/addiction and her own very weird life on this hell world we call home.

Check out some of her work on Instagram and at Sheer Spite Press

Agreements for participation:

We are curious, open, and respectful - We assume good will, ask questions, and allow space for different experiences and points of view

We take care of ourselves - We stretch, take a break, eat, mute for a bit, drink, use restroom, connect with a friend, rest, call it a nights, etc.

We keep confidentiality - We speak from personal experience and take home learnings while taking care not to identify anyone other than oneself.

We use inclusive language - We speak using plain language and ask clarifying questions when we aren't sure what someone means. We take effort to use gender-neutral language as appropriate.

We are all here because we want and choose to be here - We are free to leave at any time, for any reason.

We respect each other - Anyone engaging in prejudice towards another group member will be subject to immediate removal.