Marvellous Grounds Queer of Colour Histories of Toronto

Jin Haritaworn (Editor); Ghaida Moussa (Editor); Syrus Marcus Ware (Editor)

$19.95

Publisher: Between the Lines
Format: Book
Binding: pb
Pages: 272
Released: October 30, 2018
ISBN-13: 9781771133647

Toronto has long been a place that people of colour move to in order to join queer of colour communities. Yet the city’s rich history of activism by queer and trans people who are Black, Indigenous, or of colour (QTBIPOC) remains largely unwritten and unarchived. While QTBIPOC have a long and visible presence in the city, they always appear as newcomers in queer urban maps and archives in which white queers appear as the only historical subjects imaginable.

The first collection of its kind to feature the art, activism, and writings of QTBIPOC in Toronto, Marvellous Grounds tells the stories that have shaped Toronto’s landscape but are frequently forgotten or erased. Responding to an unmistakable desire in QTBIPOC communities for history and lineage, this rich volume allows us to imagine new ancestors and new futures.

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