De Brou Memorial History Lecture: Valerie Korinek, Western Canadian Queer Communities, 1969-1985

Join the Department of History and the History Graduate Students Committee for the 2019 De Brou Memorial History Lecture.

This year USask History Professor Valerie Korinek will discuss "The Prairies Coming Out Strong": Western Canadian Queer Communities, 1969-1985

This lecture draws upon the oral, archival and cultural documents collected for my recently published book Prairie Fairies: A History of Queen People in Western Canada, 1930-1985. “Coming Out Strong” shares histories of queer urban and rural people in the prairies. In particular, it highlights the interplay amongst the five major urban centres: Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Regina, Calgary and Edmonton. In so doing, this lecture provides a window into how prairie activists and actors created spaces for socializing, politicizing and organizing other gay and lesbian residents. Ultimately, it will illustrate how connected prairie gay and lesbian people were, how they forged networks provincially and nationally, and of the various ways that “western” versions of social, cultural and lesbian activism were proudly rooted in the prairies.

Frances Morrison Central Library, 311 23rd St East, Saskatoon.

Doors open at 6:30pm, talk begins at 7pm

See poster for more details.