Calgary Queer History and The University of Calgary

Driven by his curiosity about a hidden social-cultural past within Calgary, Kevin Allen has been researching the lives and gathering spots for GLBT people in Calgary’s post-war period. In the 1950s and 60s, queers were widely deemed to be mentally ill and often treated as criminals by society. Kevin Allen explores how a growing social and political community with support from key institutions such as the University of Calgary played a strategic role in queer emancipation. Kevin Allen has been documenting and profiling queer people and events for 20 years through freelance writing and editing for various queer publications including: Clue! Magazine, QC Magazine, Xtra! West, and Xtra.ca. He is a career arts administrator and currently the Executive Director of the Alberta Media Arts Alliance (AMAAS). Current sponsors for the Calgary Queer History Project are Calgary Outlink Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity and the Alberta Historical Resources Foundation. Tickets: Free and Open to the Public More info: http://www.ucalgary.ca/gender/

Location:

Social Sciences Building – Room 623

Speaker:

A co-presentation of the Institute for Gender Research and the Department of History

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/calgary-queer-history-and-university-calgary