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We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Queer Ontario Think Tank — an online publication space dedicated to the promotion of works that articulate the needs and experiences of LGBTQ* individuals; and/or that challenge the laws, the institutional practices, and the social norms that regulate us.
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What We Are Looking For
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We are looking for individuals to submit works in any medium that address one or more of the themes above. These can be anything from essays, articles, stories, and poems, to images, video, and music (among other new, traditional, or multimedia formats).
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The works need not be aligned with Queer Ontario’s official positions or policies, but they should reflect our anti-oppressive, sex-positive, and/or liberationist principles.
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Lastly, given the very real risks associated with outing oneself publicly — especially when it involves a sensitive issue or a less accepting community — we will be open to receiving works that make use of a pseudonym, or that are sent to us anonymously.

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Deadlines
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The first set of works will be published in July of 2012. Therefore,
the soft deadline for July consideration is Friday, April 20, 2012.
The absolute last day to submit work for July consideration is
Friday, May 25, 2012.
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You are free to submit works after the deadline, which will be considered for our next publication cycle in October.
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Works will be reviewed and selected by the Think Tank Editorial Committee, which is made up of Queer Ontario volunteers.
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For More Information…
(Note that the links below do not make use of the “www.”)
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To head over to the Think Tank website,
please visit thinktank.queerontario.org
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For instructions on how to submit work,
please visit thinktank.queerontario.org/submissions
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To read the Think Tank’s editorial guidelines,
please visit thinktank.queerontario.org/editorial
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For a list of our issues of interest,
please visit queerontario.org/issues
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For all other questions or comments,
please email us at info@queerontario.org
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Sincerely,
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The Queer Ontario Steering Committee
www.queerontario.org
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Notes:
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* “LGBTQ” is used here to refer to individuals who are marginalized because of their sex, gender, sexuality, relationships, and/or way of life. This includes, but is not limited to: individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transsexual, transgender, genderqueer, agender, two-spirited, cross-dressing, intersexed, neutrois, asexual, pansexual, polyamorous, and/or kinky.
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We know that forms of oppression based on sex, gender, sexuality, relationships, and/or way of life cannot be seen in isolation from other forms of oppression, so we encourage their joint articulation as well.
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* If you are interested in participating in the Think Tank Editorial Committee, then please email us at info@queerontario.org with your name, a brief introduction, and the subject line “Think Tank Editorial Committee.”
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This just in:
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Susan Gapka of the Trans Lobby Group has just informed us that NDP MPP Cheri DiNovo will re-introduce Toby’s Act to include ‘gender identity’ and ‘gender expression’ as prohibited grounds for discrimination in the Ontario Human Rights Code. This will happen on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at approximately 3:00 pm.
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We encourage all available members to visit the public gallery at Queen’s Park to join the Trans Lobby Group and show their support for the Bill.
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Stay connected for further details on how you can support these efforts to have gender identity and gender expression written into the Ontario Human Rights Code.
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With thanks,
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The Queer Ontario Steering Committee
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The following link is a presentation on the development of queer liberation as a theory partially based on Queer Ontario’s Queer Liberation Theory Project, as delivered by Nick Mulé, Queer Ontario’s Chairperson, at the “After Homosexual: The Legacies of Gay Liberation” Conference in Melbourne, Australia. The conference was held to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of Dennis Altman’s seminal 1972 book, Homosexual: Oppression and Liberation.

Resistance-and-Resurgence.pptx
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