Friday was my first night in Montreal for the Edgy women Festival. The subtleties of the piece were lost on me my French is terrible but I was captivated by the movements and the mannerisms of the company.
From the Edgy website:. A clever and quirky deconstruction of the prejudices associated with erotic dancing, a most marginal practice in the field of performing arts. I was lucky to get a bit of on-the-spot translation and glean a great deal through discussions after the performance. The cleaver writing and candid analogies between postmodern performance art and the sex industry impressed the audience. I was lucky to be introduced to the performers after the piece and I look forward to following the work!
For a much better description of the performance see this blog post! My name is Kris Grey. I am an artist, activist, educator, entertainer and I also happen to be transgender. And so it is with personal and deep sincerity that I thank you for being here with me to mark the 13 th annual International Transgender Day of Remembrance.
Earlier we heard from members of our community, each reading out the name of an individual who we have lost this year due to anti-transgender hatred and violence. But violence is just the most direct evidence of a wider social problem. This year the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force together with the National Center for Transgender Equality published the only and most comprehensive survey of transgender and gender non-conforming individuals in the United States.
Injustice at Every Turn shines a light on the way systematic and institutional discrimination touches every part of transgender life in America. Gender non-conforming individuals experience discrimination at home, in school, in the housing market, on the job, in our medical system, by the police, the prison industrial complex, and in public accommodations.
