Lecture
StFX Art Gallery, Mulroney Hall, room 2002
Pink Triangle Day
Robin Metcalfe
Feb. 10, 7 pm
StFX Art Gallery, MULH 2002
Pink Triangle Day, Feb. 14, marks a pivotal moment in Canadian 2SLGBTQIA+ history, rooted in a 1979 legal victory for free expression and remembrance of Queer and Trans+ communities persecuted under Nazism.
Robin Metcalfe
Feb. 10, 7 pm
StFX Art Gallery, MULH 2002
Pink Triangle Day, Feb. 14, marks a pivotal moment in Canadian 2SLGBTQIA+ history, rooted in a 1979 legal victory for free expression and remembrance of Queer and Trans+ communities persecuted under Nazism.
Please come to hear Robin Metcalfe, creator of Pink Triangle Day, speak about the histories, resistance, and remembrance that shape this day.
Robin Metcalfe (he/him) is a writer, curator, cultural activist, and community historian of Acadian and Newfoundland ancestry, living in Sheet Harbour Passage (Weijuik) on Nova Scotia's Eastern shore. His writing has been published on four continents and in six languages. In half a century of Queer activism, mainly in Halifax, Robin has assembled one of Atlantic Canada's largest Queer archives. In 1979, on his initiative, the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Rights Coalition proclaimed February 14th a Queer holiday, Pink Triangle Day. Halifax Pride honoured him as Honorary Grand Marshall in 2010, and he is the Chair of Sheet Harbour Pride.
Light refreshments will be provided.
This talk is co-hosted by the Human Rights and Equity Office and the StFX Art Gallery.
Robin Metcalfe (he/him) is a writer, curator, cultural activist, and community historian of Acadian and Newfoundland ancestry, living in Sheet Harbour Passage (Weijuik) on Nova Scotia's Eastern shore. His writing has been published on four continents and in six languages. In half a century of Queer activism, mainly in Halifax, Robin has assembled one of Atlantic Canada's largest Queer archives. In 1979, on his initiative, the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Rights Coalition proclaimed February 14th a Queer holiday, Pink Triangle Day. Halifax Pride honoured him as Honorary Grand Marshall in 2010, and he is the Chair of Sheet Harbour Pride.
Light refreshments will be provided.
This talk is co-hosted by the Human Rights and Equity Office and the StFX Art Gallery.
For more info, see https://www.stfx.ca/art-gallery/exhibitions-events
