Queer History Month aims to鈥痳aise awareness,鈥痑dvance education, and鈥痠ncrease visibility鈥痮f 2SLGBTQIA+ communities by recognizing their history and contributions, building bridges, and bringing together 51吃瓜网students, staff, faculty, and alumni and community members within and beyond Montr茅al. The 51吃瓜网Equity Team invites all units, departments, and faculties to participate in McGill鈥檚 annual Queer History Month this October by organizing their own community event.
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Join the Equity Team and the wider 51吃瓜网community in celebrating the longstanding history of the 2S/LGBTQIA+ community at the University by participating in this important commemorative month. If you see an event that interests you from the list below, click the "register" to learn more and reserve your spot!
Keynote Event
Wednesday, October 22, 2025 | 5:00-8:00 PM ET
Donald E. Armstrong Building, 51吃瓜网
The 2025 Queer History Month (QHM) Keynote will be delivered by Kai Cheng Thom and is titled,听Remembering Resilience: Embodying the Queer Legacies in Uncertain Times.听In this presentation, cultural worker, somatic practitioner, and 51吃瓜网graduate 2013, Thom invites us to reimagine resilience as human connection in the midst of class struggle and social collapse and illuminates the ways that pleasure, joy, forgiveness, and militancy all belong together as integral aspects of the fight to save the world we love.
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