Reclaiming Valentine's Day
For the second year the Consent Comes First Office works with artist Karen Campos Castillo to create valentine that reclaimed to celebrate our relationship with ourselves, our communities, our friends and our movements. It’s a day that too often is dominated by heterosexual love stories, leaving out many people including myself. Here are a couple of my favorites.
For the second year, the Consent Comes First Office works with artist Karen Campos Castillo to create a valentine that reclaimed to celebrate our relationship with ourselves, our communities, our friends and our movements. The previous Queer Valentines project by Vivek Shraya at the George Brown equity office inspires our project.
Valentine's day is too often dominated by heterosexual love stories, leaving out many people, including myself. Here are a couple of my favourites.
Dissent in the Streets, Consent in the Streets - was inspired by a sign I saw at the Women's March in Toronto. Justice
This past year there was so much conversation about sexual violence as if it was the first time a movement had been born. I asked Karen to create a Valentine that celebrated people who have done the work since forever like Anita Hill as well as Tarana Burke along with Terry Crews who is new to the convesation but whose voice is vital.
On Valentines we often celebrate new loves, new relationships. We want to make sure that we remember than being trans is not a new idea and that there is no “too old” or “too young” to be trans or to transition.
