Trans Book Club, Exploring Trans Culture

Exploring Trans Culture: A moderated book talk with Dr. Marty Fink that explores Kai Cheng Thom’s work.

Dr. Marty Fink teaches CMN 230 Trans Studies and Communication (offered in W23). Their work includes Forget Burial: HIV Kinship, Disability, and Queer/Trans Narratives of Care and multiple journal articles (external link)  in the areas of gender and feminist studies.

Kai Cheng Thom is a writer, performance artist, and community healer in Toronto. She is the author of the novel Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir Metonymy Press), the essay collection I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes at the End of the World (an American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book), the poetry collection a place called No Homeland (an American Library Association Stonewall Honor Book in 2018), and the children's picture books From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea, illustrated by Kai Yun Ching and Wai-Yant Li, and For Laika, the Dog Who Learned the Names of the Stars, illustrated by Kai Yun Ching. Kai Cheng won the Writers' Trust of Canada's Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers in 2017.

This event is sponsored by Positive Space, the Schools of Professional Communication and Journalism at the Creative School, and the Creative School Dean’s office. 

The event is hosted by the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching. 

This is an on-campus event. While not required by the return to campus policy, attendees wearing a face mask and keeping physical distance are welcome and will be accommodated. If you are feeling unwell or experiencing any symptoms of COVID-19, we ask that you please stay home.