The Rainbow Railroad: a program about fleeing anti-gay persecution
As part of World Pride, please join us at the Toronto Reference Library for:
The Rainbow Railroad: Fleeing Anti-Gay Persecution
A panel discussion of LGBTQ persecution and the need for asylum rights in Canada
Kamal Al-Solaylee, associate professor and undergraduate program director at the School of Journalism, Ryerson University, former theatre critic for the Globe and Mail, and author of Intolerable: a memoir of extremes, which won'the Toronto Book Award in 2013.
Michael Battista, immigration and refugee lawyer, and chair of the Rainbow Railroad, an organization that helps LGTBQ people facing violence or threats.
Gareth Henry, member of the Rainbow Railroad and former head of the Jamaican gay and lesbian group J-Flag, who was granted asylum in Canada following a series of death threats.
Toronto Reference Library
Atrium
789 Yonge Street
Wednesday June 4, 2014
7 PM
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