The main speaker is Waawaate Fobister
Waawaate Fobister is Anishnaabe from Grassy Narrows, he's an actor and play write whose debut work, Agokwe won 6 Dora Awards in 2009. He's about to start rehearsals for a much anticipated remount. Waawaate Identifies as two spirit and as gay as well as a storyteller. He is the first university graduate in his family, and an amazingly accomplished 25 year old.
For more about Waawaate, check out the following:
He gave a TED talk about telling personal stories - you can see it at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg0pLrCZjRo
Xtra! (as well as the Globe and Mail, Now and Metro) wrote about Agokwe, you can read the article here: http://www.xtra.ca/public/Toronto/On_stage_Agokwe-5547.aspx
Some of the workshops this year are:
• Art as Activist with fabric artist and queer mum Shira Spector
• Hear Me! Spoken Word Poetry with queer poet Tanya Neumeyer
• People First: Trans Identities with Rosalyn Forrester
• Healthy Relationships and Sexual Violence with SAVIS
• Roaming About the Middle: Things other than Gay and Straight with Susan Tarshis
• Straight Allies on tour with Davis Hein and Irene Sankoff
