Virtual QUOM: Express Yourself!

Settler colonizers that arrived to North America in the 1500s brought disease, conflict and famine to Indigenous nations. They also brought their cultural ideologies of the gender binary and white supremacy. The gender binary is the belief that all people can be categorized strictly as either man or woman. White supremacy is the normalized belief that whiteness is superior and the baseline for what is considered to be ‘human’. These ideologies remain today in our institutions and in our interpersonal interactions to police and control the ways we relate to gender, expression and our communities. Due to the ways these ideologies converge, being racialized AND queer and/or trans is directly resisting white gendered ideology. We wish to provide a space to gather to share the ways that gender presentation and expression can bring us joy! We have prioritized compensating QTBIPOC contributors and have selected Roots & Wings Kingston for our organization to donate to again this year. To learn more about Roots & Wings Kingston visit their Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/rootsandwingsktown/

This event is created for you to express yourself the way that brings you and your gender joy. This event is for radical gender euphoria. This event is literally for you to genderfuck. And we will be doing just that. Dress up for QUOM with your most extra ensemble yet. Choose something that feels good to you and brings you gender euphoria. Event Itinerary: 8:00pm: Arrivals & DJ Lounge 8:10pm: Opening Remarks 8:20pm: Rotating Rooms (Games Room, DJ Dance Room, Chill Room, Photo-booth) 8:40pm: Drag Performance #1 9:00pm: Intermission Break 9:10pm: Crowning of Queer Prom Royalty 9:20pm: Drag Performance #2 9:40pm: Rotating Rooms (Games Room, DJ Dance Room, Chill Room, Photo-booth) 10:00pm: QTBIPOC Afterparty! If you have questions or concerns and have not expressed them in this form you are welcome to email one of our organizers. Jenna Huys:

16jeh5@queensu.ca