A conversation on cancel culture and transformative justice w/ Liminal

This third edition of a kind further tackles the question of the community inside cancel culture. As minorities, how do we act to help and preserve our community and siblings? Convinced that each voice has its importance in a process of cancel culture, this open talk tries to imagine possible solutions to turn that process into transformative justice.

Tonight's guests and moderator want to build a space where we can horizontally speak all together, with things to say, to share and to rethink. Let's reinforce our LGBTQIA+ communities by thinking about our own place, own power and own capacity for taking care.

TRANS AND QUEER PEOPLE TO THE FRONT. ALLIES WELCOME.

about

Raoul Rul is an activist, author and videographer. For more than ten years, he has been actively involved in various LGBTI+ movements and organisations in Brussels. He regularly contributes to conferences, debates and events, notably for the Pinkscreens and Homografia festivals. He also runs the YouTube channel for the Météores bookshop in Brussels. His research focuses on queer heritage, sexual imperialism and manifestations of queer liberalism.

Guest Olave (she/her), born in Burundi and raised in the diaspora, is a Black trans woman who writes. She has made literary contributions to Zwart-Afro-europese literatuur uit de Lage Landen (2018), De Goede Immigrant (2020), and Being Imposed Upon (2020). Additionally, she has published several times in De Standaard, OneWorld Magazine, and NRC Handelsblad. Her writing career so far has been characterized by short-term projects (columns, articles, literary contributions to anthologies, readings, etc.). She aims to break away from this pattern in the coming years and focus on two major projects: a play (working title Een Bubbel van Vijf) and a novel about dying.

Moderator Baxter M. Halter is a performer, music composer, occasional DJ, writer, and videast. Through their work, they research important concepts such as Gender Trouble, Deconstruction, Care, Transidentity, and Masculinity. On these topics, Baxter has made podcasts with Fondation Kanal and hosts the monthly Talk From Homografia show on Radio Panik, making them an important voice both for and within their community. Baxter is also a regular curator for Queer Festivals such as Festival Homografia, BPFF, and is never too far from SNAP! Festival.
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kingbaxter.bandcamp.com

Liminal deconstructs patriarchal norms and gendered expectations in community by holding each other accountable. We believe that everyone can—and men in particular must—contribute to gender justice by reflecting on how patriarchy influences their identity, behavior, and relationships. Liminal provides spaces for exchange, (un)learning, healing, and growth, facilitating transformation through personal development supported by feminist theory.
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