In his new book, Love in a F*cked-Up World, lifelong activist and educator Dean Spade dares us to decide that our interpersonal actions are not separate from our politics of liberation and resistance. For this virtual event, Dean will be joined in conversation by writer and mental health community worker Kai Cheng Thom to discuss how we can be the change we want to see—both out in the world, and in our closest connections.

Love in a F*cked-Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell Together is a resounding call to action and a practical manifesto for how to combat cultural scripts and take our relationships into our own hands, preparing us for the work of changing the world.

ASL interpretation will be provided. This event is a fundraiser for families in Gaza and attendees are asked to make a donation in lieu of ticket cost.

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Dean Spade has been working to build queer and trans liberation based in racial and economic justice for the past two decades. He is a professor at the Seattle University School of Law and author of Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics and the Limits of Law. Dean's book Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) was published by Verso Press in October 2020. It is also out in Spanish, Czech, German, Catalan, Italian, Thai, Korean, and Portuguese.

Kai Cheng Thom is a writer, performer, and social worker who divides her heart between Montreal and Toronto, unceded Indigenous territories. She is the author of the Lambda Award-nominated novel Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir, as well as the poetry collection A Place Called No Homeland. Her latest book, Falling Back in Love with Being Human, a collection of letters and poetry, is out now from Penguin Random House Canada.