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BLEED AREA<br />
Editor-in-Chief<br />
Production Manager<br />
Interview Editor<br />
Editor/Proofreader<br />
Horoscopes<br />
<strong>XQQ</strong><br />
Atley Jonas<br />
Chrys Tei<br />
James Gardner<br />
Roxana Argast<br />
Barry Perlman<br />
<strong>XQQ</strong> (Cross Queer Quarterly) is a Victoria, B.C.<br />
based publication that represents the trans and gender<br />
non-confirming segments of the queer community.<br />
While the core of our focus is on stories directly concerning<br />
and of interest to trans/GNC people of B.C.,<br />
we are open and committed to give a voice to any<br />
members of the rainbow community and those who<br />
stand with us as allies.<br />
Disclaimer: The ideas and opinions represented within<br />
are solely those of their respective authors. <strong>XQQ</strong><br />
does not endorse or support any causes mentioned<br />
herein, unless expressly stated.<br />
Interview<br />
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News<br />
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News<br />
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Op-Ed<br />
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purus sed arcu<br />
Cool Beans<br />
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dignissim<br />
Trans Services<br />
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a cursus.<br />
Trans Guide to <strong>Pride</strong><br />
Pepper & Pearl<br />
Stars Are Ours<br />
CONTENTS<br />
<strong>XQQ</strong> <strong>Pride</strong> Edition 2016<br />
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Territorial Avowal<br />
WHY WE SAY AVOWAL<br />
In 55 when Ginsberg howled<br />
the world responded with a scowl<br />
in Oh Canada, we, a righteous crowd<br />
a machine unhindered onward plowed<br />
Into First Nations homes where we did say<br />
No kids allowed, take them all away.<br />
Their basic rights we cast aside<br />
Sucked from their marrow this source of pride<br />
For this, no price paid, our souls mislaid<br />
Our true shame, still true today<br />
So like Ginsberg in the past,<br />
Now in turn, this, our time to howl<br />
Their hearts, their land, unceded, we do avowal<br />
Alan Ginsberg was the poet laureate of the beatnik generation<br />
and Howl was the anthem he wrote for them.<br />
* Our Cover Image features Brae Carnes on the provincial legislature lawn. For<br />
more about Brae, flip to pg. 8 in this issue.<br />
The concept behind this cover was to illustrate how many trans people feel like<br />
they have no voice in their communities or control over their destinies throughout<br />
the many aspects of their lives: medically, legally, and socially. If this cover<br />
has made you think, or evoked strong emtions one way or another, then it has<br />
achieved its purpose!<br />
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