Day of Remembrance and Purple Friday
I’ve been putting together a calendar of days of note for a 2SLGBTQIA+ community project, and along the way I
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Nico Mara-McKay
Project Management | Strategic Storytelling | Community Engagement
Nico Mara-McKay
Project Management | Strategic Storytelling | Community Engagement
Ephemeral Record
Reflections on queer and trans histories, media, and moments.
Happy Pansexual Pride Day!
Today, 8 December, is Pansexual Pride Day, one of two days in the year that explicitly recognizes and celebrates pansexual people.
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Newsletter, Issue 2: Autism, surviving, and butt plugs
There’s a lot going on, and it can feel impossible to keep up. The news is often difficult to process,
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Review: Thirst, by Marina Yuszczuk
I buy books faster than I can read them, and this one’s been sitting on my TBR pile probably since it came out in 2024 — certainly long enough that the back cover is now sun-faded. I must have once known Thirst was split into two parts with two protagonists, but I’d forgotten by the time I finally started reading it.Â
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Newsletter, Issue 1: Vampires, zines, and graffiti
I’m going to have a go at sending semi-regular newsletters (one or two per month) with project updates, reflections on
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A pillar of queer history in Toronto
In 2019, I was hired by Heritage Toronto to write display copy about The ArQuives for a historical pillar. Then I kind of forgot about it.
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