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Another reason to love Canada: Toronto becoming hub for international LGBTQ advocacy
Last edited Fri Jun 20, 2014, 02:47 PM - Edit history (1)
Maurice Tomlinson often leaves a safe and comfortable life in Canada for the Caribbean, to be a voice for his queer brothers and sisters.
Tomlinson’s transnational activism — from fundraising for a youth shelter in Jamaica to teaching at UOIT about gay rights in the Caribbean — epitomizes a shift in the equal rights movement as the world becomes more connected through migration.
Tomlinson believes Toronto, with its freedoms and an LGBTQ community composed of people from around the world, is poised to become a hub for international organizing.
“Toronto is such a cosmopolitan city with all these diaspora communities from around the world. It just makes total sense for the city to become a home for advocacy for these LGBTQ issues around the world,” said University of Toronto law professor Brenda Cossman.
Tomlinson’s transnational activism — from fundraising for a youth shelter in Jamaica to teaching at UOIT about gay rights in the Caribbean — epitomizes a shift in the equal rights movement as the world becomes more connected through migration.
Tomlinson believes Toronto, with its freedoms and an LGBTQ community composed of people from around the world, is poised to become a hub for international organizing.
“Toronto is such a cosmopolitan city with all these diaspora communities from around the world. It just makes total sense for the city to become a home for advocacy for these LGBTQ issues around the world,” said University of Toronto law professor Brenda Cossman.
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