Protest resource for QTBIPOC in Toronto
Designed by Pardis Pahlavanlu, and compiled by Gitanjali Lena and Vincent Wong, this resource is primarily for Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, People of Colour (QTBIPOC) and their allies who are considering participating in or organizing political actions.
This project was also motivated by a dissatisfaction with the strictly “neutral” role of traditional legal observing, which is often impossible for BIPOC and queer lawyers who are commonly called to play more varied roles at all stages of protest by disabled, queer, trans, and racialized friends and community members of varied immigration status.
QTBIPOC, disabled protesters, racialized women, feminine-identifying people, femmes, protestors visibly of non-Christian faiths, and gender non-conforming protestors face increased and unique risks when interacting with law enforcement.