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Amid turmoil, concern over LGBT representation
A newspaper article describing the lack of diversity within the TMU staff, as it conflicts with the diverse climate of the student body.
Blackbird
A poster advertising the screening of a gay-themed film.
Interview with Clarissa Lagartera
Tom Warner interviews Clarissa Lagartera about her gay identity and coming out, activism as a young person, campaign for president of the students' association at the University of Winnipeg, performing as a drag king, the lack of lesbian community in…
Not every colour feels welcome in the rainbow
A newspaper article about racism in Toronto's gay male community.
Oppression (Sketch)
This image depicts a sketch found in the Desh Pardesh archives that discusses oppression and breaking boundaries.
Oral History Interview with Anthony Mohamed (2015)
In this interview Anthony Mohamed, and HIV/AIDS activist and attendee of the Desh Pardesh festival discusses several social movements that took place for the LGBTQ community from the 1940s till the 1990s. He discusses the impact of racism within the…
Oral History Interview with Heidi McKenzie (2014)
Heidi McKenzie was the co-coordinator of the Desh Pardesh festival alongside Steve Pereira for a year and a half, beginning in 1994. She discusses in this oral history interview the notion of multiculturalism in Desh discourse, representation in the…
Oral History Interview with Michelle Mohabeer
Mohabeer discusses her experience of moving to Canada during the 1970s, when racism, sexism and homophobia were rampant. She also discusses briefly her experience as a Pakistani person in a time where Paki-bashing was common place. Mohabeer then goes…
Oral History with Leila Sujir (2014)
Leila Sujir is an artist that first worked at Desh Pardesh in the late 1980s. Her work India Hearts Beat screened in Toronto, and she was invited to discuss it. She felt that Desh was a space of both validation and contention. She argues it gave…
Oral History with Lezlie Lee Kam, PT 1 (27 April, 2017)
This is the first of two oral histories with Lezlie Lee Kam, a 55+, gender-mysterious, world majority person and dyke; a Trini; a Carib; Brown; and a Callaloo-a mix of Chinese, Carib, Indian, Portuguese, and Venezuelan. She was born in Trinidad and…