On the first Wednesday of the month, we publish blog posts written by members of our Generous Space Community. This piece was written by Heather Morgan, who lives in Barrie, Ontario. ——————————– I sat propped up in my bed to watch the recording of the Allyship evening that Generous Space hosted a few…
On the first Wednesday of the month, we publish blog posts featuring members of our Generous Space Community. This week, we have a video for you to check out! We were pleased to welcome Toronto-based Jenna Tenn-Yuk to offer a keynote at our West Coast Generous Space retreat earlier this month. Jenna was our artist-in-residence…
On the first Wednesday of the month, we publish blog posts written by members of our Generous Space Community. This piece was written by Levi Daniels, who lives in South Africa and connects with our community online. ——————————– “Is there anything, anything, joyful about being queer?” Over the past few weeks, I…
“The poems we write are our own scriptures.” I have no idea if I’m quoting Irish poet/theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama accurately; he has this awful habit of dropping these pearls of wisdom in the middle of casual conversation, when you don’t have a pen handy to jot them down! Still, I think I’ve captured the…
This is the second post in a 2-part series featuring the voices of a diverse sub-group of folks connected with Generous Space. Some are gay, some trans, some queer, bi, or pan, but they share one thing in common: they tend to be mistaken as straight and cisgender at least partly because of the people…
For today’s Community blog post, we’re excited to feature the voices of a diverse sub-group of folks connected with Generous Space. Some are gay, some trans, some queer, bi, or pan, but they share one thing in common: they tend to be mistaken as straight and cisgender at least partly because of the people they’re…
Small. Plump. Short yellow bill. Grey-brown body. Bold black & white stripes on the head. Sings in short clear whistles followed by buzzy sounds. White-crowned sparrow. I’ve been interested in birds since before I knew I was gay. I’m that girl who lugs around binoculars on walks and stops in her tracks when she hears…
On the first Wednesday of the month, we publish blog posts written by members of our Generous Space Community. This piece was written by SJ Speer, who lives in Ottawa and is a regular Ontario GS Retreat participant. ——————————– It is estimated that there are only 200 members of the unicorn species…
On the first Wednesday of the month, we publish blog posts written by members of our Generous Space Community. This creative writing piece was written by Archie Zhang, who (until a recent move to Montreal) was a member of our St. Catharines Generous Space Group. ***content warning: brief reference to rape and drugs*** …
“Pride” was the conversation topic at our last Vancouver Generous Space meeting. We all shared our memories and associations with Pride parades, festivals and events, and while there were some common threads, it struck me how differently we experienced Pride, and I continued to ponder this as I read other Pride reflections online from community…