{"id":828,"date":"2019-03-29T16:02:17","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T16:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/desireemaxineschmitt\/?p=828"},"modified":"2019-04-23T14:20:25","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T14:20:25","slug":"week-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/desireemaxineschmitt\/2019\/03\/29\/week-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Settler Colonialism<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

This week we read ‘Gay Pride on Stolen Land: Homonationalism and Settler Colonialism at the Vancouver Winter Olympics’ by Heather Sykes. This article discussed the exclusion of Indigenous peoples, especially LGBTQ2S+ Indigenous peoples, from the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. This article found that, although the Olympics made some efforts towards inclusivity<\/em> for LGBTQ+ peoples (note: ‘inclusivity’ is problematic because it emphasizes an ‘us’ vs. ‘them’ mentality), these efforts largely excluded Two-Spirit peoples. This article also discussed the tokenism of Indigenous peoples on public platforms during the Olympics, noting that LGBTQ2S+ Indigenous peoples were not part of any decision making processes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Central to any and all notions of equity<\/strong> for LGBTQ2S+ is the equal recognition and acceptance of all sexual identities and orientations. By excluding Two-Spirit individuals, the Vancouver Olympics’ efforts towards equity are nullified. What is a safe space for LGBTQ+ peoples if not all LGBTQ+ are welcome or represented?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although I understood the overall context of Syke’s article, I had difficulty understanding some of the core terms before discussing them with the class. Simran’s presentation on this article used a hands-on learning exercise so that the class might better understand these concepts (see photo below). Ki’s diagram complemented Simran’s activity by providing a visual explanation of the terms (see other photo below). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Settler Colonialism This week we read ‘Gay Pride on Stolen Land: Homonationalism and Settler Colonialism at the Vancouver Winter Olympics’ by Heather Sykes. This article discussed the exclusion of Indigenous peoples, especially LGBTQ2S+ Indigenous peoples, from the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. This article found that, although the Olympics made some efforts towards inclusivity for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lbst-401-queer-intersections"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/desireemaxineschmitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/desireemaxineschmitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/desireemaxineschmitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/desireemaxineschmitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/desireemaxineschmitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=828"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/desireemaxineschmitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":869,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/desireemaxineschmitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828\/revisions\/869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/desireemaxineschmitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/desireemaxineschmitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/desireemaxineschmitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}