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Our (Slightly) New Name!!

Hi friends! After 17-odd years, we’re making a tiny little change to our name. We’ve heard from some in the community that it wasn’t inclusive enough. We mulled over lots of big changes but in the end we’ve settled for subtle. From here on, we’re Edmonton Lesbian+ Book Club. We hope this keeps us in your search engines but also lets our enby and trans friends know this group is open. Just to reiterate WHO WE ARE: We welcome queer women of all ages, genders, ethnicities, religious backgrounds, and socio-economic classes to attend. We also welcome the presence of their families, friends, and community members who get it. We wish to specifically extend a welcoming invite to Indigenous and Black women, disabled women, fat women, trans men and women, bisexual women, non-binary peeps, people of colour, and asexual women. We commit to doing our best to engage with parts of our communities that have been excluded. As such, there will be no identity policing and we trust that each and every one...

2021 Reading List ch-ch-changes...

Hi all!  We've made a couple of adjustments to our lineup in order to take advantage of some fun events happening around town (or well, really, online...). March is the month we've really changed. On March 29, when we would normally meet, we'll attend the CLC Kreisel Lecture by Vivek Shraya, online at 7 pm. On Wednesday, March 31, there is a CLC Brown Bag lunch online meeting with Cicely Belle Blain! Then that evening we'll meet to chat about her book, Burning Sugar at 7 pm. Kimiko Tobimatsu's book moves to November. Here're the revised lineup:   January :  The Subtweet  by Vivek Shraya February :  Polar Vortex  by Shani Mootoo March:  Burning Sugar  by Cicely Belle Blain (on March 31) (March 29 attending lecture by Vivek Shraya) April :  Coconut  by Nisha Patel and  Postcolonial Love Poem  by Natalie Diaz May :  We Have Always Been Here  by Samra Habib June :  Fiebre Tropical by Juliana Delgado Lopera July :...