Decolonizing Gender & Sexuality: Meet Our Facilitators - Part 1
We are so excited to welcome The Fyrefly Institute to McDougall United Church on Saturday, September 26th. For those of you in the know, you know how momentous this is. They don’t come to Calgary very often. We are in for a very special treat!
Over the last two weeks we have talked about what Saturday, September 26 will look like. Today, I want to introduce you to the first of two facilitators that will be sharing their expertise with us at the event. I would like you to meet Rae Madge.
Rae Madge (they/she) is a Deh’cho Dene, Cree-Métis, & mixed-settler Two-Spirit femme who calls Amiskwaciwâskahikan (Edmonton) home. They work at the Fyrefly Institute for Gender & Sexual Diversity as the program coordinator for Where The Rivers Meet; their work involves sharing teachings on Two-Spirit & Indigiqueer histories as well as decolonial allyship practices in support and celebration of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Rae is an accomplished speaker, presenting to thousands of people in their years as an educator, including conferences and workshops all over Alberta.They are deeply passionate about helping folks appreciate the expansive nature of gender and sexual diversity, and to recognize and celebrate the gifts and medicines of queer authenticity.
Rae is connected to Fort Nelson First Nation and their family names are Villeneuve, Gairdner, Lafferty, and Bouvier.
