Queering the Global City at Quito’s UN Habitat Conference

October 20th, 2016

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By: Telesurtv

“Queer and trans youth, especially queer and trans youth of color, face the brunt of violence in cities,” explained Cicely-Belle Blain, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Vancouver and youth worker at Qmunity, a queer support organization based in Vancouver, at the UN Habitat’s YoutHab panel Saturday titled ‘LGBTI and Cities: A Youth Declaration for Habitat III’.

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