Description: Sequel anthology to Sharing Our Journeys: Queer Elders Tell Their Stories. Queer BIPOC Elders Tell Their Stories is a volume of essays from authors who speak of the pain and ridicule of being different, courage in the face of ostracism, same-sex love and transitioning genders when and where they were illegal from a perspective of various BIPOC communities. "The success of community building begins with drawing one another into participation through connection and conversation. Let Sharing Our Journeys 2 be an important conversation-starter, as we work together to co-create communities of loving inclusion." - Neil Fernyhough Contributing Authors: Agustin Restrepo, CJ Jackman-Zigante. Cornell Thomas, Gloria Jackson-Nefertiti, Jayantha Withanage, Oscar Hall and Shinji Kasama
Brief description: **Edited by Ron Kearse, (Editor of Sharing our Journeys - the first volume, Author of Road Without End, Just Outside of Hope, Lost History, Ex Animo, assistant writer for the television series Nations at War on the Aboriginal People's Television Network in Canada, local history, and blogs.) ** Introduction by Rebecca Mabanglo-Mayor, ( Author of Growing Up Filipino II: More Stories for Young Adults, Kuwento: Small Things, and Beyond Lumpia, Pansit, and Seven Manangs Wild: An Anthology. Pause Mid-Flight and Dancing Between Bamboo Poles. She is also the co-editor of True Stories: The Narrative Project Vols. I-IV, ) **Foreward by Neil Farnyhough, Manager Community Programs, Alexandra Neighbourhood House