Book Launch: LJ Slovin's Fierce, Fabulous and Fluid

Come join us in celebrating the publication of LJ Slovin’s Fierce, Fabulous and Fluid: How Trans High School Students Work at Gender Nonconformity on Tuesday October 15th at 6pm. Hosted by Massy Arts Gallery, LJ Slovin will be featured in conversation with Hélène Frohard-Dourlent about this book that Rabble.ca describes as, "...essential reading for everyone trying to understand how trans and gender-nonconforming youth inhabit the current political moment.” Stay to ask questions and get your copy signed by the author!

We can't wait to see you & all your pals there. As always, the event is free but registration is required for entry!

Venue & Accessibility

Massy Arts Gallery is located at 23 East Pender Street in Chinatown, Vancouver, in the former MING WO building.

Registration is required for entry.

The gallery is wheelchair accessible and a gender-neutral washroom is on-site.

Please refrain from wearing scents or heavy perfumes.

For more on accessibility including parking, seating, venue measurements and floor plan, and how to request ASL interpretation please visit: massyarts.com/accessibility

Covid Protocols: Masks keep our community safe and are mandatory (N95 masks are recommended as they offer the best protection). We ask if you are showing symptoms, that you stay home. Thank you kindly.

About the Author and Moderator

LJ Slovin

LJ Slovin is the Martha LA McCain Postdoctoral Fellow at the Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies at the University of Toronto. Their work has been published in Curriculum Inquiry, Journal of LGBT Youth, Sex Education, and RERM. Slovin was a Vanier Scholar, and the 2020 recipient of the Pat Clifford Award. They are the author of Fierce, Fabulous and Fluid: How Trans High School Students Work at Gender Nonconformity (NYUP and URP, 2024). In January, they will begin as an Assistant Professor in the Child and Youth Care program at the University of Victoria.

Hélène Frohard-Dourlent

Hélène Frohard-Dourlent (they/them; she/her) is the Executive Director, Operations, at the Equity & Inclusion Office at the University of British Columbia, where their work has focused on embedding equitable practices into institutional systems, practices and policies, with a particular focus on gender data and gendered records. They hold a PhD in sociology from the University of British Columbia, and their research focused on the way that K-12 administrators and educators navigate the cultural and policy landscape while attempting to support trans and gender-nonconforming young people.

Host or Publisher University of Regina Press