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align="center"><b>Centre for Feminist Research, School
of Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies, Graduate
Program in Gender, Feminist and Women’s Studies and
Sexuality Studies Program, York University, Toronto,
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27, 2016</p>
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as a community of scholars in critical studies of
gender and sexuality, are deeply saddened by the
recent and horrendous act of violence targeted at the
trans and queer Latinx and Black people in Orlando,
FL. Our sincere and heartfelt condolences go out to
the victims and their families, who are mourning the
losses of loved ones and recovering from injuries. We
stand with LGB/T communities in Orlando, especially
the Latinx, Black and Muslim identifying individuals
and groups, whose rights to safety, gathering and
belonging were immensely violated.<span class=""> </span><span>
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felt sense of this profound tragedy has traveled
beyond Orlando, as the mass shootings and the
following news reports and social media debates
strongly resonated with daily, on-going struggles
against racism, transphobia, homophobia and
Islamophobia experienced by many of us in Toronto. At
York University, we are blessed with a tremendous
diversity of student activism and organizing, academic
activities and critical scholarship aimed at
identifying and dismantling such intersecting regimes
of oppression and the creation of coalitional
movements for social justice. We reach out to, and
stand in solidarity with, our Muslim, trans and queer
students, staff and faculty of colour who have been
deeply impacted by this tragedy.</p>
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the month-long Pride activities currently taking place
in Toronto, the terrible incident in Orlando serves as
a serious reminder that we continue to ask, with a
renewed sense of urgency, how we must participate and
support the anti-racist, anti-violence and
decolonization work within and beyond local LGB/T
communities. As university-based units, we hope to
offer a safe space for dialogues, education and action
in the coming weeks and months, and continue to
remember those who lost their lives. It is timely to
do so here and now so that violent and hateful actions
such as this one are not repeated.</p>
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solidarity,</p>
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