Eli Clare Keynote Presentation for the Queer-Class Relations Conference
Eli Clare Keynote Presentation for the Queer- Class Relations Conference
Join the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies April 17th, 2026 in hosting storyteller, activist, and educator Eli Clare for his virtual keynote presentation for the Queer-Class Relations Conference. Clare’s work critically investigates disability and queer/transness through an exploration of the interweaving of race, class, gender, sexuality, disability, and environmental justice. This keynote is part of the Queer-Class Relations Conference hosted by CLAGS: The Centre for LGBTQ Studies at the City University of New York, addressing the intersection of queer and trans experience and social class.
SDS is honoured to be a co-host of this conference. Please join us for an in-person reception with refreshments followed by a viewing of Eli Clare’s virtual keynote presentation and a Q&A. If you are unable to attend the in-person event, you can register virtually.
Register here!
If you have any accessibility needs or requested accommodations, please email sexual.diversity@utoronto.ca.
This event will have live transcription available.
Please find accessible entrances for the Paul Cadario Centre here.
Program:
5-6pm: In-person reception with refreshments @ the Paul Cardario Conference Centre (15 King’s College Circle, Toronto)
6-7:15 pm: Hybrid Eli Clare presentation and Q&A
Speaker Bio
Eli Clare is a white, disabled, and genderqueer storyteller and educator. His books include the 2025 Unfurl: Survivals, Sorrows, and Dreaming; the award-winning Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure; The Marrow’s Telling; Words in Motion; and Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation. For his work on disability and queerness/transness, Clare received the 2025-26 Brudner Prize.