moving to the city…
I grew up in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, PA; when I realized I was queer, it also meant for me that I wanted to get out of there and move to the city. In this piece, I set out to learn more about what it means to be queer in rural Ontario and how people of varying ages relate to this narrative of urban migration. I was grateful for the opportunity to talk with people who had left, stayed, and moved back about how their sexuality and gender identities related to their movements and their hopes for the future of rural communities.
This is a short sound piece created as part of Fixt Point’s intensive training at the Toronto Media Arts Centre in December 2018. Thanks also to the Canadian ArQuives (formerly the Canadian Lesbian & Gay Archives) for their support in my research.
Link: https://soundcloud.com/fixtpoint/copy-of-sgw18-c2-efeenstra-rqp