R. Cassandra Lord

R. Cassandra Lord

First Name: 
R. Cassandra
Last Name: 
Lord
Title: 
Associate Professor of Sexuality Studies - Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Biography : 

Dr. Lord’s current book manuscript Performing Queer Diasporas: Friendships, Proximities and Intimacies in Pride Parades examines the public performance of Pelau MasQUEERade, a Caribbean queer diasporic group that participates in the annual Toronto Pride Parade. The group insists on new ways to belong by reaching out transnationally to the Caribbean and other diasporic sites as a way to envision how kinship, forged out of queer diasporic practices of affiliation, can be used as a model to build community from various vantage points.

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Areas of Interest: 
  • Black queer diaspora (Canada/US and the Caribbean)
  • Black/feminist theory and methods
  • Queer studies
  • Transnational feminism
  • Critical geography of race, space and place
  • Critical race studies
Other Website: 
Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies: 
https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/women-studies/people/r-cassandra-lord
Department of Historical Studies: 
https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/historical-studies/people/r-cassandra-lord

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