On November 18, 2020, 12:30-1:30pm EST, University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy will host a virtual panel discussion on Canada's Bill C-6 (proposed federal criminalization of conversion therapy). Note: the time listed on this site is in PST (9:30am PST), but event is located in Toronto, ON, 12:30pm EST.

Panel members: Florence Ashley, Nick Schiavo, and Peter Gajdics.

No fee or registration required.

Join at: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/82094215304

On February 3, 2020, Calgary City Council unanimously approved a motion to ban conversion therapy. Join us on Pink Shirt Day for a discussion of conversion therapy, and its impact on the LGBTQ community. Audience questions welcomed.

Panel Members:

• Councillor Gian-Carlo Carra, City of Calgary; Dr. Kristopher Wells, Canada Research Chair for the Public Understanding of Sexual and Gender Minority Youth, MacEwan University; Peter Gajdics, Author, The Inheritance of Shame: A Memoir; Shone Thistle, President, Calgary Pride; Boban Stojanovic,  LGBTQ Settlement + Rainbow Railroad, Centre for Newcomers.

 Central Library | Wednesday, February 26 | 7:00 – 8:00 pm

Join me at the Thomson Reuters’ event Outlaws: Advancing International LGBTQ Leadership, where I will be a panel member on their discussion titled “Bad Education: Leading the Abolition of LGBTQ Conversion Therapy.”

Join director Scott Davis and I at the LGBT Center in Chelsea, New York, as we discuss the play adaptation of my memoir, The Inheritance of Shame. More information at The Center website.

Join me for a one-night only staged public reading of the play adaptation of my memoir, Inheritance of Shame, on Monday, March 11, 7 p.m., at The Wild Project in New York. Directed by Scott Davis, produced by Playhouse Creatures Theatre Project Company. See the below poster for more information; or here.

http://www.christianneslyceum.com/adult-programs/

Join me at the Vancouver Writers Festival on Saturday, October 20, 10:30 to noon, as I take part in their event, "Things We Inherit":

The lives of our parents are an inextricable stream running through our own, whether we like it or not. This brook of memories may include psychological trauma or complex interactions or the physical burden of unwell aging. Most often, it includes profound love. Four writers from varied backgrounds share the insights offered in their beautifully balanced, and intricate yet raw, memoirs that speak to family history and the lifelong task of unburdening ourselves from a yoke of family secrets or grief. Peter Gajdics (The Inheritance of Shame), Elizabeth Hay (All Things Consoled), Chelene Knight (Dear Current Occupant) and Lindsay Wong (The Woo-Woo) speak to the catalyst of some of the deepest joy and deepest grief we know: our parents.

Celebrate Vancouver's Pride Week and join me at Little Sister's Book & Art Emporium as I read from my memoir, and then discuss prevailing themes such as oppression, self-acceptance, and resilience.

Celebrate Pride week in Victoria, British Columbia, and join me at the Victoria Public Library (main downtown branch) for a reading from my book, The Inheritance of Shame: A Memoir, and a talk about my experiences undergoing a form of conversion therapy in Victoria. 

In honour of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, please join us on May 17 for an "In Conversation" between Peter Gajdics, author of The Inheritance of Shame, and Morgane Oger, trans politician and activist. 

Presented by The Vancouver Public Library, in partnership with the Morgane Oger Foundation.

I am delighted to be nominated for The Publishing Triangle Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction.

Join me and all the authors as we read from our nominated books at the Bureau on April 25.

http://www.sfu.ca/gsws/community-outreach/newsworthy/The_Inheritance_of_Shame_2018.html

http://www.bchumanist.ca/

The Writer's Block talks to writers of all ilks and gets their thoughts, ideas, how they come up with their stories, lyrics, poems, etc. To listen to the program, tune into Channel 2 on the site, http://latalkradio.com/content/writers-block. To call in: 1-818-602-4929.

Join Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Julia Serano and me for readings from our latest books and audience Q&As at Dog Eared Books (Castro), San Francisco, on Monday, November 13, 7 p.m.

I will be signing copies of my book, The Inheritance of Shame: A Memoir, at the Indigo bookstore in downtown Vancouver on Saturday, October 14, from 2 - 4 pm. 

Reading and in-conversion with author Lucy Jane Bledsoe, who will also read from her own book, A Thin Bright Line.

In-conversation with Anne Raeff, author of The Jungle Around Us.

Heidi and I discuss and read from our new books

Screening of documentary "Call Me Kuchu" at The Art Theatre, followed by panel discussion about conversion therapy with Ellen Hartwick, Clinical Director from The LGBTQ Center Long Beach.