News & Updates
Our organization’s Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer WorldPride programming has been recognized in a global report on Pride and LGBTQIA+ communities around the world by Outright International: “We Will Not Bow To Fear”: Pride Around the World in 2025.
2025 was a year of transformational growth for . Centering multiply-disabled, 2SLGBTQIA+, and global Indigenous communities remained our guiding principle.
Our work spanned print publications, international arts programming, press coverage, climate justice storytelling and beyond.
Crushing Colonialism is proud to announce that our Founding Executive Director, Jen Deerinwater, will deliver a keynote talk at the National Conference on LGBTQ Equality: Creating Change 2026, taking place January 21–25, 2026, at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC.
2025 was a year of transformational growth for . Centering multiply-disabled, 2SLGBTQIA+, and global Indigenous communities remained our guiding principle.
Our work spanned print publications, international arts programming, press coverage, climate justice storytelling and beyond.
Crushing Colonialism proudly celebrated the second anniversary of its flagship publication, The Magazine, on December 4 at Baltimore Center Stage, bringing together Indigenous artists, students, community members, and allies from across the region. The event—hosted through the theater’s Shared Space Initiative, which uplifts accessible and inclusive gatherings for underrepresented communities—was a testament to the power of Indigenous storytelling and collective joy.
On October 9, 2025, Crushing Colonialism, an Indigenous-led arts and media organization, will host a special Indigenous People’s Day fundraising event featuring a screening of The Smudging and a live Q&A with its director, Mike J. Marin (Navajo, Laguna Pueblo, Washoe).
Crushing Colonialism is inviting you to participate in a campaign this October, linking Palestine and disability justice, through organizing a grassroots/community screening of the new documentary film, Severed (2025). The campaign will begin with a virtual screening and panel discussion on October 5, 2025, at 3 PM ET.
