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Indigenous World Pride Planning Council

Crushing Colonialism and a working planning council are creating multi-year programming that is by and for 2SLGBTQIA+ Indigenous people that meets that access, cultural, and safety needs of all of our relatives and non-Indigenous guests during World Pride 2025 on Piscataway lands (“Washington, D.C., U.S.”)

Crushing Colonialism is currently seeking Planning Council members, in particular from the lands known as Australia, Asia, and the Arctic Polar region. If interested in serving please send a letter of interest and resume or CV to info@crushingcolonialism.org with the subject line: Interested in DBIWP Planning Council.

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Theo Cuthand

Theo Cuthand was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1978, and grew up in Saskatoon. Since 1995 he has been making short experimental videos and films about sexuality, madness, Queer identity and love, and gender and Indigeneity, which have screened in festivals internationally. His work has also exhibited at galleries including the MOMA in NYC, The National Gallery in Ottawa, and The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. He completed his BFA majoring in Film and Video at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 2005, and his Masters of Arts in Media Production at Ryerson University in 2015. He has also written three feature screenplays and has performed at Live At The End Of The Century in Vancouver, Queer City Cinema’s Performatorium in Regina, and 7a*11d in Toronto. In 2017 he won the Hnatyshyn Foundation’s REVEAL Indigenous Art Award. He is a Whitney Biennial 2019 artist. He is of Plains Cree and Scots descent, a member of Little Pine First Nation, and currently resides in Toronto, Canada.

Website: tjcuthand.com
Twitter: @tjcuthand 
FB: /TJCuthandArtist
Instagram: @cabbagetownstomper

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Rivolta Sata

Rivolta Sata is a multidisciplinary artist from Afriqiyah and Abya Yala creating a cultural dialogue using various forms of media to build awareness for minority communities with emphasis on Indigenous communities as knowledge holders on a global perspective. 

They focus on cultural preservation, eco- accountability and de-colonization in the mind spirit and body, taking a look at systems of change and ancestral memory as a form of dance and body movement for healing and grieving daily life, past transgressions and violence inflicted through centers of mis-education and our government systems. 


Socials @RivoltaSata

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Tony Enos

Hailed as “an example of possibility for people living with HIV,” by the Advocate Magazine, two-time Native American Music Award Nominee and Cherokee two-spirit musician Tony Enos celebrates 15 years as a singer/songwriter/producer/entertainer and activist. The Kennedy Center performer and United States U=U ambassador continues to foster love, unity, and awareness in all that he does. Empowering the resilience of the human spirit through the medicine of music. 

Website: www.tonyenosmusic.com

All Social Media: @tonyenos 

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Hāmiora Bailey

Hāmiora Bailey (Ngāti Porou Ki Harataunga, Ngāti Huarere) is a curator whose practice looks at metabolising intergenerational knowledge as a citational practice, and affirm mana-hononga-tangata (living relationship).

As a multidisciplinary artist, Bailey’s methodologies straddle photography, videography, digital design & public art. Recently, Bailey partnered with ColensoBBDO , Porta-Novelli, Hearts & Science and Whakamana to create Pīkari Mai! A digital art intervention to cut off the toff. Replacing “Royal” gossip with indigenous news. The plug has been seen over 5.5 million times globally.

As Kaiwhakahaere Takatāpui (First Nations Creative Director), Hāmiora founded Te Tīmatanga, New Zealand’s largest Takatāpui (First Nations LGBTQIA+) Festival.

https://kopuoterangi.com/