Jeff Sheng's Fearless Montreal Photo Shoot - Athletes Wanted

Dear LGBT’er and ally

We are looking for LGBT identified athletes who compete on high school or college sports teams or athletes training and competing full-time that are 'out' to their predominantly "straight" teams about their LGBT identity to their teammates and peers/coaches. This is for the photography series, "Fearless," by artist and activist Jeff Sheng, who has been working on this project since 2003 in his native United States, but is now expanding the series to include Canadian athletes, and will be exhibited at the first ever Pride House during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in Whistler and Vancouver. Fearless will also be presented in Montréal for the International Day Against Homophobia in May 2010. To see photographs from the series so far (there are over 100 athletes already in the project) and for more information, please go to www.FearlessCampusTour.org

If the athlete has recently graduated from high school or college within the last few years, but was 'out' while they were competing and in school, then that is fine as well.

Jeff is planning to be in the Montreal/Quebec/Ottawa area the weekend of Dec. 4-6 to photograph athletes from the Eastern part of Canada (he just finished 11 shoots last weekend in the Vancouver area). If you are interested in participating, please e-mail Denis at denis.cormier@fondationemergence.org as soon as possible so that we can arrange the logistics for your shoot. Please indicate in the e-mail what sport(s) team you are on, and where you are located.

Thanks very much. We hope to hear from you.


Jennifer BIRCH-JONES
Co-Lead, Canadian Fearless Project
CAAWS Program Lead
Addressing Homophobia in Sport Initiative
jb-j@caaws.ca

Dean NELSON
Co-Lead, Canadian Fearless Project
Executive Producer, PRIDE House 2010
dean@gaywhistler.com

Denis CORMIER
Directeur des programmes
Chargé du programme, Journée internationale contre l’homophobie
Fondation Émergence Inc.
denis.cormier@fondationemergence.org




Chers membres de la communauté LGBT et allié-e-s

Nous sommes à la recherche d’athlètes identifiés LGBT qui compétitionnent au niveau secondaire ou CÉGEP dans des équipes sportives, et aussi des athlètes qui s’entrainent à plein temps pour la compétition et qui ont fait leur coming out à propos de leur identité LGBT à leurs équipiers, leurs pairs ou leur entraineurs dans leur équipe à prédominance hétérosexuelle. C’est pour participer à une série de photographies, « Fearless » (Courageux), par l’artiste et activiste américain Jeff Sheng, qui travaille sur ce projet depuis 2003 aux États-Unis, son pays natal. Il étend présentement la série aux athlètes canadiens et exposera à la toute première PrideHouse (Maison de la fierté) durant les Jeux olympiques d’hiver 2010 et Jeux paralympiques de Vancouver. Fearless sera aussi présenté à Montréal dans le cadre de la Journée internationale contre l’homophobie en mai 2010. Pour l’instant, vous pouvez voir des photographies de la série (il y a maintenant plus de 100 athlètes) sur le site de Jeff : www.FearlessCampusTour.org

Si vous êtes un-e athlète qui avez gradué-e récemment du secondaire ou du collégial dans les dernières années, mais que vous étiez sorti-e du placard au cours de vos études, vous pouvez aussi participer.

Jeff sera à Montréal/Québec/Ottawa la fin de semaine du 4 au 6 décembre pour photographier des athlètes de l’est du Canada (il vient juste de terminer, la fin de semaine dernière, 11 prises de vue dans la région de Vancouver). Si vous êtes intéressé-e à participer au projet, merci d’envoyer un courriel à Denis denis.cormier@fondationemergence.org aussitôt que possible pour qu’il puisse arranger la logistique des prises de vues. Merci d’indiquer de quelle(s) équipe(s) sportive(s) vous provenez et où vous êtes situé-e.


Merci beaucoup. Nous espérons avoir de vos nouvelles très bientôt.



Jennifer BIRCH-JONES
Co-Lead, Canadian Fearless Project
CAAWS Program Lead
Addressing Homophobia in Sport Initiative
jb-j@caaws.ca

Dean NELSON
Co-Lead, Canadian Fearless Project
Executive Producer, PRIDE House 2010
dean@gaywhistler.com

Denis CORMIER
Directeur des programmes
Chargé du programme, Journée internationale contre l’homophobie
Fondation Émergence Inc.
denis.cormier@fondationemergence.org

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