Trans and Queer Resistance and Resilience, a Symposium

Trans and Queer Resistance and Resilience, a Symposium

Dr. J Calder 
Exploring the relationship between agency and transgender language

Evgeny Shtorn
LGBTIQ Activism in Putinist Russia as an Act of Extreme Resilience

Evgeny Shtorn is a PhD candidate at the University of Helsinki. He is also a writer, activist, and researcher from St Petersburg. Due to his involvement in civil society work, he was forced to leave Russia in 2018. In 2019, he was granted international protection in the Republic of Ireland. He currently works as a Social and Cultural Diversity Consultant collaborating with different universities and civil society institutions. Evgeny’s writing has been published in academic journals, anthologies and new media outlets in Russia, Spain, Germany, and Ireland. As an activist, he has been involved in human rights and LGBT advocacy for almost two decades. He is a co-founder of Queer Diaspora Ireland, an initiative that supports LGBT refugees. His novel Refugee Chronicles, written in the Irish refugee camp, was published in St. Petersburg in 2020 with the introduction of Masha Gessen. The same year in recognition of his efforts Shtorn was awarded the GALAs Person of the Year by the National LGBT Federation of Ireland (NXF).