Jennifer finney boylan biography of alberta
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PHOTOS: The Fresh Faces of 'Fabulous Alberta'
Photography by Kelly Hofer
"#FabulousAlberta is all about love," says Acts of Greatness founder Yiorgos Boudouris. He started the nonprofit last year to create the first educational awards in Calgary aimed specifically at LGBT high school students.
After successfully partnering with Canada's EducationMatters to collect applicants for the inaugural competition, Boudouris turned his vision toward figuring out how else he could empower LGBT youth. One important way, he tells The Advocate, is through storytelling.
That's why started the "Fabulous Alberta" photo and video journalism project, which chronicles the individual lives of Alberta's diverse LGBT community. With help from gay photographer Kelly Hofer, Boudouris has started with 15 subjects, taking striking photo portraits and interviewing them on camera.
According to their Kickstarter, Boudouris and Acts of Greatness plan to continue the project over the next year, aiming to include 100 participants.
Watch interviews with three gender-variant participants below, and click through the slideshow for more images of Fabulous Albertans.
Deand and Graham
Sid and Steph
Blake and Cameron
James and Jeff
Kelly and Macke
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My eleven favorite books I read in 2020 (in alphabetical order by author’s last name):
Jennifer Finney Boylan, Good Boy: My Life In Seven Dogs and I’m Looking Through You
I’m highlighting eleven books instead of the usual ten in order to include both of Boylan’s that I read this year: her latest (and fourth) memoir, in which she reflects on different phases of her life by way of her canine companions for each one, and her second memoir, an arguably superior, immersive account of growing up as a boy in a haunted house and how it fortified an extensive search for her true self.
Susanna Clarke, Piranesi
Chiefly known for her great historical fantasy epic Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Clarke reemerges after a long absence with a far more condensed tale than nonetheless contains multitudes. A narrative that initially presents as one thing but gradually reveals itself as entirely something else, it’s the most original novel I read this year; in this case, the act of piecing together what was actually going on was a real thrill.
Andy Greene (ed.), The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s
Having watched the entire series mostly in real time and even after breezing through this oral history, I’m stil