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This panel brings together artistic practices, historical research, and archival work to explore the many ways of preserving, transmitting, and embodying the memories of trans communities. Moderated by visual artist Julie Langenegger, the discussion will bring together Ali Desrosiers, co-founder of Ballroom 4 Community; Louis Macameau, a historian, writer, and lecturer based in Quebec City; and Nicolas Longtin Martel, archivist at AGQ – Archives Gaies du Québec. Together, they will reflect on the connections between living culture, personal narratives, and the construction of a collective memory, highlighting perspectives that are at once sensitive, political, and rooted in the present.
Free event; no registration required.
Julie Langenegger (host)
A visual artist specializing in photography, Julie Langenegger has developed a sensitive practice focused on personal narratives, identities, and memories. They were notably in charge of the archival project for ATQ, contributing to the promotion and sharing of stories from trans communities. Currently a student at UQAM, they are pursuing a bachelor’s degree in visual and media arts, where they are deepening an artistic approach at the intersection of research and creation.
Ali Desrosiers (panelist)
Ali has been actively involved in the 2SLGBTQUIA+ ballroom community since 2018. He is a Father at the House of Old Navy in Montreal, co-founder of Ballroom 4 Community, and organizer of Bring it! (a bi-monthly mini-ball). His artistic journey also extends to dance. Ali continues to nurture his artistic practices while remaining actively involved in Montreal’s ballroom community.
Louis Macameau (panelist)
Louis Macameau is a young historian aspiring to an academic career in history. For several years, he has been working to uncover, document, and articulate the trans past in order to raise awareness of and gain recognition for this little-known history. Through the writing of a monograph dedicated to the historicity of gender mobility in the West, Louis hopes to give trans people direct access to their history by deconstructing
the notion that considering the trans past beyond the 20th century would be anachronistic.
Nicolas· Longtin-Martel (panelist)
Nicolas· Longtin-Martel wrote a master’s thesis on Françoise d’Eaubonne’s Les Bergères de l’apocalypse at the University of Montreal in French literature. They are a co-founder of L’Euguélionne, a feminist bookstore, and are now an archivist at the Archives gaies du Québec; LGBTQ2S+ Memoirs. Nicolas· authored the afterword to the novel Les Bergères de l’Apocalypse (2022).