Joelle Barron is a
Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
poet and activist, whose debut poetry collection ''Ritual Lights'' was published in 2018. The book was a longlisted nominee for the
Gerald Lampert Award in 2019, and Barron was a shortlisted finalist for the
Writers' Trust of Canada's 2019
Dayne Ogilvie Prize
The Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by the Writers' Trust of Canada to an emerging Canadian writer who is part of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer community. Origina ...
for emerging
LGBTQ writers.
Barron, who uses
gender-neutral pronouns, lives in
Kenora
Kenora (), previously named Rat Portage (french: Portage-aux-Rats), is a city situated on the Lake of the Woods in Ontario, Canada, close to the Manitoba boundary, and about east of Winnipeg by road. It is the seat of Kenora District.
The his ...
,
Ontario
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, where they are active as an organizer of the local LGBTQ youth group and the Kenora Pride festival.
["Kenora Pride announces dates". ''Lake of the Woods Enterprise'', March 2, 2017.]
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21st-century Canadian poets
Living people
People from Kenora
Canadian non-binary writers
Non-binary activists
Canadian LGBT poets
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Canadian LGBT people
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