Kim Katrin (born March 9, 1984) is a Canadian American writer, multidisciplinary artist, activist, consultant, and educator. She was formerly credited as Kim Crosby and Kim Katrin Milan. She speaks on panels and keynotes conferences nationally,M.I.X.E.D. Multidisciplinary Art Conference
Keynote Speaker
2015.Kim Katrin,

Morehouse College , mottoeng = And there was light (literal translation of Latin itself translated from Hebrew: "And light was made") , type = Private historically black men's liberal arts college , academic_affiliations ...

and Spelman Pride
On Coming Home
March 26, 2014.Dyke March Toronto
Kim Katrin Crosby, Host
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Color of Change 2013 Opening Keynote: Kim Katrin Crosby
and facilitates radical community dialogues.Beth Lyons
Dissecting ‘rape culture’ through the lens of speculation

YWCA The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) is a nonprofit organization with a focus on empowerment, leadership, and rights of women, young women, and girls in more than 100 countries. The World office is currently based in Geneva, Swi ...

Moncton, June 19, 2014. Her art, activism and writing has been recognized nationally.Elixher: a concoction of all things queer, culture, and current
InspiHERed By: Kim Crosby
Interview, March 5, 2012.Muna Mire
Art and Movement Building: An Interview with Kim Crosby
OPIRG's Action Speaks Louder Newsletter, Fall 2013.The Insight Project
KIM CROSBY
Audrey Cash
Worshipping Each Other: Public Possibility Models of Black Queer Love
, May 13, 2014.

Education

Katrin completed her artist residency under

d'bi Young d’bi.young anitafrika is a Jamaican-Canadian feminist dub poet, Activism, activist, and singer for the band D’bi and the 333. Their work includes theatrical performances, four published collections of poetry, twelve plays, and seven albums. ...

at the AnitAfrika TheatreThe Watah School (as anitafrika dub theatre)
Herstory
. and was a student of the

Buddies in Bad Times Buddies in Bad Times Theatre is a Canadian professional theatre company. Based in Toronto, Ontario and founded in 1978 by Matt Walsh, Jerry Ciccoritti, and Sky Gilbert, ''Buddies in Bad Times'' is dedicated to "the promotion of queer theatrical ex ...

Young Creator's Unit.The People Project
Creators, Kim Katrin
She is a certified yoga trainer and teacher.Global Mind Body
Yoga and Diversity: People of Color
Apr 25, 2014.

Writing, art, and work

Katrin's writing and voice have been featured on

NPR National Public Radio (NPR, stylized in all lowercase) is an American privately and state funded nonprofit media organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It differs from other ...

,The

Brian Lehrer Brian Lehrer (born October 5, 1952) is an American radio talk show host on New York City's public radio station WNYC. His daily two-hour 2007 Peabody Award-winning program,

Show
Gender-Neutral College Admissions And The 4th Wave of Feminism
February 12, 2015.

CBC Radio CBC Radio is the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CBC operates a number of radio networks serving different audiences and programming niches, all of which (regardless of language) are outlined below ...

Chanel's Karl Lagerfeld under fire after staging mock feminist protest at Paris Fashion Week
October 2, 2014.

Out (magazine) ''Out'' is an American LGBTQ news, fashion, entertainment, and lifestyle magazine, with the highest circulation of any LGBTQ monthly publication in the United States. It presents itself in an editorial manner similar to ''Details'', ''Esquire'', ...

,Out.com Editors
The Queer Life: These newlyweds aren’t interested in playing by the rules

, January 12, 2015. the

Toronto Star The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. The newspaper is the country's largest daily newspaper by circulation. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part ...

,Amy Dempsey
Toronto women Take Back the Night in march against sexual violence
Toronto Star, September 15, 2012. The

National Post The ''National Post'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet newspaper available in several cities in central and western Canada. The paper is the flagship publication of Postmedia Network and is published Mondays through Saturdays, with ...

,Amirah El-Safty
‘I wish my constables could have guns': New Toronto Community Housing CEO
The National Post, July 27, 2012.

The Huffington Post ''HuffPost'' (formerly ''The Huffington Post'' until 2017 and sometimes abbreviated ''HuffPo'') is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions. The site offers news, satire, blogs, and original content, and ...

,Arti Patel
Skin Bleaching: The Secrecy Behind The Practice And Prejudice
01/13/2012.

Autostraddle Autostraddle is an independently owned online magazine and social network for lesbian, bisexual, and queer women ( cis and trans), as well as non-binary people and trans people of all genders. The website is a "politically progressive queer femin ...

Kim Katrin Crosby
Homeward Bound: Searching for the Secret Island of Black Queer Mixed Femmes

, January 1, 2013.

Author, Kim Katrin Crosby
Feminist Wire,Jared Childress
Personal is Political: The Good Life: LIVING with HIV
May 22, 2014. Elixher,Elixher
Janet Mock Covers ELIXHER’s “Body Issue”
May 17, 2014. and

Daily Xtra ''Xtra Magazine'' (formerly ''DailyXtra'' and ''Xtra!'') is an LGBTQ-focused digital publication and former print newspaper published by Pink Triangle Press in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The publication is a continuation of the company's former pr ...

.Artist Kim Katrin Milan calls Jean-Michel Basquiat a hero
Daily Xtra, 2015. She has created over 70 workshop series on

social change Social change is the alteration of the social order of a society which may include changes in social institutions, social behaviours or social relations. Definition Social change may not refer to the notion of social progress or sociocult ...

, anti-oppression,

intersectionality Intersectionality is an analytical framework for understanding how aspects of a person's social and political identities combine to create different modes of discrimination and privilege. Intersectionality identifies multiple factors of adva ...

, race, gender, leadership, youth and young women's empowerment.Kim Katrin Crosby, Workshops
. As a multidisciplinary artist, she regularly curates exhibitions,

Art Gallery of Ontario The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO; french: Musée des beaux-arts de l'Ontario) is an art museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The museum is located in the Grange Park neighbourhood of downtown Toronto, on Dundas Street West between McCaul and Beve ...

Fan the Flames: Kim Katrin Crosby (Milan)
August 13, 2014.

's Art Matters Blog
Watch “It Could Have Been Me”: Perspectives on the Fight for Racial Justice and the Legacy of Jean-Michel Basquiat
February 9, 2015.Crew Magazine
Stonewall's 45th Anniversary: Watershed moment in LGBTQ history to be commemorated by Toronto artists
, June 18, 2014. cabarets events, performs and works on productionsThe Alexander Street Chamber Theatre
The Femme Playlist
October 2014. across Canada. She produced and co-curated the

Cabaret Insatiable Sisters with

Gein Wong Gein may refer to: ;People *Ed Gein (1906–1984), American murderer *Gidget Gein (1969–2008), American musician and artist ;Other *Ed Gein (band), a Syracuse grindcore band named after the serial killer *Gein metro station Gein is an Amsterda ...

.S Bear Bergman
Twisted sisters
Nov 14, 2014.Richard Ouzounian

Toronto Star, May 1, 2013.Kim Katrin Milan
The Power of Community
, Buddies In Bad Times, May 29, 2014. She also engages in community based healing initiatives including teaching Queer and Brown Girls Yoga, and hosting yearly healing retreats for femme identified Folks of Colour and Indigenous Folks. Brave New Girls, retreats and healing skill shares.Brave New Girls
Other community work includes consulting, curricula development, community empowerment, facilitation and workshops.

Think Big! Lead Now! Young Women’s National Leadership Summit
, Jan. 29, 2015.snapd North York
Youth Biography Workshop

Projects and campaigns

* Performance curator: Insatiable Sisters cabaret, co-curated with

at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre - 2014 - 2016.

Awards and recognition

* Featured as one of the 100 Black Lesbian, Bisexual, Queer and Transgender Women You Should Know.Riese
100 Black Lesbian, Bisexual, Queer and Transgender Women You Should Know

, February 26, 2014. * Recognized by

The Root (magazine) ''The Root'' is an African American-oriented online magazine. It was launched on January 28, 2008, by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Donald E. Graham. History It was owned by Graham Holdings Company through its online subsidiary, The Slate Group. ...

as a Young Black Feminists to Watch, 2014.Diamond Sharp
Young, Black and Feminist
, March 18, 2014. * Featured on The Feminist Wire as "Feminists We Love," 2013.Eddie Ndopu
Feminists We Love: Kim Katrin Crosby
The Feminist Wire, February 22, 2013. * Featured as one of

Go Magazine Go, GO, G.O., or Go! may refer to: Arts and entertainment Games and sport * Go (game), a board game for two players * '' Travel Go'' (formerly ''Go – The International Travel Game''), a game based on world travel * Go, the starting position l ...

's '100 Women We Love' in 2012.Shannon Leigh O'Neil with destiny DeJesus
100 Women We Love
Go Magazine, June 15, 2012. * Huffington Post 50 Gay Canadians We Love: Kim Crosby.HuffPost Canada

June 28, 2013. *

's Hot 105 Alternative Girls Who Like Girls List.Riese
The ALTERNATIVE Autostraddle Hot 105: Hotties You Will Like Who Also Like Girls
May 2013. * Finalist For

LGBT ' is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. In use since the 1990s, the initialism, as well as some of its common variants, functions as an umbrella term for sexuality and gender identity. The LGBT term is a ...

Person Of The Year, Inspire Awards, 2012.Inspire Awards
2012 Nominees

Professional affiliations and community service

Katrin sat on the boards of Artreach,Artreach Toronto
Sitting on ArtReach Toronto's board is...
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The Support
and the Toronto Arts Council Community Arts Council.

References

External links

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