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Sophie Labelle Visits SFPL!
July 7, 2023 @ 4:15 pm - 5:45 pm MDT
Free
Sophie Labelle Visits SFPL!
Join us for a Talk and Q&A with Activist, Cartoonist & Writer Sophie Labelle!
Friday, July 7, 2023
4:15pm at the Main Library
Main Library, 145 Washington Ave, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
Get Used to Us! Santa Fe Public Library welcomes Sophie Labelle for her very last US tour.
Sophie Labelle is a neurodivergent trans cartoonist and novelist from Montréal, in Québec, Canada. She is the author of the webcomic Assigned Male, which has been running since 2014, and the Ciel novel series. She lives in Finland with her Finnish husband. ”The Best of Assigned Male” was recently published by Hachette UK.
During her talk, she will speak about her art and activism, her artistic process, comic-making, community building and empowerment through art. She will answer questions from the audience and sign books at the end.
Labelle is the author and illustrator of Assigned Male, a webcomic and series of zines addressing issues of gender norms and privilege. It features the character of 11-year-old Stephie, a transgender girl discovering and embracing her gender. Labelle said that while working with transgender children, she “noticed how negative everything we tell them about their own body is, so I wanted to create a character that could respond to all those horrible things trans kids hear all the time. “She has made educational guides to go along with the comics, promoting safer spaces for transgender youth. The Washington Blade called the webcomic “hilarious” and said it shows transgender humour can be funny without being offensive.