1. Vivek Shraya was born on February 15,1981 and is a Canadian musician, writer, and visual artist.
13 Facts About Vivek Shraya
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Vivek Shraya is a seven-time Lambda Literary Award finalist and is considered a Great Canadian Filmmaker of the Future by CBC Arts.
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Vivek Shraya is a director on the board of the Tegan and Sara Foundation, which fights for health, economic justice and representation for LGBTQ women.
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Vivek Shraya began writing songs at the age of 13 and released her first album, THROAT, in 2002.
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Vivek Shraya has created two albums, Bronze and Angry, with her band, Too Attached, which she and her brother, Shamik Bilgi, formed in 2015.
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Vivek Shraya has toured extensively in North America, both as a solo artist and with Too Attached, sharing the stage with Tegan and Sara, Dragonette, Melanie C, Team Dresch, Melissa Ferrick, Brian Byrne, Greg MacPherson and Bonjay.
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In 2010, Vivek Shraya published her first book, God Loves Hair, an illustrated collection of 21 linked short stories about a brown, genderqueer child growing up in immigrant family in Alberta.
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Vivek Shraya was awarded the Honour of Distinction at the 2015 Dayne Ogilvie Awards.
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In 2016, Vivek Shraya released her debut poetry collection, even this page is white, an incisive exploration of the effects of everyday racism and colonialism in Canada that won a 2017 Publishing Triangle award and was longlisted for CBC's Canada Reads.
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In 2017, Vivek Shraya partnered with Arsenal Pulp Press to create an imprint, VS.
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Vivek Shraya's narrative pushes back against the ways mainstream and pop-culture formulations of social justice are used to further agendas misaligned with principles of equity.
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Vivek Shraya has created five short films that have screened at festivals across Canada and internationally.
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In 2020, Vivek Shraya partnered with Pantene on their global Hair Has No Gender Project, highlighting the importance of hair in a trans or gender non-binary person's identity and transition.