“Sex Is a Funny Word: The Power of Comics to Hold Bodies, Intimacy, Trauma, and Joy”
keynote presentation by Cory Silverberg & Fiona Smyth, Friday July 14, 9am
In this interactive keynote address and conversation, cartoonist/educator Fiona Smyth and sex
educator and author Cory Silverberg will talk about their 10+ year collaboration on their award
winning series of books about sex and gender for young people.
Cory Silverberg:
Raised in the 1970s by a children’s librarian and a sex therapist, Cory grew up to be a sex educator,
author, and queer person who smiles a lot when they talk. Cory teaches and talks with young people,
adults, and professionals across North America about gender, sexuality, disability, and more. Their
books for young people and families have been called “the books about sex that every family should
read” by the New York Times and include the ALA Stonewall Honor Book Sex Is a Funny Word, and
most recently You Know, Sex. Learn more at www.corysilverberg.com.
Fiona Smyth:
Toronto feminist painter, illustrator, cartoonist and comic educator Fiona Smyth (she/her)
collaborated with sex educator Cory Silverberg on the award winning kids’ books What Makes A Baby,
Sex Is A Funny Word and You Know, Sex. Somnambulance, a thirty year collection of her comic, was
published by Koyama Press in 2018. Fiona was inducted into the Doug Wright Awards’ Giants Of The
North Canadian Cartoonist Hall Of Fame in 2019. More info on Fiona’s work can be found here.
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