Janaya Khan: Difference between revisions

| gender=[[nonbinary]]<ref name="i-d">{{Cite web |title=the powerful story behind black lives matter|last1=Cullors |first1=Patrisse |last2=Khan |first2=Janaya |work=i-D |date=18 September 2017 |access-date=11 June 2020 |url= https://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/3kab8b/the-powerful-story-behind-black-lives-matter }}</ref>

'''Janaya "Future" Khan''' is the co-founder of Black Lives Matter Toronto.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wang|first=Yanan|title= The Controversy Surrounding Black Lives Matter in Canada|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/07/14/the-controversy-surrounding-black-lives-matter-in-canada/|website=The Washington Post|date=July 14, 2016|accessdate=February 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Khandaker|first=Tamara|title=This Is What Sets Toronto's Black Lives Matter Movement Apart from America's|url=https://news.vice.com/article/this-is-what-sets-torontos-black-lives-matter-movement-apart-from-americas|website=Vice News|date= April 6, 2016|accessdate=February 3, 2018}}</ref> They also serve as an International Ambassador for the Black Lives Matter Network.<ref>https://blacklivesmatter.com/|website= Black Lives Matter</ref> Khan is black, [[queer]], and [[gender nonconforming]]. They are an activist, author, and amateur competitive boxer.<ref>{{cite web|last=Lewis-Peart|first=David|title= Janaya Khan, Black Lives Matter Toronto Co-Founder, On Racism And Self-Care|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/03/21/janaya-khan-black-lives-matter-_n_9481548.html|website=The Washington Post|date=March 21, 2016|accessdate=February 2, 2018}}</ref> Much of their work analyzes intersectional topics including the Black Lives Matter movement, queer theory, Black [[feminism]], and organized protest strategies.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Khan |first=J.|last2=Gomes |first2=D. |date=March 1, 2016|title=Our Issues, Our Struggles: A Conversation Between Activists Daniela Gomes and Janaya Khan|url=https://read.dukeupress.edu/world-policy-journal/article/33/1/47-56/30878|format=PDF |journal=World Policy Journal |volume=33 |pages=47–56 |doi=10.1215/07402775-3545882}}</ref>

In 2016, they married fellow BLM activist Patrisse Cullors (now Patrisse Khan-Cullors).<ref name="Onstad">{{Cite web |title=Black Lives Matter is shining a harsh light on racism in Toronto—and pissing off some powerful people |author=Onstad, Katrina |work=Toronto Life |date=27 February 2017 |access-date=11 June 2020 |url= https://torontolife.com/from-the-archives/rebel-rebel/ }}</ref>

"There are seven billion people on the planet, yet we are told there are only two sexes, two genders and one sexuality permissible. Imagine how boring that would be if it were true. It is such an absurd expectation that everyone be the same. When I was young, I could feel my process of self actualisation constrained by the limited social construct of the [[gender binary]]. I was asked if I was a boy almost everyday until well into my late teens. It used to offend me, but then I thought, why not? I realised that society couldn't see me in my fullness, but just knowing it was there created an entire new world for me to explore. I have always been less concerned with the masculine and feminine and more about the whole."<ref name="vogu_Jana">{{Cite web |title=Janaya Khan On Living Beyond Gender Binaries And The Power Of Activism |author=Khan, Janaya |work=British Vogue |date=22 November 2018 |access-date=11 June 2020 |url= https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/janaya-khan-on-living-beyond-gender-binaries-and-the-power-of-activism}}</ref>