Marcus McCann
@mmccnn.bsky.social
Employment & human rights lawyer 📚Writer of Park Cruising: What Happens When We Wander Off the Path (Anansi) 📚 He/him 🌈 EN/ES
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Marcus McCann
@mmccnn.bsky.social
· Nov 16
About my book Park Cruising, here is an excerpt, some interviews, my IG handle and some other stuff linktr.ee/marcusmccann Photo by Jason Lee
Come buy a book? Glad Day on Queen West is opening TODAY(!) at 5pm at 32 Lisgar Street. Author readings, button making, social events.
Weekend hours: Thursday 5pm-9pm, Friday 1pm-9pm, Saturday 12pm-8pm, Sunday 12pm-8pm
Or donate at www.gladdaylit.ca/nextchapter
Weekend hours: Thursday 5pm-9pm, Friday 1pm-9pm, Saturday 12pm-8pm, Sunday 12pm-8pm
Or donate at www.gladdaylit.ca/nextchapter
September 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Come buy a book? Glad Day on Queen West is opening TODAY(!) at 5pm at 32 Lisgar Street. Author readings, button making, social events.
Weekend hours: Thursday 5pm-9pm, Friday 1pm-9pm, Saturday 12pm-8pm, Sunday 12pm-8pm
Or donate at www.gladdaylit.ca/nextchapter
Weekend hours: Thursday 5pm-9pm, Friday 1pm-9pm, Saturday 12pm-8pm, Sunday 12pm-8pm
Or donate at www.gladdaylit.ca/nextchapter
What a dream! Go if you can
I'll be joining
@henricole.bsky.social
for a conversation onstage following his reading at @booksonthepark.bsky.social this Wednesday at 7pm in celebration of his new book The Other Love.
Please come; it's free and a great way to beat this heat.
😃❤️
@henricole.bsky.social
for a conversation onstage following his reading at @booksonthepark.bsky.social this Wednesday at 7pm in celebration of his new book The Other Love.
Please come; it's free and a great way to beat this heat.
😃❤️
September 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
What a dream! Go if you can
Hey I wrote a little piece about musical education for hopelessly unmusical people like me, and what I learned from the experience in high school (25 years ago) marcusmccann.medium.com/music-for-no...
Music for Non-majors
My music education started and ended in public school. I am still grappling with what I learned.
marcusmccann.medium.com
August 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Hey I wrote a little piece about musical education for hopelessly unmusical people like me, and what I learned from the experience in high school (25 years ago) marcusmccann.medium.com/music-for-no...
The world needs more Lynn Crosbie
Brilliant poet, LYNN CROSBIE (& Bobby) are on the move and could use a leg up. #givewhatyoucan @gofundme.com
www.gofundme.com/f/2hbpx-save...
www.gofundme.com/f/2hbpx-save...
Donate to Save Lynn Crosbie & Bobby Dazzler, organized by Stefan Ramirez Perez
I'm fundraising for my dear friend Lynn, a brilliant poet and novelist, who is … Stefan Ramirez Perez needs your support for Save Lynn Crosbie & Bobby Dazzler
www.gofundme.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The world needs more Lynn Crosbie
What are we doing to mark the 150th anniversary of Robert’s Rules of Order next year?
May 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
What are we doing to mark the 150th anniversary of Robert’s Rules of Order next year?
🖤💙 Shoutout to Leatherfolk Book Club: A Group for Kinky Folks Who Like Books, who will be discussing Park Cruising next weekend, on May 10 💙🖤 leatherfolkbookclub.com/books/
May 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM
🖤💙 Shoutout to Leatherfolk Book Club: A Group for Kinky Folks Who Like Books, who will be discussing Park Cruising next weekend, on May 10 💙🖤 leatherfolkbookclub.com/books/
“Why is almost everyone on the internet so vindictive?”
April 5, 2025 at 11:51 AM
“Why is almost everyone on the internet so vindictive?”
“Moving too fast or focusing on perfection and self-critique doesn’t build organizations with resilience: it builds ego and self-righteousness. Both urgency and purity are acidic. They are toxic to trust and corrosive to community-building.” convergencemag.com/articles/a-c...
A Culture of Care: The Secret to Building Organizations People Want to Stay In
What we learned about organizing white folks away from the racist right.
convergencemag.com
April 4, 2025 at 11:23 AM
“Moving too fast or focusing on perfection and self-critique doesn’t build organizations with resilience: it builds ego and self-righteousness. Both urgency and purity are acidic. They are toxic to trust and corrosive to community-building.” convergencemag.com/articles/a-c...
I am so pleased to share that my little firm, Marcus McCann Law, is growing. Lawyer Nicole Dinn has joined the team (necessitating new photos). Contact us for all your workplace needs at www.marcusmccannlaw.ca
April 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I am so pleased to share that my little firm, Marcus McCann Law, is growing. Lawyer Nicole Dinn has joined the team (necessitating new photos). Contact us for all your workplace needs at www.marcusmccannlaw.ca
If anyone wants to know what I looked like 19 years ago 👇👇
here's a photo @charlesearl.bsky.social took of you at AIDSWalk in 2006
www.brokenviewfinder.com/index.php?id...
www.brokenviewfinder.com/index.php?id...
through the broken viewfinder
www.brokenviewfinder.com
March 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
If anyone wants to know what I looked like 19 years ago 👇👇
Life affirming!
I am reading @mmccnn.bsky.social's book Park Cruising and it is nothing short of life affirming! I'm a little more than halfway through. Beautiful writing. Thorough research. Clear argumentation.
February 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Life affirming!
Reposted by Marcus McCann
If you're in Ontario, then spend your Family Day lunch break with me learning effective bystander intervention!
It's open to anyone, anywhere aged 12 and up, so a perfect little lunch and learn opportunity for you and your kids.
Cameras/mics muted, so ideal for group viewing or multi-tasking!
It's open to anyone, anywhere aged 12 and up, so a perfect little lunch and learn opportunity for you and your kids.
Cameras/mics muted, so ideal for group viewing or multi-tasking!
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Stand up against street harassment!. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
It starts by taking action right now. Join us for a one-hour, interactive, virtual training to learn how to intervene when you see harassment happening. We’ll talk about what harassment looks like — f...
zoom.us
February 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
If you're in Ontario, then spend your Family Day lunch break with me learning effective bystander intervention!
It's open to anyone, anywhere aged 12 and up, so a perfect little lunch and learn opportunity for you and your kids.
Cameras/mics muted, so ideal for group viewing or multi-tasking!
It's open to anyone, anywhere aged 12 and up, so a perfect little lunch and learn opportunity for you and your kids.
Cameras/mics muted, so ideal for group viewing or multi-tasking!
I watch this 10-year-old clip of Jeremy Jordan singing Losing My Mind from Sondheim’s Follies basically every day now youtu.be/CoZVxPTvGp4?...
Jeremy Jordan Will Break Your Heart With His Version of Sondheim's "Losing My Mind"
YouTube video by theatermania
youtu.be
February 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I watch this 10-year-old clip of Jeremy Jordan singing Losing My Mind from Sondheim’s Follies basically every day now youtu.be/CoZVxPTvGp4?...
George Michael alert 🚨 The Father Figure montage in Babygirl truly goes on and on www.instagram.com/reel/DEfNzSn...
January 29, 2025 at 12:39 PM
George Michael alert 🚨 The Father Figure montage in Babygirl truly goes on and on www.instagram.com/reel/DEfNzSn...
Watch this space 👇
I successfully defended my big gay cruising PhD last week. Once I fix the (many) typos, I'll put up a download link here for anyone that's a nerd for hauntology, sexual politics and queer theory 👀🫂👻
January 29, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Watch this space 👇
I attended this workshop a few years ago and I still think about it. Get on the list 👇
I'll be starting up free bystander intervention webinars again soon!
60 mins
Cameras/mics muted
Open to anyone, anywhere 12+
Focused on 5 practical, effective ways you can interrupt hate & harassment in public spaces.
Get on the waitlist by emailing Julie @ righttobe .org
60 mins
Cameras/mics muted
Open to anyone, anywhere 12+
Focused on 5 practical, effective ways you can interrupt hate & harassment in public spaces.
Get on the waitlist by emailing Julie @ righttobe .org
January 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I attended this workshop a few years ago and I still think about it. Get on the list 👇
Growing my hair out and seeking advice for products/styling 🙈
January 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Growing my hair out and seeking advice for products/styling 🙈
What do we want in any body
but the world? And if the lover’s
inimitable form was nowhere,
then he would find it everywhere
—Mark Doty, “The Death of Antinoüs”
but the world? And if the lover’s
inimitable form was nowhere,
then he would find it everywhere
—Mark Doty, “The Death of Antinoüs”
January 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
What do we want in any body
but the world? And if the lover’s
inimitable form was nowhere,
then he would find it everywhere
—Mark Doty, “The Death of Antinoüs”
but the world? And if the lover’s
inimitable form was nowhere,
then he would find it everywhere
—Mark Doty, “The Death of Antinoüs”
Reposted by Marcus McCann
I can easily say this was the best book I read this year.
About my book Park Cruising, here is an excerpt, some interviews, my IG handle and some other stuff linktr.ee/marcusmccann Photo by Jason Lee
December 31, 2024 at 5:01 AM
I can easily say this was the best book I read this year.
An archive of Richard Avedon’s photos, prints, and even film negatives has been digitized and is available on the National Museum of American History website, including this one in which the photographer absolutely does writer Dorothy Parker dirty americanhistory.si.edu/collections/...
Dorothy Parker, writer
Currently not on view
americanhistory.si.edu
December 21, 2024 at 4:48 PM
An archive of Richard Avedon’s photos, prints, and even film negatives has been digitized and is available on the National Museum of American History website, including this one in which the photographer absolutely does writer Dorothy Parker dirty americanhistory.si.edu/collections/...
Omg, what? Ugh. Having a meltdown over this (lack of) rhythm
December 18, 2024 at 12:18 AM
Omg, what? Ugh. Having a meltdown over this (lack of) rhythm
Is this right?
The lamp is burning low upon my tabletop [pause] the snow is soft [pause] ly falling
The lamp is burning low upon my tabletop [pause] the snow is soft [pause] ly falling
December 15, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Is this right?
The lamp is burning low upon my tabletop [pause] the snow is soft [pause] ly falling
The lamp is burning low upon my tabletop [pause] the snow is soft [pause] ly falling
The lamp [pause] is burning low [pause] upon my tabletop [line break] the snow is softly falling
December 14, 2024 at 1:56 PM
The lamp [pause] is burning low [pause] upon my tabletop [line break] the snow is softly falling