Their lecture was titled 'Neither, Nor: How to Circumnavigate the Gender Binary in Seven Thousand Easy Steps'. In 2016, they delivered the Florence Bird Lecture at Carleton University. On NovemCoyote did a TED talk in Vancouver entitled 'We all need a safe place to pee,' where they discuss the need to have gender neutral bathrooms in all public places. A book based on the show was published by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2014. A performance of Gender Failure, as performed at the 27th London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, is also available on YouTube. In 2012, Coyote and Spoon collaborated on Gender Failure, a touring multimedia show in which they performed music and spoken word pieces about their failed attempts at fitting into the gender binary. In 2008 they performed spoken word at Montreal's Edgy Women festival and taught a writing workshop.

In 2009, their performance You Are Here was scheduled for a cabaret run at Hysteria: A Festival of Women at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, but was cancelled in January of that year. They also served on the jury of the 2012 Dayne Ogilvie Prize, a literary award for emerging LGBT writers in Canada, selecting Amber Dawn as that year's winner. Ĭoyote has been writer-in-residence for Carleton University in 2007, Vancouver Public Library in 2009, the University of Winnipeg in 2011, and the University of Western Ontario in 2012. Coyote has been a columnist for the LGBTQ+ magazines Xtra! and Xtra! West and regularly contributes to The Georgia Straight and CBC Radio. Coyote regularly combines storytelling and music and has worked with a number of musicians including Veda Hille, Dan Mangan and Rae Spoon. They joined Arsenal Pulp Press in 2000 and have published 10 books with them. In 2010, Coyote, Camilleri and Montgomery regrouped as Swell, and premiered at the 2010 Vancouver Pride in Art Festival.

In 2001, Coyote briefly taught short fiction at Capilano University in North Vancouver. Taste This was a multi-genre performance that incorporated live music, poetry and story-telling.

In 1996, Coyote co-founded the queer performance group Taste This with Anna Camilleri, Zoe Eakle, and Lyndell Montgomery. Coyote currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia.Ĭoyote started performing spoken word in 1992, and their work deals with contemporary issues of family, class gender, identity and social justice. Many of Coyote's stories are about gender, identity, and social justice.

The CBC has called Coyote a 'gender-bending author who loves telling stories and performing in front of a live audience.' Coyote is non-binary and uses singular they pronouns. They also visit schools to tell stories and give writing workshops. Coyote has won many accolades for their collections of short stories, novels, and films. Coyote (born August 11, 1969) is a Canadian spoken word performer, writer, and LGBT advocate.

Gender Failure by Ivan E. Coyote