Events

International award-winning director Jale Karabekir is organizing a theatre workshop for LGBTQ activists in Turkey. Based on the techniques developed by the Brazilian theatre director Augusto Boal, the workshop will employ diverse exercises and games in order to explore . . .

This event is part of the Eighth Biennial Meeting of the IASSCS – International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture and Society.

The theme of the meeting invites dialogue and analyses of the interplay of sexuality, sexual identity, gender, class . . .

Chair: Angelique V. Nixon, University of Connecticut.

Presentations:

“Researching and Theorizing in Caribbean Sexuality Studies,” Angelique V. Nixon, University of Connecticut
“Preserving the stories/activism of Caribbean sexual minorities,” Rosamond King, Brooklyn College
“Collecting LGBTQ Oral Histories in the Caribbean . . .

Check CSA website for conference program . . .

The anti-homosexuality bill introduced in Uganda in October 2009 sparked off wide-spread outrage, condemnation and, in certain quarters (and not only Uganda), massive support among defenders of the authoritarian, gay-hating status quo. Among many on the left . . .

You are invited to a Public Lecture & IGDS Book Launch: A Reading from Our Caribbean: A Gathering of Lesbian and Gay Writing from the Antilles with author and activist Thomas Glave. There will be an Open Discussion and Readings . . .

We envision this symposium as providing an opportunity for us to meet our peers from the region and abroad, while at the same time, brainstorming about how to support regional and local work. This meeting/symposium will include (1) a . . .

Histories on the Edge/Histoires sur la brèche

University of Toronto: May 22-25, 2014

Proposals due Jan 15, 2013

For the first time in its history, the Berkshire Conference on Women’s History (also known as the “Big . . .

Sex Acts in the Early Modern World
Vanessa McCarthy and Amyrose McCue Gill, Organizers

We invite paper proposals for one or more panels on sex acts in the
early modern world to be held at the 2013 Renaissance Society of . . .

The theme for the 20th Annual Lesbian Lives Conference is The Modern Lesbian.
Conference conveners of this two-day international and interdisciplinary conference now welcome proposals from academics, scholars, students, activists, documentary and film-makers, writers and artists.
This year . . .

MAP/ACA’s 23rd annual conference will be in Pittsburgh. The GLBTQ Studies Area welcomes proposals of relevance to thegay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer communities. Proposals are encouraged on any medium of popular or American culture. This area is . . .

As Queer Theory has developed as a discursive space in which to investigate and find intellectual engagement with issues of citizenship, nationalism, globalism, and race, hip hop studies has increasingly become an important site of the study of sexuality, gender . . .

You are invited to participate in the International Archives, Libraries, Museums and Special Collections CONFERENCE on the Future of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans* and Intersex Histories (LGBTI ALMS 2012), to be held in Amsterdam (the Netherlands) from 1-3 August . . .

The 2012 SI will provide students with a unique opportunity to explore the social andcultural dimensions of human sexuality, and to gain knowledge of cutting-edge researchon sexuality as conceptualized and practiced globally, pertaining to both theory andmethodology.
Each year . . .

The University of Edinburgh
 
Sensualising Deformity: Communication and Construction of Monstrous Embodiment
 
June 15-16, 2012
 
Confirmed Plenary Speakers:
 
Prof. Jeffrey Jerome Cohen George Washington University, Washington D.C.Dr. Peter HutchingsNorthumbria University, UKProf. Margrit ShildrickLinköping University, SwedenProf. Rosemarie . . .

Camp: Queer – take it as you want, this is our queerest celebration of camp or the campest celebration of queer as of yet! Start June covered in rainbows.

Jz Bich is accompanied by J Mase III, Bianca Dagga, MargOH! Channing . . .

We are pleased to announce that the registration form and program for “Queer Places, Practices, and Lives: A Symposium in Honor of Sam Steward” are available on the symposium  website.

This two-day conference, to be held May 18-19 . . .

In 2009, we walk through seven colleges and universities, to no longer be attacked as students on our campuses.

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Solidarity & Pride – Ontario Federation of Labour presents:

out@work2012
TORONTO Ontario Canada  
May 10-12*, 2012*Venue tbd

Promoting the health, safety, jobs and justice for LGBT workers across Ontario  
A summit for affiliates, their LGBT . . .

The Dublin Gay Theatre Festival is an annual event, celebrating contribution of gay people to theatre, past and present. The Festival was founded in 2004 to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Oscar Wilde, in his native city . . .

Looking forward to to 2012? It arrived. Bought your tickets yet? Comrades, buy tickets to the new year, set foot on our deck, set sail with us, and spend a wonderful queer weekend together. Poets, writers, directors, curators, activists are all going to be out!

Running from 26 April – 30 April 2012 and nestled in the picturesque retreat of The Houw Hoek Inn, Grabouw, Cape Town, this setting provides a safe space for: Muslims who are marginalised based on sexual orientation and gender, Progressive . . .

SEXUAL CULTURES: THEORY, PRACTICE, RESEARCH
This conference, co-hosted by the Onscenity Research Network and the Schools of Arts and Social Sciences at Brunel University, will take place on April 20-22 at Brunel University, London, UK. http://www.onscenity . . .

Description
Non-competitive international film festival with partial competition categories
Screening films dealing with various aspects of life seen through the eyes of women
Purpose
Introducing the most recent trends of women’s films of today
Serving as the Asian . . .

Frauen haben sich in allen Bereichen der Filmproduktion im Laufe der vergangenen zwei Jahrzehnte zunehmend durchgesetzt und kreative und verantwortliche Positionen besetzt. Gleichzeitig gilt noch immer die Regel: Je höher das Budget und je höher das finanzielle Risiko . . .

Serena Owusua Dankwa is a Visiting Scholar at the Institute and a doctoral candidate in Social Anthropology at the University of Berne in Switzerland. She will present her recent research and paper: “Doing Everything Together: Female Same-Sex Intimacies in . . .

APWeb is a leading international conference on research, development and
applications of Web technologies, database systems, information management
and software engineering, with a focus on the Asia-Pacific region. Previous
APWeb conferences were held in Beijing (1998), Hong Kong (1999 . . .

跨出我人生2012春夏特别活动 伙伴团队大召集
亲爱的朋友们， 谢谢你们在去年底对这个新办的多元性别/跨越性别活动的关心和参与！今年的春夏季节，我们将发展过去两次活动中观影+讨论的普通形式，把“跨出我人生”做成一个持续四五六三个月份、深度体验和自我探索、团队成员相互支持的特别活动。如果你——
1，对多元性别/跨越性别的议题感兴趣 2，自己有性别身份/性别认同方面的困惑与思索 3，愿意和伙伴们一起深入彼此内心并促成积极的改变 那么，非常期待你可以来报名参加这个为期3个月的特别活动，它包括
1，每月一次的全体伙伴聚会，仍会播放“跨”主题的影片并分享观感，但会增加更多工作坊式的互动、体验、探索、创作内容； 2，全体伙伴们分成3人一组的小团队，进行双周聚会，每次就一个特定主题进行经验分享与观点探讨，每次双周聚会的成果都将帮助该小组的成员共同创作一件表达自我的作品； 3，择期举办一次全体伙伴出游的活动，帮助大家增进彼此了解，并在出游期间实现一个自我超越的心愿。
我们的整个伙伴团队上限为15人，不限制报名者的生理性别/性别认同/性倾向/年龄/学历/职业/民族/信仰等个人情况，但需要报名者尽量全程参与3个月期间的每次活动，并能尊重、友善、诚实地对待每一位伙伴。如遇报名人数超出的情况，我们将给生理女性的报名者优先机会。
有意参加的朋友，请填写如下信息，在4月10日之前，寄给 kcwrs2012@tom.com 昵称： 生理性别： 邮箱： 手机： 以下5项，若同意，请在每项句末加★
1，我对多元性别/跨越性别的议题感兴趣 2，我自己有性别身份/性别认同方面的困惑与思索 3，我愿意和伙伴们一起深入彼此内心并促成积极的改变 4，我将尽量全程参与四月、五月、六月3个月期间的每次活动 5，我将尊重、友善、诚实地对待每一位伙伴 为什么报名参加： 最想和伙伴们探讨的话题（列举3个）： 在哪里看到这个招募：
活动地域：北京 活动费用：免费，并可能得到创作的小额资助，仅出游活动将平摊实际开支 召集人：karen
活动主办：边边小组
※边边小组是2012 . . .

identiT est un festival independant, feministe et multiculturel, qui entend reaffirmer les idees et les pratiques d’emancipation face à la multiplication des offensives reactionnaires.Nous programmons un cinema des minorites dans la necessite de penser une societe egalitaire . . .

With the maturation of feminist, gay and lesbian and queer theories, gender and violence have been inseperable terms in critical discourses of all disciplines.Taking a broad spectrum of forms from the most obvious versions of domestic violence to more . . .

盼望着盼望着，2012就真的到来了。你的船票买好了么？买不到船票的同志们，新年踏上我们的甲板，启航跟我们一起度过美妙的酷儿周末吧。诗人、作家、导演、策展人、活动家统统出来接客啦！

酷儿周末之“文学二重唱”：

时间：2012年1月7日星期六14：30-18：00

崔子恩：北京电影学院教授，著名同志导演、作家。主要电影作品有《男男女女》、《旧约》、《哎呀呀，去哺乳》、《副歌》、《誌同志》等，其中《誌同志》 在都灵同志影展获得观众票选最佳纪录片奖。著有小说《伪科幻故事》、《桃色嘴唇》、《舅舅的人间烟火》，新书《北斗有七星》描述了一家七口人的生离死别， 信仰坚持，史诗一般的格局和温情厚实的文字。现场将有该书的签售活动。崔子恩新浪微博：http://weibo.com/cuizi777

墓草：他出身贫寒，只身来到北京打工，做过餐厅服务员、清洁工，迄今仍然是一位无产工人。他又执着任性地书写着自己的文字，发表在网络和民刊上的作品 《人妖时代》、长诗《葵花宝典》，长篇小说《弃儿》，短篇小说集《午夜C男》《一个老头子说》等……作品被翻译为英文、日文、法文等。他将携最新诗集、小 说集与读者见面以及签售，带给大家不一样的同志文学。墓草新浪微博：http://weibo.com/u/1047157952

流程：14：30-15：00 签到

15：00-17：00墓草诗朗诵+崔子恩主题讲座+读者问答

17：00-18：00 图书签售+自由交流

酷儿周末之“影像三重奏”：

时间：2012年1月8日星期日14：30-18：00

范坡坡：同志导演、作家、活 动家。纪录片作品《新前门大街》、《柜族》、《纸房子》、《舞娘》等，著有《春光乍泄：百部同志电影全纪录》，曾任北京同志中心执行主任，现任中国酷儿独 立影像小组协调人，并策划几十场全国巡映。2011年因其对同志社群的贡献获得香港同志影展玲珑大奖。现场将放映他的最新作品《舞娘》，中国的同志电影发 展如何，游走全国有什么样的收获，他最有发言权了。范坡坡新浪微博：http . . .

JOTALOGUES: Talking Taboo in the Beast of Times
Written and performed by Adelina Anthony wth D’Lo, Dir. Mark Valdez
Adelina Anthony is back in Los Angeles with a new show for one night only! JOTALOGUES: TALKING TABOO IN THE . . .

L’ASSOCIATION CINEMARGES
« L’association Cinemarges a pour objectif la diffusion d’œuvres cinematographiqueset culturelles alternatives en Aquitaine.
Elle explore les questions de genres et de sexualites, et assume un interêt particulier pour les « marges . . .

We are proud to announce the first annual South Bay Womyn’s Conference:
Herstory – Uniting to Sustain the Community on March 17, 2012 at San Jose State University.
Womyn on Womyn’s Issues (WOWI) partnered with SJSU . . .

Building upon the success of the First Self, Selves and Sexualities International Conference 2010, the Sexuality Studies team at DCU are delighted to host the Second cross-faculty conference, in keeping with the academic ethos of Dublin City University. It . . .

SENTIMENTAL GEOGRAPHIES: Geography, Affect, and Contemporary Cultural Practice
“Autrement dit, la litterature ne se produit pas dans une suspension, ce n’est pas une suspension en l’air. Elle provient d’un lieu…”&mdash . . .

Forty years ago, a young Australian expat living in the USA synthesised the politics of the emerging gay liberation movement in a provocative book called Homosexual: Oppression and Liberation. Described by the New York Times then as ‘the one to . . .

美少女战士拉拉，你 妈喊你回家吃饭啦！ 2011年底，神秘人物“美少女战士拉拉”在新浪微博上横空出世，居然搞得整个同志社区鸡犬 不宁。究其原因是为了一个从外国传来的叫“酷儿理论”的东东。酷儿是什么？酷儿理论到底是啥？洋理论适不适合中国？酷儿在中国怎么搞？这一系列问题引出的 是有关同性恋身份和同志运动策略的关键问题，围观群众都表示压力山大。 五个厨子煮一锅汤，北京同志中心在春节前夕紧急召集五位知名人士，联合审判一下酷儿理论。邀请大家带上自己的作料加入讨论，让我们一起把酷儿理论这锅浓汤搅下去！ 本次圆桌讨论，我们邀请到了五位嘉宾，他们是研究、实践和批评酷儿理论的同志学者和社会活动家。讨论将涉及以下五个问题： 1）酷儿是啥？ 2）酷儿理论，你的柔情我永远不懂。 3）酷儿，你妈是谁？ 4）酷儿在中国怎么搞？ 5）酷儿来了，当心！ 我们热情邀请观众参加此次讨论。 嘉宾： 包宏伟，澳大利亚悉尼大学性别与文化研究专业博士，现为伦敦大学哥尔德史密斯学院媒介与传播专业访问学者。研究方向是酷儿理论，文化研究和媒介批评。 范坡坡，同志作家、导演、活动家。香港同志影展玲珑大奖获得者。 黄阿娜，毕业于哈佛大学性别研究系，华人拉拉联盟组委会成员，发现自我之旅酷儿视频工作坊创始人。 徐玢（闲），同语负责人，关注性、性别和公民社会运动。 王黔，利物浦大学博士，清华大学博士后，研究领域音乐社会学，目前主要研究华语流行音乐中的酷儿文化现象。 主持人：魏建刚，北京纪安德咨询中心执行主任，同志亦凡人视频导演，北京同志中心理事会成员，北京酷儿影展组委会成员，年度性与性别事件评审团成员。 活动时间： 1月12日（周四）下午19:30 – 21:30 . . .

Gender Cultures and Reality TV
Reality TV has gained a global foothold in popular culture, offering to explicate, regulate, and manipulate the social scripts we live by. Of these, no social framework is more central to reality TV than gender . . .

The theme of the seventh International Symposium of CORPUS International Group for the Cultural Studies of the Body is “Parents’ Bodies, Children’s Bodies. From Conception to Education”. This event organised with the support of the University of . . .

18 November 2011

12.30 – 13.00 Opening: “We Are Together Against Hatred…”

Buse Kılıçkaya, Board Chair of Pembe Hayat, “Hate Crimes Are Crimes Against Humanity!”
Murat Çekiç, Director of Amnesty Turkey, “Neither Illness Nor A Crime…”
Aykan . . .

You are invited to visit The Argument Room at  for a live broadcast on 17th November at 6.30pm British Summer Time (BST time).

Writer and Broadcaster, Beatrix Campbell proposes that: “There is widespread cultural and institutional resistance towards the . . .

On November 11th and 12th, the Institute for Historical Studies at the University of Texas at Austin will host “Sexuality and Slavery: Exposing the History of Enslaved People,” a conference convened by Daina Ramey Berry and Leslie Harris. Leading scholars . . .

The sixth International Symposium of CORPUS will be organised with the support of the Autonomous University of Chiapas (UNACH) in San Cristobal de las Casas (Chiapas, Mexico) on November 10th-11th 2011. Its theme will be “Genders, Cultures & Citizenships . . .

Queer Temporalities: Reading Elizabeth Freeman’s Time BindsA Two-Day Intensive, Interdisciplinary Seminar, University College Dublin,Friday 4 November -Saturday 5 November 2011 This event forms part of The(e)ories: Critical Theory & Sexuality Studies 2009, the MA in Gender . . .

The Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival is the second oldest film festival of its kind in the US, and prides itself on showcasing the best LGBT films and videos each and every year.

From award-winning international feature . . .

Check the conference website for more details . . .

BSA Postgraduate Day – Call for papers
The Body: Exploring Culture and Research
Monday 24th October 2011
A joint event by the University of Brighton and the University of Kent being held at the University of Kent, Canterbury

Keynote Speakers: Professor . . .

The Department of Gender and Race Studies at the University of Alabama invites submissions for the 3rd Annual Recovering Black Women’s Voices and Lives Symposium on this year’s topic: Transnational Feminisms and Women in the African Diaspora. The . . .

This year’s LA Queer Studies Conference is the successor to the QGrad conferences held annually at UCLA beginning in 1999. Although we no longer limit the conference to graduate students, we always encourage substantial graduate student participation, since one . . .

Negative Cosmopolitanisms: Abjection, Power, and BiopoliticsUniversity of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 11-13 October 2012Organizers: Terri Tomsky (University of Alberta), Eddy Kent (University of Alberta), Imre Szeman (University of Alberta) Keynote Speakers:Timothy Brennan (University of Minnesota)Pheng Cheah (University of . . .

The TIL&GFF is one of the largest and oldest film festivals of its kind in Asia and a fixture on the Tokyo cultural calendar. The festival began in 1992 and is held every year in July at the . . .

LGBT film festival held in Santiago, Chie . . .

Through a partnership with Film Action Oregon, the Portland Lesbian & Gay Film Festival is a non-profit arts group that annually showcases feature, documentary and short films from all over the world that are made by, about or of . . .

LGBT film festival held in Bratislava, Slovakia . . .

QFest is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the arts as a powerful tool for communication and cooperation among diverse communities by presenting programs by, about, or of interest to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer community.

The . . .

Am 22. September 2011 um 16.00 Uhr startet die Demonstration gegen die menschenfeindliche Geschlechter- und Sexualpolitik des Papstes. Die Demonstration beginnt am Brandenburger Tor mit einer Kundgebung. Dies haben gestern die Mitglieder des Bündnisses „Der Papst kommt . . .

The biennial Asian Queer Film Festival began in Japan in 2007 and is devoted exclusively to screening queer films from Asia. The films for AQFF are selected with an eye to supporting Asian indies writers so independently produced films are . . .

Annual LGBT film festival held in Oslo, Norway.
Description in Norwegian:
Skeive Filmer er en årlig internasjonal filmfestival som har som formål å vise filmer av, om og med homofile, lesbiske, bifile og transkjønnede for å bidra til åpenhet og . . .

With more than 10,000 tickets sold last year, Reel Pride is the sixth oldest gay and lesbian film festival in America.
Presented in the historic art deco Tower Theatre and the intimate Starline Lounge in Fresno’s historic Tower . . .

El CICLO ROSA es una muestra de cine, un foro público y un referente cultural que desde hace diez años y de manera ininterrumpida promueve la reflexión sobre temas relacionados con la diversidad sexual.
Este evento es . . .

The master class will give participants an opportunity to participate in a sample of educational activities from the Sex and Ethics Violence Prevention Program (Carmody 2009 a,b). Professor Carmody will discuss how the program addresses best practice principles of . . .

Mission
The Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival cultivates the Texas LGBTQI film and arts community by enlightening, educating, and entertaining our clients and patrons through the exhibition and support of the best in recent LGBTQI international, national, and . . .

Uruguay’s international film festival of sexual and gender diversity . . .

BiCon 2011 in Leicester: 1st-4th September 2011
BiCon is an annual long-weekend gathering or bisexual people in the UK, Europe and all around the world. Bisexual identified people, their friends, partners, children and anyone with a supportive interest . . .

Homoscope is an annual queer arts and film festival held in Austin, Texas . . .

Cape Town Sex Workers’ Open University Seminar

The Cape Town Sex Workers’ Open University invites you to attend its second seminar: ‘Sex work & the Law: Full Decriminalisation of sex work vs Partial Criminalisation’.

 
Join us for an interactive discussion as . . .

Copenhagen Pride Day . . .

MiMi was born in Barcelona with the intention of creating a new space to spread Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transexual short films (LGBT).
We believe in the short format and we also want to make the festival a new annual . . .

For 11 days each August, the Vancouver Queer Film Festival brings the very best in queer independent cinema from around the world to Vancouver. As the city’s second largest film festival, we privilege creative innovation and audience experience.
Each . . .

Q! Film Festival was founded in 2002 by some freelance journalists. Taking up films with queer and HIV/AIDS theme, it is the only film festival of its kind in the predominantly moslem country.
Over the years, the film festival . . .

NewFest is dedicated to bringing together filmmakers and audiences in the building of a community that passionately supports giving greater visibility and voice to a wide range of expressions and representations of the LGBT experience.  We are committed to nurturing . . .

The 2011 IASSCS (International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture and Society) Conference theme focuses on the multiple ways that equality and inequality are articulated through sexuality. This year we will explore diverse situations of (in)equality in sexuality . . .

Annual LGBT film festival held at Asunción, Paraguay . . .

Girls, Sexuality and Sexualisation: Beyond Sensationalism and Spectacle

Please find details of the final seminar, ‘Girls, Sexuality and
Sexualisation: Beyond Sensationalism and Spectacle’ of the ESRC-funded
seminar series, ‘Pornification?: Complicating Debates About the
Sexualisation of Culture (2009-2011).

*Girls . . .

International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival in Barcelona, Spain . . .

CREA’s Sexuality, Gender and Rights Institute is an annual, week-long, residential course – begun in 2007 – that focuses on a conceptual study of sexuality. It examines the links between sexuality, rights, gender, and health and their interface with socio . . .

LGBT film Festival in Lima, Peru . . .

 
The members of SASOD cordially invite you to the Seventh Festival. 

We are happy this year to open the festival with our own documentary “My Wardrobe, My right”

“My Wardrobe, My Right” explores the issues related to the . . .

Bodies in Movement is a two-day interdisciplinary conference with a critical focus on theory exploring the relationship between the body and movement within the sciences and the humanities, as engaged with in literature, philosophy, art, film, cultural studies and . . .

WELCOME TO QUEER CITY CINEMA’S WIDEOPENWIDE…
…Coast to Coast 2011 Tour – Victoria, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Halifax and St. Johns.
Wide Open Wide brings you twenty-eight queer films and videos that examine and play with notions of queer identity . . .

This conference is organised to commemorate the International Day Against Homophobia and it’s part of a package of events organised by the research project “CITIZENS IN DIVERSITY: A Four-Nation Study of Homophobia and Fundamental Rights”, funded by the . . .

Focus group discussion on the 10th of May, 2010 at GHARPII conference room to be convened from 9.am to 4.pm.
In preparation for this focus group we are kindly asking if it’s possible to have feed . . .

Bois, Grrrls, Tranny Fags, AGs: Doris Anderson explains it all for you in this twisted-queer comedy, IN HEAT, which is part of the One Woman Standing Festival in NYC. Tickets are $10 at the door. 

Monday, May 9th . . .

The Veritas Partnership at UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Presents:
*Monday May 2nd, 4-5:30 PM* in the Social Hall

SARAH SCHULMAN
“United in Anger: Documenting the History of ACT-UP”

ACT-UP is the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power

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Union . . .

Invitation for a meeting
First Pan-India Survey of Female Sex Workers
Release of preliminary findings on the eve of Labour Day, May 1
The first pan-India survey of female sex workers under the aegis of Centre for Advocacy . . .

QUNY, The LGBTQ Student Organization of the CUNY Graduate Center Presents
Session 3 of its Queer Embodiments Seminar Series of 2010-2011:
*Queerness, Disability, Performance, and Critical Resistance*

*”Ashley Xed: Private Matters, Public Life”*
Lezlie Frye
Doctoral Candidate, American Studies . . .

Gender/Sexual Politics in Hong Kong 性別研e¨Žæœƒ: 性別政治eˆ‡æœ¬åœŸe . . .

Since 1989, when Denmark became the first country to introduce registered partnerships, the legal recognition of same-sex relationships has been on the political agenda in many countries. By now, half of the Member States of the EU have introduced . . .

The goal of this conference, organized by The Swiss Rainbow Families Association, is to illustrate the current situation of rainbow families in Switzerland and map out perspectives for the future with the aid of experts and concerned families. For this . . .

Kate Clinton and Urvashi Vaid
invite you for wine and hors d’oeuvres to support OutHistory.org,
the website on LGBTQ history, produced by the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies

Joan Nestle, co-founder of the Lesbian Herstory Archives . . .

THE REALITY SHOWS
a conversation with Karen Finley
April 6, Wednesday
6:30 to 8 pm
Karen Finley, Art and Public Policy, NYU
Ann Pellegrini, Performance Studies & Religious Studies, NYU
The Reality Shows collects a decade’s worth of . . .

(M)OTHER SEACOLE’S WONDERFUL ADVENTURES: CLAIMING THE ENGLISH FAMILY IN THE CRIMEA
a Brown Bag Lunch Talk with Elahe Haschemi Yekani

April 4, Monday
12:30 to 1:45 pm
Elahe Haschemi Yekani, English and American Studies, Humboldt University . . .

BEYOND DON JUAN: RETHINKING IBERIAN MASCULINITIES

March 31 & April 1, Thursday & Friday
times and location to be announced
a conference featuring Josep M. Armengol, Brad Epps, Michael S. Kimmel, Mary Ann Newman, Paul Julian Smith — and many others . . .

Programme

Time Session
9.45 Arrival, tea/ coffee and registration
10.15 Welcome and Introduction
10.30
Researching lesbian and gay family life: A Retrospective’
Susan Golombok (Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge)
11.30 . . .

Egyptian activist and author Dr. Nawal El Saadawi @ NYU March 22 & 24
March 22nd and March 24th
Fresh from the revolution in Tahrir Square, Dr. El Saadawi will discuss the current political developments in Egypt and her life as . . .

Across the Asia Pacific region a wide range of terms describe the diversity of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) within our communities. In Aotearoa / New Zealand these include takatāpui, whakawāhine, tangata ira tāne, queer and gender . . .

GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND URBAN SPACES
March 11 – 13, 2011
at the MIT Stata Center
32 Vassar Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
Registration is *FREE* and open to the public. To register, contact gcws@mit.edu and include your name, university and . . .

Gender and Sexuality Law Queer Theory Workshop w/Joseph Fischel on Transcendent Homosexuals and Dangerous Sex Offenders: Sexual Harm and Freedom in the Judicial Imaginary

The Columbia Law School Center for Gender & Sexuality Law and Columbia University Institute for . . .

The Scandals of Susan Sontag
March 4, Friday, 10:30am–6pm, Elebash Recital Hall
Co-sponsored by the Ph.D Program in English, the Concentration in 20th Century Studies, the Women’s Studies Certificate Program, The Graduate Center, CUNY and . . .

Women Who Rock Project is excited to redefine words, music, genres, space, community & love at the 2nd annual Women Who Rock: Making Scenes, Building Communities Meeting and Film Festival–“Vibrations of Love.” We invite activists, scholars, musicians, filmmakers . . .

March 1, 2011
6:00P-8:00PM
This panel aims to understand the factors that have influenced the establishment of an LGBTQI identity in the Muslim Middle East. Focusing on Lebanon, Egypt and Iran, it will explore how physical and . . .

Commun(icat)ing Bodies.
The Religion & Body Conference

http://communicating-bodies.net

University of Graz / Austria
15 – 17 February 2012
The Institute of Fundamental Theology and the Institute of Religious Studies – University of Graz/Austria – are pleased to announce . . .

Thinking Gender is a public conference highlighting graduate student research on women, sexuality and gender across all disciplines and historical periods.
Check the conference website for further information . . .

The 23rd National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change is coming to beautiful Minneapolis, Minnesota and the Hilton Minneapolis, February 2–6, 2011.

Creating Change is the premier annual organizing and skills-building event for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and . . .

Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans History Month UK takes place every year in February. It celebrates the lives and achievements of the LGBT community. We are committed to celebrate its diversity and that of the society as a whole.
For further . . .

The conference will begin on Thursday morning (2 December 2010) with three keynote addresses from leading scholars in the field (to be announced), followed by workshop meetings in the afternoon. Friday (3 December 2010) will be organized similarly with both . . .

Gender Studies are not only concerned with the study of the relationships between the genders, but also of the social and/or scientific construction of ‘gender’ and of the genderization of knowledge itself. In the comparison of the methodologies used . . .

Check here for details . . .

Aotearoa/New Zealand in the 21st century is ‘diverse’. Ethnicity, sexuality, indigeneity, age, health, occupation, income, religion and disability all define the different experiences of women. How does this diversity shape ‘women’ and ‘womanhood’ in Aotearoa today? Do our differences . . .

Presenter: Michael Nebeling Petersen (PhD-student, Center for Gender Studies, University of Copenhagen)
Petersen will present his work on his PhD-project, which draws on recent queer critiques of homonormativity and homonationalism. The project examines different sites of homosexual inclusions . . .

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The 1970s was a period of intense excitement, change, activism, and activity for lesbians.  As lesbian feminism redefined what qualified as a “political issue” and challenged every assumption about gender, race, class, ability, sexuality, and any other social category, lesbians . . .

See the following invitation to the 3rd European Transgender Council Malmo 2010 from the organizing team . . .

On September 23-25th 2010, the LGBT Studies Program & Minor at Syracuse University will be hosting a Transnationalizing LGBT Studies Conference/Workshop in Syracuse, New York. This will be a small, single-track conference/workshop so that all participants . . .

Representations of Prostitution, Sex Work and Sex trafficking between the 19th and 21st Centuries
Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Sexuality and Gender in Europe at the University of Exeter and the School of Creative Studies and Media at the University . . .

O Fazendo Gênero 9, em 2010, terá seu foco central em temas que sugerem movimento tanto pela dispersão dos povos e culturas atraves de espaços geográficos quanto pelo desejo de realocações em espaços imaginados . . .

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Taiwan Center for the Development of Psychoanalysis

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Taiwan 2010 Summer International Psychoanalytical Conference

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The International AIDS Conference is the premier gathering for those working in the field of HIV, as well as policy makers, persons living with HIV and other individuals committed to ending the pandemic. It is a chance to assess where . . .

Please visit the conference website for further information . . .

On June 25, 2010, Trans and Gender Non Conforming People of Color and allies will take to the streets of NYC once again and demand justice to let the world know, that the rebellion is not over and we will . . .

The 2010 NSRC Summer Institute at San Francisco State University is a four-week intensive program where participants will explore the concepts of sexuality and health through a critical analysis of race, gender, sexuality, age, disability and religion.

This year . . .

Check the website for details . . .

The Conference will be held between the 4th and the 6th of June, 2010 in the School of Law, University of Barcelona, joining the Pre-Conference to be held on the same stage from the 1st to the 3rd of . . .

Guest curator Paul Lee has put together an interesting collection of films . . .

“Rasta man nah apologize to no batty –boy!” Do dance hall lyrics like this speak for the majority of us?  Is the Caribbean the most homophobic society in the world? Does our popular culture endorse hate crimes against gays and . . .

“Victims to Citizens: Strategies to Confront Homophobia in the Caribbean”
You are invited to attend the IRN Workshop and panel which will be held at the the Caribbean Studies Association CSA; http://www.caribbeanstudiesassociation.org) Conference, which will be held . . .

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International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) Campaign 2010: Religions, homophobia, transphobia.

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Inter-faith Seminar in Hong Kong

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Enquiry and registration: 2398 . . .

At Transnational LGBT Organizing in the World and on the Web we will highlight researchers, activists, and performers whose work focuses on the areas of gender and sexuality in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Middle East. We . . .

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Wenjei Cheng, Chingchwang Ho, Hsuan Huang, Chinghsuan Lin, Weiwei Lo, Ming-Jiun Tsai, Ichen Tsou, Laza Wu

 
… We have all been injured, profoundly. We require regeneration, not rebirth, and the possibilities for our reconstitution include the utopian . . .

Homophobia in the Caribbean to be Explored at Symposium at NSU

Social, cultural and religious aspects of the issue to be examined April 8-10

FT. LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – A symposium exploring homophobia in the Caribbean will be held at . . .

Presenter: Cary Alan Johnson
What strategies have activists taken up to combat legal and extra legal measures against sexual minorities in Africa? This seminar will raise the pressing set of issues facing sexual minorities in various African countries and also . . .

Felipe Bruno Martins Fernandes

PhD Candidate, Interdisciplinary Program in Gender Studies (Faculty of Human Sciences), Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Brazil), CLAGS Scholar-in-Residence (2009-10).

In 2004, the Workers Party administration of President Luiz Inácio “Lula” da . . .

Check the event website for details . . .

Presenter: Angelique Nixon
Resources & Readings:

Please review the website for the Caribbean Region of the IRN to find a new collection of resources and materials concerning Caribbean sexualities and organizing around sexual minorities inside and outside the region.

Please . . .

Presenter: Serkan Gorkemli
The Internet embodies both the promises and challenges of queer organizing and empowerment in the Middle East. The anonymity and invisibility it provides can be useful as well as harmful in a region that has historically overlooked . . .

Human rights of sexual minorities and their violation have a direct impact on the mental health of these populations. Over the past decade, the international human rights movement for sexual minorities has established a strong network that has been active . . .

Check the conference website for more details . . .