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Affective Tendencies: Bodies, Pleasures, Sexualities conference

Affective Tendencies: Bodies, Pleasures, Sexualities

Women’s and Gender Studies, Rutgers University October 7-9, 2010

Deadline for Registration: September 15, 2010

This conference addresses the question of how sexuality, pleasure and bodies constitute, at least in part, affective life. Affective tendencies, orientations, trajectories have regulated how we understand and experience bodies, pleasures, sexualities. How are [...]

Women & Power 2010: Our Time to Lead conference

Women & Power 2010: Our Time to Lead

September 24–26, 2010

Join hundreds of women for a weekend of celebration and conversation guaranteed to wake up your inner leader and leave you brimming with renewed purpose. Omega’s annual Women & Power conference is one of the most celebrated women’s gatherings in the world, unique [...]

Framing the Vulva: Genital Cosmetic Surgery & Genital Diversity conference in Las Vegas

THE NEW VIEW CAMPAIGN announces its THIRD Conference, to be held at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, on Sunday, September 26, 2010.

FRAMING THE VULVA: GENITAL COSMETIC SURGERY AND GENITAL DIVERSITY

While the vulva surgeons are holding a conference on the Las Vegas strip, the New View, in collaboration with the UNLV Women’s [...]

Ah Kua Show: A Singapore Transsexual’s Journey to Womanhood

The Ah Kua Show, a stage adapation of Leona Lo’s autobiography, From Leonard to Leona, A Singapore Transsexual’s Journey to Womanhood, was first staged in Singapore in August 2009. This year, the play will open at the New York International Fringe Festival at 4.30 pm on Saturday, 21 Aug [...]

Working Sex: Power, Practice, and Politics: 4th Desiree Alliance Conference

July 25-30, 2010 Las Vegas, NV

www.desireealliance.org/conference.htm

Conference to Unify and Educate in the areas of:

Academics & Policy Activism Arts, Entertainment & Media Business Development Harm Reduction Outreach!

REGISTRATION CLOSES ON JULY 15th!!

Just when you thought the Desiree Alliance Conference couldn’t get better… we secured a LIMITED number of hotel rooms at [...]

Out in the Himalayas: Lesbians of Yunnan: Same Sex Relations in Minority China

Presented by the RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART in association with OUT magazine and IN THE LIFE

Wednesday night events in Gay Pride Month focusing on gay, lesbian and transgender issues in the Himalayan region.

June 9, 2010 7:00 PM

$15/$13.50 for members

$7 Student Discount w/ Valid Student Identification

Includes pre-event tour Transgender Transformation [...]

Strategic Imperatives for Ending Violence against Women: Linkages to Education, Economic Security, and Health

ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE

REGISTER NOW Online at http://www.unifem-usnc.org/conference

When: June 11 and 12, 2010

Where: Hunter College, West Wing, East 68th Street and Lexington Avenue in New York City

What: A conference to build collaborations to understand the intersections between violence against women and key social investments: the economy, health and education. Convening leaders [...]

Politically Queer: Social In[queer]y and the University

2010 Department of Politics Graduate Student Conference

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=323299477808&ref=nf

The New School for Social Research

Saturday May 1, 2010 10 am – 6 pm

Wollman Hall – 65 West 11th St. 5th floor

free and open to all

Featured speakers:

Lisa Duggan Jasbir Puar Jonathan Ned Katz Jose E. Munoz

Contact info:

Web: www.politicallyqueer.tumblr.com

Email: [...]

Sex Work Harm Reduction: Beyond Safer Sex

From the Harm Reduction and Mental Health Project

When: April 30, 2010; 3:00-4:30 PM

Where: New York University, 6 Washington Place, Room 551, NYC

Presented by: Maryse Mitchell-Brody, MSW

Harm reduction with people in the sex industry tends to focus on the reduction of risks of sexually transmitted infections. However, the complex set of [...]

Impossible Communities

Impossible Communities

Critical and Visual Studies Colloquium presents a panel discussion moderated by Professor Gayatri Gopinath (NYU), featuring DJ Ashu Rai (Sholay Productions) and DJ Rekha (Basement Bhangra)

Thursday, April 22nd 2010 6:30 – 8:00 PM

A conversation on the emergence and history of a South Asian Queer Diaspora in NYC, and the use [...]