Sept 25: Transgender/Transnational: Mapping Transgender Subjectivity Across National & Institutional Boundaries

Transgender/Transnational: Mapping Transgender Subjectivity Across National & Institutional Boundaries a forum with Tey Meadow & Afsaneh Najmabadi Thursday, September 25 6:30 to 8 pm Tey Meadow, Sociology and Studies of Women, Gender & Sexuality, Harvard University Afsaneh Najmabadi, History and Studies of Women, Gender & Sexuality, Harvard University In this interdisciplinary conversation, Tey Meadow and …

April 21: “I Use My Love to Guide Me”: Surviving and Thriving in the Face of Impossible Situations

“I Use My Love to Guide Me”: Surviving and Thriving in the Face of Impossible Situations a panel discussion with Reina Gossett, CeCe McDonald, & Dean Spade Monday, April 21 7:30 pm Event is free, but registration is REQUIRED — click here to register! For more information about this event, please contact the Barnard Center for …

POSTPONED: Transgender/Transnational: Mapping Transgender Subjectivity Across National and Institutional Boundaries

Transgender/Transnational: Mapping Transgender Subjectivity Across National and Institutional Boundaries The second installment of this year’s Globally Queer? series — a talk with Tey Meadow & Afsaneh Najmabadi THIS PANEL DISCUSSION HAS BEEN POSTPONED.  WE HOPE TO RESCHEDULE FOR THE SPRING 2014 SEMESTER.  MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW.  WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE. Tey Meadow, Sociology, Princeton University Afsaneh …

Feb 28: Killing Me Softly with Your Rights: Iranian Transgender Refugees and the Politics of Death

Killing Me Softly with Your Rights: Iranian Transgender Refugees and the Politics of Death a talk by Sima Shakhsari Thursday, February 28 12:30 to 2 pm Department of Social & Cultural Analysis 20 Cooper Square, 4th Floor Sima Shakhsari, Women’s and Gender Studies, Wellesley College Co-sponsored by the NYU Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, and …

February 5: Justin Vivian Bond on the Good Life

Justin Vivian Bond on the Good Life Tuesday, February 5 6:30 to 8:30 pm Department of Performance Studies 721 Broadway, 6th Floor, Room 621 Join us for the first Performance Studies Forum event of the semester: Justin Vivian Bond on the Good Life! Mx Bond will present on the the critical theme of “the good …

Critical Trans Politics and the Limits of Law

a talk by Dean Spade April 19, Thursday 5:30 to 7:30 pm Dean Spade, author of Normal Life: Administrative Violence in conversation with Andrea Ritchie and Reina Gossett Join us in a celebration of Dean Spade’s recently released book, Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics and the Limits of Law, in conversation with Andrea …

Ke Kulana He Mahu: Remembering a Sense of Place film screening

KE KULANA HE MAHU: REMEMBERING A SENSE OF PLACE a film screening and discussion with producer Connie Florez April 5, Tuesday 6 to 9 pm a film by Brent Anbe and Kathryn Xian 67 minutes, 2001, USA For more film information, please visit http://www.zangpictures.net/Projects/KeKulanaHeMahu.html This documentary examines how colonialism has profoundly shifted attitudes toward gender …

Queer Rican Performance: an evening with Ignacio Rivera & Awilda Rodriguez Lora

QUEER RICAN PERFORMANCE an evening with Ignacio Rivera and Awilda Rodriguez Lora November 15, Monday 6 to 8 pm NYU Kimmel Center 60 Washington Square South Room 802 Presented by the NYU Office of LGBT Student Services’ Storytelling and Performance Series For more information: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=157347347637869 Join Puerto Rican performers Ignacio Rivera and Awilda Rodriguez Lora …

Gawking, Gaping, Staring: Living in Marked Bodies: Eli Clare @ NYU

GAWKING, GAPING, STARING: LIVING IN MARKED BODIES A performance by Eli Clare October 4, Monday 7 to 9 pm READ THE REVIEW! Eli Clare, “Building Community/Resisting Shame”: Another side of living in Marked Bodies For more information: please contact the NYU Office of LGBT Student Services at 212-998-4424. Disabled people, trans people, fat people, and …