Sex/Work in a Global Frame

a roundtable with Kamala Kempadoo, Angelique Nixon, Elena Shih, & Yin Q

Dec 5, 2023, Tuesday, 6 to 7:30 pm

20 Cooper Square, 1st Floor, Room 101

This panel brings together scholars and activists working across different sites – the United States, the Caribbean, Thailand, and China – who are at the forefront of theorizing sex, gender, labor and migration. Challenging colonial narratives of rescue, redemption, and rehabilitation that undergird the global anti-trafficking movement, the panelists collectively envision global gender/sexual/economic justice by foregrounding the perspectives, expertise, and organizing efforts of workers themselves. This panel serves as a closing celebration of the art exhibition “Our Inner Quarters: The Spaces of Work and Care of Red Canary Song,” which highlights the art and activism of Red Canary Song, a grassroots collective of Asian and migrant sex workers and massage workers based in Queens, NY. 

Organized by the NYU Intersectional Feminist/Queer Studies Collective and the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality; co-sponsored by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU.

This event is free & open to the public. RSVP is required for audience members without an active NYU ID.

For more information about this event, please contact the NYU Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at csgs@nyu.edu.