April 24: Religious Freedom “versus” Equal Rights? Emerging Dilemmas in Law and Policy Across the Americas: Gender, Sexuality, Religion

Religious Freedom “versus” Equal Rights? Emerging Dilemmas in Law and Policy Across the Americas: Gender, Sexuality, Religion a forum with Lori G. Beaman, Benjamin Berger, Katherine M. Franke, Marco Huaco, Louise Melling, Julieta Lemaitre Ripoll, Pam Spees, Nelson Tebbe, Juan Marco Vaggione, Rev. Winnie Varghese–and more Thursday, April 24 2 to 6 pm For a preview …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Critical Trans Politics and the Shortcomings of Law Reform

A lecture by Dean Spade April 7, Wednesday 6 to 8 PM Dean Spade, Seattle University School of Law; Founder, Sylvia Rivera Law Project As critical trans politics continues to emerge and develop, there is an increasingly vocal demand for trans political formations to center racial and economic justice and respond to crises facing trans …

A Symposium Honoring Judith Butler's Contributions to the Scholarship and Practice of Gender and Sexuality Law

Friday, March 5, 2010 9:00 am Presented by the the Center for Gender & Sexuality Law and the Center for the Study of Law and Culture at Columbia Law School Each year the Center for Gender & Sexuality Law devotes a day-long symposium to the significant contributions of a senior scholar to the literature of …