April 10: Perverse Ambitions, Deviant Careers: A Queer History of the Modern American Workplace

Perverse Ambitions, Deviant Careers: A Queer History of the Modern American Workplace a lecture by Margot Canaday Thursday, April 10 6:30 to 8 pm Margot Canaday, History, Princeton University While historians of sexuality have explored working class cultures, an assumption that workplaces were “straight spaces” in which queer people passed has limited inquiry into the …

March 6: The AIDS Generation

The AIDS Generation a panel discussion with Eric Bartley, Jack Drescher, & Perry N. Halkitis Thursday, March 6 7:30 to 9:30 pm Eric Bartley, AIDS activist and Housing Works, Inc. Board of Directors member Jack Drescher, psychiatrist & psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City Perry N. Halkitis, Applied Psychology, Public Health & Medicine …

Feb 27: Queer Canada

Queer Canada part of the Globally Queer? series a lecture by Rinaldo Walcott with discussant Tavia Nyong’o Thursday, February 27 6:30 to 8 pm Rinaldo Walcott, Sociology and Equity Studies, University of Toronto Tavia Nyong’o, Performance Studies, New York University The final installment of this year’s Globally Queer? series features the pioneering, interdisciplinary scholar of …

Oct 30: “You Can Tell Just By Looking” and 20 Other Myths About LGBT Life and People

“You Can Tell Just By Looking” and 20 Other Myths About LGBT Life and People a book salon with Ann Pellegrini & Michael Amico Wednesday, October 30 6 to 7:30 pm Ann Pellegrini, Performance Studies and Religious Studies, New York University Michael Amico, Doctoral Candidate ABD, American Studies, Yale University “You Can Tell Just By …

April 9: Queer Africa with Desiree Lewis and Keguro Macharia

Queer Africa the third in the series Globally Queer? — a talk with Desiree Lewis, Keguro Macharia, & Tavia Nyong’o Tuesday, April 9 6 to 8 pm Department of Social & Cultural Analysis 20 Cooper Square, 4th Floor Desiree Lewis, Women and Gender Studies, University of the Western Cape, South Africa “Scripting Sexualities in Post-Apartheid …

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 …

October 5: Religious Exemptions, Sexual Freedom & the Biopolitics of U.S. Healthcare

Religious Exemptions, Sexual Freedom, and the Biopolitics of U.S. Healthcare an afternoon symposium October 5, Friday 1 to 6 pm Confirmed Participants: Khiara M. Bridges, Boston University Elizabeth A. Castelli, Barnard College Katherine Franke, Center for Gender & Sexuality Law, Columbia Law School Janet R. Jakobsen, Barnard Center for Research on Women, Barnard College Louise …

Seminars in the City: Bringing Queer to the K-12 Classroom

Seminars in the City: Bringing Queer to the K-12 Classroom Saturdays, 11 am to 3 pm March 3rd, March 21st, and May 5th 123 William Street (downtown Manhattan) New York, NY 10038 If you can attend, please RSVP to queeringthecurriculum(at)gmail.com as soon as possible. This past summer, queer people and our allies cheered the California …

Panel on Addressing Sexism in the LGBT Community and Beyond: Strategies for Envisioning an Inclusive Movement

Hosted by the Stonewall Democrats NYC in honor of Women’s History Month Wednesday, March 24 8pm to 9pm LGBTQ Community Center 208 West 13th Street between 7th Avenue and Greenwich Avenue NYC Guest Speaker: City Councilmember Margaret Chin Panelists: City Councilmember Rosie Mendez Cathy Marino-Thomas, President of Marriage Equality Meghan Huppuch, Girls for Gender Equity …