Qwo-Li Driskill will give an address titled “Performing Revolution, Scholarship, and Decolonial Practice” at the Women’s and Gender Studies Symposium on Friday, March 22.
Women’s and Gender Studies Symposium, March 22
Unit: LGBT/Queer Studies and Services Institute
LGBTQ+ literacy advocates, authors of Reading the Rainbow, to speak March 6
Caitlin Ryan and Jill Hermann-Wilmarth, co-authors of the book Reading the Rainbow, will speak at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, in the Brown Ballroom of the Bone Student Center.
Jessica Lynn to bring message of transgender acceptance, September 26
Transgender advocate and activist Jessica Lynn will bring her message of acceptance for gender non-conforming people to Illinois State University.
Conference explores social, ethnic, racial boundaries, February 9-10
Illinois State University will host a two-day conference to explore how people see race and ethnicity in the current political climate.
Slaying our dragons: She Kills Monsters battles homophobia and loss
Director Paul Dennhardt talks about the compassion, passion, and humor of the fantasy-comedy-drama.
Queertalks: Sexual politics and religion in Haiti, November 2
Erin Durban-Albrecht will present “Religious Sexual Politics in Haiti: Vodou, Catholicism, and Protestantism” at 12:30 p.m., Thursday, November 2, at the LGBT/Queer Studies and Services Institute.
Queertober celebrates LGBTQ students
ISU Pride will host a series of events throughout the month of October to celebrate Queertober.
QUEERtalks: Arab futurism and queer cosmic utopias, October 6
Ronak Kapadia will present “Outer Views, or Palestine in the Sky: Arab Futurisms, Atmospheric Warfare, and Queer Cosmic Utopias” for QUEERtalks on October 6.
QUEERtalks: Envisioning Queer Collectivity, April 27
Miranda Joseph, a gender studies professor at the University of Arizona will present the last of the semester’s QUEERtalks series with “Envisioning Queer Collectivity, Contesting Racial Capitalism.”
QUEERtalks: On Bathrooms and Borders, March 28
“On Bathrooms and Borders” will be the next QUEERtalks at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 28,
