FALL 2007
Fridays, October 5, 12 and 19, 7:30pm
Friday, October 5, 12 - 1:30 pm
The Jaws of Time: The 1960's to 1990's, Brokeback Style
Presentation by Amy Villarejo, Cornell University
UA Marshall Bldg, Rm 211
Amy Villarejo has a joint appointment in film studies and the Feminist, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program at Cornell University. She is author of Lesbian Rule: Cultural Criticism and the Value of Desire (Duke University Press), which received the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Katherine Singer Kovacs Book Award) and, recently, Film Studies: The Basics (Routledge). Professor Villarejo is also co-editor of the forthcoming anthology, Capital Q: Marxism After Queer Theory (NYU Press). Her articles on documentary cinema, queer TV, thrift shopping, and other topics have appeared in journals such as GLQ, Social Text, and New German Critique.
Friday, October 12, 4:30-6:30pm
UA LGBT Fall Welcoming Reception
PLEASE NOTE: Location has been changed to the Saguaro Room of the El Portal Building, located on the NW corner of 6th St. & Highland Ave.
Parking available in the 6th St. garage
No RSVP required / Refreshments
Sponsored by LGBT Studies, OUTReach, Pride Alliance, and the AZ HRC chapter
Mark your calendars and pick out your best outfit for an evening of great food and drinks to celebrate our community! OUTReach, LGBT Studies, and Pride Alliance are pleased to invite you and yours to our annual Fall Welcoming Reception. We will be hosting many special guests that evening, including UA President Dr. Robert Shelton. Dr. Shelton is scheduled to arrive at approximately 4:45pm - so it will be great to have as many people as possible present when the doors open at 4:30pm. In addition to celebrating our community's strengths and successes over the past year, welcoming new students, faculty, and staff, we will formally introduce Cathy Busha, our new Director of LGBTQ Affairs, to the community. There will be one information table for all community groups to leave information for pickup only. If your GLBT organization would like to bring one flier, there will be room on the table. This is certainly not an evening to miss!
Thursday, November 8, 12:30-2 pm
I've got the name, I want the game: a young upper-middle class girl's path to sexual subjectivity: Western New York, 1915-1928
Brown Bag by Liz Kennedy
Modern Languages Building, 4th Floor, Room 451
Liz Kennedy's presentation explores Julia Boyer Reinstein's understanding of the multiple forces that created her teen age sexual interests in both women and men and led her to become a lesbian as a young adult. Her stories give a unique window on sexual norms and meanings in the early 20th century documenting how some women in rural towns established sexual relationships with other women, as distinct from the romantic friendships and Boston Marriages that were predominant in the 19th century.
Thursday, November 15, 3:30pm CANCELED
Remembering the Compton's Cafeteria Riot
Talk by Victor Silverman
Modern Languages Building, 4th Floor, Room 451
Professor Victor Silverman's talk has been cancelled and will be re-scheduled at a later date.
In 2006, activists in San Francisco mobilized to create a memorial to a previously forgotten event, a 1966 riot at Compton's Cafeteria that started that city's transgender movement. Sparked by Victor Silverman and Susan Stryker's film, Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria, the movement for a memorial demonstrated the power that remembering the past holds for community activists today. Victor Silverman, co-director/producer of the film Screaming Queens (which will screen at the Loft Cinema on Sunday, November 18), will show clips from the film, images of the memorial, and discuss how history, film, and activism can interact.
Spring 2008
The Institute for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies is excited to host Dr. Paul Allatson as a Visiting International Scholar during Spring 2008. Dr. Allatson will offer a public lecture to the campus and local community, and will be available to meet with interested scholars, cultural workers, community members, and students.
Dr. Allatson is a Senior Lecturer in US Latino and Spanish Studies at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. His research exlores U.S. Latino/a cultural politics and cultural citizenship, and the new transnational and transmigrant latinidades that are emerging in, and connecting, the Americas, Europe and Australia.
He is the author of Latino Dreams: Transcultural Traffic and the U.S. National Imaginary (Rodopi Press, 2002) and Key Terms in Latino/a Cultural and Literary Studies (Blackwell Press, 2007); co-editor of Exile Cultures, Misplaced Identities (Rodopi, 2008, in press); co-editor of a special issue of PORTAL Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies (on "Exile and Social Transformation," 2005); and the author of numerous articles and book chapters including "Ilan Stavan's Latino USA: A Cartoon History" (2007), "The United States of Empire and the Coalition of the Willing Queer" (2007), "Juan Davila: Queering the Transpacific South" (2007), and "My Bones Shine in the Dark: AIDS and Chicano Queer De-scription in the Work of Gil Cuadros" (2007).
Dr. Allatson's publications also include creative works, and writings on visual art. He is the founding editor of PORTAL Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies, and serves on the international advisory board of Latino Studies and the editorial advisory board of Nebula. While in residence at the Institute, he will be completing Heterical Citizenship: Chicano/a Cultural Politics After the Movement, which explores how the cultural-political, nationalist, and symbolic legacies of the Chicano Movement both inform and provide axes of dispute for Chicano/a cultural workers and audiences today.
March 24, 2008 / 4:30pm-6:30pm
"Relations of Desire: Queer Oral History Methods"
Women's Studies Conference room (1443 East First Street, at the corner of Vine)
Public lecture by Dr. Horacio Roque Ramirez, Chicano Studies, University of California Santa Barbara. Presented by the Oral Histories of Southern Arizona Research Cluster of the UA Institute for LGBT Studies.
March 25, 2008 / 11am-12:15pm
"Mourning to Belong: In the Gay Latino Archives of AIDS"
Dr. Horacio Roque Ramirez will speak to students in WS 496/596. For assigned reading and room number, contact Professor Elizabeth Kennedy. Presented by the Oral Histories of Southern Arizona Research Cluster of the UA Institute for LGBT Studies.
March 26, 2008 / 1:00-2:30 pm
Internationalizing Chicano/Latino Studies: A Round Table
Main Library, Special Collections
Free and open to the public
Presenters and topics:
- Dr. Paul Allatson (Visiting Scholar at the Institute for LGBT Studies, Senior Lecturer in U.S. Latino and Spanish Studies, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia) will present Chicano/Latino Studies in Australia, including a brief discussion of sexuality issues in internationalizing Chicano/Latino Studies.
- Dr. Javier Durán (Associate Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, UA) will present Chicano/Latino Studies in Mexico.
- Dr. Chuck Tatum, (Dean, College of Humanities, UA) will present Chicano/Latino Studies in Europe.
The round table will be moderated by Dr. Laura Gutiérrez, Assistant Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, UA.
Sponsored by the Institute for LGBT Studies. Co-sponsored by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.
March 27-28, 2008
Two Readings by National LGBT Rights Activist and Family Law & Marriage Scholar
Nancy Polikoff, professor of law at American University Washington College of Law and former visiting faculty member for The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, will deliver two readings in Tucson from her new book, Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage: Valuing All Families Under the Law. For more than 30 years, Polikoff has been writing and litigating cases involving non-traditional families. With the question of same-sex marriage again surfacing in the Arizona legislature, Polikoff's book is timely and important.
March 27 / 3 pm at Corleone Student
Center
(at corner of Mabel and Freemont, just east of Park)
The Law School will provide light refreshments. Polikoff's reading at the James E. Rogers College is co-sponsored by the UA Office of LGBTQ Affairs, the Pride Law Alliance, the College of Law, and Institute for LGBT Studies.
Friday, March 28 / 7 pm at Antigone Books (411 North 4th Avenue, Tucson)
Polikoff's second reading is co-sponsored by Antigone Books, the UA Office of LGBTQ Affairs, and Wingspan, Southern Arizona's LGBT Community Center.
More about Polikoff: Polikoff's new book deftly argues that the law's narrow definitions of family and marriage no longer work today. With many households following nontraditional family models, the book suggests we need to look at ways the law can change to value all families beyond those created by marriage. She believes that couples, both gay and straight, should have the choice to marry, but that no one should have to marry in order to reap specific legal results. She argues that, while same-sex marriage is a civil rights victory for LGBT people, it's not the fix to what's wrong with the law of families. The fix is implementing laws that break down the bright line between married couples and everyone else.
In the book, Polikoff criticizes the conservative "marriage movement" for blaming all social problems on the decline of life-long heterosexual marriage. She also takes issue with the gay rights "marriage-equality movement" for attributing the legal problems facing same-sex couples to the inability to marry, rather than to the "special rights" inappropriately granted married couples.
Her articles have appeared in numerous law reviews, and her history of the development of the law affecting lesbian and gay parenting appears as a chapter in J. D'Emilio, W. Turner, and U. Vaid, eds., Creating Change: Sexuality, Public Policy, and Civil Rights (2000). She helped develop the legal theories in support of second-parent adoption and visitation rights for legally unrecognized parents, and she was successful counsel in In re M.M.D., the 1995 case that established joint adoption for lesbian and gay couples in the District of Columbia, and Boswell v. Boswell, the 1998 Maryland case overturning restrictions on a gay noncustodial father's visitation rights.
For more information, please visit www.beyondstraightandgaymarriage.com
Queering Scholarship: A Graduate & Professional Student Colloquium
Biological Sciences West, 1041 East Lowell Street, Room 210
Free and open to the public.
In celebration of our founding, the UA Institute for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies invites all UA graduate and professional students who are engaged in LGBTQ or sexuality-related scholarship to present their work (completed or in progress) at this colloquium. Come to learn more about graduate and professional student research on sexuality/LGBT issues.
SCHEDULE
Welcome - Dr. Eithne Luibheid, Director, Institute for LGBT Studies
Introductory remarks - Dr. Andrew Comrie, Dean of the Graduate College and Associate Vice President for Research
"La Migra" - Reading by Dr. Adela Licona, Department of English
1:20-2:35 / Roundtable I
Chair: Professor Adam Geary, Women's Studies
Panelists:
- Ayisha Al-Sayyad, Women's Studies, "Queer Muslim Women: On Diaspora, Islam and Identity"
- Jennifer Jo Thompson, Anthropology, "Reclaiming Menopausal Sexuality: Questioning Pathology Through Women's Words"
- David L. Orvis, English, "Searching for Queer(ed) Marriages in the Premodern World: A Reappraisal of John Boswell's Same Sex Unions in Premodern Europe"
- Wendy Sampson, Women's Studies, "SAGA Youth and Family Program: Building Tools for Support and Advocacy"
- Amber May, College of Medicine, "Development of an Internet-Based Survey to Assess Tobacco Attitudes and Behaviors Among LGBTQ Youth"
- Jason Crockett, Sociology, "Mobilization in Response to Threat: The Case of the Ex-Gay Movement"
- Alan Nyitray, Epidemiology, "Risk Factors and Age-Specific Prevalence of Anal HPV in Heterosexual Men"
- Melissa White, Women's Studies, "Beyond 'Queer Citizenship': Toward a Tactics of 'Transnational Aesthetic Mutiny'"
2:35-2:45-Break
2:45-4 / Roundtable II
Chair: Professor Jennifer Vanderleest, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Panelists:
- Russ Toomey, Family Studies and Human Development, "Gender Nonconformity and Queer Youth: School Victimization and Beyond"
- Megan Wright and Karen Gordon, Sociology, "You Can't Get Pregnant So Have Fun: Safer Sex Among Women Who Have Sex With Women"
- Laura Fry, Women's Studies, "Corporate Greed Marketed as Morality: HPV Vaccine as a False Consciousness of Women's Health"
- Megan Wright and Monika Ulrich, Sociology, "Irresponsible Speech: Clarifying the Differences Between Behavior and Identity in Sexuality Research"
- Sarah Ilene Strand, Sociology, "Sexual Identity, Sexual Behavior, and Romantic Attraction: A QCA Analysis of Sexual Orientation Components"
- Kali Van Campen, Family Studies and Human Development, "Positive Youth Development and HIV/AIDS Prevention for Vulnerable Youth"
- Erin Durban, Women's Studies, "Madivenez, Masisi, and Queer: Articulations by Haitian Immigrants of Sexuality and Liberation"
For more info, contact: The Institute for LGBT Studies (520) 626-3431.
March 31, 2008 / 4-5:30pm
Inaugural Reception of the UA Institute for LGBT Studies
El Portal (501 North Highland Avenue at Sixth Street) SEE MAP
Come celebrate the UA Institute for LGBT Studies' inauguration! Authorized by the Provost on October 11, 2007, the Institute replaces the Committee for LGBT Studies, and develops curriculum, fosters research, and presents public programs on LGBT/sexuality histories, politics, cultures, and concerns. Sponsored by the Institute for LGBT Studies. (And don't miss the Graduate & Professional Student Colloquium that precedes this celebratory event - see details above)
TRANSGENDER YOUTH & HEALTH: APRIL 1-2
Tuesday, April 1, 7:30 am
Family Reactions as a Source of Risk & Well-Being for LGBT Youth
Dr. Caitlin Ryan, Cesar Chavez Institute, San Francisco State University
Room 8403 University Medical Center
University of Arizona Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds
Tuesday, April 1, 6:00pm
Community Forum: Helping Families Support Transgender Children
Dunbar Cultural Center Auditorium, 325 W Second Street (2 Blocks south of Speedway on Main, parking is available on the south side of the building.)
Dr. Caitlin Ryan, San Francisco State University
Wendy Sampson, Graduate Student, UA Women’s Studies
Alison Davison, Goodrum Mental Health Advocacy Project, SAGA
TBA: Eon Youth Participant
Wednesday, April 2, 12:00pm
Family-Related Care: Rethinking HIV Prevention & Well-Being for LGBT Youth
Dr. Caitlin Ryan, San Francisco State University
Room 2117, College of Medicine, 1501 N. Campbell Ave
Hosted by Arizona AIDS Education & Training Center
Refreshments provided.
The three Transgender Youth & Health events are sponsored by The Institute for LGBT Studies, University of Arizona College of Medicine AIDS Education & Training Center, McClelland Institute for Children, Youth, and Families, and Wingspan’s Southern Arizona Gender Alliance (SAGA), an Eon Youth Center.
April 10, 2008 / 10:30am -12:30pm
Oral History and the Corporate University: Challenging Rhetoric with Practice
Women's Studies Conference Room (1443 East First Street, at the corner of Vine) Seminar by Professor Gloria Cuadraz, ASU West
Presented by the Oral Histories of Southern Arizona Research Cluster of the UA Institute for LGBT Studies.
April 10, 2008 / 7 pm
Screening of Voices from the Camps at Litchfield Park
Modern Languages 311
Introduction and discussion led by Dr. Gloria Cuadraz, Principal Investigator and Producer
Presented by the Oral Histories of Southern Arizona Research Cluster of the UA Institute for LGBT Studies.
April 17 / 5 pm
"American Sodomy, or What the Coppers Saw"
Santa Cruz room of the Student Union
In this talk, Dr. John Howard will situate Bowers vs. Hardwick (1986) and Lawrence vs. Texas (2003) within the context of local, southern queer cultures in Atlanta and Houston, respectively. A native of Mississippi, John Howard is an alumnus of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, where he received an MA in American Studies. He completed his PhD at the Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts at Emory University. Howard currently teaches in the Department of American Studies at King's College, University of London. He is the author of Men Like That: A Southern Queer History (University of Chicago Press, 1999) and editor of Carryin' On in the Lesbian and Gay South (New York University Press, 1997).