The marriage debate in the U.S. occupied center stage in mainstream LGBTQ politics for over a decade, becoming synonymous with “gay rights” for much of the general public. Last year’s Supreme Court decision thus has implications for the finances, operations, structure, and mission of all the diverse organizations and groups in this country that do LGBTQ-related work. In […]
Read moreIn 2006, a group of two dozen seasoned LGBT activists and scholars gathered together for a weekend to share their concerns about the same-sex marriage movement and to offer a different vision of marriage politics. Later that summer they released a statement, “Beyond Same-Sex Marriage: A New Strategic Vision For All Our Families and Relationships”, […]
Read moreRecent years have seen study after study confirming what some grassroots queer activists have been claiming for decades: poverty among LGBT people is at crisis levels. Queer women, parents, people of color, senior citizens, youth, immigrants, rural residents, and transgender people all face poverty rates that are higher than their heterosexual, cisgendered peers. Yet there […]
Read moreIn this session we reflect on the massacre at the Pulse nightclub. In this roundtable discussion we will discuss will reflect on issues raised by the Pulse shootings of June 2016. Events such as this painfully demonstrate the urgency of the ongoing fight for LGBTQ justice. Rather than a traditional panel of presentations, the session […]
Read moreThe conference closes with a roundtable discussion about the future of LGBTQ scholarship. Moderated by Simone Kolysh, a PhD candidate in sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center, this conversation brings together scholars of different disciplines and career stages to reflect on the conference and the shape of LGBTQ studies in an era when many countries have […]
Read moreTo open the conference, journalist and scholar Steven Thrasher moderates an open-ended conversation among a diverse set of activists about changes (or not) in U.S. LGBTQ politics since the Obergefell decision, and the path forward from here. Confirmed participants include storyteller, editor, and writer Hari Ziyad; bisexual activist and educator Robyn Ochs; Trans Justice Funding Project director Gabriel Foster; […]
Read moreIn America, an estimated 1.6 million youth experience homelessness every year. Yet, even more disturbing, according to the Williams Institute, 40% of the homeless youth served by agencies identify as LGBT. This panel brings together researchers, activists, and service providers to foster a dialogue about this horrific problem, and the ways people are currently working […]
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