Yara Damaj (she/her) "Disrupting Binaries: #MosqueMeToo, Double Duress, and Colonial Mimicry" [Abstract Forthcoming] Lauren Bakst (she/her) "Lesbian Surrounds: Studying with Shakedown and the Clit Club" How do lesbians have sex in the city, beyond the parameters of the domestic…

Coinciding with the 51st anniversary of the trailblazing restaurant Mother Courage of New York City, Dr. Alex Ketchum's book Ingredients for Revolution: A History of American Feminist Restaurants, Cafes, and Coffeehouses is the first history of the more than 230 feminist and…

A Symposium on Love and Sex is a transdisciplinary discussion between three amazing panelists: Dr. Sukaina Hirji (Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Penn) Dr. Marcia Chatelain (Presidential Penn Compact Professor of Africana Studies) Dr. Sophie Lewis (Visiting Scholar, Center…

Monique Perry (she/her/they/them) " “I’ve never thought of it”: Middle School Teachers’ Conceptions of Sexuality in Cross-Curricular Classrooms" [Abstract Forthcoming] Valentina Proust (she/ella) " From Mourning to Movement: Feminist Activism Through Protest Anthems" This project…

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Join the LGBT Center on Monday, November 20th at 4:00 pm in the ARCH Lobby for a vigil and display for Transgender Day of Remembrance, honoring the trans community and trans lives lost.

Kristopher Velasco, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Princeton University Integration into the international community is typically used to explain liberal outcomes. However, is it possible that such integration can also explain rising illiberalism? Using the case of LGBT+…

Facilitators: Caz Batten, English and Beans Velocci, History and Sociology of Science This workshop is intended for instructors in the humanities and social sciences who would like to develop learning environments that support trans, nonbinary, and gender-expansive students. We…

This talk will focus on the literary pursuits of Havelock Ellis and a coterie of Victorian sexologists, printers, and scholars who created the original Mermaid Series of Old Dramatists. The Mermaids series is best known for making affordable paperback editions of Renaissance…

Penn Women's Studies graduate Lisa Niver will be joined by her publisher and fellow Penn grad Debra Englander to discuss her travel memoir Brave-ish. While Brave-ish chronicles Niver’s inspiring expeditions to distant corners of the world including Myanmar, Cuba, Morocco, Kenya…