Locating the History of Sexuality in Jean Rhys’s Birth Narratives Matty Hemming This talk considers how the fiction of British-Caribbean author Jean Rhys registers and intervenes in early twentieth century discourses of classed and racialized biological reproduction. Focusing on…

A READING BY CARLOS DECENA From his book Circuits of the Sacred: Faggotology in the Black Latinx Caribbean Hosted by Al Filreis Share on Facebook Watch live on YouTube Register to attend in person Join us at Writers House on Tuesday, April 19, at 6:00 PM for a reading by…

Jules Gill-Peterson (JHU) will be giving a talk on Thursday, 4/14, at 3:30pm. The talk will be in FBH 401, with a reception to follow at 5pm. “The Queen’s Two Bodies, or a Political Theology of Trans Femininity” In midcentury America the queen was the central symbol of the gay…

Speaker: Dr. David L. Eng, Ph.D. Richard l. Fisher Professor of English and Asian American Studies Topic: Racial Melancholia, Racial Dissociation: On the Social and Psychic Lives of Asian Americans. Dr. Eng will explore case histories that illustrate the social and psychic…

Despite being one of the biggest informational resources available, Wikipedia has a troubling gender gap: in the English language version of Wikipedia, it’s estimated that only 10-15% editors are women, and women are the subject of less than 20% of all biographical pages. Recent…

LGBTQ+ people of color have historically acted as political bridge-builders and radical change-makers on behalf of their multiple communities. Join two queer activists of color, Hanae Masonfrom Black Lives Matter Philadelphia and Jorian Rivera-Veintidos from GALAEI: QTBIPOC…

As part of a year of programming on Care for the Future, the Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies is hosting a series of events to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of two landmark publications for BIPOC queer feminist thought, This Bridge Called My…

Take Back the Night is an international campaign designed to take a stand against interpersonal and sexual violence. On Penn’s Campus, Take Back the Night includes a speaker on College Green, a rally/protest and a march around campus with the Penn Band, and a survivor speak-out…

STAGED READING: What the Constitution Means to Me by Heidi SchreckThursday, April 7 th | 6pmBruce Montgomery Theatre, Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts All members of the Penn community are welcome to attend this free performance In June, the Supreme Court of the United…

Kitchen-table style discussion with Chaz Barracks, Aimee Meredith Cox, Shaka McGlotten, and Charlyn Griffith with Antoine Haywood and Deborah A. ThomasCon-artistry as a theory and practice stems from interpretations of the trickster in oral and literary traditions to…