News
Intimate Technologies of Family Making: Birth Control Politics in Cold War Turkey
GSWS Core faculty Secil Yilmaz's article "Intimate Technologies of Family Making: Birth Control Politics in Cold War Turkey” has just come out in the latest issue of the Bulletin of the History of Medicine!
2025-2026 Visiting Scholar Applications Now Live!
Applications must be submitted no later than December 31, 2024, and decisions will go out the last week of January.
GSWS Affiliated Faculty Member Flores Awarded NIH grant
The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) has been awarded a $3.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop and evaluate a new intervention designed to improve communication between parents and their gay or bisexual adolescent sons.
Tool Developed by GSWS Affiliated Faculty Member Amy Hillier Aims to Normalize Gender Discussions in Pediatric Care
Dr. Amy Hillier, SP2 Faculty member and Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, is part of a team that recently developed a tool to help normalize discussions of gender in the pediatric health setting.
Dr. Sophie Lewis' Upcoming Book: Enemy Feminisms
Dr. Sophie Lewis' new book, Enemy Feminisms, will be out in February.
All Gender Restroom Now Open in Fisher Bennett Hall
The All Gender Restroom in Fisher Bennett Hall is now open! This restroom has three, private, floor-to-ceiling doors/walls, locked stalls, and a shared hand-washing space. The restroom is located in BENN 308.
Men's restrooms are located on the ground, first, second, and fourth floor.
The full All Gender Restroom campus map (updated August 2024) is located HERE.
Welcome Message From Jessa Lingel, GSWS/FQT New Director
Feminism has never been more necessary. The need for queer politics and community, for trans joy and inclusion has never been more urgent. In the U.S. alone, more than 45 anti-trans bills have already been passed this year, with hundreds more in the works.