The Brooklyn College Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Alliance invites CUNY students and our local community members to attend our free conference on Tuesday, April 27, 2010. Registration is now open! QUEERING BROOKLYN is free and open to the public. Community members are required to register. Brooklyn College students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to register. Click here for the registration form.  ASL interpreting services will be provided  As Brooklyn College celebrates its first year housing CUNY's first and only undergraduate LGBTQ Studies program, the BC Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Alliance is proud to present QUEERING BROOKLYN: Exploring Queer and Trans Realities in the County of Kings. On April 27, 2010, students, scholars, and local community members will come together to address issues that affect the lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgender, and gender non-conforming communities in Brooklyn. The conference will include presentations, panels, film, and performance art examining topics of immigration, police and interpersonal violence and community response, queer and trans youth in the public education system, and more. Guests include keynote speaker Jasbir Puar of Rutgers University, performer Ignacio Rivera, and activists and community leaders from FIERCE, SOS Collective, Audre Lorde Project, Immigration Equality, APICHA, and GLSEN. We present this day of scholarship, art, and dialogue to assert that even at a time when public institutions such as CUNY are under attack and our national LGBTQ agenda leaves so many behind, we as students and New Yorkers will continue to strive toward a broader vision, conversation, and representation of our communities. In this vein, QUEERING BROOKLYN is free and open to the public. FREE and open to the public (community members must register online) FREE lunch and snacks (with vegetarian and vegan options) FREE rapid HIV testing 12-3pm ASL interpreting services will be provided Access to gender-neutral bathroom facilities will be provided PROGRAM The conference will take place in the Brooklyn College Student Center. All day-time programming will take place in the Penthouse, 7th Floor. Evening performance will take place in the Bedford Lounge, 2nd Floor. FREE rapid HIV testing will take place 12-3pm in the Cosmic Lounge, 5th Floor. Realities of Queer Spaces and Queer Streets--Film Screening and Free Luncheon: 7th Floor Penthouse 12:15 - 2:00pm - Screening of Fenced OUT with guest community activist/organizer panelists John Blasco of FIERCE, and Chelsea Johnson-Long and Ejeris Dixon of the Audre Lorde Project's Safe OUTside the System (SOS) Collective. Fenced OUT, a documentary by
LGBTQ youth, documents the
struggle of LGBTSTQ youth of color to save the Christopher Street pier
and the West Village from re-development and gentrification.
FIERCE (Fabulous Independent Educated Radicals for Community Empowerment) works to combat the increasing displacement, violence, and criminalization experienced by LGBTSTQ youth of color. Safe OUTSide the System (SOS) Collective works to challenge violence that affects LGBTSTGNC people of color, guided by the belief that strategies that increase the police presence and the criminalization of our communities do not create safety. "Homonationalism: What is it?" 7th Floor Penthouse 2:15 - 3:30pm - Keynote address by Jasbir Puar of Rutgers University Jasbir Puar is the author of Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism
in Queer Times (2007), in which she argues that configurations of
sexuality, race, gender, nation, class and ethnicity are realigning in
relation to contemporary forces of secularization, counterterrorism, and
nationalism. Her research interests include gender, sexuality, and
globalization; postcolonial and diaspora theories; queer theory; South
Asian cultural studies; and tourism studies. Her essays on these topics
have been widely published. Jasbir Puar is a core faculty member in
Women's & Gender Studies at Rutgers University, as well as a
graduate faculty member in the department of Geography. LGBTQ Immigration and Transnational Realities 7th Floor Penthouse 3:40 - 4:55pm - The personal is political--a panel discussion on the experiences of immigrant and transnational-identified LGBTQ community activists/organizers and screening of BC Professor Irene Sosa's Sexual Exiles, a short documentary detailing the stories of a number of LGBTQ immigrants living in the United States. Guests include: Albert Chen of Immigration Equality, Diana Lieu of APICHA (Asian & Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS), Becca Wisotsky of the Audre Lorde Project, and artist Kay Ulanday Barrett, who will perform spoken word. Kay Ulanday Barrett is a poet, performer, educator, and martial artist navigating life as a pin@y-amerikan trans/queer in the U.S. with struggle, resistance, and laughter. Currently based in NY/NJ, with roots in Chicago, K’s work is the perfect mix of gritty city flex and Midwest open sky grounded in homeland soil. Realities of LGBTQ Youth in the Public Education System: 7th Floor Penthouse 5:05 - 6:20pm Guest workshop by trainers from GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) for student educators. Open to students and professors from all departments, this workshop will offer critical questions and tools for creating safe educational environments for all students and educators. We especially encourage School of Education students to attend to gain valuable skills for creating safer classrooms.
Produced in
collaboration with Brooklyn College's GLARE (Gay and Lesbian Advocates for
Education
and
Research).
"It's Complicated" - A mixed-media performance by Ignacio Rivera: 2nd Floor Bedford Lounge 6:30 - 8:00pm - Ignacio will be performing skits and selected poetry specific to the trans body, queerness, gender fluidity, sex work and violence. Ignacio Rivera,
who prefers the gender-neutral pronoun “they,” has spoken at home and
abroad on such topics as racism, sexism, homo/transphobia, transgender
issues, anti-oppression, anti-violence, sexual liberation, multi-issue
organizing and more. Ignacio’s work has manifested itself through skits,
one-person shows, poetry, lectures, workshops and experimental film.
FLYERS QUEERING BROOKLYN campus publicity flyer can be downloaded here: http://www.brooklyncollegelgbta.com/flyers/QueeringBrooklynFlyer.pdf QUEERING BROOKLYN off-campus community outreach flyer can be downloaded here: http://www.brooklyncollegelgbta.com/flyers/QueeringBrooklynCommunityOutreachFlyer.pdf LOCATION The conference will take place in the Brooklyn College Student Center, 7th Floor Penthouse. The building is located on Campus Road between Amersfort Place and E 27th Street. The nearest subway stop is "Flatbush Avenue/Brooklyn College" on the 2/5 train. Click here for detailed directions and map. ABOUT THE LGBTA The Brooklyn College Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Alliance is an organization for queer and trans students and our allies. CONTACT For more information about the conference and our organization, please, contact us at conference@BrooklynCollegeLGBTA.com. CO-SPONSORS LGBTQ Studies at Brooklyn College, Gay and Lesbian Advocates for Education and Research (GLARE), Center for Gay and Lesbian Studies (CLAGS), CLAS Student Government, Barnes and Noble Student Affairs Fund. |
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