September 10, 2014 @ 4pm
On Wednesday September 10 at 4pm, Critical Studies in Sexuality (CSIS) is co-sponsoring a speaking event featuring Dr. Amin Ghaziani.
Gay neighborhoods, like the legendary Castro District in San Francisco and Vancouver’s Davie Village, have long provided sexual minorities with safe haven in an often unsafe world. But as our society increasingly accepts gays and lesbians into the mainstream, are “gayborhoods” destined to disappear?
Dr. Amin Ghaziani provides an incisive look at the origins of these unique cultural enclaves, the reasons why they are changing today, and their prospects for the future.
Dr. Ghaziani, a CSIS faculty member and associate professor of sociology at UBC, is the author of the new book There Goes the Gayborhood? published August 2014 by Princeton University Press. He has devoted his career to the interdisciplinary study of sexuality.
Date, Time, and Location:
Wednesday September 10, at 4:00pm
Peter Wall Ideas Lounge
Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies
6331 Crescent Road
University of British Columbia
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