The program for the 2012 edition of Queer U and the poster for the event are now available! To see the full program, click on the cut below or visit our 2012 Program page.
All Queer U panels will be held in the Multipurpose Room on the ground level of the Liu Institute on February 15, 2012.
KEYNOTE | 9–10 |
Val Kalende, Ugandan LGBT rights activist
“The influence of the Christian right on sexual politics in Africa”
PANEL 1 | Challenging dominant narratives | 10-12pm |
LUNCH | 12-1 | Lunch is complimentary and vegan-friendly.
PANEL 2 | Reflections on Homonationalism | 1-2:30pm |
PANEL 3 | Resisting heteronormativity through art | 2:30-4:30pm |
PANEL 4 | Youths’ experiences as sites of tensions and opportunities | 4:30-6pm |
Drag Workshop | 6-7pm |
Wine & Cheese Reception | 6-9pm |
FULL PROGRAMME
Queer U 2012
“Are We There Yet? Questioning Progress, Rethinking Ideals”
KEYNOTE | 9–10 |
Val Kalende, Ugandan LGBT rights activist
“The influence of the Christian right on sexual politics in Africa”
PANEL 1 | Challenging dominant narratives | 10-12pm |
- The Threat Posed by Female Athletes in Masculinized Sport Spaces
Larissa Slovin, UBC, Sociology - The Circus: Parody and Misrepresentations of Transgender Latina/os in US Spanish-language Media and Inevitable Replicas in Canadian Images
Mónica Taher, UCLA, School of Theater, Film and Television, Cinema & Media Studies - “The greatest of these is love”: Polyamory and Non-Monogamy in Christian History
Joel Layton, Pacific School of Religion - Bisexual Men’s Identities: (Re)Defining What It Means to Be Bi
Lisa Poole, SFU, Sociology
LUNCH | 12-1 | Lunch is complimentary and vegan-friendly.
PANEL 2 | Reflections on Homonationalism | 1-2:30pm |
- [Anti-queer violence and transitional justice]
Katherine Fobear, UBC, Women’s and Gender Studies - Migrant intimacies: Media and the practices of un/belonging in queer diasporas
Dai Kojima, UBC, Human Development, Learning and Culture - Sexuality, Nationalism, and Queer Organizing in Canada: Homonationalist discourse and the role of the media
Fatima Jaffer, UBC, Interdisciplinary Studies
PANEL 3 | Resisting heteronormativity through art | 2:30-4:30pm |
- The Dreamed [Imag]inary: Queer DREAM Act Art Activism in California
Virginia Elizabeth Bartz, UCSD, Latin American Studies - Performative Autoethnography for Anti-Oppressive Education
Kerri Mesner, UBC, Centre for Cross-Faculty Inquiry in Education - No More Utopia: Domestic and Sexual Violence Between Queer Women
Leah Horlick, UBC, Creative Writing - “A Race Riot Did Happen!” (Shotgunseamstress 2009): Queer Punks of Color Raising Their Voices
Maria Katharina Wiedlack, University of Vienna - Qualitative Arts-Based Inquiry into Transgender Subjectivities in Social Work Education
Arkell Wiley, UNBC,
PANEL 4 | Youths’ experiences as sites of tensions and opportunities | 4:30-6pm |
- Lesbian and gay picturebooks
Lian Beveridge, UBC, Centre for Cross-Faculty Inquiry in Education - “Queer Realness”: The Role of Online Resources in Queer Youth Identity
Zavi Swain, UBC, Women’s and Gender Studies - Sexuality in Education
Robert Bittner, UBC, Children’s Literature
Drag Workshop | 6-7pm |
All are welcome to attend this free workshop with Vancouver celebrity Isolde N Barron. Learn the skills to transform yourself and show off your new look at the Wine & Cheese Reception.
Wine & Cheese Reception | 6-9pm |
All welcome. Continue conversations you had at the Conference, make new contacts, and celebrate a job well done. Free entry. Complimentary refreshments served. Two pieces of ID (19+) needed for wine service.
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