2012 program

FULL PROGRAMME
Queer U 2012
“Are We There Yet? Questioning Progress, Rethinking Ideals”

February 15, 2012 at The Liu Institute

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, Gender Research Office
  
•  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

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.