How did term gender take on the meaning that it has today? How was it developed as a social pairing to the purportedly fixed notion of sex? Surprisingly, historian Sandra Eder traces its origins to a Pediatric Endocrinology Clinic at Johns Hopkins University in the 1940s. She discusses the significance of the introduction of the … Continued
The experience of trans people has burst into the mainstream in the last decade, although the struggles of gender variant people are nothing new. Jack Halberstam talks about the politics of categorization, generational differences, radical vs. single-issue politics, and anti-trans feminism. (Encore presentation.) Resources: Jack Halberstam, Trans* A Quick and Quirky Account of Gender Variability … Continued
The experience of trans people has burst into the mainstream in the last decade, although the struggles of gender variant people are nothing new. Jack Halberstam talks about the politics of categorization, generational differences, radical vs. single-issue politics, and anti-trans feminism. Resources: Jack Halberstam, Trans* A Quick and Quirky Account of Gender Variability UC Press, … Continued
Hundreds of Thousands Take to the Streets Worldwide for the Global March for Science; “I’m a Black Girl Who Rocks STEM”: Young, Trans, Black & Native Scientists Take to Stage in D.C.; Iraqi-American Doctor Who Revealed Flint Water Crisis Slams Trump & Travel Ban at March for Science; “See You in Court”: Kids Suing Trump … Continued
Hundreds of Thousands Take to the Streets Worldwide for the Global March for Science; “I’m a Black Girl Who Rocks STEM”: Young, Trans, Black & Native Scientists Take to Stage in D.C.; Iraqi-American Doctor Who Revealed Flint Water Crisis Slams Trump & Travel Ban at March for Science; “See You in Court”: Kids Suing Trump … Continued
