Thursday 3/12/15, 7:00-9:00 pm
Janet Mock event
Kendall Main Stage
Janet Mock is a writer, advocate and author of Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More. In 2011, Janet publicly proclaimed her identity as a trans woman and focused her efforts on speaking about the struggles, triumphs and portrayals of girls and women like herself. In 2012, she launched the social media project #GirlsLikeUs, a movement that encourages trans women to live visibly. Janet was profiled in the HBO documentary “The Out List” and contributes to MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry show. She is a board member at the Arcus Foundation and has been recognized by the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, the Anti-Violence Project, and the Center for American Progress. A native of Honolulu, Janet attended the University of Hawaii, earned her MA in journalism from NYU, and worked as an editor at People.com.
Tuesday 3/24/15, 12:30 pm
TCNJ Provost Jackie Taylor event
Library Auditorium
Provost Taylor will give a reading from her autobiography, Waiting For the Call: From Preacher’s Daughter to Lesbian Mom.
Wednesday 3/25/15, 5:30 pm
WGS Alum Panel on Reproductive Health
Roscoe West 202
WGS Alums Leah Chamberlain, Ria Rodney, Kelly Baden, and Kristen Daskilewicz (via Skype) speak about reproductive health issues.
Thursday 3/26/15, 5:30-7:30 pm
Dr. Hank Fradella, “Sex, Sexuality, Crime, and (In)Justice:
Education Building 212
A Look at the Evolution of the Social Control of Rape”
Dr. Hank Fradella is a Professor in and Associate Director of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. He is a nationally recognized expert on the insanity and diminished capacity defenses and on the evolution of constitutional criminal procedure. Authored scholarly articles include: “Integrating gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues into the undergraduate criminal justice curriculum,” “Lawrence v. Texas: Genuine or illusory progress for gay rights in America?” “Sexual orientation, justice, and higher education: Student attitudes towards gay civil rights and hate crimes,” and Sex, law, and (In)justice New York, NY: Oxford University Press. [Expected publication date of August 2016].
Friday 3/27/15, 7:00 pm
Lunafest film festival Education 212
Short films for, by, and about women.
Tuesday 3/31/15, details TBA
Kate Bornstein & Sam Feder: Kate Bornstein is a Clear and Pleasant Danger, film viewing and Q & A with director Sam Feder and social activist Kate Bornstein
Kate Bornstein is a performance artist and writer who has been exploding binaries and deconstructing gender – and her own identity – for decades. Trans-dyke; Reluctant polyamorist; Sadomasochist; Recovering Scientologist; Pioneering gender outlaw, Kate’s books are taught in over 120 colleges and universities around the world. Ze has performed hir work live on college campuses, and in theaters and performance spaces across the USA, as well as in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Austria. The film Kate Bornstein Is a Queer & Pleasant Danger joins her on her latest tour, capturing rollicking public performances and painful personal revelations as it bears witness to Kate as a trailblazing artist-theorist-activist who inhabits a space between male and female with wit, style and astonishing candor. By turns meditative and playful, the film invites us on a thought-provoking journey through Kate’s world to seek answers to some of life’s biggest questions. Kate and Director Sam Feder will host a viewing of the documentary, followed by a conversation, interview, & Q&A session.