UNH will host Illuminating Gender Identities, an exploration of gender identity and express on and off campus. The series of events is co-sponsored by Health Services, New Hampshire Transgender Resources for Education and Empowerment (NH TREE), Women’s Studies Department, Residential Life, Counseling Center, and the Office of the Provost/Diversity Initiatives and the President's Commissions.
Monday, April 24
2 p.m. (MUB 330/332): Student Panel: UNH students share paper
and project abstracts on their work in the fields of gender
and sexuality studies.
3 p.m. (MUB 330/332): Trans Youth Panel: Trans-identified youth from Seacoast Outright will share experiences and insights on gender identity and expression.
6 p.m. (MUB Entertainment Center): Film Screening and Discussion: “Ma Vie En Rose.”
Tuesday, April 25
2 p.m. (MUB 203): Workshop: Former UNH student and NH TREE founder
Joelle Ruby Ryan presents “Gender Fluidity: Busting
Open Binaries.”
6 p.m. (Murkland Auditorium): Keynote Speech: Joelle Ruby Ryan delivers “Feminist, Queer, and Transliberation: Building Unity for a Gender Revolution.”
Wednesday, April 26
2 p.m. (MUB 203): Panel: Exploring Masculinity
6 p.m. (MUB Entertainment Center): Local trans-activist Sarah Thompson shares a first person account of trans-activism in New Hampshire.
7 p.m. (MUB Entertainment Center): Film Screening and Discussion: “Southern Comfort.”
For more information about “Illuminating Gender Identities,” contact
Blaine Butler at bbutler@unh.edu or Meghann McCluskey at mjmc@unh.edu .