{"id":299,"date":"2022-05-27T13:32:58","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T17:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thecenter\/?page_id=299"},"modified":"2024-07-11T10:31:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T14:31:05","slug":"past-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/thecenter\/events-calendar\/past-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Events"},"content":{"rendered":"

The LGBTQIA+ center is constantly evolving to meet the needs of our diverse and intersectional community. There\u2019s so much expertise and scholarship at Boston University to draw inspiration from. Check out this list of past events to get a sense of the programming we provide. And if you have an idea for topics or presentations that might benefit our community, please reach out<\/a>.<\/p>\n

BU LGBTQIA+ Scholar Series<\/h3>
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What Does It Take to Breach the Cisheteronormativity of the Modern Language Classroom?<\/a>, <\/strong>Featuring Ashley R. Moore,<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Assistant Professor of TESOL in the Department of Language and Literacy Education<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mental Health Inequalities among Trans and Nonbinary College Students: Findings from the National Healthy Minds Study and the Role of Discriminatory and Protective Campus Policies Featuring Sarah Lipson<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Gayl Jones School of Queer Care: Cat Lawson and Consequence in Corregidora, Featuring Ianna Hawkins Owen, Assistant Professor of English and African American & Black Diaspora Studies<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Voices of Transgender and Nonbinary Adolescents from Across the United States: The Influence of Proximal and Distal Contexts on Social-Emotional Wellbeing Featuring\u00a0Melissa K. Holt, Associate Professor in Counseling Psychology<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Toward a Global Queer Theory: On Writing as an LGBTQIA+ Scholar of Color and Building Transnational Solidarities Featuring Petrus Liu, Associate Professor of Chinese & Comparative Literature<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

From Romer to Obergefell: The Supreme Court\u2019s Rewriting of the Grounds for Protecting LGBTQIA+ Rights. And What\u2019s Next After Dobbs? Featuring James E. Fleming, Paul J. Liacos Professor of Law at BU Law<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cIf I was Straight and White it Would be Different: They Would Believe Me\u201d: The Experiences of Gay Latino and\/or Black Male Sexual Assault Survivors when Disclosing Being Sexually Assaulted Featuring Daniel Jacobson L\u00f3pez, Assistant Professor in the BU School of Social Work<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Risk and Resistance: How Feminists Transformed the Law and Science of AIDS Featuring Aziza Ahmed, Professor of Law and R. Gordon Butler Scholar in International Law, School of Law<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018Dyke Bars Never Last\u2019: Gentrification, Critical Nostalgia and the Commemoration of Lost Dyke Bars Featuring Japonica Brown-Saracino, Professor and Chair of Sociology<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Assessing and Addressing the Well-Being of LGBTQ Populations Featuring Carl Streed Jr., Assistant Professor at Boston University School of Medicine<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Transmasculinity on Television Featuring Patrice Oppliger, Assistant Professor of Communications<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Visibly Hidden: Exploring queer masculinities in 1950s popular music Featuring Vincent L. Stephens, Associate Dean of Diversity and Inclusion<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Borderlanding Academic Researchers: A Range of Whisper Networks Featuring Laura M. Jim\u00e9nez, Associate Dean of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Caged Bird Sings: Welcoming Identities through Music-making Featuring Dr. Andr\u00e9 de Quadros, Professor of Music<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cConscience, not Bigotry\u201d and Other Framings in Conflicts over LGBTQ+ Rights and Religious Liberty Featuring Linda McClain, Robert Kent Professor of Law<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Queer Art, the Christian Right, and the Aesthetics of Literalism Featuring Dr. Anthony Petro, Associate Professor of Religion<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

LGBTQIA+ Teacher Wellbeing: A\u202fDuoethnography Featuring Tawnya Smith and K\u00ednh T. V\u0169, both Assistant Professors of Music<\/span> <\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Challenges in Queer Theological Education: The Scholar\u2019s Identity, the Student\u2019s Success, and the Curriculum\u2019s Failure Featuring Luis Men\u00e9ndez-Antu\u00f1a, Assistant Professor of New Testament, Boston University School of Theology<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Creating Early Childhood Environments and Curriculum that Welcome and Support Children with Gender Expansive Behavior, and Families with LGBTQIA+ Members Featuring Ellie Friedland, Associate Clinical Professor in Early Childhood Education<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Queering the Field: Fostering a More Equitable Experience for LGBTQ+ Researchers in Field-Based STEM Research Featuring Christopher A. Schmitt, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology and Biology<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Commemorative and Awareness Days<\/h3>
<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Be You at BU: A Panel of LGBTQIA+ Faculty & Staff\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Trans Day of Visibility Celebration\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>(annual)<\/p>\n

Chosen Family Day<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Remembering our Transcestors: TDOR Vigil and Dinner<\/a><\/strong> (annual)<\/strong><\/p>\n

International Pronouns Day Tabling<\/a> <\/strong>(annual)<\/p>\n

Be You At BU<\/strong><\/a> and Be You At BUMC<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n

Aromantic Awareness Week Celebration<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Banned Books Storytime Marathon! (LMS)<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Celebrate Bisexuality Day<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pansexual and Panromantic Awareness and Visibility Day<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Transgender Day of Visibility<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

LGBTQIA+ Center for Faculty & Staff Open House for National Coming Out Day<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Be You at BUMC: Celebrating Our Community on National Coming Out Day<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Be You at BU: Celebrating Our Community on National Coming Out Day<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Community Building Events and Celebrations<\/h3>
<\/p>\n

Pride Soir\u00e9e<\/a><\/strong> (annual)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Affinity Lunch for Queer and Trans Black, Indigenous and People of Color (QTBIPOC) Faculty & Staff Spring 2024<\/strong><\/a>(annual)<\/p>\n

LGBTQIA+ Faculty & Staff Luncheon at BUMC – Spring 2024<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 (annual)<\/p>\n

Grab n\u2019 Gab Breakfast<\/a><\/strong> (monthly)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

LGBTQIA+ at the Theatre: Mr. Parent<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

LGBTQIA+ Faculty & Staff Luncheon – Fall 2023<\/a><\/strong> (annual)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Queer and Trans Black, Indigenous and People of Color (QTBIPOC) Faculty & Staff Affinity Lunch<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Trans, Nonbinary, Genderqueer, Gender Non-Conforming, and Two-Spirit Faculty & Staff Affinity Lunch<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

LGBTQIA+ Faculty Welcome Back Reception<\/a><\/strong> (annual)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

LGBTQIA+ Faculty & Staff Luncheon @ BUMC – Spring 2023<\/a><\/strong> (annual)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sweets & Swag LGBTQIA+ Fall Kick-Off Event<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Faculty of Color & LGBTQIA+ Faculty Reception<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Community Collaborations and Cosponsorships<\/h3>
<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

All for Love Pride Fest at BU Beach<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pride Night<\/strong><\/a> at Fenway<\/a> <\/strong>(annual)<\/p>\n

CAS LGBTQIA+ Pride Luncheon (CAS)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/a>Lavender Ceremony<\/a> <\/strong>(annual)<\/p>\n

The Future of Trans Studies<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

2023-2024 Seminar Series: Umayyah Cable: \u201cComing Out for Community, Coming Out for the Cause: Queer Palestinian-American Activism in the 1990s\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Grrreasetime with the BU Cycle Kitchen<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jeffery Zuckerman \u2013 My Moi: Translation as Autobiography<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Black Trans Poetics: A Reading with Cameron Awkward-Rich, Levi Cain, and JR Mahung<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jee Leong Koh \u2013 Living the Li(f)e of Translation in English<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Artist Talk-Natural Wanderment: Native-Led Environmental Movements with Matika Wilbur<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Gallery Tour \u2013 Natural Wanderment: Native-Led Environmental Movements<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Remembering Our Transcestors: International Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil and Dinner<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Open House for Alumni Weekend<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The 11th Annual Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick Lecture in Gender & Sexuality Studies: \u201cTo Be Real: The Passion of the Self in Queer Writing”<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Memorial for Club Q \u2013 Overall<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pride Prom<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pride BBQ<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Asexual and Aromantic Allyship in Queer Communities<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pride Festival<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Professional Development Panel and Networking Event (GWISE and oSTEM)<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Out in STE(A)M Luncheon<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Living with Monkey: A Lecture with Eli Clare<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Anti-Racist Roots of Queer and Trans Activism: A History of Direct Action and the Body<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

BU Clothesline Project<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lecture: Gay Liberation Goes to Church (WGS)<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

HIV & STI Testing Site \u2013 Free & Confidential<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Supporting Folks Living with HIV\/AIDS: World AIDS Day Panel<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

World AIDS Day \u2013 AIDS Memorial Quilt Unveiling<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Outspoken: Coming Out Day Open Mic<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Film Screenings<\/h3>
<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Screening: Best of Wicked Queer Shorts<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Screening: Gay USA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

LMS & Wicked Queer Screening: Best of Wicked Queer Shorts<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

LMS Film Screening & Post-Film Conversation: Rafiki<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

LMS Film Screening: Saving Face<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

2022 BU Pride Film Festival: Queer Desire in the 1990s and Early Aughts – Go Fish<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

2022 BU Pride Film Festival: Queer Desire in the 1990s and Early Aughts – Chasing Amy<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

2022 BU Pride Film Festival: Queer Desire in the 1990s and Early Aughts – Hedwig and The Angry Inch<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Focus Groups<\/h3>
<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

BU LGBTQIA+ History Project \u2013 Focus group for Alumni from the 1960s and 1970s<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

BU LGBTQIA+ History Project \u2013 Focus Group for Alumni from the 1980s<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

BU LGBTQIA+ History Project \u2013 Focus Group for Alumni from the 1990s<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

BU LGBTQIA+ History Project \u2013 Focus Group for Alumni from 2000-2015<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

What\u2019s Your Experience as a BU Staff or Faculty Member Who is an Ally & Your Vision for the LGBTQIA+ Center? (For Allies to the LGBTQIA+ Community)<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

What\u2019s Your Experience as an Out BU Faculty Member & Your Vision for the LGBTQIA+ Center? (For LGBTQIA+ Faculty)<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

What\u2019s Your Experience as an Out BU Staff Member & Your Vision for the LGBTQIA+ Center? (For LGBTQIA+ Staff)<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

What\u2019s Your Experience as an Out BU Staff or Faculty Member & Your Vision for the LGBTQIA+ Center? (For BUMC* LGBTQIA+ Faculty & Staff)<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

What\u2019s Your Experience as an Out BU Staff or Faculty Member & Your Vision for the LGBTQIA+ Center? (For Trans and Non-Binary BU Faculty & Staff)<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

What\u2019s Your Experience as an Out BU Staff or Faculty Member & Your Vision for the LGBTQIA+ Center? (For LGBTQIA+ Faculty & Staff of Color)<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

What\u2019s Your Experience as an Out BU Staff or Faculty Member & Your Vision for the LGBTQIA+ Center? (For LGBTQIA+ Faculty & Staff at BU for 15+ years)<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

What\u2019s Your Experience as an Out BU Staff or Faculty Member & Your Vision for the LGBTQIA+ Center? (For All LGBTQIA+ Faculty & Staff)<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

Informational Sessions<\/h3>
<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

BU LGBTQIA+ History Project Community Update Meeting<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Take Pride in Green Office Certification (BU Sustainability)<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

BU LGBTQIA+ History Project Kickoff Meeting<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

LGBTQIA+ Korn Ferry Results with Dietrich Warner<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Learn More Grants Information Session<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Large Lectures, Panels, and Keynote Addresses<\/h3>
<\/p>\n

Fashion as Resistance with Van Bailey<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Touching the Art with Queer Author & Activity Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore: Book Talk & Signing<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Evaluating 303 Creative: Implications for LGBTQIA+ Equality and First Amendment Challenges to Antidiscrimination Laws<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

LGBTQIA+ History Month<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The State<\/i> of Anti-Trans Legislation<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fighting For Family: Recognizing and Protecting the Rights of LGBTQIA+ Parents (LMS)<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Global Resistance, Global Backlash: The Shifting Landscape of Queer and Trans Rights in Asia and Latin America (LMS)<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Portraits of Pride: A Celebration of Queer and Trans Lives in Boston (LMS)<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

At Every Stage of the System: The Criminalization and Over-Incarceration of LGBTQIA+ People (LMS)<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Life and Love of LGBTQ+ People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (LMS)<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What\u2019s So Dangerous About a Picture Book?: Resisting the Ban on Children\u2019s and YA Literature (LMS)<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Queering Higher Ed, Queering Hollywood: A Keynote Luncheon with \u201cA League of Their Own\u201d Star lea robinson (LMS)<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

LMS In Conversation: Queerfolk, Transfolk, Blackfolk: Intersections of Queer and Black Identities (LMS)<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“A” is for Asexual Liberation: Centering Ace\u00a0 Aro Identities and Creating a Movement (LMS)<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“We’re Not Going Back”: Protecting and Advancing LGBTQIA+ Rights in 2022 (LMS)<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Queer History is American History: Historical Perspectives on LGBTQIA+ Identity and Experience (LMS)<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There Will Be Queer People in the Future: Keynote with City of Boston Poet Laureate Porsha Olayiwola (LMS)<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Mpox: Old Disease, New Fears<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Roe & Dobbs: The Ripple Effects of the SCOTUS Ruling on Democracy and Our Futures<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trans and Nonbinary Experiences in Higher Education: Exploring Heart-Centered Practice Through Story Telling<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Introduction to Disability Justice with Mia Mingus (LMS)<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

Professional Development<\/h3>
<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

1st<\/sup> Conversation: Delving Deep into Your Queer Ecology: A Three-Conversation Series<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

2023-2024 Manuscript Workshop Series: Stereotypes & Scripts by Samia Hesni<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Navigating Your Career – LGBTQIA+ Staff Edition<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

From Safe Spaces to Thriving Spaces<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Queering Race & Identity at BU<\/a> & Queering Race & Identity at BU Part 2<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Navigating the Academy as an LGBTQIA+ Scholar<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pronouns Matter<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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