Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. FellowSpeak: "Terminal Regions: Queer Environmental Ethics in the Absence of Futurity" (February 11, 2020 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69977 69977-17491331@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 12:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

This talk asks what contemporary environmentalism’s (seemingly necessary) emphasis on the future has rendered unthinkable. By reading queer texts whose animating conditions require their protagonists to bracket questions of futurity as normatively lived, I trace paradigms of relationality, practices of care, political affects, temporal modes, and forms of solidarity that as yet have not found their way into ecocritical conversations and practices of environmental stewardship.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 13 Dec 2019 10:11:43 -0500 2020-02-11T12:30:00-05:00 2020-02-11T13:30:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion The Babushkas of Chernobyl
"Pathways of Desire: The Sexual Migration of Mexican Gay Men" (February 20, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69536 69536-17357973@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 20, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

Héctor Carrillo brings us into the lives of Mexican gay men who have left their home country to pursue greater sexual autonomy and sexual freedom in the United States. The groundbreaking ethnographic study brings our attention to the full arc of these men’s migration experiences, from their upbringing in Mexican cities and towns, to their cross-border journeys, to their incorporation into urban gay communities in American cities, and their sexual and romantic relationships with American men. These men’s diverse and fascinating stories demonstrate the intertwining of sexual, economic, and familial motivations for migration.

Professor Carrillo is the author of two books: The Night Is Young: Sexuality in Mexico in the Time of AIDS (University of Chicago Press, 2002), and Pathways of Desire: The Sexual Migration of Mexican Gay Men (University of Chicago Press, 2017). His current research investigates the sexualities of straight-identified men who are sexually interested in both women and men, as part of a larger project on the paradoxes of sexual identity as a social construction.

Carrillo serves as a member of the editorial boards of Sexuality Research and Social Policy, and Sexualidad, Salud y Sociedad: Revista Latinoamericana. He is a past chair of the Sociology of Sexualities Section of the American Sociological Association, and he served as co-chair of the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Science track of the XVII International AIDS Conference. He also has a history of involvement in HIV/AIDS community based organizations.

Presented by the Lesbian-Gay-Queer Research Initiative (LGQRI).

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 19 Feb 2020 08:09:33 -0500 2020-02-20T16:00:00-05:00 2020-02-20T17:30:00-05:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Lecture / Discussion Héctor Carrillo, Professor, Northwestern University
LGBT Rights in Healthcare and Employment: Taking Stock of Bostock v. Clayton County (June 26, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/74991 74991-19128259@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 26, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

Speakers:
- LaVelle Ridley, PhD Candidate, English & Women's Studies; Multidisciplinary Transgender Health Project, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, University of Michigan (she/her)
- Susan Burgess, Distinguished Professor, Center for Law, Justice & Culture, Political Science, Ohio University
- Harper Jean Tobin, Trans Policy Expert and Consultant, HJ Tobin Policy Consulting (she/her)
- Anna Kirkland, Director, Institute for Research on Women and Gender; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Women's and Gender Studies, University of Michigan (she/her)

This conversation brings together experts in LGBTQ law, politics, health, and transgender rights to reflect on Bostock v. Clayton County, GA, the recent ruling from the Supreme Court affirming that Title VII employment discrimination law covers sexual orientation and gender identity under sex discrimination. That decision came down just three days after the Trump administration issued a final rule rescinding transgender inclusion in the non-discrimination protections of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act.

Experts will discuss what these cases and regulations mean for LGBT rights in this political moment. This event is designed to be conversational and informative and to fit within your lunch hour.

This remote event will be presented via Zoom. Please register in advance, here: http://myumi.ch/4pz2j

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 18 Jun 2020 15:33:13 -0400 2020-06-26T12:00:00-04:00 2020-06-26T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Research on Women and Gender Livestream / Virtual photo of US Supreme Court building with event title, date and time