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Genderqueer: Tracing History and Exploring Identities, a GenderqueerId.com Presentation for the Philly Trans-Health Conference!
Hello all,
I’m in the process of building a lecture/presentation workshop for this year’s Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference entitled Genderqueer: Tracing History and Exploring Identities and set for Saturday, June 2nd, 2012 from 8:45 AM - 10:05 AM. The registration for the entire conference line-up is free! This is intended to be a kind of “crash course” on the history and usage/s of the term and, ideally, a means of engendering respect and understanding. I’ve included a draft description of what I have planned so far below.
While I am in the midst of preparing the content (likely a Powerpoint presentation and an accompanying talk from me), I would love to receive feedback on what you as a participant would most like to see from a workshop like this. Please send along your ideas here if you like (all fields are optional, only fill out what you want to): http://tinyurl.com/gqtracinghistory
Cheers,
~Marilyn
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Session title: Genderqueer: Tracing History and Exploring Identities
Session description:
This workshop will focus on uncovering genderqueer history and examining the multiple meanings that have been attributed to the term—and associated identities—from its coining in the mid-1990s to the present. Emphases in history will be on precursors such as postmodern feminism and queer theory that enabled the greater articulation of genderqueer identities in the Western world, to a development of a community around the term in the 1990s and 2000s. Identity terms related to the concept of genderqueerness will be defined, with comparisons and contrasts drawn between transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming terminology. The divergent modern use of genderqueer as referring to those with a gender that is “queer” (or outside binary expectations), and, alternatively, as a term with politically radical or performance-centric usage, will be detailed. The workshop is open to all, with a particular aim to present material of interest to those with genderqueer or non-binary identities, those who with to learn more as allies or those in professional fields who work with genderqueer clients.
Goals for Participants:
1. Learn about genderqueer history in several key areas: precursors in postmodern, queer, and feminist theory; its development as a term and community in the mid-1990s through the 2000s; coverage of topically relevant key writers (such as: Riki Anne Wilchins and Kate Bornstein); the place of social media and technology in genderqueer community-building.
2. Learn that the idea of identities outside of the binary has been found in a myriad of identities in cultures around the world from the past and present, referred to by anthropologists as “third gender” identities, and what connections and differences there are with the concept of genderqueerness.
3. Learn the basics of genderqueer terminology: meanings attributed to “genderqueer” as a term, meanings of related, but not synonymous, identities (such as: androgyne, bigender), and the differences and similarities between terms like transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming.
Bio:
Marilyn Roxie is a 22 year-old student in the fields of LGBT Studies and Library Technology and resident of San Francisco. They run Genderqueer Identities (http://genderqueerid.com/), a website dedicated to presenting research and resources pertaining to genderqueer and non-binary gender identities.















