War is being declared on the body and sexual autonomy is under assault for LGBTQ+ people and those seeking safe and legal access to abortion.  Focusing on human rights and an international perspective, our symposium brings together scholars, survivors and legal experts to discuss the politics of sexual and reproductive rights.

Date:  Tuesday, April 16
Time:  8:30-4:30 
Location:  Capen Hall 10 (Buffalo Room), North Campus

Registration Instructions:  Register for In-Person and Virtual Symposium.  Email dussourd@buffalo.edu

Sponsors: Alison Des Forges Memorial Committee; Jack Walsh in Honor of Connie and Kyle Walsh; University at Buffalo: Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy; Departments of Comparative Literature, Global Gender and Sexuality Studies, History, and Political Science; Gender Institute; Humanities Institute; James Agee Chair in American Culture; Office of the Vice Provost for International Education; School of Public Health and Health Professions

Website:  www.alisondesforges.org.

Esther Newton Made Me Gay (2022)

NEW DATE: Thursday, April 25, 2024
NEW LOCATION: Upton Hall 230

Reception at 6:00 p.m.; Film at 7:00 p.m.; Followed by a discussion with Esther Newton and Jean Carlomusto. 

We welcome pioneering cultural anthropologist Esther Newton and filmmaker Jean Carlomusto to join us in person to screen Esther Newton Made Me Gay, 2022. The film tells the story of Newton's career, awakening to gay life in the 1950’s, the women’s liberation movement and lesbian-feminism, drag culture, and forging a butch identity, which for her is now in conversation with trans-masculinity. Keenly attuned to the cultural and societal forces that shaped her life, Esther guides us through an anthropology of herself that includes her love of dogs and the sport of competitive dog agility.