TransWeek 2010: Imagining Inclusive Authenticity

Sunday, November 14, 2010 - Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Featured Speakers

S. Bear Bergman & Sam Menefee-Libey

Campus Progress joins TransCollaborations for the 2nd annual University of Iowa TransWeek, exploring gender from multiple and intersecting racial, class, ethnic, and spiritual lines.The week-long set of events will engage the University of Iowa and Iowa City community in a dialogue around gender, and create opportunities for transgender, gender non-conforming, and cis-gender folks to build community and facilitate action on these issues. The set of events are as follows:

  • Film Screening and Discussion of Two Spirits
  • Sunday, November 14, 2010
  • 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
  • Native American Cultural Center
  • 308 Melrose Avenue
  • Community Potluck and Candlelight Vigil featuring Sam Menefee-Libey
  • Monday, November 15, 2010
  • 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Resource Center
  • 125 Grand Avenue Court
  • Poetry and Film Clips featuring Andrea Gibson and Kortney Ryan Ziegler
  • Tuesday, November 16, 2010
  • 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
  • Black Box Theater, Iowa Memorial Union
  • 125 North Madison Street
  • A Re-Introduction to the Only-Mostly-Dead Art of Chivalry featuring S. Bear Bergman
  • Wednesday, November 17, 2010
  • 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
  • Iowa City Public Library, Room A
  • 123 South Linn Street
  • How Our Expanding Understanding of Gender is Destabilizing Sexual Orientation featuring S. Bear Bergman
  • Wednesday, November 17, 2010
  • 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
  • Shambaugh Auditorium, University Main Library
  • 125 West Washington Street

If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program please contact the University of Iowa Office of Student Life in advance at 319-335-3059.

Refreshments will be served.

This event is free and open to the public.

Sponsored by Campus Progress, TransCollaborations, and the University of Iowa Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Resource Center.

For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org.