INTERSECTIONAL IDENTITIES - Free conference

INTERSECTIONAL IDENTITIES
THE RAMIFICATIONS OF LEGAL LANGUAGE ON INTERSECTIONAL DISCRIMINATION

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MON. FEB. 20
EXHIBITION VIEWING 10-11AM, LAW COMMONS
PANEL NOON-1PM, LAW COMMONS
MEET & GREET 4-6PM, LAW COMMONS
TUES. FEB. 21
PANEL NOON-1PM, LAW COMMONS
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A DISCUSSION ON HOW GENDER INTERSECTS WITH IDENTITY CATEGORIES, SUCH AS, RACE, RELIGION, AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
PANELISTS
• DR. CARY COSTELLO will be discussing his publications, “Professional Identity Crisis: Race, Class, Gender and Success at Professional Schools,” and the legal requirement of a dyadic sex on forms, such as, birth certificates.
• REVEREND CHARLA KOUADIO will discuss her experiences as a lesbian of African-American descent within the context of her religious beliefs and as a local activist.
• DRU LEVASSEUR is currently the Transgender Rights Attorney for Lambda Legal. Dru co-founded the Jim Collins Foundation which is a non-profit that funds gender-confirming surgeries.
• JENNIFER LEVI is one of our nation’s leading experts on transgender legal issues. She will be discussing the legal language chosen in recent legislative changes aimed at protecting gender identity and expression.
• COLE RIZKI is a Fulbright Scholar of Pakistani and Italian decent. Cole will discuss the transgender aesthetic and his participation in the round-table discussions on the formation of the first gender-identity laws in Argentina.
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Presented by: OUTlaw