6:30 p.m.

 The panel will explore two modes of cultural production within Thai LGBTI and queer communities: the role of gender reassignment in shaping identities and identifications of queer and LGBTI persons, and the privileging of male-based homonormativity. Speakers include Professor Noa Ben-Asher, professor of Law at Pace Law School; Aren Aizura, Andrew W. Mellon postdoctoral fellow in the department of Gender and Women’s Studies and the Institute for Research on Women at Rutgers University; Byung’chu Dredge Käng, doctoral student in the department of Anthropology at Emory University; and Hua Boomyapisomparn, lead organizer with the Thai Transgender Alliance.

Sponsored by Global Studies, Wellness and Health Promotion, and Safe Zone

Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, 2 West 13th Street , Room Bark Room, ground floor

Admission:
Free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come first-served

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