Northern Institute
From Trans Panic to Trans Joy
| Presenter | Professor & Director Kim Humphery, Northern Institute | |
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| Location | Northern Institute, Savanna Room (Casuarina Campus, Building Yellow 1, Level 2, Room 48) | |
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Trans Awareness Week runs annually from the 13-19th of November. Join fellow staff and students for a morning tea to learn about trans experiences and to expand our professional and supportive networks.
Seminar: 10 - 11 am
Morning Tea: 11 - 11:30 am
About
Trans Awareness Week is a mix of celebrations. education and commemoration concerning the lives of trans, gender diverse and non-binary people and has become an important part of the LGBTQI+ calendar. While perhaps rather politically moderate in intent, the week-long emphasis on building social awareness of trans serves as a counterpoint to the waves of misinformation, vilification and sometimes violence that have accompanied a public awakening to our presence. In this talk, I follow a path through the personal and the political – as trans lives always do – from points of moral panic to points of trans joy and gender euphoria. Along the way, I comment on trans as a push-button ‘issue’ and on contrasting anti-trans agendas in Australia and the UK. More importantly, I address how trans represents enlivened ways of theorising sex and gender and how it offers us all – trans and non-trans alike – pathways beyond debilitating binaries.
Presenter
Professor Kim Humphery is Director of the Northern Institute at Charles Darwin University and incoming President of the Australian Sociological Association. She is an interdisciplinary academic working across fields in the social sciences. Internationally, Kim is best known for her work on the socio-cultural and political dimensions of consumption and material life. She has also worked extensively on social and cultural aspects of Indigenous health (in the NT and Victoria) and cross-cultural research ethics. Kim's current research focuses on ethical/sustainable consumption and enterprise and trans studies, especially transfeminism.
Registration
In-person: Please RSVP here to attend in person—limited seating (30ppl).
Online: Once you register, you will receive an individual link from Zoom no-reply@zoom.us.
Each seminar is recorded and linked to our Seminars page.
Getting there
Savanna Room @ Northern Institute
CDU Casuarina Campus
Yellow Building 1, Level 2, Room 48
Google Maps location or How to get to Savanna Room.
Access: If you have any additional access or support requirements, please contact us. The Savanna Room is accessible using a lift or one flight of stairs through an automatic door. There is a wheelchair-accessible bathroom on Level 2 and a baby change room on Level 1 (ground floor).
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