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Good Genes/Bad Genes: The New "Gay" Science and the LGBT Movement

Event Date

Thursday, September 11 2008 : 6:30pm – 9:00pm

Location

The Center

Description

Forum flyerQueers for Economic Justice, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, and the
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute

Present the

THINK! QUEER Series: Good Genes/Bad Genes: The New "Gay" Science and the LGBT Movement

Were you BORN this way? Does it Matter?

JOIN US to explore whether science and public health attempts to explain "queer" identity will help LGBTQ movements for justice, or will they do more harm than good.

Confirmed panelists include:
Jaime Grant, National Lesbian & Gay Task Force Policy Institute
Sel J. Hwahng, National Development & Research Institutes
Nancy Ordover, "American Eugenics: Race, Queer Anatomy & the Science of Nationalism"
Rebecca Young, Ass't Professor, of Women's Studies, Barnard College
Moderated by Kenyon Farrow, QEJ

Thursday, September 11, 2008
6:30 – 9:00PM
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
208 West 13th Street (Between 7th & 8th Avenues), New York, NY

Free and Open to the Public | Refreshments will be served


Price

Free

For More Information

For more information, contact Kenyon Farrow at 212.564.3608 ext.15 or kenyon@q4ej.org
q4ej.org || www.gaycenter.org || www.thetaskforce.org || www.causesincommon.org

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