D.C. Queer Studies 2004: Queer(ing) Citizenship: Before and After Lawrence
This lecture series aimed to offer the campus community an opportunity to reflect upon the transformations and the history that preceded them.
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Tawes Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD
Spring 2004 brought the 2nd annual lecture series, “Queer(ing) Citizenship: Before and After Lawrence”. In June, 2003 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Lawrence v. Texas that laws criminalizing consensual, private sexual contact between same-sex partners violated the Due Process Clause of the U.S. Constitution. The decision, which has been compared to Brown v. Board of Education in terms of its civil rights implications, set off major public debates about marriage and transformed the meanings of citizenship for America’s sexual minorities. This lecture series aimed to offer the campus community an opportunity to reflect upon the transformations and the history that preceded them.
Events included:
- George Chauncey, “Lawrence v. Texas: Sexual Identity/Politics in the 20h Century”
- Dwight McBride, “Straight Black Studies”
- Michael Warner, “Whitman, Secularism, and the Whitmaniacs”
- Elizabeth Birch, “Queer Politics in the 21stt Century”
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