D.C. Queer Studies 2008: Queer Living
The taking of tea, the making (or not making or re-making) of vows, the telling of stories – Queer and LGBT lives are shaped and punctuated by moments of performance, ritual, and ceremony.
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Tawes Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD
Such moments help to form identities, build communities, and fuel social and political activism, but queer practices of intimacy and sociality vary widely from place to place and signify differently in different contexts. They also suggest divergent models of relationship between sexual minorities and the heterosexual, heteronormative majority. In the 2008 lecture series, four leaders in the field of LGBT/queer studies examined “queer living” through the lenses of legal and social history, ethnographic performance, and sociology.
Events included:
- George Chauncey, “From Sodomy Laws to Marriage Amendments: A History of Sexual Identity/Politics”
- Lisa Duggan, “The End of Marriage: The War Over the Future of State Sponsored Love”
- E. Patrick Johnson, “Pouring Tea: Black Gay Men of the South Tell Their Tales”
- Roderick A. Ferguson,“To Be Fluent in Each Other’s Narratives: Surplus Populations and Queer of Color Activism”
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