D.C. Queer Studies 2009: 69/09: The Queer Afterlives of Stonewall
The 2009 lecture series, “69/09: The Queer Afterlives of Stonewall,” commemorated the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots of June 1969, a moment of activism often described as the catalyst for the modern movement for LGBT visibility and civil rights.
Conference Poster
Event Information
Tawes Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD
At the same time, the series aimed to unsettle a conventional framing of LGBT history that fetishizes one time and place as foundational while marginalizing other moments and sites of activism. We honored the legacies and continued to examine the still unfinished work of Stonewall.
Events included:
- “Gay is Good”: Stonewall-Era Activism in Washington, D.C.: A roundtable discussion featuring veteran LGBT activists and community historians: Mark Meinke, Joan Biren, Carlene Cheatam, Frank Kameny, and Boden Sandstrom
- Jill Dolan, “From Flannel to Fleece: Women’s Music, Lesbian Feminism, and ‘Me'”
- Susan Stryker, “We Who Are Sexy: The Post-Colonial Transsexual Whiteness of Christine Jorgensen in the Philippines”
- Judith Halberstam, “Queer Negativities”
Schedule
MARK MEINKE, JOAN BIREN, CARLENE CHEATAM, FRANK KAMENY, and BODEN SANDSTROM | February 4
“Gay is Good”: Stonewall-Era Activism in Washington, D.C.
A roundtable discussion featuring veteran LGBT activists and community historians
JILL DOLAN | March 12
From Flannel to Fleece: Women’s Music, Lesbian Feminism, and ‘Me’
SUSAN STRYKER | April 3
We Who Are Sexy: The Post-Colonial Transsexual Whiteness of Christine Jorgensen in the Philippines
JACK HALBERSTAM | April 17
Queer Negativities
Conference Visitor Information
Find information on parking, lodging and transportation to the University of Maryland.