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Queer Studies Lecture Series Presents: Cáel Keegan “On the Necessity of Bad Trans Objects''

  • Sonoma State University 1801 E Cotati Ave Rohnert Park, CA, 94928 United States (map)

Salazar 2016                                                                                                                            

How might dominant ways in which U.S. pop culture now depicts transgender identities drive transphobic persecution? Professor Keegan explores why “good” trans representation might impede trans liberation, and why “bad” trans media objects might be more valuable to preserving a radical trans imaginary. Keegan is the Fulbright Distinguished Research Chair of Arts and Social Sciences at Carleton University and Associate Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Grand Valley State University. For more information, contact WGS professor Don Romesburg at don.romesburg@sonoma.edu