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October 13: SCOTUS Same-Sex Marriage and 2016 Political Campaigns


Perry Dane, Professor
School of Law, Rutgers-Camden 

Dr. Kelly Dittmar, Assistant Professor, Political Science, Rutgers-Camden;
Scholar, Center for American Women and Politics, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Tuesday, October 13, 2015   3:00 – 4:20 PM
Armitage Hall, 3rd Floor Lounge

A discussion of the United States Supreme Court Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage from legal perspective and the implications of this ruling on the 2016 political campaigns. 

Cosponsors: Garden State Equality, Rutgers-Camden Committee on Institutional Equity and Diversity

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October 20: Best Practices in Collaborative and Comprehensive Health Care for LGBT Youth and Young Adults

Kelly Kroehle, Director 
The Bryson Institute, Attic Youth Center

Tuesday, October 20, 2015   3:00 – 4:20 PM
Armitage Hall, 3rd Floor Lounge

A discussion of health issues relevant to the young LGBT community, social service and health care collaborations and best practices for LGBT youth and young adults, and future directions.

Cosponsors: Garden State Equality, Rutgers-Camden Committee on Institutional Equity and Diversity, Rutgers-Camden Health Sciences

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October 27: Transgender Medicine, Discrimination, and the Law

Sherman Leis, Professor and Chair
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine; Director, The Philadelphia Center for Transgender Surgery 

Katie Eyer, Assistant Professor
Rutgers School of Law-Camden

Andrea Bowen, Executive Director
Garden State Equality

Jaymie Campbell, Professional Development Manager
Mazzoni Center

Tuesday, October 27, 2015   6:30 – 8:30 PM
Campus Center-South BC Conference Room

A discussion of transgender medicine, including guidance toward and performance of transgender surgery, discrimination and bias facing transgender people, legal constraints, and advocacy for removing medical coverage barriers.

Cosponsors: Garden State Equality, Rutgers-Camden Committee on Institutional Equity and Diversity, Rutgers-Camden Health Sciences

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Reminder 2015: Celebrating 50 Years of LGBT History, Art, & Culture

On July 4, 1965, a small group of courageous LGBT activists picketed in front of Philadelphia’s Independence Hall. Women wore dresses and men were conservatively clad in suits and ties so they would all appear “normal.” They carried signs that unashamedly demanded equality for gays and lesbians from a society that treated them as criminals … Continue reading Reminder 2015: Celebrating 50 Years of LGBT History, Art, & Culture…

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Women’s & Gender Studies Director Authors Book Examining Social Reform in Gothic Writing

These days, when one thinks of Gothic literature, pop-culture phenomena such as Twilight, True Blood and Harry Potter may immediately spring to mind. But in a literary sense, the heyday of Gothic writing was in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, with the works of luminaries such as Horace Walpole, Charlotte Smith, Ann Radcliffe … Continue reading Women’s & Gender Studies Director Authors Book Examining Social Reform in Gothic Writing…

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International Day of Transgender Visibility

In honor of International Day of Transgender Visibility (March 31), CeCe McDonald will give a presentation at the Rutgers-Camden campus titled On Racism, Mass Incarceration, & Trans Liberation. CeCe was a political prisoner incarcerated for defending herself against a racist, transphobic assault in July, 2010. Supporters and activists in her home state of Minneapolis, as … Continue reading International Day of Transgender Visibility…

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