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LGBTQ (Audio)
by UCTV
Guest speakers, researchers, and University of California faculty explore the issues affecting the LGBTQ community.
Episodes
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The Constitutional Right to Transition: Reconstruction and the Political History of Transphobia
Award-winning historian Jules Gill-Peterson examines transgender identity and politics through the lens of American liberalism, arguing that anti-transgender politics cannot be understood by analyzing conservatism alone. She traces the emergence of transgender identity from middle-class...
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Storytelling for the Screen: Fancy Dance
Director and co-writer Erica Tremblay joins moderator Lisa Parks (Film and Media Studies, UCSB) for a discussion of her film, Fancy Dance. They discuss the development of the film and Tremblay’s three-year-long journey to study the Cayuga language in preparation. They also discuss Lily…
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Revisiting the Classics: Paris Is Burning
Lucas Hilderbrand of UC Irvine joins UC Santa Barbara moderator Graham Feyl to discuss the film Paris is Burning. They review the history of its exhibition and the film’s enduring legacy as a powerful portrait of queer life, resistance, beauty, and art. They also discuss the unique structure of…
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Redeeming the Soul of America: Racial and LGBTQ Justice with Father Bryan Massingale
Theologian and social activist Father Bryan Massingale, professor of theology and social ethics at Fordham University, is an outspoken voice for anti-racism and LGBTQ+ rights, both within the Catholic Church and society as a whole. His 2010 study, “Racial Justice and the Catholic Church,” was...
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Does Your House Have Lions
Artist Vishal Jugdeo and poet vqueeram join moderator Cathy Thomas (English, UCSB) to discuss their film Does Your House Have Lions, which features a queer household of activists and academics in New Delhi living under the shadow of increasing authoritarianism. They discuss the film’s exploration...
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Conversation with Mariachi Arcoiris de Los Angeles
Mariachi Arcoiris de Los Angeles prides itself on being the world's first LGBTQ mariachi band. Their tight, energetic, and intricate sound has been honed by the work they've had to do to navigate the typically hypermasculine and heteronormative world of mariachi as gay and trans musicians. The…
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Pride Ortho Supports LGBTQ+ Community
The founders of Pride Ortho, an organization that supports LGBTQ+ people in the field of orthopedic medicine, talk about the importance of creating a supportive and safe space for their community. [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 38220]
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Hugo Marcus: A Muslim Jew Under the Swastika
Hugo Marcus (1880–1966) was a man of many names and identities. Born a German Jew, he converted to Islam and took the name Hamid, becoming one of the most prominent Muslims in Germany prior to World War II. Renamed Israel by the Nazis, he was sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp before...
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Ministering to the LGBTQ Community: A Personal Journey with James Martin - Burke Lectureship on Religion and Society
Jesuit priest and editor at large of America Magazine, Father James Martin, SJ, talks about his personal journey ministering to the LGBTQ community. For Martin, working with people on the margins, walking with the excluded, has always been part of his Jesuit life. Early in his career, he began...
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Mariachi Arcoiris
Mariachi Arcoiris de Los Angeles prides itself on being the world’s first LGBTQ mariachi band. Their tight, energetic, and intricate sound has been honed by the work they’ve had to do to navigate the typically hypermasculine and heteronormative world of mariachi as gay and trans musicians. The…
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Sexual Barter in Times of Genocide: Reflections on Sexual Violence Agency and Sex Work with Anna Hajkova- Holocaust Living History Workshop
What is everyday life, and how is it experienced under extreme stress? This is the broader question that animates the research of Anna Hájková, an associate professor of Modern Continental European History at the University of Warwick. In her talk, Hájková examines sex work, sexual violence, and...
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Three Chords and a Lie
Trent Atkinson and Brandon Stansell discuss their new film Three Chords and a Lie, which explores the experiences of LGBTQ+ people in country music. In a conversation with Tyler Morgenstern, Stansell and Atkinson discuss the process of making the documentary and the challenges it presented, as…
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Subversives: Go Fish
Screenwriter and actress Guinevere Turner discusses her experience working on the groundbreaking 1994 film, Go Fish. In a conversation with Assatu Wisseh, Turner recounts how she and director Rose Troche developed their unique story of romance and friendship in a lesbian community in Chicago. A...
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Shakedown Director Leilah Weinraub
Director Leilah Weinraub joins Mireille Miller-Young (Feminist Studies, UCSB) for a conversation about Weinraub’s 2018 documentary Shakedown, a film that documents the L.A.-based underground black-lesbian strip club of the same name. Weinraub explains how she discovered the club and her…
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What is a Woman? What is a Man? Exploring The Buddhist Sources - Jose Cabezon - Burke Lectureship on Religion and Society
The ancient Buddhist sources have a great deal to say about what it means to be a biological man or woman, what it means to be gendered male and female, what kinds of desires and sexual practices are considered normative, and what kinds deviate. But this material is scattered throughout hundreds…
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Publics and Counterpublics with Michael Warner - Conversations with History
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Michael Warner, the Seymour H. Knox Professor of English and American Studies, at Yale University, and the 2018 Tanner Lecturer at Berkeley. The conversation focuses on Professor Warner’s intellectual odyssey from a Pentecostal upbringing to an Ivy…
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Political Activism and Constitutional Law with David Cole - Conversations with History
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes David Cole, National Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union for a discussion of two of his ten books-- his first book, No Equal Justice, and his most recent, Engines of Liberty. The conversation begins with his reflections on his formative...
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TransPrEP! HIV Prevention for Transgender Persons in California
The California HIV/AIDS Research Program (CHRP) is funding the largest demonstration project of its kind in the US, to determine the acceptability, utilization, adherence, and pharmacokinetics of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medication among transgender persons to promote their health and...
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Honoring Sally: Tam O'Shaughnessy Aboard the R/V Sally Ride
In this candid and heartwarming interview, Tam O'Shaughnessy, the life partner of the late astronaut Sally Ride, describes her long relationship with the first American woman in space. From their days on the teen tennis circuit in California through Sally’s historic flights on the Space Shuttle...
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Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen - Trans Media
Award-winning documentary Still Black: A Portrait of Black Transmen centers on the stories of six thoughtful, eloquent and diverse transmen. Director Kortney Ryan Ziegler joins Jennifer Tyburczy (Feminist Studies, UCSB) to discuss the film. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 32541]
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Raising Zoey - Trans Media
Dante Alencastre, director of Raising Zoey, talks with Abigaíl Salazar of the UCSB Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity about this docuemntary that follows Zoey's transition. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 32540]
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Tangerine - Trans Media
Actress Mya Taylor joins Patrice Petro to discuss Tangerine, a critically-acclaimed indie comedy about transgender prostitutes working in a not-so glamorous part of Hollywood. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 32539]
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Transparent - Trans Media
Cornell University Professor Amy Villarejo, author of "Ethereal Queer: Television, Historicity, Desire", joins Carsey-Wolf Center Director Patrice Petro for a discussion of transgender emergence as well as Jewishness and queerness within this highly-acclaimed popular television series. Series:...
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Free CeCe - Trans Media
The documentary Free CeCe confronts the culture of violence surrounding transwomen of color. Director Jacqueline (Jac) Gares and Documentary Subject CeCe McDonald discuss the process of making the film with Lal Zimman, UCSB Department of Linguistics. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities]…
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The Art of Messaging with Anat Shenker-Osorio -- In the Arena with Jonathan Stein
Messaging expert Anat Shenker-Osorio, author of “Don’t Buy It: The Trouble with Talking Nonsense About the Economy,” describes how to best influence public opinion. Citing her research on causes such as abortion rights and gay marriage, she argues that the most effective way to change minds is…
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LGBT Trainees Speak Out
UCSF Medical School Students and Fellows speak about their training and experiences as LGBT students. Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative Science for Everyone" [Public Affairs] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31560]
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Violence and Discrimination in the LGBT Community
This overview looks at Violence and Discrimination in the LGBT Community; LGBTQ Youth/Hate Crimes on College Campuses; IPV in the LGBTQ community. Series: "Osher WISE: Well-being and Integrative Science for Everyone" [Public Affairs] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31559]
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Sexual Health During Recovery: Men Women and Transgender People
Sexual health is, for many, a fundamental element of life-quality. Dr. Maurice Garcia, Assistant Clinical Professor in Residence, Genital Reconstruction, Neurourology and Sexual Medicine, Department of Urology at UCSF, explores how to maintain sexual function and activity in older age and after...
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The Future of Marriage - Up Next: Perspectives on the Future of Everything
As one of the leading family studies scholars in the country, Stephanie Coontz has over the years published a wide range of provocative Op-Ed pieces in such publications as The New York Times and the Washington Post. She's also the author of several books, including The Way We Never Were; The...
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Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine - Focus On: Social Issues in Modern Cinema
Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine is a powerful feature documentary about Matthew Shepard, a University of Wyoming student who was brutally beaten, tied to a fence, and left to die because he was gay. The film’s director Michele Josue, a close friend of Matt's, sits down for a conversation with...
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Transparent - TELEtalk
Producer Rick Rosenthal and Associate Director of LBGT Services in the Resource Center for Sexual & Gender Diversity at UCSB Klint Jaramillo explore Transparent, a film that chronicles the lives of a Los Angeles family after they discover that their father, Mort (Jeffrey Tambor), is transgender.…
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Reducing the Military Budget: Necessary To Improve Our Quality of Life with Congressman Barney Frank -- UC Public Policy Channel
First elected to Congress in 1980, Barney Frank represented Massachusetts’s 4th District for 32 years. He is known as a superb legislator and a pragmatic politician whose sharp intellect and sense of humor made him one of Washington’s most influential and colorful figures. While in Congress…
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Frank Talk: Gay Rights Wall Street and the Federal Reserve with Barney Frank and Alex Gelber - In the Living Room with Henry E. Brady - UC Public Policy Channel
Barney Frank, the 16-term former Congressman from Massachusetts joins Alex Gelber and Henry E. Brady of the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley for a no-holds-barred review of his feats (and colleagues) on Capitol Hill. From being the first Member of Congress to publicly identify…
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HIV Stigma: Personal Stories from Gay Men and Transgender Women in Peru -- A UCI GHREAT Initiative
In the final installment of a four-part series, UC Irvine Public Health professor Brandon Brown and others help members of Lima's gay and transgender community overcome the stigma of HIV and get access to healthcare. This is no small feat in Peru, long considered the most homophobic country in...
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David Del Tredici: Bullycide - La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest
David Del Tredici’s Bullycide is a piano sextet inspired by the suicides of five gay teenagers, and by the composer’s own memories of bulling in grammar and high school. Series: "La Jolla Music Society: SummerFest" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 25806]
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Sex and Punishment: A Conversation with Eric Berkowitz - Legally Speaking
For prosecutors, as well as priests, how we have sex has long been a matter of serious concern. So serious, in fact, that whenever community standards are challenged, the response is often repression, and, sometimes, severe punishment. Eric Berkowitz is an attorney in San Francisco who has…
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Damned Nations: Ending the Global War Against Women and Children
In 1995, twenty-five-year-old Samantha Nutt, a recent medical-school graduate and a field volunteer for UNICEF, touched down in Baidoa, Somalia, “the City of Death.” What she saw there would spur her on to a lifetime of passionate advocacy for children and families in war-torn areas around the...
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New Research on LGBT Employment Discrimination
There is no federal law that consistently protects LGBT individuals from employment discrimination. Join a distinguished panelists as they present findings from the cutting edge of research on discrimination, including the most recent studies based on sexual orientation and gender identity.…
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Same Sex Marriage: Past Present and Future
Historian Nancy Cott, economist M.V. Badgett, and attorney David Boies discuss the changing landscape of same sex marriage as the issue winds its way through the state and national legal systems. Particular emphasis is given to historical context and the attempt to overturn California’s…
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Beyond Gay Rights: Lessons From Other Social Movements
Explore LGBT rights from a social movement perspective. Turning outward to other movements sheds light on the possibilities and limitations of LGBT rights activism. Panelists consider what the LGBT rights movement can learn from other movement experiences and from the scholarly analysis of social...
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Marriage and Family Scholars Thinking About LGBT Families
Academic research focusing on marriage and the family rarely considers LGBT issues or same-sex couples and their families. This panel of prominent scholars considers the benefits and challenges to addressing LGBT issues, marriage equality, and same-sex couples more routinely in marriage and…
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LGBT Data: Politics Policy and Practice
Gary Gates, William Distinguished scholar at The Williams Institute at UCLA, discusses his new study estimating LGBT population in the United States. Drawing on information from four recent national and two state-level population-based surveys, the analyses suggest that there are more than 8...
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From Peace Talks to Gender Justice: Monica McWilliams
Monica McWilliams, the Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and a signer of the historic 1998 Good Friday Agreement with Ireland, addresses the challenges of turning the promise of peace accords into stable post-conflict societies through the inclusion of women in...
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Feminist Leadership in Building Global Community
The global community faces new challenges and needs to be able to imagine a truly diverse and multi-polar world in which shared leadership is the norm. Kavita N. Ramdas, President and CEO of the Global Fund for Women, discusses how we can look to the women’s movement globally as a source of...
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Understanding and Addressing LGBT Domestic Violence
Learn to recognize the unique obstacles that LGBT survivors confront when they turn to the legal system for assistance. National experts on LGBT domestic violence provide practical information to better understand the experience of LGBT domestic violence survivors, to assess when a person is...
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The Politics of the Veil (Conversations with History)
Harry Kreisler welcomes historian Joan Wallach Scott who traces her intellectual odyssey and recalls the impact of the women's movement on her research and teaching. She describes the intellectual influences that led her to write the now classic article, "Gender: A Useful Category of Historical...
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The Williams Institute at UCLA’s 6th Annual Update on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy 2007 Part 3
In Part 3 of of this annual conference on sexual orientation law and public policy from the Williams Institute at UCLA, experts change their focus from Europe to the United States as they assess domestic developments in same-sex marriage and other issues of interest to gay and lesbian couples....
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The Williams Institute at UCLA’s 6th Annual Update on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy 2007 Part 2
In Part 2 of this annual conference on sexual orientation law and public policy, Yale Law School’s Bill Eskridge joins Lee Badgett of UCLA’s Williams Institute to share evidence that legalizing gay marriage in Denmark and the Netherlands has not led to a drop in heterosexual marriages, as some...
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The Williams Institute at UCLA’s 6th Annual Update on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy 2007 Part 1
Boris Dittrich, a former member of the Netherlands Parliament, leads off this conference on sexual orientation law with a report on how well legalized gay marriage is working in his country. Series: "Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 12820]
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Shirin Ebadi: Iran Awakening: Human Rights Women and Islam
Nobel Peace Laureate and lawyer Shirin Ebadi of Iran describes how education can lead to peace in the Middle East and calls for an end to discrimination against women in this riveting address presented by the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice and the School of Law at the University of…
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