Tues 12th May, 2009
University of Glasgow Medical School
(Hugh Fraser Room & Yudowitz Room, Wolfson Building )

LGBT LIVES: SEXUAL/GENDER DISSIDENCE OVER THE LIFE COURSE

AM

09:30 – 10:00  Arrivals, registration and coffee in Atrium

10:00 – 10:30 Welcome and introduction to the seminar series

10:15 – 10:40  The global politics of ‘sexual orientation’, ‘gender identity’ and human rights Matthew Waites (University of Glasgow)

Parallel Session 1 (Hugh Fraser Room) Chair: Jeff Meek (?)

10:40 – 11:05 Private acts in public places? Socio-legal constructions of public sex identities in ‘real’ and ‘virtual’ Scotland Chris Ashford (University of Sunderland)

11:05 – 11:30 ‘That’s not my scene’: Responses to lesbian domestic violence Megan Todd (Robert Gordon University)

10:40 – 11:05 Private acts in public places? Socio-legal constructions of public sex identities in ‘real’ and ‘virtual’ Scotland Chris Ashford (University of Sunderland)

11:30 – 11:45  Coffee break (Bournemouth University short film)

11:45 – 12:10 Negotiating the discredited: Gay and bisexual men’s narratives in Scotland, 1940-1980 Jeff Meek (University of Glasgow)

Parallel Session 2 (Yudowitz Room): Chair Ian Rivers

10:40 – 11:05 Socio-legal study of lesbians’ and gay men’s lived experiences of homophobia in Northern Ireland  Marian Duggan (Queen’s University, Belfast)

11:05 – 11:30 Exposure and disclosure: The impact of the smoking ban on perceptions of safety on Edinburgh’s scene  Leah Cronin (Queen Margaret University) & Ian Rivers (Brunel University)

11:30 – 11:45  Coffee break (Bournemouth University short film)

11:45 – 12:10 Postcolonial geographies of the life-course and queer return migration to South Africa Max Andrucki (University of Leeds)

   Invited Speaker (Hugh Fraser Room): Chair Ian Rivers

PM

12:10 – 12:50 Coming out online: Interpretations of young men’s stories Allen B Thomas (University of Virginia, USA)

12:50 – 13:30 Lunch (Bournemouth University short film)

Combined Session (Hugh Fraser Room): Chair Matthew Waites

13:30 – 13:55 ‘It’s just something you have to ignore’: Understanding LGBT experiences of marginalisation, prejudice and abuse  Kath Browne (University of Brighton), Leela Bakshi (Spectrum), and Jason Lim (University of Brighton)

13:55 – 14:20  Real existing socialism and female homosexualities in late Soviet Russia Francesca Stella (University of Glasgow)

14:20 – 14:45 Transgendered spaces  Jo Clifford (The Transgendered Creative Expression Group)

14:45 – 15:10 Transgender people who fall outside the sex change model and the Scottish Police Service  Jennie Kermode (University of Glasgow)

15:10 – 15:30  Coffee break (Bournemouth University short film)

Invited Speaker (Hugh Fraser Room): Chair Richard Ward

15:30 – 16:15 In the name of honor: Crimes against LGBTQ individuals Rustem Ertug Altinay (Bogazici University, Turkey)

16:15 – 16:30 Closing comments