2011 Plenary Sessions
“Beyond the Binary: The Lives of Transgender People”
Genny Beemyn, Director, Stonewall Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Susan Rankin, Research Associate, Center for the Study of Higher Education, and Associate Professor of Education, College Student Affairs Program, Pennsylvania State University
Kenyon Farrow, Executive Director, Queers for Economic Justice, and Policy Institute Fellow, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
“God Is Gay and Other Queer Anomalies”
Judy Grahn, Recipient, 2009 Lambda Literary Award; Adjunct Professor, Writing, Consciousness, and Creativity Inquiry, California Institute of Integral Studies; Associate Professor, Women’s Spirituality, The Institute of Transpersonal Psychology.
“LGBTQ Studies Tomorrow: A Call to Action”
Gilbert Herdt, Professor of Anthropology and Sexuality Studies, Founder of National Sexuality Resource Center, San Francisco State University
“In Dreams Begins Responsibility: (En)Visioning LGBTQ Work in Jesuit Higher Education”
Sivagami Subbaraman, Director, LGBTQ Resource Center, Georgetown University
“Coming Out as an LGBTQ Ally in the Context of Islam and Muslims”
Amina Wadud, Professor Emeritus of Islamic Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University; Visiting Scholar, Graduate Theological Union
