The Tennessee Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice, a student-run and edited publication, will host a symposium on March 21, exploring the impact of recent legislation in the United States affecting healthcare and education resources for the LGBTQ+ population.
The event features legal scholars and lawyers engaged in challenging recent legislation. Panels will also feature social scientists and professors of psychology and anthropology whose work and community involvement focus on LGBTQ+ people and advocacy.
Senior Director of Transgender and Queer Rights at GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) and Professor of Law at Western New England University School of Law, Jennifer Levi, will deliver the keynote address.
The event will be held at the University of Tennessee College of Law, 1505 Cumberland Ave., Room 132. Registration is required via this link.
Presentations and speakers include:
The Fight in Public: Legal Challenges and Scholarship against Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation
9:15 – 10:15 a.m.
Featuring:
Lucas Cameron-Vaughn
Staff Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee
Co-Chair, National Trans Bar Association
Regina L. Hillman
Assistant Professor of Law, University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law
Zee Scout
Bertha Justice Fellow, Center for Constitutional Rights
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Dangerous Manifestations: How Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation Causes Practical Harm
10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Featuring:
Patrick R. Grzanka
Professor and Divisional Dean for Social Sciences, Department of Psychology at the UT College of Arts and Sciences
Christina Perkins
Clinical Assistant Director, UT Psychological Clinic
Tamar Shirinian
Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology, UT College of Arts and Sciences
Co-Chair, Association for Queer Anthropology
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Transgender Backlash, Access to Medical Care, and Dobbs: A Contemporary Perspective
Noon – 1 p.m.
Featuring:
Jennifer Levi
Senior Director of Transgender and Queer Rights, GLAD
Professor of Law, Western New England University School of Law