Since the 1960s, queer people have become increasingly visible in the media. Queer identities in community life and politics may rely in the 21st century on the prevailing media landscape. The paradoxes of visibility are many: spurring tolerance through harmful stereotyping, diminishing isolation at the cost of activism, trading assimilation for equality, converting radicalism into a market niche. A series of colloquia culminating in a day-long symposium will explore visibility and its discontents.

I N F O R M A T I O N

Media/Queered happens January through April 2004 at the University of Illinois at Chicago. For more information, check here for details and regular updates, or write to the program organizer, Kevin G. Barnhurst. (Please note: The mail links on this site are broken. To send mail, copy the link to the clipboard, paste it into the e-mail recipient field, and change the parentheses to an at sign.)

All events are free and open to the public. For the symposium, space is limited. Registration is required for the symposium only. Write for details or call (312) 996-6352, fax 312.996.2938, or e-mail Linda Vavra. Click here for Map and Directions.

Viewing on Line is available about one week after each event. To watch, click on the speaker’s name, then on Watch the Video. To see the discussion, click on the event title and scroll to Q&A Session.

Sponsors of Media/Queered events include Skornia Lectureship Fund, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, and, at UIC, the Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues, the Humanities Laboratory, the Institute for the Humanities, Dean Stanley Fish of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, the Department of Communication, the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, Director John D’Emilio of the Gender & Women’s Studies Program, the Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of Women, the Office of Women’s Affairs, the Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of Asian Americans, and the Departments of Psychiatry, Psychology, Political Science, Art History, and English.

S Y M P O S I U M

Friday, April 2, 2004
8:30 a.m. – 9 p.m

Symposium On-line Registration Form

P A R T I C I P A N T S

Larry Gross, University of Southern California

Ken Sherrill, Hunter College, City University of New York

Lisa Henderson, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Joshua P. Gamson, University of San Francisco

Lauren Berlant, University of Chicago

Todd Mundt, Former Host, NPR “The Todd Mundt Show”

Suzanna Walters, Georgetown University

Gavin Jack, University of Leicester, UK

Marguerite Moritz, University of Colorado

Jaime Hovey, University of Illinois at Chicago

Katherine Sender, University of Pennsylvania

Van Cagle, GLAAD Center for the Study of Media & Society

Ellen Meyers, Office of Illinois Secretary of State

Laura Kipnis, Northwestern University

Chicago Journalists

Studs Terkel, Former Host, WFMT-FM, Chicago