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SUMMARY:Book Talk: Trans Technologies with Professor Oliver L. Haimson
DESCRIPTION:The Queer and Trans Research Lab (QTRL)/Bonham Centre for Sex
 ual Diversity Studies\, University of Toronto invites you to a book talk o
 n Trans Technologies (MIT Press\, 2025)\, with Oliver L. Haimson (Univer
 sity of Michigan) on March 10\, 3PM\, at the Faculty of Information/UofT\,
  in-person. Register here and join us!\n\nBook Talk\, Trans Technologies
 \nProfessor Oliver L. Haimson\, University of Michigan\nHosted by Professo
 r Rafael Grohmann (QTRL\, University of Toronto)\nDiscussants: Professors 
 T. L. Cowan and Jas Rault (University of Toronto)\n\nDate &amp\; Time: Mo
 nday\, Mar. 10 (3-5PM)\nLocation: 140 St. George Street\, Toronto\, Learn
 ing Hub\, 4th floor (Claude Bissell Building)\, University of Toronto\nMod
 e: In person only\n \nPlease register here: https://forms.office.com/r/
 kkkVvghnWs\n\nThis is an event co-sponsored by the Queer and Trans Researc
 h Lab/  Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies and Faculty of
  Information\, University of Toronto.\n\nDescription\nMainstream technolog
 ies often exclude or marginalize transgender users. Trans Technologies d
 escribes what happens when trans people take technology design into their 
 own hands. Oliver L. Haimson\, whose research into gender transition and t
 echnology has defined this area of study\, draws on transgender studies an
 d his own in-depth interviews with more than 100 creators of technology—
 including apps\, games\, health resources\, extended reality systems\, and
  supplies designed to address challenges trans people face—to explain wh
 at trans technology is and to explore its present possibilities and limita
 tions\, as well as its future prospects.\n\nHaimson surveys the landscape 
 of trans technologies to reveal the design processes that brought these te
 chnologies to life\, and to show how trans people often must rely on commu
 nity\, technology\, and the combination of the two to meet their basic nee
 ds and challenges. His work not only identifies the role of trans technolo
 gy in caring for individuals within the trans community but also shows how
  trans technology creation empowers some trans people to create their own 
 tools for navigating the world. Articulating which trans needs and challen
 ges are currently being addressed by technology and which still need to be
  addressed\; describing how trans technology creators are accomplishing th
 is work\; examining how privilege\, race\, and access to resources impact 
 which trans technologies are built and who may be left out\; and highlight
 ing new areas of innovation to be explored\, Trans Technologies opens the
  way to meaningful social change.\n\nOliver L. Haimson is Assistant Profe
 ssor at University of Michigan School of Information (UMSI) and director
  of the Community Research on Identity and Technology (CRIT) Lab
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