BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.3//EN TZID:America/Toronto X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VEVENT UID:94@sds.utoronto.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20221130T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20221130T180000 DTSTAMP:20221117T163313Z URL:http://sds.utoronto.ca/events/november-sex-salon-exploring-and-making- trans-worlds/ SUMMARY:November Sex Salon: Exploring and Making Trans Worlds DESCRIPTION:A panel discussion\, made up of trans* graduate students from a cross U of T\, who are thinking\, working and exploring the limits and pos sibilities of trans studies. Sex Salon has gathered a group of students wh ose focus on trans embodiments\, subjectivities\, experiences and cultural functioning’s are varied but remain connected. Come and hear the incred ible and imaginative work that each panelist has underway\, followed by a moderated discussion on how these trans scholars relate to the field of tr ans studies and how their work contributes to a growing field and the imag ining and creation of different futures for trans communities.\n\nJoin the Sex Salon on November 30th at 4:00pm in University College (15 King's Col lege Circle)\, Room 240. Please register in advance.\n\nSpeaker Bios:\n\nS am Sanchinel (they/them)\n\nSam Sanchinel (they/them) is a PhD student in the Women and Gender Studies program. Under the supervision of Dina Georgi s\, and in following their Nepantlera\, trans\, “borderlands” personho od\, Sam’s dissertation will focus on a pairing of transgender studies w ith continental philosophy of religion\, to aim at providing an ethical un derstanding of gender.\n\nAngie Fazekas (they/them)\n\nAngie Fazekas is an Assistant Professor\, Teaching Stream at the Women and Gender Studies Ins titute at the University of Toronto. Their research focus is queer adolesc ent online engagement and behavior\, social media\, sex education\, and po pular culture. In their doctoral dissertation\, they consider how teenage fans interact with fanfiction as a mechanism for exploring their sexuality \, identity\, and desires. Their publications include a co-authored chapte r in Final Girls\, Feminism\, and Popular Culture and a chapter in Fandom\ , Now in Color.\n\nValley Weadick\n\nValley Weadick is a musician\, perfor mer\, illustrator and PhD student in Women and Gender Studies at the Unive rsity of Toronto. Her SSHRC-funded research explores the use of paranormal phenomena (ghosts\, aliens\, spirits\, astral projection and alternate di mensions) as an expression of being “trapped in the wrong world.”\n\nE lio Colavito (they/them)\n\nElio Colavito (they/them) is a PhD candidate i n the Department of History with a collaborative specialization in Sexual Diversity Studies. Their dissertation project examines the resource\, care \, and culture-sharing networks created by trans men from 1970 to 2005. El io is an oral historian and research assistant at the LGBTQ Oral History D igital Collaboratory\, where they host the Traversing Temporalities interv iew series.\n\nCamille Rogers (they/them)\n\nAs a performer\, Camille Roge rs (they/them) has been praised for their “tremendous stage presence” and “real flair for comedy” (Operaramblings). Camille has also been re cognized for their work as Co-Artistic Director of Toronto’s queer opera collective OperaQ\, and has been invited to speak at related events hoste d by Against the Grain Theatre\, Amplified Opera\, the University of Toron to\, Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra\, and VIVA! Youth Singers of Toronto. Wi th OperaQ\, Camille has produced three full-length opera productions: Dido and Belinda (2019)\, Handel’s Drag Messiah (2021)\, and Medusa’s Chil dren (2022)\, and is in the process of developing a one-act musical for yo ung audiences exploring non-binary gender identity.\n\nCamille currently s tudies at the University of Toronto\, pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts wi th a Collaborative Specialization in Sexual Diversity Studies. Their resea rch\, supported by the Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarshi p and the Queer Trans Research Lab Dissertation Completion Award\, investi gates the life of queer and gender-non-conforming 17th-century French oper a singer Julie d’Aubigny (1670-1707). Camille’s studies will culminate in the premiere of a narrative cantata portraying notable adventures from d'Aubigny's life.\n\nLocation Details:\n\nSex Salon is now returning to i n-person events. The location of this event is room UC240 located at Unive rsity College (15 King's College Circle). The building and surrounding are a is under construction. We will have volunteers at the main entrance poin t to assist participants to find the event location. The main entrance poi nt is on the left side of Hart House Circle if you are walking north from King's College circle. There is currently construction in this area and ac cess is limited.\n\nAccessibility:\n\n While there is no mandatory mask r equirement we highly encourage participants to wear a mask\n Sex Salon is committed to providing ASL at every event. Unfortunately we were unable t o secure ASL for this event. We apologize for this and are committed to im proving this.\n Please let us know of any access needs at sds.sexsalon@gm ail.com\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:http://sds.utoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/Sex-Sa lon-Nov-30th.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR