Apr

Digital Queers: LGBTQ Representations in Contemporary Television

Katherine Sender, Communication Studies (Moderator)

4:00 pm

April 10, 2018 7:00 pm

Hatcher Library Gallery, Room 100

The main entrance to the North Building — off the Diag — is equipped with ramps and automated doors. The entrance to the South Building — off South University Avenue — also has automated doors. Patrons may easily move between buildings on the second floor. Gender neutral restrooms are available on the third through sixth floors of the library.

This symposium brings together global scholars, activists, and media producers who address contemporary representations of LGBTQ people on television. How have queer images changed in the past ten years? What difference do new distribution channels — YouTube, Netflix, Amazon Prime — make to sexual diversity in shows? How does LGBTQ television content migrate around the globe? And what are the ongoing limits of queer representation?
NEW PRODUCTION CULTURES
4 – 5:30 PM
Aymar Jean Christian, Northwestern University
Eve Ng, Ohio University
Larry Gross, University of Southern California
Lisa Henderson, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
NEW CHARACTERS AND CONTEXTS
5:45 – 7 PM
Jen Richards, Writer and actor
Mari Sugalski, University of Michigan
Vincent Doyle, IE University, Madrid
Yeidy Rivero, University of Michigan
Sponsorship provided by Department of Communication Studies, the Howard R. Marsh Center, the Global Media Studies Initiative, the Institute for the Humanities, and the Institute for Research on Women and Gender.
Unable to attend the event?
It will be available through live-streaming!
Please click here to view starting at 4:00pm on April 10th.

Keywords: cosponsored event, lgbtq, lgqri