Digital Queers: LGBTQ Representations in Contemporary Television

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Speaker: 
Katherine Sender, Communication Studies (Moderator)
Event Date: 
April 10, 2018
Event Time: 
4:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: 
Hatcher Library Gallery, Room 100
Event Accessibility : 
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.
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cartoon image of cast members from "Orange is the New Black" with text in large white font reading "Digital Queers: LGBTQ Representations in Contemporary Television"

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.