Science, Sex, and Gender: Women's History Month 2020

Description

Join LGBTQ Life and Women and Gender Resources for a livestream from Washington, D.C. Drop by for snacks for however long you are able.

Human beings have long called on science to define concepts of sex and gender and used them to characterize, classify, and divide. The Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine will host a Women's History Month event on Science, Sex, and Gender. Moderated by Harper Jean Tobin, director of policy at the National Center for Transgender Equality, a panel of experts will explore the role of science in evolving and expanding notions of sex and gender in a discussion that centers the lived experiences of transgender and intersex women.

Panelists include:

• Moya Bailey, an assistant professor of cultures, societies, and global studies and women's, gender, and sexuality studies at Northeastern University
• Katie Dalke, an assistant professor of psychiatry and a practitioner at the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute
• Tori Cooper, director of community engagement for the Transgender Justice Initiative at Human Rights Campaign
• Katrina Karkazis, chair of the Honors Academy at Brooklyn College, CUNY, and a senior research fellow with the Global Health Justice Partnership at Yale University

Sponsored by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.