I wrote this short essay in the Fall of 2019 for WS 110: Intro to Queer Studies, taught by Dr. Lauran Whitworth. The purpose of this assignment was to analyze an archival object using assigned course readings. By using a piece of art created by an incarcerated trans woman who I am friends with, I …
Photo: 2020, Arin Yost. Photographed by Jordan Keesler, used with permission. All rights reserved. In the spring of 2020, I was accepted to present my paper “Gendered as (Un)Usual” at two conferences: the Southeastern Women’s Studies Association and Bodies of Knowledge 2020: Reenvisioning Transgender. Unfortunately, both of these events were postponed due to the COVID-19 …
Throughout the fall 2019 semester, I, along with several other students, developed a virtual exhibition on the diverse strategies and tools that have been employed by LGBTQ+ people to resist the traumatic erasure they face. This work was done under the mentorship of Dr. Lauran Whitworth and can be found here. In connection with this …
