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Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies

Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies GSFS

A Queer Way Out: The Politics of Queer Emigration from

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Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies
Dr. Hila Amit Abas, founder of the International Hebrew School in Berlin, published A Queer Way Out – The Politics of Israel Emigration (SUNY Press, 2018) in 2018. In her book, Dr. Amit looks at the motivations for departure, and examines carefully the feeling of unbelonging to the national collective in Israel. Sexual Orientation is revealed in this study as playing a significant role in a decision to emigrate. The book questions national and heterosexual norms such as serving in the army, monogamous relationship and reproduction, as connected to the decision to emigrate.

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Open to the Public

A Conversation about SOLA Winter Program

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Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies
Middlebury alum Shabana Basij-Rasikh ’11, Professor Sujata Moorti (GSFS), Baishakhi Taylor (VP Student Affairs) and students Abbie Hinchman ’19, Erin Hoynes ’19, Nell Sather ’19, and Rebecca Wishnie ’22 discuss their collaboration with the School of Leadership Afghanistan (SOLA) during winter term 2019 in Pune, India.

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

5K for Reproductive Justice

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Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies
FREE to participate and open to all.
FREE t-shirt for the first 100 people to show up that morning! Special thanks to WebsterInk for the shirts!
FREE food and drinks available after you finish the 5k!

Come run, walk, or even skip your way through 5km and inform yourself about reproductive health and justice issues along the way!

Axinn Center Winter Garden

40 Years of AIDS: Looking back and ahead

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Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies
Terje Anderson, executive director of the Vermont Democratic Party, will speak about his work advocating for an eradication of AIDS. He will discuss the history of the AIDS epidemic, personal experience in advocacy with an aim to raise awareness among current college students in preparation for Claudio Medeiros’ production of The Baltimore Waltz.

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