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Thursday, September 10
 

7:00pm PDT

Changing Gender: Susan Stryker (SOLD OUT)
Thursday September 10, 2026 7:00pm - 8:30pm PDT
$15 adv / $20 door

Co-presented with the Bay Area Lesbian Archives

What might our lives look like without the limiting assumptions that gender, as a concept, imposes across the political spectrum? In Changing Gender, the leading trans scholar Susan Stryker invites readers to ride along on her lifelong quest to uncover what gender means and does, tracing the gender concept's roots in grammar and how it transformed into a battleground of the culture wars. From the origins of “Yankee Doodle” to acid trips in Joshua Tree National Park, from nineteenth-century phrenology to present-day anti-trans conspiracy theorists, Stryker finds surprising places to tune in to the origins, idiosyncrasies, and generative possibilities of the gender concept. Along the way, she weaves stories drawn from her lifetime as a pathbreaking historian, filmmaker, activist, and founding figure of transgender studies. In conversation with award-winning filmmaker Cheryl Dunye. Doors at 6:30pm
Moderators
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Cheryl Dunye

Cheryl Dunye is a Liberian-American filmmaker, director, and producer based in Oakland whose work explores Black queer identity, history, and cultural memory. Her narratives are peppered with deconstructive elements such as characters addressing the camera and making ironic references to the... Read More →
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Susan Stryker

Susan Stryker’s historical research, theoretical writings, media-making, activism, and academic field-building activities have helped shape the conversation on trans issues since the early 1990s. Stryker retired from the University of Arizona in 2020 and currently holds a distinguished visiting... Read More →
Thursday September 10, 2026 7:00pm - 8:30pm PDT
Oakstop California Ballroom 1536 Franklin Street, Oakland
 

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