Thursday, November 14, at 7:30 p.m. Hunter College School of Social Work 129 East 79th Street (at Lexington Avenue)Four distinguished panelists - artists and academics - will explore the impact of lesbian, gay and bisexual unions on the traditional concepts of gender, family, and community and their importance in the landscape of the contemporary American family.
The panelists include: Thomas A. Harris - Faculty, UCLA San Diego; Filmmaker and Director of VINTAGE: Families of Value Jose Munoz - Faculty, New York University, Tisch School of Arts; Chair, Queer Theory Study Project Gwen Turner - Writer, Actress and Filmmaker; Creator of Go Fish Kath Weston, Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Anthropology, Arizona State University West; Author of Render Me, Gender Me The moderator is Stanley Siegel, MSW - Author of Unchartered Lives: Understanding the Life Passage of Gay Men, and Gaycentric Psychotherapy
A reception before the lecture will be held at 6 p.m. in the Library of the Ackerman Institute for the Family. Call (212)879-4900, ext. 111 to RSVP. Seating for the lecture is limited. Please make your reservations early.