Queer issues and the university classroom
EDUCATION / Susan Stryker says students need to be trained in sexual diversity and queer theory
Jonathan Valelly / Toronto / Monday, January 30, 2012
http://www.xtra.ca/public/Toronto/Queer_issues_and_the_university_classroom-11447.aspxA recognizable leader in the field of trans studies, Susan Stryker embodies the multifaceted and progressive character of a discipline that is at once relatively young but discernibly necessary. Among her various pursuits, Stryker has co-edited the groundbreaking Transgender Studies Reader, directed the Emmy-winning documentary Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria, and served as the director of the GLBT Historical Society of San Francisco.
Currently the director of the LGBT Studies Institute at the University of Arizona, Stryker will be at the University of Toronto on Jan 31 to participate in a roundtable discussion titled Trans Studies: State of the Field, and to present her research, Cross Dressing for Empire: Embodying White Masculinity Through Performance in San Francisco's Bohemian Club, 1870s-1920s. In anticipation of the event, Stryker spoke to Xtra about trans issues in academia and beyond.
