WHEN: Sunday, 24 January 2016 at 18:00–20:00
WHERE: Hares Hyenas, 63 Johnston Street, Fitzroy, Victoria 3065
COST: $5 at the door
Sexual appetites, ethnic stereotypes, and racism in our Women’s LGBTIQA communities
This will be an exciting panel discussion with speakers from different women’s ethnic and gender backgrounds. We will pose a series of hypotheticals. Each hypothetical will look at an aspect of our community:
- Are there ethnic hierarchies in our women’s LGBTIQA communities, and if so, how is this evident?
- Are such ethnic hierarchies the same when we are looking for a serious relationship as opposed to looking for just a one-night-stand?
- Does each ethnic culture have a typical set of values and behaviours?
- Do different ethnic cultures have reputations in our communities? Do people resent this or does it empower them?
- Does having a personal preference imply discrimination? Is discrimination racism?
- Is it Ok to fetishize people according to their ethnic background?
- Is there a way that we can seek out our preferences, while still maintaining each other’s dignity?
- How do different ethnic backgrounds approach queer women’s desire to have children?
- How do different ethnic backgrounds inform queer women’s approach to bisexuality?
- Final panel will be confirmed closer to the date. If you have any recommendations – let us know!
- This will be a relaxed, open and safe setting for us to explore this multifaceted landscape.
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GUEST PANEL:
Lian Low is a writer, editor and spoken word artist. She is currently editor-at-large for Asian-Australian arts and culture magazine Peril, previously editor-in-chief (2010-2014) and prose editor (2009-2014). Recently, Lian worked on the performance text for the sold out premiere of Do you speak Chinese? which was part of the Dance Massive program, held at the Malthouse Theatre in March 2015.
Elizabeth Syber is 58 years old, born and raised in Adelaide, with an honours in Palaeobotany. She has been an antique dealer for the last 31 years. She is Jewish and has been a member of the Progressive Jewish Synagogue in Kew. Her business keeps me in touch with a very broad spectrum of our society. She was not born as Liz, transitioned five years ago, and does not consider herself Trans.
Christina Kenny is working on her doctoral thesis at the ANU, ‘They would rather have the women who are humbled – gendered citizenship and embodied rights in post-colonial Kenya’. Grounded in 13 months field work, and using Kenyan women’s gender and citizenship rights as a focal point, she argues that human rights discourse creates particular kinds of recipients of rights, and often compels these subjects to inhabit their new, human rights based identities in limiting and problematic ways. Christina has also worked with a variety of human rights based organisations in research and policy development in Australia and Africa including the Australian Human Rights Commission, the Australian Migration and Refugee Review Tribunals, ACON, the Women’s Legal Centre (Cape Town) and the South African Human Rights Commission; and the Kenya Human Rights Commission as a consultant with their Gender and non-discrimination team.
Dr Tinashe Dune’s research, teaching and publications focus on sexual marginalization and health inequities. Namely she explores the phenomenological experiences of sexuality, sexual health, sexual wellbeing and cross-cultural understandings of sexuality in marginalised populations (i.e., GLBTIQ people, ageing populations, people with disabilities, women’s health, African women, Indigenous women. In her role as Vice-Chair, Research and Development for African Women Australia she actively seeks funding for, conducts and disseminates findings from research done by AWAU and its collaborators. At the UniversityTinashe is co-Convenor of the Ally Network which is a group of staff and students who are committed to creating an inclusive and respectful culture for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) community members.
Lotus Ye is a undergrad student and Queer Officer at the University of Melbourne. Their pronouns are they/them/theirs.
CHAIRED BY: Dr Judy Tang (AGMC Inc Vice President)
