Captive Genders Panel @ University of Washington
What is the prison industrial complex and what does it have to do with queer and trans oppression? The Q Center is excited to discuss this question and strategies for resistance. A wide range of artists, activists, and academics will talk about how they see these oppressions overlapping and the work they are doing in response.
Panelists:
-Eric Stanley, editor of Captive Genders, activist with Gay Shame SF, director of Homotopia and Criminal Queers
-Toshio Meronek, activist with Gay Shame SF and Critical Resistance
-Ralowe T. Ampu, contributor to Captive Genders, activist with Gay Shame
-Gillian Harkins, professor of English at the UW, activist and educator with Transformative Education Behind Bars
-Lincoln Rose, former private prison employee who does community work on trans prison issues