Join the Socialisms and Sexualities working group for an informal discussion with Anna Kirey on Sunday, August 21 at 5:00 pm!
Anna is a graduate student in Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She has been an activist for over a decade and co-founded the LGBT NGO 'Labrys' in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan in 2004. Currently she is a representative of Central Asia in ILGA-Asia board, Advisor to the Global Fund for Women. In addition, she collected information about the legal situation of transgender people in 81 countries for ILGA World's Trans Mapping project. We will be reading the article she co-authored with Cai Wilkinson called, "What's in a name? The personal and political meanings of 'LGBT' for non-heterosexual and transgender youth in Kyrgyzstan." Discussion participants are also encouraged to view her blog entries at the Huffington Post at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anna-kirey.
Because the location of our meeting will be determined by participant number, we ask that you RSVP to Anastasia Kayiatos at akayiatos@berkeley.edu.
