Join us for the launch of the 3rd edition of The Regulation of Desire with Gary Kinsman, OmiSoore H. Dryden, and Rebecca Rose!
First published in 1987, The Regulation of Desire became an essential work of scholarship on sexual regulation. Revised for the first time since 1996, the 3rd edition includes the emergence of the white neoliberal queer, the right-wing attacks on trans people, and the need for abolitionist, anti-racist queer and trans liberation movements.
This launch is dedicated to the people of Palestine facing colonization and genocide.
Presenter bios:
Gary Kinsman lives on Indigenous land and is a queer, anti-oppression and anti-capitalist activist. He is the author of The Regulation of Desire, Third Edition: Queer Histories, Queer Struggles and the co-author of The Canadian War on Queers, National Security as Sexual Regulation. His/their website is radical noise.
Dr. OmiSoore H. Dryden (she/her/hers), a Black queer femme and professor, is the James R Johnston Endowed Research Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie University. OmiSoore engages in interdisciplinary scholarship and research that focuses on Black LGBTQI communities, blood donation systems in Canada, and anti-Black racism in healthcare, medical education, and Black health curricular content development. Her book, Got Blood to Give: Anti-Black Homophobia in Blood Donation will be published by Fernwood Publishing in the fall of 2024.
Rebecca Rose (she/her) is a Unamaki (Cape Breton)-born queer femme writer and activist, and author of Before the Parade: A History of Halifax’s Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Communities (1972-1984), published by Nimbus Publishing.
| Date | Sunday, July 21, 2024 |
| Time | 7:00 pm Atlantic Daylight Time |
| Location | 1727 Barrington Street, Halifax |
| Duration | approximately 2 hours |
| Masks | required in person |
This is a hybrid event: in-person at Venus Envy and online via Zoom. Registration closes 3 hours before the event. Zoom codes will be emailed 3 hour before the start of the event, please check your spam folder!
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