Friday May 25, 20:00, grote zaal

Get My Gender Right(s)!
Panel discussion on international transgender rights + Cruel and Unusual

Ticket of panel discussion gives free admission to screening of Cruel and Unusal at 10pm

How can we achieve proper transgender rights with dignity?Transgender existence and the quest for more sex and gender diversity pose challenges to what societies consider natural, normal and morally right. Being transgender means unintentionally exposing the loopholes and weaknesses in our social system. How should we respond to the rigidity of many governments’ stance on sex registration which has such negative impact on those who do not fit in the categories of man and woman? Or the gender hierarchy that still results in inequality between men and women, not to mention the oppression of gender variant people? Or the conservatism that stigmatizes people we consider social outcasts? This panel brings together activist, community organiser, politician, lobbyist, academic, artist and author who have dedicated their and professional lives to reflect on and fight for these important issues.

Speakers

Kate Bornstein (USA), renowned speaker on gender issues and theories and author of Gender Outlaw, My Gender Workbook and Hello Cruel World!
Emine Bozkurt (NL), Member of European Parliament for the Labour Party, the Netherlands
Josephine Ho (Taiwan), coordinator of the Center for the Study of Sexualities at National Central University in Taipei and activist for minority sexual rights in Southeast Asia.
Laxmi Narayan Tripathi (India), community organiser for hijra/transgender community in Mumbai
Stephen Whittle (UK), UK''s best known activist for transgender rights and founder of Press for Change, co-editor of The Transgender Studies Reader.
[b]Moderator: Farid Tabarki,

Cruel and Unusual