Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
In this talk Kathryn weaves personal memoir with cutting edge theory which stretches what we think we know about important matters surrounding genitals, clothing, and kissing even reading and signification that relate to the queerness of children.
Stockton discusses how ‘gay’ and ‘trans’ collide, showing the deep entwining of these terms, and how we might consider sex with ideas.
Further examining the issues of everyone’s childhood and adulthood, the discussion of these questions serves to illustrate what issues this turns around for gay and trans children. The answers prepare for a story that is yours.
The mission of the prestigious inside out series of lectures is to bring the best minds of our generation to inspire and support the work students and staff do across the Leeds School of Arts.
The School of Arts have invited renowned speakers from around the globe to speak and enhance the cultural life of Leeds.
This lecture series is open to an international audience online and will be available as digital films through the LARC website.
Kathryn Bond Stockton is Distinguished Professor of English, former Associate Vice President for Equity and Diversity, and inaugural Dean of the School for Cultural & Social Transformation at the University of Utah.
Stockton teaches queer theory, theories of race and racialised gender, and twentieth century literature and film.
Two of her books: Beautiful Bottom, Beautiful Shame: Where “Black” meets “Queer” and The Queer Child, were national finalists for the Lambda Literary Award in LGBT studies. In addition, her recent book Making Out was a 2020 national finalist for the Next Generation Indie Book award for memoir, and her newest book is entitled Gender(s).
