JOIN US: Prof. Amin Ghaziani to Speak on Panel for the 50th Anniversary of the Decriminalization of Homosexuality in Canada
2019 marks the 50th Anniversary of the decriminalization of homosexuality in Canada. Please join Honourable Janet Austin, Lieutenant Governor of BC, and Santa Ono, President & Vice Chancellor of UBC, alongside 5 LGBTQ2+ leaders, activists, advocates, and academics at the Vancouver Playhouse in a conversation where we collectively will share our ideas for how to […]
Ph.d. Student, Kyle Sutherland, Publishes Article on Transgender Inclusion in Gay-Straight Alliance Clubs in Sociology Compass
Gay–straight alliance (or gender‐sexuality alliance; GSA) is a high‐school based club aimed at providing a safer environment for sexual and gender minority youth as well as their straight allies. Yet, as a club historically rooted in addressing sexual orientation‐related concerns, less attention has been given to understanding the changing relational dynamics of internal GSA activities […]
Queer Pop-Ups: A Cultural Innovation in Urban Life
PhD student Ryan Stillwagon, with his advisor Prof. Amin Ghaziani, publishes his research about temporary spaces in City & Community, the official journal of the Community and Urban Sociology section of the American Sociological Association.
Professor Amin Ghaziani releases new book, “Imagining Queer Methods”
Imagining Queer Methods showcases the methodological renaissance unfolding in queer scholarship. This volume brings together emerging and esteemed researchers from all corners of the academy who are defining new directions for the field.
Prof. Jennifer Berdahl featured in NBC News on sex-based harassment in the workplace
Prof. Berdahl offers insight on sex-based harassment in the workplace, and the impact of the #MeToo movement
Prof. Amin Ghaziani featured in the USA Today on Gayborhoods and Pricing Out LGBTQ+ People
Developers and investors often track the location practices of queer people as an investment strategy. “This is an exploitive strategy, one that reduces the humanity of LGBTQ+ people to their economic potential,” Prof. Amin Ghaziani said to USA TODAY in a feature story about gayborhoods.
Prof. Amin Ghaziani featured in The Guardian on the rise of “queerbaiting” — or capitalizing on Pride for profit.
Professor Ghaziani explains queerbaiting as, “using aspects of queer cultures or queer political support to signal hipness, coolness, political correctness, tolerance or open-mindedness; the performance of a liberal sensibility in a self-interested way…”
Prof. Amin Ghaziani featured in Alta Magazine on the fight to keep Castro queer
Is this famous gayborhood becoming more symbolic than a reality for LGBTQ people?