"Ain't I a Woman": Laverne Cox Visits University of Redlands

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Emmy-nominated actress, transgender advocate, and cultural icon Laverne Cox will give an address titled, “Ain’t I A Woman? My Journey to Womanhood” Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. in Memorial Chapel. She will meet with students at a reception following. Student groups, as well as classes across the College of Arts & Sciences – in History, English, Theatre Arts, Race and Ethic Studies, and the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program – are participating in or discussing Cox’s lecture and related topics.

Tickets available for purchase online.

Interested in learning more about transgender issues, activism, and history?  Check out some books from the Armacost Library.   

Driver, Susan. Queer youth cultures. (2008). 

Erickson-Schroth, Laura. Trans bodies, trans selves : a resource for the transgender community. (2014). 

Feinberg, Leslie. Stone butch blues: A novel. (1993).

Kafer, Alison. Feminist, queer, crip. (2013). 

Spade, Dean.  Normal life: administrative violence, critical trans politics, and the limits of law. (2011).  

Stryker, Susan. Transgender history. (2008). 

Some films you might be interested in watching:

Boys Don't Cry. (1999). 

Ma Vie En Rose (My Life in Pink). (1998). 

Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria. (2005). 

TransAmerica. (2006).