Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the George Washington University

The Penguin Random House's list of LGBTQ+ Pride books includes inspirational memoirs to irresistible romances. These are stories that honor the journeys of LGBTQ+ individuals and the larger movement for love, acceptance, and equality for all. Check out this list to add to your summer reading list:https://buff.ly/45Bdng5
For even more literature from q***r voices, check out a curated collection: https://buff.ly/45D2if4
Image Caption: Book cover of We Are Everywhere by Matthew Riemer and Leighton Brown
Image Credit: Penguin Random House Network
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We are highlighting a few themes of the many Pride events across the U.S.:
NYC Pride: "Reflect. Empower. Unite." This theme encourages people to reflect on the challenges they've overcome together and take action to shape the future.
Atlanta Pride: "United With Pride." This theme represents the solidarity and empowerment of the LGBTQ+ community.
Seattle Pride: "Now!" This theme honors the rallying cry of the LGBTQIA+ community in Seattle in 1974, when over 200 people gathered to defy those who wanted to keep them hidden.
LA Pride: "Power in Pride".
Capital Pride Alliance: "Totally Radical".
Philly Pride: "Be You".
San Diego Pride: This theme honors past victories and recommits to the work ahead while celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first marches in San Diego.
San Francisco Pride: "Beacon of Love". This theme features the Progress Rainbow, which symbolizes unity and community pride.
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June 1th - June 30th is LGBTQ+ Pride Month! All month long we will highlight the history of LGBTQ+ Pride Month and follow the movement in the U.S. and abroad!
Why is June Pride Month? The monthlong global celebration began with Gay Pride Week in late June 1970. At a time when LGBTQ+ people largely kept their identity or orientation quiet, the June 28, 1969, raid sparked a series of protests and catalyzed the movement for rights.
Image Caption: Revelers participate in the NYC Pride March, Sunday, June 25, 2023, in New York
Image Credit: AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez

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Today is the day 🎉! Later today at 5:10pm we are celebrating our MA student research for our "WGSS Graduate Research Day"! Meet the final student presenters for Papers Panel 3: Fiction, Reality, and Imagination in Contemporary Media and Papers Panel 4: Revisiting Marriage, Family, and Feminist Activism.

Happening tomorrow, April 25th is our WGSS Graduate Research Day! Meet our graduate students on Portfolios Panel 2: Advancing Women's Rights through Public Policy and Papers Panel 2: Advancing the Rights of LGBTQ+ People.
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We cannot wait for this year's WGSS Graduate Research Day happening this Thursday, April 25th! Meet our graduate students on Portfolios Panel 1: Building Equity Through For-Profit and Non-Profit Organizations and Papers Panel 1: Cultivating Equitable Environments for Students!

Designed to stimulate learning and to celebrate our graduating MA students, the WGSS Graduate Research Day showcases the varying research topics of WGSS MA students that reflect a range of methods, such as, archival analyses, ethnographies, autoethnographies, interviews, and content analysis on digital platforms.
This Thursday, April 25th from roughly 5:10-8pm, we will host this year's Graduate Research Day! Check out this year's students' presentation topics from the flyer.

Thanks to all who joined us yesterday for the "Careers Advancing Gender Equity" event! It was a great discussion from panelists Natasha Dupee (WGSS alum, director of Mayor's Office of Women's Policy), Amanda Van Dort (US Office of Global Women’s Issues), Leora Ward (CARE), and Manuel Contreras-Urbina (World Bank) who are experts in local government, international development and humanitarian response, political communication, and other fields. The discussion focused on guidance for students and early-career professionals.
If you missed this event, follow our news digest to get the recording! Special thanks to co-sponsors: Gender Equality Initiative in International Affairs (GEIA), the Global Women's Institute (GWI), and the Student Consortium on Women, Peace and Security.

📣📣📣 Today is the day! We hope to see at 4pm EST for our "Careers Advancing Gender Equity" event! This is a panel discussion followed by a networking reception. Join panelists who serve as experts in local government, international development and humanitarian response, and other fields. The discussion will focus on guidance for students and early-career professionals who seek to build careers advancing gender equity.
GW students, faculty, staff, and alumni are welcome to attend!
This event is co-sponsored by , , and !

Tomorrow is the last day to RSVP for Careers Advancing Gender Equity!
RSVP form: https://buff.ly/3vOtBFF

Our fourth and final Careers Advancing Gender Equity speaker spotlight features Manuel Contreras-Urbina, Global Lead on Gender-Based Violence for the World Bank.

Manuel Contreras-Urbina previously served as GWI’s Director of Research, and has also held roles at UN Women in Mexico and Central America and at the International Center for Research on Women.

Special thanks to our co-sponsors: DC Student Consortium on Women, Peace, and Security The Global Women's Institute (GWI), and Gender Equality Initiative in International Affairs (GEIA).

Our third Careers Advancing Gender Equity speaker spotlight features Amanda Van Dort🥳 🥳:

“Amanda Van Dort currently serves as the Division Chief for Policy, Planning, and Public Diplomacy in the Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues (S/GWI) at the U.S. Department of State. The Office has a mandate to promote the rights and empowerment of women and girls through U.S. foreign policy. In this role, she oversees implementation of the Department’s Action Plan for the U.S. National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality; S/GWI’s strategic planning and policy alignment; and public affairs and external relations.”

Learn more and register at: https://buff.ly/3xtIFsJ
Special thanks to our co-sponsors: The Global Women's Institute (GWI), Gender Equality Initiative in International Affairs (GEIA), and the DC Student Consortium on Women, Peace, and Security.

📣 📣 Don't forget that "Careers Advancing Gender Equity" is coming up next Wednesday, April 17th at 4pm! Our second speaker spotlight features Leora Ward:
Leora Ward currently serves as the Senior Director of Gender and Protection in Emergencies at CARE. She holds expertise in humanitarian response and co-teaches “Violence, Gender, and Humanitarian Assistance” at GW’s Elliott School of International Affairs.
RSVP today to attend "Careers Advancing Gender Equity": https://buff.ly/3vOtBFF
Registration closes next Tuesday, April 16th! Thanks for our event co-sponsors: , The Global Women's Institute and DC Student Consortium on Women, Peace and Security.

Ahead of our April 17th panel discussion and networking reception, “Careers Advancing Gender Equity,” we are excited to share speaker spotlights presenting our panelists. Our first speaker spotlight features WGSS BA alum Natasha Dupee:
“Natasha Dupee was appointed Executive Director of the Mayor’s Office on Women’s Policy and Initiatives in April 2023. A fifth-generation native Washingtonian, she is committed to creating and defending policies that increase access to a quality life.”
Learn more about Director Dupee and her work at MOWPI: https://buff.ly/3TNHlbL
RSVP to attend Careers Advancing Gender Equity: https://buff.ly/3vOtBFF. Registration closes this Friday, April 12th!

📣📣📣 We are 12 days away from "Careers Advancing Gender Equity" event! This is a panel discussion followed by a networking reception. Join panelists who serve as experts in local government, international development and humanitarian response, and other fields. The discussion will focus on guidance for students and early-career professionals who seek to build careers advancing gender equity.
GW students, faculty, staff, and alumni are welcome to attend!
This event is co-sponsored by , , and ! Register today at https://buff.ly/3VSAY9P! Registration closes on Friday, April 12th.

We are one week away from this year's Yulee event! We cannot wait to feature Professor Richa Nagar on "Hungry Translations: Yearning for Justice"! Professor Nagar's talk will be followed by a workshop for WGSS MA students titled "Grappling with the Politics of Knowledge-Making: Some Starting Points." Register today at https://buff.ly/3vrjWo7 to join your WGSS peers and see you there!

Interested in feminist theory? Structures of power and inequity? Transnational and global feminisms, public policy, and/or intersectionality? Join today's information session at 12pm EST to learn more about George Washington's Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) program! There is still time to register: https://buff.ly/3SrjNZE
The first graduate program in women’s studies in the United States, the WGSS Program at GW University has been a leader in the field since 1972. Housed in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, our offerings include graduate, certificate, and combined degree options.

📣 We are exactly two weeks away from our next “Pop Culture Tea Time” event! Join us on Fri., Dec. 1st for our student-led discussion on the Taylor Swift The Eras Tour and Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour 🤩! RSVP at https://buff.ly/3G3qPh9

HAPPENING TODAY! Join us later today to hear from WGSS student Stephanie Spector, WGSS alum Breya Johnson, and attorney Abigail Burman for our "Access to Reproductive Healthcare in the Post-Dobbs U.S." event! There is still time to RSVP at https://buff.ly/3SvvqjG

HAPPENING THIS WEEK! We hope to see you at our upcoming event featuring WGSS student Stephanie Spector, WGSS alum Breya Johnson, and attorney Abigail Burman for our "Access to Reproductive Healthcare in the Post-Dobbs U.S." event!
Fifteen months after the Dobbs V Jackson decision, we present a panel on how activists, state legislatures, and organizations are responding to it. Our goal is to share resources and information about the new and shifting landscape.
See the below event flyer for more information on the speakers and RSVP today at https://buff.ly/3SvvqjG
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Thinking of applying to a PhD program in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS)? Curious about what applying to a PhD program involves? Come listen to Professor Tambe provide tips and pose your questions!
"See" you tomorrow, November 3rd, from 4:30-5:30pm!

Last Saturday we celebrated our undergraduate and graduate class of 2023! We are very proud of the many accomplishments our students have had during their time in the WGSS program and wish them well for their post-graduation plans!

Happening Tomorrow -- we are congratulating a WGSS alum, Dr. Kelly Jacobson, for her book event at Little District Books for her new q***r novel "Robin and Her Misfits?" Register for this event today: https://buff.ly/3nXbIAp!
Dr. Jacobson is the author or editor of many published books, including,
most recently, her young adult novel "Tink and Wendy" (Three Rooms Press),
winner of the 2021 "Foreword" INDIES Gold Medal for Young Adult Fiction and her
contest-winning chapbook "An Inventory of Abandoned Things" (Split/Lip Press).
Kelly’s short fiction has been published in such places as "Best Small Fictions,"
"Daily Science Fiction," "Northern Virginia Review," "Iron Horse Literary Review," "New
Plains Review," and "Gargoyle." Kelly is currently an Assistant Professor of English at University of Lynchburg.

What a great time we had celebrating 50 years at GW earlier this month! We kicked off this celebration with Professors Clare Hemmings and Jennifer Nash who spoke about the rise of global right-wing attacks on what they call gender ideology and specifically anti-trans initiatives, and the range of feminist responses, and discussed the relationship between public writing and academic theory in two arenas, respectively.
Past directors of the program also gathered to reflect on their time as Director of the WGSS program.The directors described WGSS as a home for impactful, relevant conversation and activism on topics from feminist theory to inequalities in policy and power structures.
We ended our celebration with an Alumni Lunch Reception that also featured an open mic for remarks about retiring facutly Professors Cindy Deitch and Dan Moshenberg. Alums and current students and faculty touchingly celebrated Professors Deitch's and Moshenberg's ability to inspire and guide them and their skills to build the institutional strengths of WGSS at GWU.
Image #1 Caption: Former WGSS directors (from left to right) Dan Moshenberg, Jennifer Nash, Cindy Deitch and Kavita Daiya joined current director Ashwini Tambe at the program’s 50th anniversary symposium/ Image Credit: William Atkins/GW Today
Images #2--3 Caption: WGSS community and affiliated faculty at Alumni Lunch Reception/Image Credit: Zhangzhu Wan/WGSS Student

HAPPENING TODAY - Support your fellow WGSS peers at today's WGSS Graduate Capstone Symposium from 5-8pm in MPA 309 🥳! Designed to showcase the vast topics our MA students undertake in WGSS research, we look forward to hearing about our students’ research work and their findings for the field. See the flyer for this year's topics.

On Monday, March 27th, we congratulated Professor Deitch for receiving the first inaugural Columbian College of Arts and Sciences (CCAS) DEI Trailblazer Award! Many thanks to colleagues of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Geography, Africana Studies, Philosophy, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, and the WGSS' current student/faculty and alumni community and alums who attended to help celebrate Professor Deitch.
Our celebration continues with our 50th Anniversary Symposium happening TOMORROW from 10AM-2PM. We are excited to feature Professors Clare Hemmings (London School of Economics) and Jennifer Nash (Duke University) for our Yulee sponsored panel, "State of the Field," at 10AM and to also feature current and former WGSS directors: Dan Moshenberg, Cindy Deitch, Kavita Daiya, Nemata Blyden, Jennifer Nash, Barbara Miller, and Ashwini Tambe at 11:45AM. We will conclude the 50th Anniversary Symposium with an Alumni Lunch Reception from 1-2PM to share WGSS memories and to celebrating Professor Daniel Moshenberg, who, like Professor Deitch, is retiring at the end of this semester.
Haven't RSVP'd yet? Do so now at https://buff.ly/3mwKcZT!

Summer 2023 registration is open! Consider enrolling in WGSS 2125 (CRN 52770) Varieties of Feminist Theory! This class meets during summer session I (May 22 - July 1). Students explore classical and contemporary texts on feminist explanations of women’s status. relationships within the sex/gender system and arrangements based on class and race, and evaluation, through the lens of feminist theory, of several academic disciplines in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities. See the flyer for more details!

We hope to see you at the Alumni Lunch Reception on April 14th from 1-2pm. The RSVP deadline is today. We will also devote a portion of this time to celebrating Professor Daniel Moshenberg, who, like Professor Deitch, is retiring at the end of this semester. Current GW students/faculty are also welcome to join. RSVP via email!

Happy International Women's Day! It is a day when women are recognized for their achievements without regard to divisions, whether national, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, economic or political.
We hope you will join today's virtual event from 7-8pm: "What’s Next?: The Future of Reproductive Justice and Church and State Separation.” This event will be moderated by WGSS undergraduate student Evelyn Boateng-Ade and featuring speakers Alicia Johnson (Americans United for Separation of Church and State) and Jeryl Hayes (Lawyering for Reproductive Justice).
There is still time to register: https://buff.ly/3IBLWrJ.
Image credit: IWD

For , we are shouting out our Professor Eiko Strader for her recent co-authored article "Beyond social equity: Talking social justice in public administration" 🥳 ! The article is a call to discuss social justice in the field of public administration. Check out the full article: https://buff.ly/3kMdjaW

On Monday, March 27th, as part of Women's History Month, WGSS is proud to celebrate Professor Deitch as the inaugural recipient of the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences (CCAS) award honoring women who have contributed to diversity, equity, and inclusion at GWU. This celebratory luncheon will take place in-person in the Elliott School in the State Room (1957 E St NW, Washington, DC 20052).
Registration is required! Email the WGSS Office to RSVP. Registrations will be accepted through March 17th.