Presented by the Gen/Sex Reading Group

In a moment when the legal recognition of gay and lesbian subjects in the United States coincides with the increased precarity of queer and/or raced bodies globally, this conference queries the possibilities and provocations of queer politics. By putting the term "urgent" next to the term "queer," we hope to ask not only what's urgent about queer studies now, but also what urges, emergencies, and insurgencies queer studies—with its specific critical methods and resources—should prioritize.