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Forum - Transgender: looking back, moving forward


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How do theatre plays, such as The Trouble with Harry contribute to advancing contemporary transgender issues?
A post-performance Q&A co-presented with the Seymour Centre as part of the 2017 Mardi Gras.
The playwright Lachlan Philpott is joined by the University of Sydney PhD candidate Rillark Bolton whose research explores the experiences of identity formation and community creation for trans masculine individuals, and Dr Anna Hickey-Moody, Associate Professor in Gender and Cultural Studies at the University of Sydney. Together they discuss the history of transgender (the term that did not yet exist in the time of Harry Crawford), the politics of the play and the role of the performing arts in shaping contemporary thought and opinion on trans issues.
The discussion is chaired by Charles O'Grady.
Presented by Sydney Ideas on 23 February 2017:
http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2017/transgender_forum.shtml
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