PLU Gender, Sexuality and Race Studies Program

03/05/2026

“FEMINIST 250: Founding Feminists is an online initiative from Ms. reflecting on the semiquincentennial of U.S. democracy from a feminist perspective, launched during Women’s History Month on March 2, and continuing through April 16, with a commemorative section in the Summer 2026 print issue. The series explores how feminist histories laid the foundations that shaped 250 years of ideas about equality, freedom and social justice.”
https://msmagazine.com/feminist-250/?fbclid=IwZnRzaAQV8kxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeJju3_Rz0fG0uZnwgdpf03CxsMBWC4hLYlMX7BqYRZR6gGVvXu5rs_uyEjEY_aem_zfDGva4wp31Fvodx3h-MPw

America turns 250 this year. Who actually built this democracy? Founding Feminists centers the women and gender-nonconforming people written out of the origin story—from Phillis Wheatley to Ona Judge to Haudenosaunee women leaders.

03/31/2025

Come join us on Thursday!

03/31/2025

Reposted from Them… Happy Trans Day of Visibility!!!

12/02/2024

Please come by to chat or just to listen. Share with your LGBTQIA+ friends on campus!

11/14/2023

For those who might be interested.
https://samischalk.com/black-disability-politics/

Black Disability Politics is available free open access.
You can also purchase the book for 30% when you order directly from Duke University Press using code E22SCHLK.

The cover was designed by Duke University Press in collaboration with Dr. Schalk.Publisher’s blurb: In Black Disability Politics Sami Schalk explores how issues of disability have been and continue to be central to Black activism from the 1970s to the present. Schalk shows how Black people have lo...

10/26/2023

https://intersexday.org/en/

Intersex Awareness Day, 26 Oct, & Intersex Day of Solidarity, 8 Nov

10/16/2023

Who helped contribute to making PLU what it is today? What hidden figures were foundational to our university’s history? For this year’s Bjug Days of Giving, Gender, Sexuality and Race Studies lifts up the women and students and faculty of color who were early members and leaders of the Pacific Lutheran University community.

This year, will you consider making a gift to GSRS to celebrate this diverse history? Your gift will support current students and faculty in accessing the books and materials they need for research and learning. As cost of living continues to rise, students are facing greater financial barriers to purchasing textbooks and technology needed for academic success. In turn, faculty need help in accessing research materials for scholarship and curricular development in our evolving field. Go to www.plu.edu/givebjug

Click through to see detailed images of founding woman faculty Sophie Peterson and one of the first two female graduates of PLU, Amanda Swan.

10/11/2023

“Using two representative works identified by the artists as a catalyst, the discussion will focus on Soldi and Yañez-Lazcano’s shared interest in these themes—particularly how they are reflected through the unique lens of the immigrant experience as assimilation impacts traditional customs and upbringing. The artists' intimate yet spirited conversation will engage with their shared process and approach, as well as how their themes of choice wrestle, overlap, and intertwine through mediums of photography, video, and larger installations.”

https://fryemuseum.org/calendar/event/two-two-rafael-soldi-and-victor-yanez-lazcano-conversation

08/06/2023

"For hip-hop’s 50th anniversary this year, “Turning 50: Looking Back at the Women in Hip-Hop” recognizes the women who shaped the genre. The series includes articles in print and online, a public syllabus highlighting women and hip-hop, and digital conversations with “hip-hop feminists” in music, journalism and academics.

Our coverage of hip-hop feminists continues this week with a focus on two Southern hip-hop feminist scholars: Aisha Durham and Regina Bradley.

Aisha Durham is a cultural critic who writes on the subjects of Black feminism, hip-hop feminism and media representations. She is a professor at the University of South Florida and the author of the award-winning Home with Hip Hop Feminism: Performances in Communication and Culture.
Regina Bradley is a self-described Down South Georgia Girl and a chronicler of Southern hip-hop and Black American literature and culture. An associate professor of English and African diaspora studies at Kennesaw State University, Bradley is also the author of the critically acclaimed book Chronicling Stankonia: The Rise of the Hip-Hop South.
Both Durham and Bradley spoke with Ms. contributing editor Janell Hobson to discuss the upcoming 50th anniversary of hip-hop."

Aisha Durham and Regina Bradley are both hip-hop feminist scholars who focus on the South and women in music and Black history.

04/25/2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwRi1pnleQQ

Today at 4 pm our time.

"UK poet Andrés N. Ordorica and US poet Christopher Soto come together for a transatlantic discussion of their work. Curated Conversation(s): a Latinx Poetry Show is a virtual discussion series pairing Latinx poets from the United Kingdom and United States for a deep dive into their poetry. -----



Andrés N. Ordorica is a q***r Latinx writer based in Edinburgh. His writing maps the journey of his diasporic experience and unpacks what it means to be from ni de aquí, ni de allá. He has been published widely including The Guardian, The Acentos Review, The Skinny, Gutter, Poetry Unbound and Bella Caledonia. His writing has been shortlisted for The Saltire Society’s Poetry Book of The Year, the Morley Prize for Unpublished Writers of Colour and the Mo Siewcharran Prize. He is the author of the poetry collection At Least This I Know (404 Ink).

Christopher Soto (b. 1991) is a poet based in Los Angeles, California. His debut poetry collection, Diaries of a Terrorist, was published by Copper Canyon Press. This collection demands the abolition of policing and human caging. In 2022, he was honored with Them’s Now Award in Literature for representing the cutting edge of q***r culture. He was also honored as part of Out100, which celebrates the year’s most impactful and influential LGBTQ+ people. Boston Globe named his debut one of the best books of 2022."

UK poet Andrés N. Ordorica and US poet Christopher Soto come together for a transatlantic discussion of their work. Curated Conversation(s): a Latinx Poetry ...

04/22/2023

Join us on May 4th!!!