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  Welcome to Fairyland: Snapshots of Miami’s LGBTQ Past

  Julio Capo

  Presenter: Dr. Julio Capó, Jr. an Associate Professor of History and Deputy Director of the Wolfsonian Public Humanities Lab at Florida International University.
  
  This lecture provides snapshots of Miami’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) past and describes those events in their national and international contexts. Stories include the Klan raid of a gay bar in 1937, a transgender woman sparking a marriage equality debate in the 1950s, the Anita Bryant-led campaign to overturn a progressive ordinance shielding sexual minorities from discrimination, the Mariel boatlift, and more.

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  Fireside Chat with Misty Eyez

  Misty Eyez

  Misty will lead an Interactive discussion with the audience allowing them to gain insights into her personal life, as well as an inclusive perspective of the entire LGBTQIA2S+ community. Misty is comfortable answering questions and sharing her personal journey to offer a more in-depth understanding of transgender individuals. The audience can expect to learn about the gender spectrum, gender identity, and the history and life experiences of transgender individuals. They will also learn how to serve the LGBTQ+ population more effectively with a higher level of understanding. Providing participants the skills on how to better relate to LGBTQ+ coworkers and students.

  Presented by Misty Eyez Alicea a highly celebrated and award-winning entertainer, emcee, educator, journalist, and makeup artist whose accomplishments have been featured in popular TV and print vehicles, including the New York Times. She is currently featured prominently in promotional videos and print campaigns for The Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau highlighting Fort Lauderdale’s welcoming environment. She is a regular on the Happening Out Network as a guest Anchor for Queer News Tonight and a permanent Host for TRANSlation.

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  Say Gay! LGBTQ+ Censorship and Student Safety

  Nova Southeastern University

  This engaging panel comprised of local parents, activists, and NSU faculty will discuss current events and topics surrounding the LGBTQ+ community. Drawing from their own experiences and expertise they will lead the audience in an interactive discussion regarding student safety, censorship, and access to information.

  Panel Members include:

  Peter Caproni, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical and School Psychology
  Brandon Hensler, Executive Director, Division of Public Relations, Marketing, and Creative Services
  Sherry Hindelang, Fifth Grade Teacher/Team Leader, NSU University School
  Jeanette Jennings, Co-Founder TransKids Purple Rainbow Foundation

  The panel will be moderated by Dr. Jim Doan, Professor, Halmos College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Humanities and Politics

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  Out, Proud, and Here to Stay

  Kate Waites

  As with most historically marginalized and repressed groups, Queer History is fraught, fractured, and not at all monolithic. Originally, the word “queer” was an adjective used to refer to a strange or peculiar behavior. By the early 20th century however, the word Queer became a noun, and a pejorative one at that since it referred in a condemnatory way to a homosexual. By the 1990s, a sea-change in social attitudes, stemming from two decades of political activism that began with the 1969 Stonewall Riots in NYC, led to an empowering reclaiming of both the word and the personal identifier, “Queer.” This activism was accompanied by a kind of theorizing about queerness that would add to the discourse and, once again, stretch the flexible boundaries of the word itself. Viewed through the lens of popular culture, specifically, epochal films and theatrical productions, as well as groundbreaking theoretical texts, such as Judith Butler’s Gender Trouble, Queer History is a rich and complicated account of a social and political identity formed in struggle.