DiverseWorks on Wednesdays: A Discussion about Gender, Identity, and Sexuality

Join us for an enlightening and lively discussion about gender, identity, and sexuality, with three respected and diverse voices from the field: Cymene Howe, Deb Murphy, and Kristian Salinas – presented in conjunction with our current exhibition, Wu Tsang: Moved by the Motion.

Cymene Howe is associate professor in the Department of Anthropology and core faculty in the Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality at Rice University. Professor Howe’s research and publications have focused on gender and sexual rights activism, media interventions and sexual subjectivity in the United States and Latin America. She is the author of “Intimate Activism: Sexual Rights in Postrevolutionary Nicaragua” (Duke University Press, 2013) and co-editor of the volume, “21st Century Sexualities: Contemporary Issues in Health, Education, and Rights” (Routledge, 2007).

Deb Murphy is the Youth Services Specialist at HATCH YOUTH. Murphy has worked with gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender (GLBT) and questioning youth since May 2002. While with HATCH, Murphy helped build the program into a nationally recognized model for other GLBTQ youth groups. Murphy has served hundreds and hundreds of teenagers through HATCH and thousands of teenagers through the HATCH website.

Kristian Salinas, Board President & Artistic Director, Qfest. Salinas served on Qfest’s first Advisory Committee. An RTF graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, Salinas has worked for MFAH Films, Landmark Theatres, SWAMP, Reinhart Marketing, and The Angelika Film Center. Also he was the Senior Programmer at Outfest 2003: The 21st Annual Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, and most recently served as the Executive Director of Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts, where he worked on behalf of artists and arts organizations throughout the State of Texas.