{"id":50537,"date":"2021-10-20T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=50537"},"modified":"2022-03-15T11:45:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T15:45:12","slug":"emu-to-host-inaugural-lgbtq-history-month-event-on-virginia-queer-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2021\/emu-to-host-inaugural-lgbtq-history-month-event-on-virginia-queer-history\/","title":{"rendered":"EMU to host inaugural LGBTQ+ History Month event on Virginia queer history"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eastern Mennonite University will host \u201cLiving Queer History: A Conversation Celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month\u201d Thursday, Oct. 28, from 4-6 p.m. EST.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event features author, activist, and public historian <a href=\"https:\/\/gsrosenthal.com\/\">Gregory Samantha Rosenthal, PhD,<\/a> speaking on their forthcoming book \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/uncpress.org\/book\/9781469665801\/living-queer-history\/\">Living Queer History: Remembrance and Belonging in a Southern City<\/a>\u201d (University of North Carolina Press, December 2021).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/10\/11103734\/9781469665801.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/10\/11103734\/9781469665801.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu-wordpress-multisite-instance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/10\/11103734\/9781469665801-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>LGBTQ+ History Month began in 1994 in the United States to celebrate the history and achievements of the LGBTQ+ community. Traditionally celebrated in October in the US, the month is celebrated in different countries at different times of the year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lecture is sponsored by EMU\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/diversity\/\">Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion<\/a> and Safe Space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt EMU, we journey with our painful history toward LGBTQ+ people. Before 2015, openly LGBTQ+ people were not permitted to work here on campus,\u201d said Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion <strong>Jacqueline N. Font-Guzm\u00e1n<\/strong>. \u201cThis LGBTQ+ History Month Lecture represents the first time we are publicly acknowledging and celebrating LGBTQ+ history. We invite our community to learn alongside us in this time of reckoning and healing as we strive to build a community of learners where everyone is heard, affirmed, valued, and respected.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_I8oabiLtSxGFaJwfixXAvA\">Register for the webinar<\/a> to participate in the Q and A session afterwards, or find the livestream of the event on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/4704962329534697\/?active_tab=discussion\">EMU\u2019s Facebook page<\/a>. (You do not need a Facebook account or page to access Facebook Live, nor does clicking on the link obligate you in any way to Facebook.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Introductions and grounding will precede the main event, with Rosenthal speaking from 4:30-5:30 p.m., followed by time for questions from the audience.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLiving Queer History\u201d is described as \u201can interweaving of historical analysis, theory and memoir,\u201d according to the UNC Press website. Rosenthal, a professor of public history at Roanoke College in Roanoke, Virginia, tells the story of coming out and transitioning as a transgender woman while working on the <a href=\"http:\/\/lgbthistory.pages.roanoke.edu\/\">Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project<\/a>, a community-based history project that documented a multigenerational southern LGBTQ community. Rosenthal is a co-founder and project leader. Founded in September 2015, the group has collected physical archives and oral histories, hosts a podcast, and guides walking tours of Roanoke neighborhoods, among other initiatives and activities. Members and visitors are welcome at monthly meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cQueer history is a living practice,\u201d Rosenthal writes. \u201cLGBTQ+ people today will not agree on what story should be told. Many people desire to celebrate the past by erecting plaques and painting rainbow crosswalks, but queer and trans people in the twenty-first century need more than just symbols \u2014they need access to power, justice for marginalized people, spaces of belonging. Approaching the past through a lens of queer and trans survival and world-building transforms history itself into a tool for imagining and realizing a better future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project has won the 2019 Unsung Hero Award from the Roanoke City Office of Neighborhood Services; the 2018 Heritage Education Award from the Roanoke Valley Preservation Foundation; and Honorable Mention for the 2018 Allan B\u00e9rub\u00e9 Prize from the Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual &amp; Transgender History.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bach Festival hosts Oct. 31 performance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>SVBF will celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month with a special performance by NYC-based cellist Andrew Yee (they\/them). Andrew will present their project \u201cHalfie\u201d for solo cello, exploring identity through the lens of classical and contemporary music. 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