This event is in the past.It took place on April 30, 2026 at Hertz Hall.
Educational TalkEducational TalkThe Constitutional Right to Transition: Reconstruction and the Political History of Transphobia
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Award-winning historian Jules Gill-Peterson uncovers the remarkable story of Frances Thompson, an enslaved woman who transitioned in the 1830s and whose congressional testimony helped shape the Fourteenth Amendment. This free lecture connects Reconstruction's unfinished struggles to today's political battles over trans rights.
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The Constitutional Right to Transition: Reconstruction and the Political History of Transphobia
Southside
Educational TalkEducational TalkAward-winning historian Jules Gill-Peterson uncovers the remarkable story of Frances Thompson, an enslaved woman who transitioned in the 1830s and whose congressional testimony helped shape the Fourteenth Amendment. This free lecture connects Reconstruction's unfinished struggles to today's political battles over trans rights.
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