This event is in the past.It took place on April 30, 2026 at Hertz Hall.
Educational Talk
Educational TalkThe Constitutional Right to Transition: Reconstruction and the Political History of Transphobia
April 30 at 5:30pm
Southside, Berkeley
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.
Educational TalkEducational TalkThe Constitutional Right to Transition: Reconstruction and the Political History of Transphobia
April 30 at 5:30pm
Southside, Berkeley
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.