This event is in the past.It took place on April 30, 2026 at Sibley Auditorium.

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The Constitutional Right to Transition: Reconstruction and the Political History of Transphobia 1
Educational Talk
The Constitutional Right to Transition: Reconstruction and the Political History of Transphobia 2
The Constitutional Right to Transition: Reconstruction and the Political History of Transphobia 3
The Constitutional Right to Transition: Reconstruction and the Political History of Transphobia 4
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The Constitutional Right to Transition: Reconstruction and the Political History of Transphobia

April 30 at 5:30pm

At Sibley Auditorium

Northside, Berkeley

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🍷Reception with bites & drinks at 4:30pm
📺Recording posted after the event
♿Wheelchair accessible, contact for accommodations

Jules Gill-Peterson uncovers Frances Thompson's story: an enslaved woman who transitioned in the 1830s, testified to Congress after the Memphis Riots, and shaped the Fourteenth Amendment. The lecture connects her life to the constitutional roots of trans rights and the political history of transphobia.

Academic lecture
Transgender history
Civil War history
Constitutional law

Sibley Auditorium

University of California, Berkeley, Grimes Engineering Center, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

+1 510-642-5729

Free

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