The Center for Applied Transgender Studies is proud to host the next event in its 2023 Distinguished Lecture Series. Events in the series feature world-leading transgender scholars discussing their own original research with a broad audience of scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and interested laypersons. These events are virtual, free to attend, and open to the public.

This lecture will be given by CATS founder and Executive Director TJ Billard, and will celebrate the launch of their new book Voices for Transgender Equality: Making Change in the Networked Public Sphere (Oxford University Press, 2024). The event will also include a moderated discussion with Senior Fellow Oliver Haimson.

During the uncanny presidency of Donald Trump, transgender issues became the latest flashpoint in the so-called culture wars. Faced with unrelenting hostility and an increasingly complicated media system, transgender activists crafted new communication strategies to fight for their equality. Voices for Transgender Equality offers an insider’s view into how trans activists in the nation’s capital fought back during the first two years of the Trump administration, stalling attempts to undermine their rights and winning the support of large swathes of the public. Drawing on extensive on-the-ground observation at the National Center for Transgender Equality, Voices for Transgender Equality shows how activists navigated the complex flows of information and ideas among these different domains of the communication system as they worked to shape the national conversation on transgender rights.

The talk will take place from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Central Daylight Time.

To register for the lecture, visit: https://bit.ly/CATSDL4