Call for Papers

Graduate and undergraduate students are encouraged to submit work related to the 2SLGBTQIA+ community! 

Project submissions are due March 3, 2026 at 9 a.m.

Submit your work.

Schedule

When? Friday, April 17, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Where? Love Library 430

Join us for the entire symposium or for select panels! Coffee and snacks will be served.

11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Opening Remarks

11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Undergrad Panel

• Birdy Wilbon, "The Voice of Disability: How Still/Here by Bill T. Jones Reveals the Exclusion of Disability in Art and Intertwinement of Disability and Queer History" 
• Spencer Pilz, "Speak or Die: A Scenic Design Concept" 
• Carissa Clarke, "Undead bodies: Disembodied Gender, Queerness, and V a.m.pirism"
• Andrea Suhyoun, "Indoor Tanning Intentions in Sexual Minority Men: The Influence of Affect Regulation, Appearance Motives, and Race/Ethnicity"

12:30 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. Break

12:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Keynote

• Toby Beauch a.m.p, "Trans Studies for Grim Times"

2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Break

2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Grad Panel

• Lalo Rivera, "What the Desert Witnessed: a Rural Queer Borderlands Remembering"
• Jada Reed, "Coloniality of Birth"
• Jimena Majica-C a.m.arena, "Traversing the Borderlands"

3:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Closing Remarks

Co-sponsored by LGBTQ+ Studies Progr a.m., Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and the Pride Center

For questions and accommodations, email [email protected].