In his article Elgin Pecjak analyzes desires for biogenetic parenthood among TGGD individuals who are/have been on testosterone and live in Ontario (Canada), using thematic analysis and queer and trans theory. 👉 DOI: doi.org/10.17169/ogj.2026.357
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Margherita von Brentano Center is carrying on the Promotion of Gender Studies at @FU_Berlin. Impressum: http://fu-berlin.de/impressum
In their article Holly Patch, Manuel Bolz, Mona Motakef and Sabine Wöhlke examine how cisheteronormativity and reproductive injustices shape trans* people’s life-course timing, reproductive autonomy, and self-determination in healthcare and legal systems. 👉 DOI: doi.org/10.17169/ogj.2026.341
In their Special Issue Introduction Elif Gül, Caroline Hammer and Doris Leibetseder summarize the content of the conference, the questions raised by the symposium and situate the concept of reproductive justice in the context of current political developments. 👉 DOI: doi.org/10.17169/ogj.2026.432
In her essay Ute Kalender explores three different theoretical traditions towards new reproductive technologies (NRT) in a semi-fictional walk: queer-feminist approaches, Marxist feminisms and Disability Studies. 👉 DOI: doi.org/10.17169/ogj.2026.306
In their essay, Rosa María García explores reproductive justice through the lens of care. By examining the history of the family and monogamy, they show how trans communities challenge dominant social norms and open up new spaces. 👉 DOI: doi.org/10.17169/ogj.2026.363
Today, we are presenting our special issue “Reproductive Justice & Queer and Trans Reproduction”. The contributions in this issue emerged from the 2024 symposium “Reproductive Justice in the Context of Queer and Trans Reproduction with Assisted Reproductive Technologies” held in Graz.
🆕 und #OpenAccess 🔓: Vanessa L. R. Bock rezensiert den von Lars Sörries-Vorberger, Elisa Linseisen und Silke Segler-Meßner herausgegebenen Sammelband "Gendering Knowledge: Intersektionale Perspektiven auf Wissen und Macht". 👉 DOI: doi.org/10.17169/ogj.2026.451
You are warmly invited to attend the last session of the series 'Gender, Sexuality, Power: Critical Perspectives on the US and Beyond', taking place tomorrow 4pm in Gr. Hörsaal (Arnimallee 22)! We're pleased to welcome Alexis Pauline Gumbs, poet and activist.
We are pleased to invite you to a conversation featuring Jeannine DeLombard (University of California, Santa Barbara) on early Black civil rights activists!
Join us tomorrow for an engaging conversation with Ester Micalizzi (University of Turin and currently international scholar at MvBZ)!
"(Un)Doing the (Im)Possible. Archiving Feminist Institutional Histories" 📍 Raum KL 29/135 @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social ⏰ 21.05. | 12.30 - 13.30 Uhr Alle Infos zum Feminist HerStory Lunch Talk mit @hpantelmann.bsky.social und Sabina García Peter: https://f.mtr.cool/sxmelvwipg
MvBZ Lecture in Feminist Theory | Care, Gender and Environment xxx Catherine Larrère 📅 06.07.2026, 4-6pm 📍 Seminarzentrum L116, @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
We warmly invite you to join the conversation with Ela Przybylo (@illinoisstateu.bsky.social) on asexual perspectives on Queer Theory and Queer Research Practices!
Wir laden zur nächsten Ausgabe von "Standpunkte. Feministische Philosphinnen im Gespräch" ein! @antke-antek.bsky.social und @resa-philip.bsky.social über Queer- und Transfemismus Moderation: Francesca Raimondi 📅 02.07.2026, 18-20 Uhr 📍 Philosophisches Institut der @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
Wir laden herzlich zu unserer nächsten MvBZ-Jubiläumsveranstaltung ein! Der lange Sommer des Feminismus. 50 Jahre Berliner Sommeruniversitäten für Frauen 📅 07.07.2026 | 18:00 - 20:00 📍 Hörsaal 1a, Rost- und Silberlaube, @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social alle Infos: http://bit.ly/42WjRpL
Join us tomorrow for an engaging conversation with Nathalie Rennhack (@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social) on Female Authorship and Authority in the Early Republic! The session is part of 'Gender, Sexuality, Power: Critical Perspectives on the US and Beyond', a lecture series every Tuesday from 4-6 pm.
We warmly invite you to a Talk by Robin Phylisia Chapdelaine, Stanford University on "The Gendered Economy of Dependency: Children and Labor in Colonial Nigeria"! 🗓️ June 9, 2026, 4:00–6:00 p.m. 📍 Room 2.2058, Holzlaube, @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social detailed event info: bit.ly/4uptmZP
📢 Save the Date! Researchers and visiting scholars at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.socialwill share insights into their current research projects, with a particular focus on what feminist resistance looks like within academia today. ➡️ https://f.mtr.cool/zdtxnogvgp
"Disposable Lives, Ethnoracialized Bodies and the Genderscapes on the U.S.-Mexican Border" Join us tomorrow for a conversation with Anna Marta Marini in Gr. Hörsaal, @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social!
🆕 und #OpenAccess 🔓: At the end of the 19th century, suicide became a mass phenomenon in Austria-Hungary. Michaela Maria Hintermayr explores which gendered explanations were provided for these suicidal acts and how suicide was constructed and represented. 👉 DOI: doi.org/10.17169/ogj.2026.304
"Billionaire Aesthetics: Taylor Swift, Labor Extremism, and the Cultural Politics of Work and Power" | A conversation with @lennartspion.bsky.social This event is part of the series Gender, Sexuality, Power: Critical Perspectives on the US and Beyond, held Tuesdays from 4.00–6.00 pm.
"Liebe, Freundschaft, Revolution? Sozialer Wandel als Beziehungsfrage" Wir laden herzlich zu unserem nächsten Gender Lunch Talk ein! 📅 04.06.2026, 12.30-13.30 Uhr 📍 Raum K31/102, @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social Alle Infos und Link zur digitalen Teilnahme: https://f.mtr.cool/tysxbpebux
🆕 und #OpenAccess 🔓: Susanne Huber untersucht das Motiv der Berührung in Fotodoppelporträts des US-amerikanischen Künstlers Paul Mpagi Sepuya und fragt: "Wann wird der Körper zum soziokulturell intelligiblen und affektiv responsiven Subjekt?" 👉 DOI: doi.org/10.17169/ogj.2026.338
We warmly invite you to tomorrow’s event featuring Elahe Haschemi Yekani and Anne Potjans (@humboldtuni.bsky.social) at Gr. Hörsaal (Arnimallee 22).
📢 Einladung zur Tagung "Standardisierte Vielfalt? Wenn Diversität durch Standards, Audits und Zertifizierungen organisiert wird" 🗓️ 30.10.2026, 12-16 Uhr 📍 Bundesstiftung Gleichstellung Zur Anmeldung: https://f.mtr.cool/lmmltgvosf
💚liche Einladung! MvBZ-Jubiläum 2026 | 10 Jahre Toolbox Gender und Diversity in der Lehre 📅 10.06.2026 | 18:00 - 21:00 Uhr 📍 Raum 2.2059, Holzlaube, Fabeckstrasse 23-25 📧 Anmeldung bis 03.06. bei jana.gerlach@fu-berlin.de
🆕 und #OpenAccess 🔓: Tizita Kassahun Gebremariam explores the intersectional forms of oppression that drive the sexual harassment of women students with disabilities in Ethiopian universities based on narrative interviews with twelve participants. 👉 DOI: doi.org/10.17169/ogj.2026.374
We are pleased to invite you to a reading and conversation with @maazamengiste.bsky.social, taking place tomorrow! The event forms part of the lecture series Gender, Sexuality, Power: Critical Perspectives on the US and Beyond, @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
Call for Papers Femina Politica 1/2027 Was heißt und zu welchem Ende betreiben wir feministische Politikwissenschaft? Reflexion und kämpferische Blicke nach vorn ⏰ Einreichungsfrist für ein- bis zweiseitige Abstracts ist der 15. Juni 2026 📧 redaktion@femina-politica.de
The Department of Literature at the JFK Institute, cordially invites you to attend the lecture 'Staging Identity in American Theater. Two Case Studies' on May 5. This event is part of the series Gender, Sexuality, Power: Critical Perspectives on the US and Beyond, held Tuesdays from 4.00–6.00 pm.