Contemporary Currents in Sexual Diversity Politics: A Symposium in Honour of David Rayside

February 25, 2013

• Location: University College, 15 King’s College Circle.
• Sponsors: University College, Faculty of Social Work, Faculty of Law, the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Students and the Department of Political Science.
• Time: Conference takes place from 10am-5pm with a reception from 5pm-7:30pm sponsored by HSBC.
• Please email your RSVP to the conference and/or the reception to sexual.diversity@utoronto.ca.

Schedule
10:00-10:15am Croft Registration & Coffee

10:15-10:30am UC179 Welcome Remarks

10:30-12:00pm UC179 “Faith, Politics and Sexual Diversity”
Chair: Walid Saleh, Associate Professor, Dept. for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto
Panelists:
Momin Rahman, Associate Professor, Dept. of Sociology, Trent University – “The Formation of
Muslim Antipathy to Homosexuality”
Pamela Klassen, Professor, Dept. for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto – “Procreation
and Power: Politics of Making Babies in a Post-Secular Age”
Clyde Wilcox, Professor, Government Dept., Georgetown University – “Religion and Marriage
Equality in the 2012 US Elections”

12:00-1:15pm Croft Lunch

1:15-3:00pm UC179 “Sexual Diversity Politics & Mobilization”
Chair: Jordi Díez, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Guelph
Panelists:
Antonio Torres-Ruiz , Assistant Professor, Dept. of Equity Studies, York University – “Western
Sexualities or the Traps of Modern Rationality”
Neil Thomlinson, Associate Professor, Dept. of Politics and Public Administration, Ryerson
University – “Scholarship and Activism: A Virtuous Circle?”
Manon Tremblay, Professor, School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa – “Adding sexual
orientation to the Québec Charter in 1977: a case of homonationalism?””
Marc Stein, Professor, Dept. of History; School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies –
“Conversations with David Rayside about Sex, Law, and Politics in Canada and the United States”

3:00-3:15pm Croft Coffee Break

3:15-5:00pm UC179 Roundtable: “Community Activism: Then and Now”
Chair: Nicholas Matte
Panelists:
Gary Kinsman, Professor, Sociology Department, Laurentian University
Tom Warner, Author, activist, former Ontario Human Rights Commissioner
Tim McCaskell, Writer, activist and educator
Nadia Bello, Manager of Employment Services, AIDS Committee of Toronto/SDS Alumna
Allison Burgess, Sexual & Gender Diversity Officer, University of Toronto

5:00 – 7:30pm UTAC Reception – sponsored by HSBC

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