Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at LaGuardia-CUNY

08/14/2024

Do you want to talk about how complicated it is out there right now? Join the discussion when classes start on September 5th. All are welcome ~

10/27/2022

Womens Center and LGBTQ+ Hub 🎃 Join us on Monday, October 31st for Representations of Abortion: Horrors and Hauntings - A Halloween Screening of the first two episodes of Mononoke: "Zakishi-warashi". 🎃

After the screening, we will have a discussion of how abortion is represented in popular culture and across cultures, how that representation shapes and is shaped by society, and how horror media engages with the sociopolitical.

📆 Monday, October 31st
🕑 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
📍Room E-111

No RSVP required. This event is organized in collaboration with Dr. Leah Richards of the English Department, Dr. Cheri Carr of The Philosophy Program, and the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies option. We hope to see you there!

05/06/2022

In light of the recent leak of a draft majority Supreme Court decision to strike down federal protection of abortion access in the United States, please join us to discuss of what a post-Roe v. Wade world might look like, to share concerns and questions, and to start organizing to defend our right to healthcare.

New York After Roe:
Wednesday May 25, 2:30-4:00pm
Register in advance for Zoom access: https://bit.ly/NYafterRoe

03/16/2022

Please join us on 24 March 2022 to celebrate the life and legacy of the unparalleled philosopher, feminist, and activist bell hooks.

Registration link in comments.

01/11/2022

Looking for a Spring class? Sign up today! In person instruction, vibrant conversation, provocative research.

11/17/2021

This week, in partnership with the LGBTQ+ Center at City College and The Graduate School of Public Health and Health Services, LaGuardia’s Women Center and LGBTQIA Safe Zone Hub will be hosting a Transgender Day of Remembrance Vigil on Friday, November 19th at 2:30 PM. Please RSVP at: https://bit.ly/TDORFA2021

Transgender Day of Remembrance is an annual event to honor the memories of the transgender people whose lives were lost as a result of anti-transgender bigotry and violence. Join us to honor the lives lost over the past year, learn more about the challenges the transgender community faces in everyday life, and share recourses available to the LGBTQ community. We hope to see you there.

08/19/2021

101 years ago, the women’s suffrage movement achieved the ratification of the 19th Amendment, but securing the right to vote for many Black women and other women of color did not happen in 1920.

We’ll keep fighting for everyone’s right to the ballot.

06/07/2021

"It seems like I'm in a parallel universe, and so I just felt that right now, I am trying to live slowly with it."

05/12/2021

Join us! Monday May 17th from 1-2pm for a discussion with Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas about the ways women can engage in politics. She will be joined by Christabel Cruz from the Center for American Women in Politics and Jamila Fynes from the Black Women’s Political Club.

Please be sure to register in advance: tinyurl.com/WomeninPolitics2021

04/28/2021

Want to learn more about LaGuardia’s Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Option? Come join us on Monday 3 May at 6pm to hear about us as well as Philosophy, Journalism, Political Science, History, and Communication Studies. Register at tinyurl.com/WGSSOption

04/07/2021

Come join us!

👩‍💻 RSVP for this year's 𝙒𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙎𝙏𝙀𝘼𝙈 𝙎𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 happening Tuesday, May 4, 2021 👉 http://ow.ly/Ebqa50Ee09U

Discuss women’s mentorship in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Mathematics (STEAM), including:

💡 Interactive STEAM Activities
💡 Workshops on Creative STEAM
💡 Student work Showcases and Awards
💡 Alumni and current voices for women in STEAM mentorship.

For special accommodations, please contact Dr. Na Xu at [email protected] at least 2 weeks prior to the event.

04/06/2021

Just quick reminder