International LGBT Strategy Seminar 2009
Friday 17 July
12.00-17.00 Arrival and introduction
17.30-19.00 Queer Theory and politics - analysis and strategies, Gabriel and Nina/Liv
Readings:
a. Mette Buchardt, 'Queer - from derogative to militant platform'
b. Gabriel Girard, 'Queer theories and militant practices'
Saturday 18 July
10.00-11.30 LGBTs in Latin American radicalizations, Tamara and Andrea
11.45-13.15 LGBTs in the Middle East, Nisreen and Ghassan
Readings
a. Samar Habib, 'Queer politics, Palestine and Palestinian lesbian activism in Israel'
b. Ghassan Makarem, 'LGBTIQ rights and the movement for change in Lebanon'
c. Peter Drucker: 'Arab sexualities'
Supplemenary readings (lower priority)
d. Dayna, 'Home and exile in queer experience'
e. Rasha Moumneh, 'Women's rights, gay rights: towards an inclusive paradigm'
14.30-15.45 Migration, homophobia and Islamophobia in Europe, Paul and Ulas
Readings:
Paul Mepschen, 'Against tolerance'
Ulas Yilmaz, 'No honey, it's not true, but simply "ordinary racism"
16.00-19.00 LGBT's in broad anti-capitalist parties
Sunday 19 July
10.30-13.45 LGBTs and LGBT work in the Fourth International, Terry
Readings:
FI 15th World Congress, 'On lesbian/gay liberation'