Undoing Gender with Pride
Dates: 3 – 4 December 2024
Venue: KCC, 4th Floor
Entry: OPEN TO ALL
The Learn Togetherness program by KCC celebrates Pride through art and cultural reflections of artists and performers from the LGBTQIA+ community and its allies in India.
2024 marks the 25th anniversary of the Kolkata Friendship Walk of 1999 – the first pride-walk of India. Commemorating this event, KCC is hosting Learn Togetherness IV, which pays homage to the journey with a peek into the archives of different individuals and organisations of Kolkata and beyond, curated by Dr Debjyoti Ghosh.
TALK | Undoing Gender with Pride
Date: 3 December 2024
Time: 5:10 – 6:10 PM
As an extension of the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the first pride walk of India, this talk will delve into gender on different registers – gendering clothes, gendered geography, and about people who have dared to cross those lines.
Speakers:
Anurag Maitreyee, trans activist
Kaustav Bakshi, Associate Professor, Jadavpur University
Debanuj Dasgupta, Associate Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
Bhaskar Chaudhuri, Associate Professor, Serampore College
Moderator: Dr Debjyoti Ghosh
