NOTE: RSVP for this event is required. Each attendee must reserve their own ticket in their name in order to be able to check in with Public Safety at Columbia Law School. To register, visit: sept21currahbookpanel.eventbrite.com. Ticket sales end at 3PM on Tuesday, September 20th (the event is free!)

Seating is available on a first-come first-served basis, RSVPs do not guarantee admission. The panel will also be livestreamed on the Center for Gender and Sexuality Law's YouTube channel.

All attendees must show either a CUID (CU affiliates) or vaccination record for entry to the event.

Room: Jerome Greene Hall, Room 102B (first floor)

Every government agency in the United States, from Homeland Security to Departments of Motor Vehicles, has the authority to make its own rules for sex classification. Many transgender people find themselves in the bizarre situation of having different sex classifications on different documents. Whether you can change your legal sex to “F” or “M” (or more recently “X”) depends on what state you live in, what jurisdiction you were born in, and what government agency you’re dealing with. In this panel discussion centered on noted transgender advocate and scholar Paisley Currah's new book, Sex Is as Sex Does, Currah will be joined by Professor Katherine Franke and Che Gossett to explore this deeply flawed system, and discuss why it fails transgender and non-binary people.

Moderator

Professor Kendall Thomas, Studio for Law and Culture

Commentators

Professor Katherine Franke, Director, Center for Gender & Sexuality Law

Che Gossett, Racial Justice Fellow, Initiative for a Just Society