Holding Space for Queer Social Change Through Pop Culture

What does it take to create lasting social change - and what can the history of LGBTQ+ activism teach us about today's battles over education, identity, and civil rights?

Join journalist and cultural commentator Tracy E. Gilchrist, host of Holding Space with Tracy E. Gilchrist and former editor-in-chief of The Advocate for a lively conversation with Professor Lisa M. Stulberg, NYU sociologist of education and author of the new book How to Win a Culture War: LGBTQ+ Social Change Through Pop Culture.

Drawing on Stulberg's research into LGBTQ+ social movements, education, and political change-and Gilchrist's years covering the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality, politics, and popular culture-the conversation will explore how movements change public attitudes, institutions, and policy; why cultural conflicts become so powerful; and what history can teach us about navigating the culture wars of the present.

An engaging conversation about activism, education, media, politics, and the possibilities for social change. This program will include audience participation and a speed round of LGBTQ+ trivia!