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Queer Policy Series

The Queer Policy Series convenes policymakers, leaders, and students to examine policies at various levels that impact queer and trans students and youth, and provides tools for effecting policy changes that embrace and affirm diverse sexualities and genders.

3RD ANNUAL QUEER POLICY SERIES EVENT

A fireside chat with Chasten Buttigieg

In partnership with the University of Michigan's Out for Business, Out in Public, and Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Chasten Buttigieg and U-M graduate student Emma Jabour (MPP/MBA '24) discuss intersections of identity and allyship in social and professional contexts.

Watch past queer policy events

A fireside chat with Chasten Buttigieg (2023)

Chasten Buttigieg and U-M graduate student Emma Jabour (MPP/MBA '24) discuss intersections of identity and allyship in social and professional contexts. Presented in partnership with the University of Michigan's Out for Business, Out in Public, and Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.

Racial Foundations of Public Policy: LGBT Rights (2022)

Dr. Bianca D.M. Wilson, the Rabbi Zacky Senior Scholar of Public Policy at the Williams Institute in conversation with Dr. Celeste Watkins-Hayes, dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. Co-sponsored by the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and Center for Racial Justice at the University of Michigan.

Trans Policy Issues: Why Are We Talking About Sports (2021)

A discussion with Katie Barnes, feature writer at ESPN; Chris Mosier, Olympic Trials athlete and founder of TransAthlete.com; and Naomi Goldberg, deputy director and LGBTQ program director at the Movement Advancement Project. Co-sponsored by the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan.

Questions?

Contact Nick Pfost (nick@sgdinstitute.org).

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