{"id":72219,"date":"1999-03-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1999-03-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-to-host-symposium-onlesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-issues\/"},"modified":"1999-03-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1999-03-31T00:00:00","slug":"uri-to-host-symposium-onlesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/1999\/03\/uri-to-host-symposium-onlesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 to host symposium onlesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"press-release-import\">\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. &#8212; March 31, 1999 &#8212; \u201cPride and Prejudice: The 5th annual Symposium on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues\u201d takes place at the 溏心vlog免费B站 from April 8 &#8211; 10. The conference is free and open to the public.&#13; &#13; The conference will examine diversity in school curricula and higher education, queer theory, same-sex marriages, and gay romance and relationships. &#13; &#13; Symposium highlights include:&#13; &#13; Thursday, April 8, 7:30 p.m., Multicultural Center, Room 101: Keynote speaker Tracey Conaty, communications director at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force in Washington, D.C. Conaty will deliver a talk entitled, \u201cWe Are the Ones We\u2019ve Been Waiting For,\u201d providing an overview of the status of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in the U.S. today, as well as a vision for the future.&#13; &#13; Friday, April 9, 7:00 p.m., Multicultural Center, Room 101: The film, \u201cBefore Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community,\u201d will trace the history of homosexuality in America from the 1920s to the 1990s. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the police raid on Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City. The raid sparked a three-day riot and led to the development of the Gay Liberation Movement.&#13; &#13; Saturday, April 10, 7:00 p.m., Memorial Union, America\u2019s Cup Room: Bob Smith, the first openly gay comedian to have his own HBO special, will perform a stand-up comedy routine. Smith has appeared on Comedy Central, Politically Incorrect, Entertainment Tonight, and Evening at the Improv.&#13; &#13; For a complete conference schedule, or disability assistance, please call Andrea Herrmann at 874-4940.&#13; &#13; For More Information: Andrea Herrmann, 874-2101&#13; &#13; Ann MacDonald, 874-2116\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KINGSTON, R.I. &#8212; March 31, 1999 &#8212; \u201cPride and Prejudice: The 5th annual Symposium on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues\u201d takes place at the 溏心vlog免费B站 from April 8 &#8211; 10. The conference is free and open to the public.&#13; &#13; The conference will examine diversity in school curricula and higher education, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72219\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}