Considering queer culture on campus

The Queer Resource Center is hosting “Tranny Tracks: A Look at Gender Variant Representation in Literature” tomorrow, Nov. 13. The event will take place in Smith Memorial Student Union, room 333 at 1 p.m.

Nathan Keep, QRC’s student life coordinator, and other members of the QRC contracted with Bare Bones Press & Productions to host the event.

Bare Bones includes Twig Deluje and Erin Malus. They are a company devoted to de-marginalizing gender variant visibility within all forms of media, according to a press release.

Bare Bones is bringing individuals in the fields of film, literature, TV, music and visual arts to speak on transgendered persons in their fields.

“Our mission is to provide a greater understanding of what the vast spectrum of gender variance actually looks like, and then apply that to all media forms,” said Deluje in a press release. “We want everyone within the gender spectrum to feel that their story is a valid and respected one.”

This is the first time the QRC has done such an event.

They will be “discussing where gender variant representation stands in their fields and where they see things going,” Keep said. “It will be a presentation—a representation of those who are trans-identified.”

Bare Bones is putting together literature packets of submitted articles about transgender individuals.

Over the last years, they have done the same things and are trying to incorporate new events into their schedule, Keep reports.

The QRC is hosting another event in November, the Transgender Day of Remembrance, Friday, Nov. 20 at 6 p.m. in the Multicultural Center, SMSU 228. It will be a candlelight vigil and community speak out, including speakers Jenn Burleton and Laura Calvo, and will be followed by performances by the Athens Boys Choir and Katastrophe.

The QRC will also host a queer prom night in May and “a giant weeklong pride event gearing up for the Portland Pride parade,” Keep said.