The New School GSSI
thenewschoolgssi.bsky.social
The New School GSSI
@thenewschoolgssi.bsky.social
The Gender and Sexualities Studies Institute at The New School is home to scholarship at the intersections of gender, sexuality, and LGBTQIA+ studies.

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Join us on Tuesday, November 10, 2025, 6:30PM for a screening followed by a Q&A. "Please Hold" invites us to sit together in one (ever-changing) format—video (VHS, Hi-8, digital, Zoom)—to reflect on grief, community, and survival. RSVP event.newschool.edu/pleaseholdfi...
November 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Please join director Tami Gold for a screening of the film “Sex Work: It’s just a job” on next Wednesday, Nov. 5th. RSVP here event.newschool.edu/sexworkitsju.... We hope to see you there!
October 29, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Join us tomorrow night at 7pm for a special edition of the American LGBTQ+ Museum's Lavender Literary Society, as part of the 2025 Lesbian Lives Conference, featuring the editors of "The Dream of a Common Movement," Jyotsna Vaid and Amy Hoffman. Register below. event.newschool.edu/dreamofacomm...
October 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
New School students: Join us on October 6 from 6-7:30PM for a casual Pizza Chat! Meet other students in the Gender Studies minor (undergrad) or the Grad Certificate in Gender and Sexuality Studies, and GSSI affiliated faculty. Open to students interested in these programs, so bring a friend!
September 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Join the The Philosophy Film Club for the upcoming screening of “Sky Woman Women” on Friday at 7pm. Following the screening there will be a discussion with Jill Clause, Dara Friedman, and Violet Handforth.

Co-sponsored by GSSI.

Location: 2 West 13th Street, Room 104.
September 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Hi 👋 We serve as the home to scholarship at the intersections of gender, sexuality, and LGBTQIA+ studies at @thenewschool.bsky.social. Follow us for events, newsletters, blog posts, and more. Interested in diving into the studies of Gender and Sexuality? Check out the LinkTree in our bio!
September 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Thank you to everyone who attended our annual Gendered Bodies, Gendered Justice Symposium! 🌟 We're grateful for our panelists, attendees, and Team GSSI who all contributed to an educationally rich and hopeful symposium. What was your favorite part? Comment below!
May 1, 2025 at 7:43 PM
New School students, showcase your artistic voice at the LGBT Bar NY Annual Gala on May 20th! Submit digital artworks exploring the theme "Queer Visions of Equity." Selected works will be featured in an immersive digital exhibition and eligible for an honorarium. Link in bio!
April 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This week attend the The Gender Matters 2025: Gendered Bodies, Gendered Justice Symposium! Check out the program with two days full of a book launch, engaging panel speakers, and more. View the program and RSVP at the link in our bio.
April 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The Gender Matters 2025: Gendered Bodies, Gendered Justice Symposium program is now live! Head to the link in our bio to register for two days full of a book launch, engaging panel speakers, and more.
April 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Join us for The New School’s Gender & Sexualities Studies Institute annual convening, on April 17th and 18th, 2025.
This year, we bring together scholars, artists, writers, activists, and students to address the topic “Gendered Bodies, Gendered Justice.” RSVP in our bio.
April 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Join Parsons School of Design's ADHT for An Evening with Julie Tolentino on April 7th. The event will include a short presentation by Julie Tolentino, followed by a conversation with Shoghig Halajian. They will discuss interdisciplinary practice and queer nightlife and AIDS activism. RSVP in bio.
March 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Deadline extended! Call for Abstracts now due 3/17. Submit by the link in our bio.

GSSI at The New School invites submissions for our annual convening in NYC on 4/18/25. We bring together scholars, artists, writers, activists, and students to address the topic “Gendered Bodies, Gendered Justice."
March 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Join us now for our free webinar "Bathrooms, Sports, Moral Panic: Trans Rights Now!" Join at the link in our bio.

This panel assembles scholars and experts to address the current moral panic around bathrooms, sports teams, and transgender rights more broadly.
February 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Join Moshtari Hilal on 3/5 to discuss her book Ugliness (New Vessel Press, 2025), translated by Elisabeth Lauffer—exploring attraction, repulsion and pressures to conform—with NYT columnist & Hofstra University Literature Professor Rhonda Garelick. RSVP at the link in our bio.
February 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Reminder: our free webinar is happening this Tuesday, 2/25! "Bathrooms, Sports, Moral Panic: Trans Rights Now!" RSVP at the link in our bio.

This panel assembles scholars and experts to address the current moral panic around bathrooms, sports teams, and transgender rights more broadly.
February 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
CUNY will be hosting the Lesbian Lives Conference - 1st time in the US! Hosted by CLAGS, Sinister Wisdom & the Journal of Lesbian Studies, this inclusive gathering of academics, artists & activists explores lesbian culture. Submit your proposal by March 31—link in bio!
February 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Join the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility on 2/10 for Gendered Narratives, Embodied Crossings: Migrant Women's Lives, Memories, and Forms of Resistance in the Mediterranean Context. RSVP in bio.
February 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Call for Proposals
DUE: 2/28

The Gender & Sexualities Studies Institute at The New School invites submissions for our annual convening in NYC on 4/18/25. We bring together scholars, artists, writers, activists, and students to address the topic “Gendered Bodies, Gendered Justice.”
February 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Join us on 2/25 for a free webinar on Bathrooms, Sports, Moral Panic: Trans Rights Now! RSVP at the link in our bio.

This panel assembles scholars and experts to address the current moral panic around bathrooms, sports teams, and transgender rights more broadly.
January 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM