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DESCRIPTION:Event Type: Lecture\nSpeaker Information: Z Nicolazzo\nAs recen
 tly as 2014\, the United States was reportedly experiencing a "transgender
  tipping point\," one replete with positive signs of visibility and public
  overtures from Obama administration.&nbsp\; Despite critiques to the cont
 rary\, what is now clear is there exists a transgender backlash\, and tran
 s people are being used to politically pry apart the liberal/progressive b
 ase.&nbsp\; In this talk\, Dr. Z Nicolazzo will discuss how the use of the
  trans community to further wedge politics is built upon misogyny\, racism
 \, and sexism.&nbsp\; Dr. Nicolazzo will discuss how this political strate
 gy impacts transgender people in K-12 and higher education\, and also expl
 ore ideas for furthering transformational thinking and practice.\nDr. Z Ni
 colazzo is an assistant professor in the Adult and Higher Education progra
 m and a faculty associate in the Center for the Study of Women\, Gender\, 
 and Sexuality at Northern Illinois University.&nbsp\; Z is the author of&n
 bsp\;Trans* In College: Transgender Students' Strategies for Navigating Ca
 mpus Life and the Institutional Politics of Inclusion. &nbsp\;\nContact: A
 my Summers\narsummer@illinois.edu\nSponsor: College of Education\, Office 
 of Community College Research &amp\; Leadership
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LOCATION:IL\,USA\,Champaign\,104 Illini Union
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SUMMARY:Z Nicolazzo\, "Wedge Politics: The Current Transgender Backlash and
  Its Effects in Educational Settings"\, Dean's Diversity Lecture
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 g eventtype">Event Type:</span> Lecture</p>\n<p class="speakerinfo"><span 
 class="event-heading speakerinfo">Speaker Information:</span> Z Nicolazzo<
 /p>\n<p>As recently as 2014\, the United States was reportedly experiencin
 g a "transgender tipping point\," one replete with positive signs of visib
 ility and public overtures from Obama administration.&nbsp\; Despite criti
 ques to the contrary\, what is now clear is there exists a transgender bac
 klash\, and trans people are being used to politically pry apart the liber
 al/progressive base.&nbsp\; In this talk\, Dr. Z Nicolazzo will discuss ho
 w the use of the trans community to further wedge politics is built upon m
 isogyny\, racism\, and sexism.&nbsp\; Dr. Nicolazzo will discuss how this 
 political strategy impacts transgender people in K-12 and higher education
 \, and also explore ideas for furthering transformational thinking and pra
 ctice.</p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Z Nicolazzo</strong> is an assistant professor 
 in the Adult and Higher Education program and a faculty associate in the C
 enter for the Study of Women\, Gender\, and Sexuality at Northern Illinois
  University.&nbsp\; Z is the author of&nbsp\;<em>Trans* In College: Transg
 ender Students' Strategies for Navigating Campus Life and the Institutiona
 l Politics of Inclusion</em>. &nbsp\;</p>\n<p class="contact"><span class=
 "event-heading contact">Contact:</span> Amy Summers<br>\n<a href="mailto:a
 rsummer@illinois.edu">arsummer@illinois.edu</a></p>\n<p class="sponsor"><s
 pan class="event-heading sponsor">Sponsor:</span> College of Education\, O
 ffice of Community College Research &amp\; Leadership</p>
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