Event in Chicago: When identity bumps against the binary
On Intersex Awareness Day, 26 October, Pidgeon Pagonis and Sean Saifa Wall will participate in a panel discussion with Carrie Sandahl and Evelyn Figueroa.
The UIC Gender and Sexuality Center is hosting a series, “Let’s Talk About the I in LGBTQIA: Intersex Awareness” with local intersex artist and advocate Pidgeon Pagonis.
In collaboration with UIC’s medical campus they will have a screening of Pidgeon’s short documentary film, “The Son I Never Had: Growing Up Intersex” (26 mins) followed by a panel discussion about being intersex and the Medical Industrial Complex.
Date and time: 26 October, 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: Disability, Health and Social Policy Building (DHSP) Auditorium, Room 166, 1640 W. Roosevelt Rd, Chicago, IL, 60608.