Gender/Sex/ual Diversity: Towards More Liberatory Theory & Measurement | Dr. Sari van Anders

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About the Talk
Many scientific approaches to gender/sex/uality rely on binaries, and are limiting, inaccurate, and a cause of harm, especially to marginalized groups. In this talk, Dr. Sari van Anders discusses new research about gender/sex/uality that is built for and from gender/sex/ual diversity. These approaches include “the gender/sex 3x3” – a new and simple framework for asking about and analysing gender/sex data – and “sexual configurations theory” – an innovative and nuanced approach to modeling, visualizing, and measuring gender/sex/uality. Dr. van Anders highlights how this research provides a science of gender/sex/ual diversity that is more empirical, accurate, and just.

About the Speaker
Dr. Sari van Anders is a leader in feminist bioscience and sex research. Her award-winning research spans across natural, social and health sciences, to the arts, and humanities. The research contributes to our understandings of sexual phenomena like orgasm, fantasy, desire, and pornography – as well as larger related constructs like gender and sexual diversity.

About the CGSHE Speaker Series
Organized as monthly academic rounds, the CGSHE Speaker Series brings cutting-edge research in the field of gender and sexual health equity to researchers, practitioners, students and interested members of the public. Free and open to all, it is a unique opportunity for education and dialogue. To learn more about the Centre for Gender & Sexual Health Equity, visit www.cgshe.ca.

Territorial Acknowledgement
The Centre for Gender & Sexual Health Equity is situated on the traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples, whom we acknowledge as the traditional owners and caretakers of those lands.

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