On Tuesday, October 10, 2023 at 4 p.m. we will screen the film Esther Newton Made Me Gay by lesbian filmmaker Jean Carlomusto in SMT.08 room, Santa Marta polo Verona University.
The film screening will be introduced by Maya de Leo, author of Queer. Storia culturale della comunità LGBT+ (Einaudi 2021), and by Irene Villa (PhD Politesse), and will be followed at 6 pm (12 pm Easter Time) by a Q&A with Esther Newton, Jean Carlomusto and Holly Hughes attending online from the United States.
Starting with insights from the film, the Q&A will discuss the history of U.S. lesbian feminism, queer lives and affections, butch identities and lesbian communities.
The film will be in English with Italian subtitles and screened in attendance only.
To receive the zoom link to attend the Q&A write to: irene.villa@univr.it
The event is organized with UDU Verona.
Esther Newton Made Me Gay
Esther Newton Made Me Gay explores the life of American anthropologist Esther Newton, a pioneer in lgbtq and gender studies. The film tells her story of awakening to gay life in the 1950’s, the women’s liberation movement and lesbian-feminism, drag culture, and forging a butch identity that for her is in conversation with transmasculinity.
Keenly attuned to the cultural and social forces that shaped her life, Newton guides us through an anthropology of herself, exploring issues of sex and gender identity and their relationship to historical time and feminist politics.
