BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251110T005247EST-1942vkDD6T@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20251110T055247Z DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT:\n QUEER FAMILY FORMATION AND FAMILY LIVES TRAVERSE MUL TIPLE KINDS OF BORDERS\, FROM HETERONORMATIVE LAWS AND SOCIAL AND CULTURAL NORMS THAT DISTINGUISH AMONG FAMILIES TO DIFFERENTLY VALIDATED STATUSES T HAT DIVIDE FAMILIES FROM WITHIN. FOR LGBT COUPLES WITH CHILDREN\, BORDER C ROSSINGS MAY INVOLVE BOTH PHYSICAL MOBILITY AND MOVEMENT ACROSS LEGAL AND SOCIAL IMAGINARIES\; AS SIMULTANEOUSLY PRODUCTIVE AND DISCIPLINARY EXPERIE NCES\, SUCH CROSSINGS GENERATE LEGITIMACY AND RECOGNITION FOR SOME WHILE D ENYING OTHERS BASIC RIGHTS TO A SHARED FAMILY LIFE. THIS TALK FOCUSES ON L GBT COPARENT FAMILIES IN TAIWAN\, WHERE THE WIDELY ACCLAIMED 2019 LEGALIZA TION OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE HAS GRANTED THE BENEFITS OF LEGAL RECOGNITION TO MANY LGBT COUPLES AND PARENTS. NONETHELESS\, OTHERS FACE CONTINUED OBSTAC LES TO LEGAL MARRIAGE\, RIGHTS TO CONCEIVE OR ADOPT CHILDREN\, OR LEGAL RE COGNITION AS A FAMILY UNIT. BASED ON MULTI-YEAR ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH WITH LGBT PARENTS AND LGBT RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS\, THIS TALK ADDRESSES THE SPEC IFIC CHALLENGES EXPERIENCED BY TRANSNATIONAL LGBT COPARENTS IN TAIWAN WHO FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS OF LEGAL REGIMES. SITUATED PRECARIOUSLY IN RELATIO N TO LAW\, GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACIES\, AND DOMESTIC LGBT COMMUNITIES\, THES E COUPLES STRUGGLE TO SECURE RECOGNITION AS SPOUSES\, PARENTS\, IMMIGRANTS \, AND FAMILIES. DENIED LEGAL RIGHTS ENJOYED BY THEIR DOMESTIC COUNTERPART S\, TRANSNATIONAL LGBT COPARENTS EXPERIENCE A FORM OF TEMPORAL BORDERING T HAT LIMITS THEIR LIVES TO THE PRESENT\, PERPETUALLY FORECLOSING THE GENERA TIVE POSSIBILITIES OF ORIENTING THEIR FAMILIES TO THE FUTURE.\n DTSTART:20220317T150000Z DTEND:20220317T163000Z SUMMARY:Distinguished Lecture in Taiwan Studies by Professor Sarah Friedman \, Indiana University URL:/eas/channels/event/distinguished-lecture-taiwan-s tudies-professor-sarah-friedman-indiana-university-338228 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR