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Follow the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies on Facebook or Instagram for event postings. Virtual events will be held in Microsoft Teams, which is available for use in your web browser or can be downloaded as an app here. Past department events can be viewed on out Past Events page.
Disability Accommodations: If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in a Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies event, please contact Jennifer Ellerman-Queen at 813-974-5520 at least five (5) working days prior to the event.
Upcoming Events
WGSS Alumni Panel
November, 2023
Details to be announced
Intersecting Threads: An Exhibit of Fiber Art and Feminist Perspectives
Opens in January, 2024
Call for submissions to be announced - email us if you would like to receive the call when it is released.
WGSS Brown Bag Series: "Black Women-Loving Women's Socio-Sexual Narratives" with Dr. Jessany Maldonado
January 17, 2024 from 1:00pm-2:30pm in CMC 202
This event will be hybrid - to attend virtually email us.
Sexuality Studies Mini-Conference
March, 2024
Details to be announced - email us if you would like to receive the call for submissions when it is released.
WGSS Brown Bag Series: "“We grow older. We also have lots of sex.”: Transgender and Intersex Older Adults’ Experiences with Mitigating Inequality in Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare" with Dr. Nik M. Lampe
March 27, 2024 from 12:30pm-2:00pm in CMC 202.
This event will be hybrid - to attend virtually email us.
Utilizing data from 50 semi-structured individual interviews with transgender and intersex older adults in the United States (65 years and over), Dr. Nik M. Lampe (USF Department of Mental Health Law & Policy), in collaboration with co-author Dr. Carla Pfeffer (Michigan State University School of Social Work), will assess how trans and intersex older adults experience and mitigate inequality in sexual and reproductive healthcare. Their findings underscore the importance of maintaining LGBTQIA+ competency and age-friendliness within sexual and reproductive health services, support, and resources while addressing trans and intersex older adults’ resourceful strategies for minimizing inequality in healthcare systems.
Dr. Nik M. Lampe is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mental Health Law & Policy and a Faculty Affiliate in the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of South Florida. Their research program focuses on the behavioral health and healthcare disparities of LGBTQIA+ aging populations and the health of diverse older adults living with dementia and their family care partners. Dr. Lampe earned a Ph.D. in Sociology and a Graduate Certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of South Carolina. Their dissertation research examined the healthcare, advance care planning, and health management experiences of transgender and intersex adults 65+ during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies celebrated its 50th anniversary during the 2022-2023 academic year. Visit our 50th Anniversary page, to view more information about the 50th Anniversary Events.
