Beyond Binaries: A Day with Activist Robyn Ochs

Bisexual author and activist Robyn Ochs will come back to the University of Louisville March 2 for a day of workshops and conversations about the sexuality spectrum.  Her work includes the book Getting Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World.  She’s a professional trainer who focuses on the fluidity of sexuality and brings to life the research that suggests labels like gay, straight, or bisexual are really just the entry point for understanding sexual behavior and feelings in most people.

Kate Bornstein called her “the absolute goddess of sexual fluidity.”  Come find out for yourself why Robyn’s workshops are in such demand, and why she continues to visit classes at U of L!

Sponsored by the Office for LGBT Services, the department of Women's and Gender Studies, and commonGround.

2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
“Beyond Binaries: Identity and the Sexuality Spectrum” 
John Shumaker Research Building, Room 139
Belknap Campus

Like snowflakes, no two people are exactly alike. In this interactive program we explore our sexual orientation identities. How do we assign labels to our complicated and unique experiences? We will explore: the relationship between experience and self-identity; between self-identity and the way others see us; different experiences of identity; the complexity of attraction.

7 p.m.
"Choosing to Label: What's in a Name?"
commonGround Meeting

John Shumaker Research Building, Room 139
Belknap Campus

Bi, lesbian, gay, straight, queer, questioning, choose-not-to-label. How do you decide which label to use? What do labels do? What don’t they do? Is it possible to avoid labels? What is the difference between ascribed labels and chosen labels? How can we manage our identities in order to get the maximum benefit with the minimum cost? Let’s think creatively and proactively about identity.