Beyond binary: navigating the spectrum of gender

Young women in Amazonia are turning to fashion as a space to reclaim and proudly exhibit their cultural heritage. The glamorous display of beautiful Amazonian designs becomes an act of political resistance against the misogyny and discrimination that women have been historically subjected to in the region.

These young women’s stories open up a broader conversation on how ideas of gender, desire, and beauty are always constructed within social and economic structures that shape people’s perception. But once recognised as culturally constructed, these ideas can also be called into question and radically subverted.

By illustrating and analysing objects deposited with human remains in burials of Pre-Roman Italy during the 1st Millennium BC, Warriors and Weavers examines gender and intersectionality, demonstrating a more nuanced and ambiguous spectrum of identities than the previous predominantly binary view.

Speaker bio: After a PhD from Cambridge University and post-doctoral positions at excellent Universities and Institutes across Europe, Francesca Fulminante is now Senior Researcher and Lecturer both in the UK and Italy. Her research investigates, through interdisciplinary approaches, Mediterranean urbanization during the first Millennium BCE with a focus on central Italy and interest in varied topics ranging from settlement distribution and social hierarchy to transportation systems networks and also to gender and infancy studies.

This talk explores the impact of prejudice and discrimination on the LGBTQ+ community and its correlation with HIV transmission. It delves into the influence of internal, interpersonal, and societal stigma on HIV spread within LGBTQ+ communities, examining its contribution to HIV rates and behaviors. The aim is to highlight the complexity of stigma and its implications for HIV prevention and treatment efforts.