Film Screening & Discussion with Pioneering Queer Anthropologist Esther Newton

28 September, 6-9pm, Strathcona M1, McGIll

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The Queer Anthropology Reading Group is hosting a film screening and Q&A/discussion panel of Jean Carlomusto’s Esther Newton Made Me Gay (2022), an award-winning documentary about the life and works of queer anthropologist Esther Newton. The film charts 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 trans masculinity. Keenly attuned to the societal forces that shaped her life, Esther guides us through an anthropology of herself, a study influenced by her love for a sport – competitive dog agility – that pairs her aging butch body with her beloved dog teammate on an obstacle course that is constantly changing.

For the discussion, we are delighted to announce that…