8:45-9:15 Coffee and pastries
9:15-9:45 Welcome: Miguel Muñoz-Laboy, Caridad Souza and Carlos Decena
Conference Planning Committee
Richard Parker, Chair
Department of Sociomedical Sciencies
9:45-10:30 Introduction: Mapping the Study of Latino Sexualities in the United States
Critical Topics: How do the fields of Sexuality Studies and Latino Studies intersect? How does Latino Studies address questions of sexuality? How does Sexuality Studies address Latinos? What dialogue should occur across the disciplines regarding the study of sexuality among Latinos?
Speakers: Marysol Asencio
Arnaldo Cruz-Malavé
Moderator/Discussant: Salvador Vidal-Ortíz
10:30-12:30 Latino Bodies and Sexual Health
Critical Topics: How has public health addressed the needs of Latino populations in the US with respect to sexual health (e.g., HIV/STDs, teen pregnancy prevention and AIDS treatment)? What are the major challenges confronted by research and interventions on sexual health among Latinos? What types of innovations might overcome these challenges?
Speakers: Alex Carballo-Diéguez
Blanca Ortíz
Daniel Castellanos
Rosa Benítez
Discussant/Moderator: Heriberto Sánchez-Soto
12:30-1:30 LUNCH
1:30-3:15 Latina Femininities and Feminisms
Critical Topics: How do Latina femininities intersect with other femininities in the US? Are concepts like Marianismo and familism appropriate for understanding contemporary Latina sexualities? What role does racialization and class play in the development of Latina femininities and sexualities? How do Latina Feminisms inform and intervene in the femininities and sexualities of Latinas in the US? How do traditional constructs like "nation," "family," and "community" obscure and undermine the femininities and sexualities of Latinas?
Speakers: Ginetta Candelario
Caridad Souza
Discussant/Moderator: Ana Oliveira
3:15-5:00 Becoming a Man and the Crisis of Masculinities
Critical Topics: Is there a hegemonic Latino masculinity? What is machismo and what is the utility of the concept? How do the processes of racial and class formation in the United States relate to the formation of Latino masculinities? How do Latino masculinities relate to other masculinities, e.g., African American, European Americans?
Speakers: Edgar Rivera-Colón
Matthew Gutmann
Manuel Guzmán
Discussant/Moderator: Miguel Muñoz-Laboy
5:20-7:00 Reception at Faculty Club, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, 622 W 168th Street, 4th Floor
9:00-11:00 Sexual Migration in the Era of Globalization
Critical Topics: What is the relationship between sexuality and the movement of populations? How does looking at migration from the vantage point of sexuality make processes of migration different? How does thinking about geographical displacement impact how we understand the sexualities of Latinos in the United States?
Speakers: Patricia Zavella
Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel
Héctor Carrillo
Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes
Discussant/Moderator: Carlos Decena
11:00-1:15 The Contours of Latino Activism: Sexual and Social Justice in the United States and in Latin America
Critical Topics: How does feminist and lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender activism revise Latino activism? What are the challenges of coalition building? How does thinking about sexual diversity help revise the Latino sexual health agenda? What are the experiences of activist and advocacy groups in mobilizing Latinos and political action in the United States? What have been the major lessons learned from those experiences? How do activist groups reconcile their agendas with the resources available to them? What is the role of scholars work on the agendas of activist groups?
Speakers: Luis Barrios
Alfredo Gonzalez
Salvador Vidal-Ortiz
Andres Duque
Discussant/Moderator: Ingrid Rivera
1:15-2:15 LUNCH
2:15-3:00 Reexamining the Agenda on Research and Action on Latino Sexualities in the United States and in Latin America
Speakers: Conference Organizing Committee
Richard Parker