Date
March 17, 2026
March
17
Club Spartan, Room 338 Case Hall, 842 Chestnut Road, East Lansing
Be Gay Do Crimes: Art, Deviance, and Activism
March 17 at 5 p.m. in Club Spartan, Room 338 Case Hall, 842 Chestnut Road, East Lansing
Please Note: This event was rescheduled from March, March 16, to Tuesday, March 17.
This talk examines queer art and activism as forms of political resistance shaped by criminalization and exclusion. Tracing a lineage from ACT UP to contemporary meme culture, it argues that queer performance, pleasure, and aesthetics transform marginality into collective power, revealing culture as a central infrastructure of survival and political change.
Presenter: Dr. Chris Conner, James Madison College's 2025-26 Stephen O. Murray Scholar in Residence. An assistant professor of sociology at the University of Missouri-Columbia, Conner's research explores criminology, social movements, technology, gender and sexuality, with a focus on how large-scale technological shifts transform human interaction.
This event is presented by James Madison College in partnership with MSU Department of Sociology.
Time
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location
Club Spartan, Room 338 Case Hall, 842 Chestnut Road, East Lansing
