Sexual Politics for Dummies, Panel discussion Rated X day 1

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Sexual politics for dummies
Moderator: Marije Lieuwens
In the current society sexual politics seems more important than ever to give guidance how to deal with our own sexualities as well as in a broader political and social context. What role can sexual politics play in the current political climate? What do we mean when we talk of sexual politics anyway? An introduction to sexual politics with experts coming from both theory and practice.

Gert Hekma
Gert Hekma teaches gay and lesbian studies in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the UvA. His specialism is sociology and history of (homo)sexuality. He now works on an encyclopedia of perversions, on the Dutch poet Jacob Israel de Haan, on discrimination of gays and lesbians in The Netherlands, on sex capitals and on a comparison of gay emancipation after WW II in various Western countries.

Mithu M. Sanyal
Dr. des. Mithu Melanie Sanyal,was born in 1971 and studied German and English Literature with a focus on feminist and post colonial studies. She is an award winning journalist and author in Germany. In February 2009 her book Vulva - die Enthüllung des unsichtbaren Geschlechs (Vulva - unveiling the invisible sex(ual organ) will be published. She is involved with Ladyfest Dusseldorf.

Ursula de Aguila
Ursula de Aguila is chief of heading for the main French gay and lesbian magazine Têtu. In her articles and work she has written a lot about female pornography as well as lesbian culture.

Hanneke Felten
Hanneke Felten (MA.) is a board member of Femnet: the feminist network of GroenLinks (the Dutch green party). Her academic background is in Social Work and Services in Eindhoven followed by Comparative Women’s Studies at the University of Utrecht. She works as a researcher, trainer and advisor in the field of diversity and emancipation at a national knowledge centre.