Paisley Currah
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Paisley Currah is Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College
of the City University of New York
. He was born in Ontario Canada, received a B.A. (Hons, First Class) from Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario and an M.A and Ph.D. in Government from Cornell University. He lives in Brooklyn.
and Richard Juang, Transgender Rights, (Minnesota 2006) which won the Sylvia Rivera Award in Transgender Studies and was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards. Other publications articles include, "Securitizing Gender: Identity, Biometrics, and Transgender Bodies at the Airport," co-authored with Tara Mulqueen; “‘We Won’t Know Who You Are’: Contesting Sex Designations on New York City Birth Certificates,” with Lisa Jean Moore;“The Transgender Rights Imaginary”; "Expecting Bodies: The Pregnant Man and Transgender Exclusion from the Employment Non-Discrimination Act."He curated a "Symposium on the State of LGBT/Sexuality Studies in Political Science". With Susan Stryker and Lisa Jean Moore, he edited “Trans-,” a special issue of Women’s Studies Quarterly (2008). With Dean Spade
, he edited, “The State We’re In: Locations of Consent and Coercion in Trans Policy,” two consecutive special issues of Sexuality Research and Social Policy (December 2007 and March 2008). In 2002, he received Wayne F. Placek Award from the American Psychological Foundation. He is currently working on a book, The United States of Gender, (forthcoming with NYU Press.)
Currah has advocated for transgender rights at all levels of government. He also serves on the board of directors Global Action for Trans Equality (GATE), a new international organization. He is a member of the advisory board of Human Rights Watch Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program. From January 2005-December 2006, he sat on the External Advisory Committee to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for the Amendment of Birth Certificates for Transgender Persons. From November 2004 to December 2005, he served on the Citizen’s Advisory Committee Transgender Subcommittee, New York City Human Resources Administration and in that capacity was a co-author of "Recommended Best Practices for Working With and Serving Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Employees and Clients." He was a co-founder of the New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy, and helped draft the legislation to amend New York City's Human Rights Law to include discrimination based on gender identity and gender expression.
at the City University of New York from 2003-2007. Currah sits on the editorial boards of GLQ: A Journal of Gay and Lesbian Studies
, Women’s Studies Quarterly
, and Journal of Sexuality Research and Social Policy
. His service on advisory boards includes: Biopolitics: Medicine, Health, and Technoscience in the 21st Century, a book series from New York University Press; Sexuality and the Law, Social Science Research Network; International Resource Network, a project hosted at the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies and funded by the Ford Foundation; the University Consortium on Sexuality Research and Training.
Brooklyn College
Brooklyn College is a senior college of the City University of New York, located in Brooklyn, New York, United States.Established in 1930 by the New York City Board of Higher Education, the College had its beginnings as the Downtown Brooklyn branches of Hunter College and the City College of New...
of the City University of New York
City University of New York
The City University of New York is the public university system of New York City, with its administrative offices in Yorkville in Manhattan. It is the largest urban university in the United States, consisting of 23 institutions: 11 senior colleges, six community colleges, the William E...
. He was born in Ontario Canada, received a B.A. (Hons, First Class) from Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario and an M.A and Ph.D. in Government from Cornell University. He lives in Brooklyn.
Research
With Monica J. Casper, Currah co-edited Corpus: An Interdisciplinary Reader on Bodies and Knowledge (Palgrave, 2011) He also co-edited, with Shannon MinterShannon Minter
Shannon Price Minter is an American civil rights attorney and the legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights in San Francisco....
and Richard Juang, Transgender Rights, (Minnesota 2006) which won the Sylvia Rivera Award in Transgender Studies and was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards. Other publications articles include, "Securitizing Gender: Identity, Biometrics, and Transgender Bodies at the Airport," co-authored with Tara Mulqueen; “‘We Won’t Know Who You Are’: Contesting Sex Designations on New York City Birth Certificates,” with Lisa Jean Moore;“The Transgender Rights Imaginary”; "Expecting Bodies: The Pregnant Man and Transgender Exclusion from the Employment Non-Discrimination Act."He curated a "Symposium on the State of LGBT/Sexuality Studies in Political Science". With Susan Stryker and Lisa Jean Moore, he edited “Trans-,” a special issue of Women’s Studies Quarterly (2008). With Dean Spade
Dean Spade
Dean Spade is a lawyer, civil rights activist, writer, and Assistant Professor of Law at Seattle University School of Law. In 2002, he founded the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, a non-profit law collective in New York City that provides free legal services to transgender, intersex and gender...
, he edited, “The State We’re In: Locations of Consent and Coercion in Trans Policy,” two consecutive special issues of Sexuality Research and Social Policy (December 2007 and March 2008). In 2002, he received Wayne F. Placek Award from the American Psychological Foundation. He is currently working on a book, The United States of Gender, (forthcoming with NYU Press.)
Public Policy and Transgender Rights Advocacy
As a founding board member of the Transgender Law and Policy InstituteTransgender Law and Policy Institute
The Transgender Law and Policy Institute was a non-profit organization dedicated to engaging in effective advocacy for transgender people in the United States. The TLPI brought experts and advocates together to work on law and policy initiatives designed to advance transgender equality...
Currah has advocated for transgender rights at all levels of government. He also serves on the board of directors Global Action for Trans Equality (GATE), a new international organization. He is a member of the advisory board of Human Rights Watch Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program. From January 2005-December 2006, he sat on the External Advisory Committee to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for the Amendment of Birth Certificates for Transgender Persons. From November 2004 to December 2005, he served on the Citizen’s Advisory Committee Transgender Subcommittee, New York City Human Resources Administration and in that capacity was a co-author of "Recommended Best Practices for Working With and Serving Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Employees and Clients." He was a co-founder of the New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy, and helped draft the legislation to amend New York City's Human Rights Law to include discrimination based on gender identity and gender expression.
Academic Affiliations
Dr. Currah is currently the chair of the Department of Political Science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. He served as the Executive Director of the Center for Lesbian and Gay StudiesCenter for Lesbian and Gay Studies
The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies was founded in 1991 by professor Martin Duberman as the first university-based research center in the United States dedicated to the study of historical, cultural, and political issues of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals and communities...
at the City University of New York from 2003-2007. Currah sits on the editorial boards of GLQ: A Journal of Gay and Lesbian Studies
GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies
GLQ: The Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies is an academic journal based published by Duke University Press. It was co-founded by David M. Halperin and Carolyn Dinshaw. The current editors are Ann Cvetkovich, University of Texas in Austin and Annamarie Jagose, University of Auckland.-External...
, Women’s Studies Quarterly
WSQ: Women's Studies Quarterly
WSQ is a peer-reviewed academic journal of women's studies that was established in 1972. It is published by biannually The Feminist Press at the CUNY Graduate Center...
, and Journal of Sexuality Research and Social Policy
Journal of Sexuality Research and Social Policy
Sexuality Research and Social Policy is a peer-reviewed academic journal and an official journal of the National Sexuality Resource Center , published by Springer...
. His service on advisory boards includes: Biopolitics: Medicine, Health, and Technoscience in the 21st Century, a book series from New York University Press; Sexuality and the Law, Social Science Research Network; International Resource Network, a project hosted at the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies and funded by the Ford Foundation; the University Consortium on Sexuality Research and Training.
External links
- Paisley Currah Faculty Page
- Paisley Currah on Academia.edu
- Transgender Law and Policy Institute
- Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies
- (2009) "The Transgender Rights Imaginary." Feminist and Queer Legal Theory: Intimate Encounters, Uncomfortable Conversations. Eds. Martha Albertson Fineman, Jack E. Jackson and Adam P. Romero. Ashgate Press.
- (2008) Currah, Paisley, Lisa Jean Moore and Susan Stryker, guest editors. 'Trans-. A special issue of Women's Studies Quarterly' 36 (3&4), December.
- (2006) Currah, Paisley, Richard M. Juang and Shannon Price Minter, Transgender Rights. (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2006).