November 4, 2024
Olmstead presents on queer and trans legal histories
Shay Ryan Olmstead, lecturer in the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program, presented “Deconstructing ‘The [Cis] State’: New Potentials for Queer and Trans Legal Histories” at the American Society for Legal History 2024 Annual Meeting on Oct. 25. Their panel, “Mobilizing Law for LGBTQ+ Justice in the 1960s and 1970s,” featured discussions with legal scholars and practitioners on new directions in queer legal history.