Transnational LGBT Organizing

in the World and On the Web

Friday, April 30th

9:00 am Coffee, tea and light breakfast served

9:30 am Welcome by Sarah Chinn, CLAGS Executive Director

9:45 am What is the International Resource Network (IRN)?

Description of the history and structure of the IRN and its goals.

10:00 am Coordinators’ Panel: Featuring IRN Regional Coordinators

What is happening in relationship to sexual minority
activism and scholarship in the IRN regions, and how is
that represented on the IRN website?
Panelist: Vidya Kissoon (Caribbean Region), Jasmin Blessing
(Latin America), Sybille Nyeck (Africa),Yukiko Hanawa (Asia),
Rustem Ertug Altinay (Middle East), Mark Blasius (North America)

11:30 am Technology Panel: Featuring sexual minority activists and

scholars who use the Internet as a central tool for their work
How can technology facilitate on-line and “real-world” work and
progress for sexual minorities? What are the possibilities and
limitations of the IRN and other online tools such as social
networking and blogs?
Panelist: Vidya Kisson, Serkan Gorkemli, John Cho

1:00-2:00 pm Lunch Break: Lunch Provided

2:00 pm Arts/Media Panel: Talk Back: Parvez Sharma: A Jihad

for Love

3:00 pm Funders Panel: Featuring representatives from the

Astraea
Foundation and Jewish World Service.
Why are funders increasingly supporting work that is similar to that of
the IRN? What have funders learned from their support of these
projects, and what are their priorities for the present and near future?
Panelist: Dulce Reyes (Astraea Foundation), Sarah Gunther
(Jewish World Service)

4:30-6:00 pm Reception: Food and Drink provided