As part of DePaul’s annual Dignity Week, the Center for Intercultural Programs hosted an event designed to give students a look at individuals who routinely have their human dignity challenged, criminalized, or otherwise denied: the LGBT community.
Titled “Queer (In)Justice” the presentation and discussions were led by Joey Mogul, a DePaul adjunct professor of law and practicing attorney.
Students arrived in droves for the first of two presentations Oct. 19, braving terrible weather to listen to Mogul speak about the history of LGBT criminalization, particularly as it pertained to LGBT individuals of color. Two presentations were needed since the event attracted a lot of interest from the DePaul community.
“I’m hoping to get a perspective that’s outside of my own,” said Cary Callison, a sophomore who heard about the presentation through both her LGBT studies and her Sex and Gender classes. “I hope to learn something I otherwise wouldn’t know