Ithaca College

All members of our community are invited to the Ithaca College Sport, Sexuality, and Culture Conference.

The program begins on Wednesday evening, March 18, with a 6:00 reception in Klingenstein Lounge, where Tuti Scott '84, president of Imagine Philanthropy and former chief external affairs officer for the Women’s Sports Foundation, will deliver the welcome.

This will be followed by a keynote address in Emerson B at 7:00 p.m. from internationally known expert in the area of masculinity, sport, and sexuality Eric Anderson, a lecturer at the University of Bath. A screening of Brighton Bandits, a film by University of Brighton sociologist and documentarian Ian McDonald will follow at 8:00pm.

On Thursday, March 19, at 7:00 p.m., former NBA player, author, and entrepreneur John Amaechi will deliver an all-campus lecture in Emerson Suites. In 2007, Amaechi became the first NBA player to publicly come out of the closet.

The conference features the work of over 125 scholars from Brazil, Canada, England, Japan, Korea, and the United States. The schedule includes 56 presentations from established scholars as well as panel discussions on these topics:

• Legal issues: sex and sexual orientation discrimination
• Sport, media, sexuality, and culture
• Gender, race, sexuality, and culture
• Research trends and issues
• Replacing homophobia/transphobia with humanism in sport settings

Undergraduate and graduate students will play an active role in the conference as presenters, session leaders, and guest hosts.

Organized to fit the College's class schedule, the program offers abundant opportunities for classes to attend sessions of interest. All sessions (with the exceptions of lunches) are free and open to the campus community. The full schedule of events during the two and a half days of the conference can be found at:

Conference Schedule

This event is sponsored by the Department of Sport Management and Media; the Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Education, Outreach, and Services; and the Department of Athletics. Funding for this event has been provided through a grant from the President's New Initiatives Fund.