PROGRAM

On  October 13, 2011, Roosevelt House hosted a co-sponsored event between The Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) and Political Research Associates (PRA) on “Making Maps: 30 Years of the Homophobic Right.“

The discussion considered: What is the current status of the anti-LGBT Right? Who are the key players and what are their strategies? What useful lessons can we draw from prior contests with the Right?

Speakers included Pam Chamberlain and Kenyon Farrow, principal researchers on PRA’s ReMapping the Right project, who discussed findings and implications from the new study of the landscape of the homophobic Right in the United States today.

About the Organizations:

Political Research Associates (PRA), the premier research center for information and analysis about the U.S. Right for progressive activists, celebrated its 30th birthday in 2011. Founded in Chicago, PRA moved to Boston in 1987 and has been a fixture of the progressive community ever since. Its publications and speakers are known for their insightful and completely reliable analysis of right-wing thought and action. PRA remains the only independent center that studies the full range of conservative political movements in the United States, from neo-Nazis to neo-liberals.

The Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Social Science and Public Policy at Hunter College supports credible social science research on LGBT issues to inform policy decisions, disseminates findings to inform public opinion and promote LGBT social, health and political equity, and provides LGBT policy academic training and practicum opportunities for Hunter students.