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Join this exploration of queer and trans identities across history through historic postcards that offer powerful evidence of queer presence in the past. In dialogue with these archival materials, musicians and local drag artists will bring the past into conversation with the present through performance, storytelling, and fashion. Registration opens at 10 a.m. on April 30.

In antebellum America, enslaved girls were among the most vulnerable members of society due to anti-Black racism, sexism, and ageism. But Black girls and their community laid claim to childhood innocence despite enslavers' persistent efforts to adultify them. Doctoral candidate MaDeja Leverett will highlight the girlhood experiences of two specific girls, Harriet Jacobs and Louisa Picquet, as significant examples that speak to the intricacies of enslaved girls' lives.