Gendered Bodies - My genitalia and my brain

What if you have a cock in your brain but not in the flesh? About challenging gender stereotypes: being transgender; using the femme cock; being stone. About using the body in new ways and with new forms of sexuality. About the issues that genderqueer people face when their bodies don’t match up to their conception of their (sexual) identity.

It is very rare when the physical body matches up perfectly to our mental understandings of ourselves but what happens when that disparity is so significant that our physical sexual identities are called into question? Sexuality and gender are thoroughly inter-related concepts and as trans and genderqueer people alter their understandings of their gender identity, they also have to reconceptualise their sexuality and sexed bodies.

Here a panel of trans and genderqueer activists discuss their different approaches to the reconceptualisation, renegotiation and valuing of their sexual bodies and how they challenge commonly held understandings of what is sexuality, what is sex and what is sexy in relation to the gendered body. Topics of conversation will include femme-cock, trans lesbian/gay sex, penetration, “being stone”, and much much more.

Participants: Ingo Andersson, Josephine Wilson, Jet Moon, Thomas Appleton, Dr Jane, Jason Barker and Al Byrne

Date and Time

Fri 1 Aug 12:00–12:45

Location

Pride House, Kulturhuset & Stockholms stadsteater, Sergels Torg 3, Centralen

Price

Daily ticket or week-long ticket also gives you entrance to Pride House besides Pride Park.

Age limit

None.

Accessibility

Bandlerrummet

25 participants, 5 wheelchair spaces. Entrance by the foyer of Stora Scenen. To use the elevator, go to the second floor via The Theatre Bar (up a stretch of slanted floor). Doorway is 80cm, with a threshold. Limited amount of hearing aids, contact the Information Desk in advance. Fluorescent lighting.

Bryggan

66 seats with 1 wheelchair space. Entrance via escalator, first floor, elevator. Light and sound facilities.

Celsingrummet

12 participants. Entrance via the foyer of Stora Scenen. To go by elevator, go to the second floor via The Theatre Bar (up a stretch of slanted floor). Doorway is 80cm, with a threshold. Limited amount of hearing aids, contact the Information Desk in advance. Fluorescent lighting.

Kilen

144 seats with 3 wheelchair seats closest to the stage. Permanent furniture on graded levels. Direct entrance on the bottom floor, level with the metro entrance. Hearing assistance via IR-system, as well as sound and light facilities.

Klarafoajén*

150 seats with 4 wheelchair seats. Entrance via bottom floor (level with the metro entrance), then half a floor up by elevator. Allotted wheelchair spaces apprx. 10 meters from the stage. Light and sound facilities.

Klarascenen*

200 seats with 1 wheelchair space. Three floors below ground level. For wheelchair access, contact the Information Desk for assistance. Hearing assistance via IR-system, ask the ushers in Klara Foyer for more information. Sound and light facilities.

Konferensrum 1

15 participants. Entrance on the third floor, elevator.

Kulturhustaket

400 seats with 4 wheelchair spaces. A 700 square-meter rooftop terrace in three sections: A restaurant and café (furthest in) followed by a cafeteria with tables and chairs (both rooms have awnings), plus a roofless open area with a stage. In heavy rain we relocate to the World News Café on the third floor. Sound and light facilities in the stage area.

Lagret

100 seats with 14 wheelchair seats closest to the stage. Permanent furniture on graded levels, partially slanting floor. Direct entrance on the bottom floor, level with the metro entrance. Hearing assistance via IR-system, as well as sound and light facilities.

Lilla scenen*

220 seats with 10 wheelchair spaces. Entrance via Klara Foyer, then a half floor up by elevator. Hearing assistance via IR-system, contact the ushers in Klara Foyer for more information. Light and sound facilities.

Repsal 1 & 3

50 participants, 1 wheelchair space in each room. Access to transportation via the entrance to Stora Scenen. Contact the Information desk for assistance if you need to avoid stairs. Wooden floor that should not be walked upon barefoot.

Stora scenen

The big stage: 680 seats with 5 wheelchair seats furthest back. The balcony is open only when needed. Entrance via an escalator on the second floor. For the elevator: go to the second floor via The Theatre Bar, up a stretch of slanted floor. Hearing assistance via IR-system, as well as sound and light constructions. Ask the ushers outside the auditorium for more information.

STUDIO 3

15 participants. Entrance on the third floor, elevator.

World News Café

80–100 seats. Entrance on the third floor, elevator. The World Café is an open café environment with a slightly elevated stage.

*A maximum of 10 simultaneous guests in wheelchairs may be in Klarafoajén (Klara Foyer), on Klara scenen (The Big Stage) and on Lilla scenen (The Small Stage), respectively.

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