Transfeminisms
Join us for the second installment of our groundbreaking 2025-2026 Feminisms Unbound series on Wednesday, March 18, a powerful exploration of "Transfeminisms" that challenges and redefines the future of feminist thought.
This isn’t just another panel. It’s a dynamic gathering of visionary scholars and fearless activists from around the globe, each bringing diverse perspectives on transfeminism’s evolving definitions and practices. While regional nuances shape their approaches, all are united by a fierce commitment: feminism must stand against gender violence affecting trans, cis women, and all gender and sexual dissidents.
In an era marked by rising global attacks—from right-wing extremism to trans-exclusionary feminism—this event offers a vital space for transfeminists to share insights on resistance, resilience, and the fight for justice. Discover how transfeminist perspectives are confronting authoritarianism and reshaping social justice in their unique contexts.
Don’t miss this urgent, inspiring conversation—where activism meets scholarship to forge a more inclusive, equitable future.
Panelists:
Claudia Sofía Garriga-López, Ph.D
Associate Professor of Queer and Trans Latinx Studies at California State University, Chico
Claudia Sofía Garriga-López is an associate professor of queer and trans Latinx studies in the Department of Ethnic, Gender, and Queer Studies of California State University, Chico, with a PhD in American studies from the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis of New York University. She is currently revising a book manuscript based on her dissertation, Gender for All, and serves on the editorial board for Transgender Studies Quarterly (Duke University Press) and Women's Studies Quarterly (CUNY University Press). Garriga-López conducted long term participatory research with trans, feminist, and queer activists and artist groups in Quito, Ecuador, and has considerable work experience in community health and advocacy organizations in New York City.
Emi Koyama
Activist, Writer, Rogue intellectual
Emi Koyama is a multi-issue social justice activist and writer synthesizing feminist, Asian, survivor, dyke, queer, sex worker, intersex, genderqueer, and crip politics, as these factors, while not a complete descriptor of who she is, all impacted her life. She is the director of Coalition for Rights & Safety for People in the Sex Trade and a co-founder/director of Aileen’s, a peer-led community organizing and hospitality space by and for women working along the Pacific Highway in south King County between Seattle and Tacoma.
Lorena Wolffer
Artist and Cultural activist
Lorena Wolffer (Mexico City, 1971) is an artist and cultural activist. She has presented her work —mainly social practice art projects—extensively in Mexico and abroad. She has also curated projects with a diverse range of artists in platforms such as museums, public spaces, and television; conducted classes, workshops, diploma courses, and lectures internationally; and published in different media.
Wolffer currently facilitates the Laboratoria de arte + género (Art + Gender Laboratory), is part of DISIDENTA: Comunidad de práctica social y saberes feministas and is on the Advisory Board for MUMA, the Museo de Mujeres Artistas Mexicanas. She was a member of Mexico City’s Women’s Parliament (2019); Coordinator for Social Practice and Interventions at the Laboratorio Nacional Diversidades (UNAM-CONACyT) (2017); Academic Coordinator for Art, Culture and Justice: Alternate Representations and Performativities for the Programa Universitario de Estudios de Género, UNAM (2011); advisor to the Coordinación de Difusión Cultural of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (2004-2007); and co-founder and director of Ex-Teresa Arte Alternativo of the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (1994-1996), all in Mexico City.
She has been the recipient of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores (Mexico City, 2025), the Hermila Galindo Medal (Mexico City Congress, Mexico City, 2019), the Artraker Award for Social Impact (England, 2014), Commended Artist of Freedom to Create (Singapore, 2011) and the Omecíhuatl Medal granted by Inmujeres DF (Mexico City, 2011), among other grants and prizes.
Photo credit: Ana Pardo
Dr. Marquis Bey, Ph.D
Professor of Black Studies and Gender & Sexuality Studies at Northwestern University
Marquis Bey is Professor of Black Studies and Gender & Sexuality Studies at Northwestern University. Their work concerns trans and nonbinary studies, black feminism, critical theory, and abolition. They are the author of multiple books, including Black Trans Feminism (Duke, 2022) and the forthcoming Nonbinary Life: An Autotheory (Bloomsbury, April 2026). Find out more at marquisbey.com.
Moderated by Sarah Luna of Tufts University