Illinois State University is hosting a virtual keynote lecture by Maia Kobabe, author and illustrator of the award-winning book
Gender Queer: A Memoir, on Thursday, April 14, at 7:00 p.m. CT. This event is part of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program (WGSS) annual Student Research Symposium, and is free and open but advance registration is required. The registration
link and more information can be found here:
https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2022/04/womens-gender-and-sexuality-studies-symposium-celebrating-25-years-with-artists-authors-advocates/
Additionally, ISU’s Milner Library is
hosting an exhibit commemorating 25 years of the WGSS Symposium. The exhibit was organized by Rebecca Fitzsimmons and Jenna Goldsmith and will remain on view through May 7th.
Maia Kobabe
7 p.m. Thursday, April 14
“Writing and Drawing Gender”
Maia Kobabe is a nonbinary, queer author and illustrator with an MFA in comics from California College of the Arts. Kobabe’s work focuses on themes of identity, sexuality, anti-fascism, fairy tales, and homesickness.
Eir* first full-length book,
Gender Queer: A Memoir, came out from Lion Forge Comics/Oni Press in May 2019.
Gender Queer was a winner of an Alex Award and Stonewall Book Award in 2020, and nominated for an Ignatz Award and the Best Graphic Novels for Teens List from YALSA in 2019. It recently received
its fifth printing and has been translated into Spanish, Polish, Czech, and French.
Kobabe’s short comics have been published on The Nib,
The New Yorker, and The Washington Post.
Kobabe’s work has been showcased in exhibitions internationally, from San Francisco to Vienna.
Kobabe’s additional projects include
Faster Than Light,
The Sun,
Strength Through Unity,
We are the Ashes, We are the Fire,
Dancing with Pride,
The Nonbinary Bunny,
Fireworks, and
Fairy Tale.
More information will be available on the
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies website.
*Maia Kobabe uses e/em/eir pronouns. These are a variation of the gender-neutral pronouns they/them/their.
Heather Koopmans
She/her/hers
Fine Arts Librarian
Illinois State University
619A Milner Library
(309) 438-3950