Ryan Conrad [email protected] www.faggotz.org

Education: • MFA, Maine College of Art, Interdisciplinary Studio Program, 2010. Thesis Paper: Reviving the Queer Political Imagination. Thesis Exhibition: Cruising the Cartography. • B.A., Bates College, Department of Political Science and Department of Theater, 2005. Honors Thesis Paper: Art. Culture. Work.

Recent & Upcoming Publications: Books/Catalogs • Against Equality: Queer Critiques of Gay Marriage, (AE Press), September 2010. • Reviving the Queer Political Imagination, (Moth Press) Portland ME, 9 May 2010. • Future of the Past: Reviving the Queer Archives (Moth Press) Portland ME, 5 • June 2009. • Out of the Closets and Into the Libraries, 2nd edition (Bangarang), April 2009. • Out of the Closets and Into the Libraries, 1st edition, (Bangarang), May 2005.

Articles • “Against Equality: Defying Inclusion, Demanding Transformation,” We Who Feel Differently Journal, forthcoming Winter 2011. • “(Gay) Marriage and (Queer) Love,” Queering Anarchism, forthcoming anthology, 2011. • “On Criminal Queers,” Feminist Landscapes Issue, Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory, forthcoming, Winter/Spring 2011. • “Solidarity in the Archives: Hope and Inspiration from South Africa,” UltraViolet, • Summer 2010. • “Against Equality, In Maine and Everywhere,” UltraViolet, December 2009. • “Radical Queer In Search of A History,” UltraViolet, April 2009. • “No Faggots Allowed,” UltraViolet, September 2008. • “Film Review: Homotopia,” UltraViolet, Fall 2007.

Recent & Upcoming Exhibitions: • Domestic Queens, FOFA Gallery, Concordia University. Montreal, QC, Winter 2011. • Out of the Closet and Into the Street: Posters of LGBTQ Struggles & Celebrations, ONE Archives Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, July 3 – September 26, 2010. • Entzaubert Film Festival, Schwarzer Kanal, Berlin, Germany, July 1 – 4, 2010. • MFA Thesis Show, Cruising the Cartography, Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, ME June 4 – July 2, 2010. • Queer Images Film Fest, Citadel Theater, Edmonton, AB, Canada, June 16 - 17, 2010. • Resistances, Concordia University, Interdisciplinary Humanities Graduate Studies Conference, April 15 – 16, 2010. • in+body, the 16th annual HIV/AIDS Art Exhibition at Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada, March 29 – April 6, 2010. • MLK Day Film Festival, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, January 18, 2010. • Postcards from the Edge, Visual AIDS Annual Fundraiser Exhibition, ZieherSmith Gallery, New York City, New York, January 8, 2010. • VIHsion Film Festival, Annual HIV/AIDS film festival, Comité Social Centre-Sud, Montreal, QC, Canada, November 28-29, 2009. • Future of the Past: Reviving the Queer Archives, solo curatorial show, community dialog, catalog and video, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine, June 5 – July 3, 2009. • Inter-, the 15th annual HIV/AIDS Art Exhibition at Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada, March 30 – April 11, 2009. • Silence (still) = Death film series and lecture, Dooryard Gallery, Portland ME, 1 December 2008; Bates College, Lewiston ME, 3 December 2008.

Permanent Collections: • LGBT Special Collections at the Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversity in Maine, University of Southern Maine, Portland. • The Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. • Collection Michel Chomarat, Centre des Ressources sur le Genre, Bibliothèque Municipale de Lyon, France.

Recent & Upcoming Lectures / Presentations: • Solidarity in the Archives: Historicizing Queer/Trans South Africans, Maine College of Art, 6 December 2010. • “Marriage = Death,” Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, 3 October 2010; New York University, New York City, NY, 6 October 2010; University of Richmond, Richmond VA, 7 October 2010; Georgetown University, Washington DC, 16 November 2010. • “Cruising the Cartography,” Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 15-16 April, 2010. • “Against Equality in Maine and Everywhere,” Bates College, Lewiston ME, 16 March 2010. • “GLBTQ Youth Safety Training,” Auburn Public School, Auburn ME, April 2009. • “Silence (still) = Death,” Dooryard Gallery, Portland ME, 1 December 2008; Bates College, Lewiston ME, 3 December 2008. • “Intersecting Oppression through a Queer Lens,” Thrive Conference, Lewiston ME, 2007; Dirigo High School Diversity Day, Dixfield ME, 2007, 2008.

Recent & Upcoming Panel Participation • Panelist, Creating in the Queer Diaspora, College Art Association’s Annual Conference, New York, NY, 10 February 2010. • Panelist, Debating Marriage Equality, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME, 2 October 2010. • Moderator, “Community Forum with the Governor’s Commission on LGBT Youth,” Lewiston Public Library, Lewiston, ME, 7 October 2009. • Panelist, “Future of the Past: Reviving the Queer Archives Inter-generational Panel Discussion,” Maine College of Art, Portland, ME, 18 June 2009. • Panelist, “Strategizing Queer Insurgency!: re-centering marginalized queer issues,” Montreal Anarchist Bookfair, Montreal, QC, 17 May 2009. • Panelist, Maine CDC LGBTQ Health Summit, Youth: Violence, Suicide and Other Disparities, Augusta, ME, May 2008.

Workshops: • “Reviving Our Archives – Putting Memory into Action,” Maine Youth Activist Gathering, Turner ME, April 2009; PRYSM, Portland ME, 14 July 2009. • “Warning: Gay Marriage Campaigns Can Be Deadly,” National Conference on Organized Resistance, American University, Washington D.C., 9 March 2008.

Interviews • Interview with Against Equality, The Bilerico Project, 17 October 2010. • On the Aftermath of the Gay Marriage Referendum in Maine, Old Mole Variety Show, KBOO Community Radio, Portland OR, 9 November 2009.

Community Organizing • Co-Founder and Member, Naughty North Collective – an inter-generational radical queer/trans direct action collective in Maine, 2007 – present. • Board Member, Equity Fund – GLBTQ community foundation in Maine, 2008 – present. • Volunteer and Board Member, Outright L/A – queer and trans youth empowerment project in Lewiston/Auburn Maine, 2004 – present. • Board Member, Maine HIV Prevention Community Planning Group – statewide HIV prevention advisory board for the Maine CDC, 2009 – present. • Co-Founder and Member, Maine Video Activist Network – independent cable access and web tv station dedicated to culture and activism in Maine, 2006 – present. • Planning Committee Member, AIDS Walk L/A, 2008 - present. • Member, Visible Community – a low-income downtown neighborhood association in Lewiston Maine, 2004 – 2007. • Program Director, Maine Social Forum, 2006.