July 27th @4 pm PT (7 pm ET) (register here >>)
When my trans son shared his gender identity with my wife and me, his pronouns weren’t the only thing that changed. This is the story of how his process of constructing his identity as a trans man was reflected in my own academic career.
To better understand my son’s masculinity, I embarked on a path of exploration into what it means to be a man, the alternatives to hegemonic masculinities, and how positive masculinities identities are represented in artificial intelligence models. But above all, it´s the story of how I have gradually deconstructed my own masculinity as a way to support my son on his journey of self-discovery.
About the presenter
Gabriel Pérez Salazar holds a PhD in Political and Social Sciences, specializing in Communication Sciences, from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He is the author of over 75 scientific papers published in Mexico and abroad, as well as the books Internet as Communication Media (2012), Internet Memes: Identity and Social Uses (2017), and Identity and Virtuality: Approaches from Communication (2021).
Since 2010, he has been a tenured professor at the Faculty of Communication Sciences of the Autonomous University of Coahuila, where he leads the Academic Group on Culture and Identity. Within his research line focused on communication, technological innovations, and identity, his work on the digital divide, the social uses of technology, identity processes in virtual spaces, cyberculture, digital citizenship, positive masculinities online, and artificial intelligence stands out.
But above all, he is the proud father of a young adult in the transmasculinities spectrum.
July 27th @4 pm PT (7 pm ET) (register here >>)
When my trans son shared his gender identity with my wife and me, his pronouns weren’t the only thing that changed. This is the story of how his process of constructing his identity as a trans man was reflected in my own academic career.
To better understand my son’s masculinity, I embarked on a path of exploration into what it means to be a man, the alternatives to hegemonic masculinities, and how positive masculinities identities are represented in artificial intelligence models. But above all, it´s the story of how I have gradually deconstructed my own masculinity as a way to support my son on his journey of self-discovery.
About the presenter
Gabriel Pérez Salazar holds a PhD in Political and Social Sciences, specializing in Communication Sciences, from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He is the author of over 75 scientific papers published in Mexico and abroad, as well as the books Internet as Communication Media (2012), Internet Memes: Identity and Social Uses (2017), and Identity and Virtuality: Approaches from Communication (2021).
Since 2010, he has been a tenured professor at the Faculty of Communication Sciences of the Autonomous University of Coahuila, where he leads the Academic Group on Culture and Identity. Within his research line focused on communication, technological innovations, and identity, his work on the digital divide, the social uses of technology, identity processes in virtual spaces, cyberculture, digital citizenship, positive masculinities online, and artificial intelligence stands out.
But above all, he is the proud father of a young adult in the transmasculinities spectrum.
