Ian Whalen gave an invited lecture titled "An Interesting Tension: Contextualizing the Emergence of Queer Subjectivity in the Rural South" at the University of Mississippi, where he presented some of his dissertation findings to the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. His lecture was a part of the Oxford Pride Week programming. He also marched with the Queer Mississippi History Project in the 7th Annual LGBTQ Pride Parade, with this year's participation and turnout being the largest it has ever been!
