Picturing Equality: The Lambda Network at Kodak and LGBTQ+ Workplace Equality

Speaker: Tamar Carroll, Ph.D. Title: Picturing Equality: The Lambda Network at Kodak and LGBTQ+ Workplace Equality Abstract: Carroll will present her research on the history and legacy of the Lambda Network at Kodak, the LGBTQ+ employee resource group that formed at the corporation's Rochester headquarters in the early 1990s when most workers were still closeted. Through educational trainings and queer photography, Lambda worked to transform Kodak's culture to be more inclusive and won important policy changes, including domestic partner and adoption benefits. Carroll will discuss her team's efforts to document and preserve Lambda's records, including through Picturing Equality, currently on view at George Eastman Museum. Bio: Tamar Carroll is a scholar of the history of women, gender, and sexuality, with a focus on social movements in the post-1945 U.S. Carroll is a Professor in the Department of History at RIT and a faculty affiliate in the WGSS and Museum Studies programs. Trained as an historian, she employs interdisciplinary feminist research methods and engages in public history collaborations with scholars, cultural institutions, and community groups. Her scholarship, which includes peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and books as well as the creation of oral history and digital archives, and her public history practice, which includes exhibitions and programming, inspire and inform each other. Please submit interpreting requests to myAccess.rit.edu.