ComstockCon already happened.
Melissa Gira Grant
Kendra Albert
Organized by
Initiative for a Representative First Amendment
Hosted by
In 1873, Anthony Comstock convinced Congress to pass a broad, powerful law to “suppress vice” in all its forms: obscenity, abortion, nearly anything involving sexual health or expression.
Now, 150 years later, the act that bears his name is back to haunt us, once again being used to limit and criminalize bodily autonomy.
It’s time to put Comstock—and his legacy—in the grave for good.
Program
10:00 am – 11:15 am
11:30 am – 12:15 pm
1:15 pm – 2:30 pm
2:45 pm – 6:00 pm
Speakers
ComstockCon brought together organizers, historians, attorneys, journalists, artists, writers, and others to trace the connections between the political context in which the Comstock Act was passed and how it constrains our present.
