The Queer Judgments Project seeks to re-imagine and re-write cases relating to sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics.
The Queer Judgments Project is an initiative to connect scholars, lawyers, judges, activists, and creatives who are working on queer justice issues around the world. If you’re interested in being part of the network or finding out more, just sign up here: queerjudgments.org/get-invol…
Check out this free sample chapter from 'UK Earth Law Judgments: Reimagining Law for People and Planet' edited by Helen Dancer, Bonnie Holligan and Helena Howe bit.ly/4e9FfLu#EnvironmentalLaw#LegalPhilosophy
ALT Banner showing the cover image of 'UK Earth Law Judgments' as well as a 'look inside' button.
📢 Dr @senthorun Raj has published a new article on refugee law and LGBTQ people in @CultureCrime. It explores how hostility functions in British asylum law and challenges how legal hostility shapes ideas about credibility, identity, and persecution journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
'Queer in A Wee Place: Small Nations, Sexuality & Scotland' Sat. 7th Dec. Speakers include Mae Diansangu, Jj Fadaka, Kevin Guyan, Harvey Humphrey, Andrés Ordorica, Ely Percy, Maria Sledmere - and more! Lunch from MILK social enterprise.
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FLS is looking for new people to join our wonderful editorial board! If you have an interest in feminist socio-legal research and a passion for building feminist publishing spaces, please consider applying. Fill out the form here to apply: forms.office.com/pages/respo…
ALT This textbook combines pioneering feminist and queer judgments and statutes with critical and intersectional theories, to provide a comprehensive overview of the field of gender, sexuality and law. A diverse range of socio-legal experts set out the theoretical and legal foundations of the topic, before examining the ongoing struggle for rights and contemporary dissenting voices.
Really excited to see this in print!
The first ever English language textbook on Gender, Sexuality and Law! It includes a chapter from me on queer approaches to Hate Crime as well as some other wonderful contributions!
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It's #IntersexAwarenessWeek! Did you know it's also #AsexualAwarenessWeek? Our own Youth Program Manager Apollo belongs to both groups and created this art to celebrate solidarity for bodily autonomy and against societal standards that dictate what we "should do" with our bodies.
ALT An image depicting a handshake. The hand on the left has the intersex pride flag design, while the hand on the right has the asexual flag design. There is purple text on a white background that says "Hands together" above the handshake, and text below the handshake that says "Hands off our bodies".
The background is intersex/ace flag purple and has the interACT logo at the bottom.
After a bit of a hiatus, the Gender, Sexuality and International Law Interest Group will be hosting another online 'Hallway Conversations' event on Wed 13 November at 13:00 AEDT. We'd love to see you there! RSVP to anzsil[dot]gsil@gmail[dot]com for the zoom link
ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio will make history as the first openly transgender attorney to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court. nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-poli…