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Rebecca Jane Morgan @rebeccajanemorgan.bsky.social · 10d

My next book Deviants and Trailblazers: A History of Trans Activism in Britain is in the @plutopress.bsky.social Spring/Summer 2026 catalogue (for a May '26 release)!

This book is the first joined-up history of trans activism in the UK all the ways from the 40s to the present.

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So Mayer @suchmayer.bsky.social · 9d

Outburst Queer Arts Festival 2025 is now open for booking!

Get ur queer theatre, trans poetry workshops, historical opera, food cruising, zines, T*RAI conference & ofc queereoke, Belfast babes.

outburstarts.com/festival/

OUTBURST QUEER ARTS FESTIVAL 2025

Queer Art, Revolutionary imagination

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Feminist Media Histories @femmediahist.bsky.social · Jul 1

Free article alert! 💞

In this essay, Ankita Deb examines how nontheatrical films on sex education from Europe and North America were recirculated by B-circuit filmmakers in India and, in so doing, suffused with feminist and queer possibilities.

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Sensationalizing Nontheatrical CinemaThe Feminist and Queer Possibilities of Sex Education Films in Postcolonial India

In this essay, I examine how nontheatrical films on sex education from Europe and North America were recirculated by B-circuit filmmakers in India and in so doing suffused them with feminist and queer...

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LGBTQIA+ Screen Studies @lgbtqscreenstudies.bsky.social · Jun 30

In his book THE SEDUCTION OF SPACE, @julesod.bsky.social cruises French queer cinema www.upress.umn.edu/978151791684...

The Seduction of Space

A bold and far-reaching new study of French queer cinema reimagines the relationship between sexuality and space Spatiality has long been a crucial and poten...

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LGBTQIA+ Screen Studies @lgbtqscreenstudies.bsky.social · Jun 27

In her funny and provocative study of the US sitcom, CLOSURES, @gracelavery.bsky.social considers the flimsiness of heteronorms www.dukeupress.edu/closures

Closures

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LGBTQIA+ Screen Studies @lgbtqscreenstudies.bsky.social · Jun 27

This special dossier from last Spring's issue of Screen explores queer TV in a globalising Asia, edited by SIG member Jamie J. Zhao doi.org/10.1093/scre...

Queer TV Asia: emerging studies of queer TV in a globalising Asia Introduction

Queerness, broadly understood, denotes identities, practices, positions and relations that upset mainstream society’s ‘normalizing mandates’ concerning gen

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LGBTQIA+ Screen Studies @lgbtqscreenstudies.bsky.social · Jun 25

From @thepetermarra.bsky.social, QUEER SLASHERS examines the complicated appeal of the slasher film for queer audiences and filmmakers iupress.org/978025307194...

Queer Slashers

From Norman Bates dressed as "Mother" in Psycho to the rouged cheeks of Leatherface in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, many slasher icons have borne traces of q...

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LGBTQIA+ Screen Studies @lgbtqscreenstudies.bsky.social · Jun 24

Written by our SIG member @maguiregeoff.bsky.social, BODIES OF WATER explores the fluid, queer aesthetics of contemporary Latin American cinema sunypress.edu/Books/B/Bodi...

Bodies of Water

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LGBTQIA+ Screen Studies @lgbtqscreenstudies.bsky.social · Jun 23

Barbara Mennel follows the queer desire swirling through a Prussian boarding school in MÄDCHEN IN UNIFORM (1931) and its fragmented afterlife in a BFI Film Classic www.bloomsbury.com/uk/m%C3%A4dc...

Mädchen in Uniform

Leontine Sagan's Mädchen in Uniform (1931) is a groundbreaking German film that showcases women's agency and desire behind and in front of the camera.Adapted fr…

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Paige Macintosh @cornflakerabbit.bsky.social · Jun 19

In celebration of Edinburgh Pride (where my publisher @edinburghup.bsky.social is based), I thought I'd share this short Q&A about my upcoming book, Debating Authenticity: Authorship, Aesthetics and Embodiment in Trans Media 🎓🌈

euppublishingblog.com/2025/06/19/t...

Trans media's expanding horizons | Edinburgh University Press

Paige Macintosh shares what inspired their research on trans media in the current political landscape and what their hopes are for the coming years.

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LGBTQIA+ Screen Studies @lgbtqscreenstudies.bsky.social · Jun 20

In their book CORPSES, FOOLS & MONSTERS, Caden Mark Gardner and Willow Catelyn Maclay chart the history and future of trans representation on screen www.screenslate.com/articles/cor...

Corpses, Fools, and Monsters: A Conversation with Caden Mark Gardner and Willow Catelyn Maclay

In one of the most famous trans allegories in cinema history, The Matrix (1999), directed by the Wachowski sisters, the main character Neo is offered a choice: take the red pill and experience awarene...

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LGBTQIA+ Screen Studies @lgbtqscreenstudies.bsky.social · Jun 19

Performance and video artist Dayna McLeod explores ageing queer female subjectivity, homophobia and desire in a 'threesome' of video essays about Donna Deitch's DESERT HEARTS intransition.openlibhums.org/article/id/1...

<em>Desert Hearts</em>: An Aging Queer Trilogy

“Desert Hearts: An Aging Queer Trilogy” is a threesome of video essays that engage with and excavate representations of aging queer female subjectivity, homophobia, and desire in Desert Hearts (direct...

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Jacob Engelberg @jacobengelberg.bsky.social · Jun 17

delighted that i can now share the cover of my forthcoming monograph 𝘊𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. released 6 Jan 2026 with @dukepress.bsky.social in the Camera Obscura series.

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LGBTQIA+ Screen Studies @lgbtqscreenstudies.bsky.social · Jun 17

Co-edited by our SIG member Michael Williams, this collection published by @intellectbooks.bsky.social brings together critical perspectives on CALL ME BY YOUR NAME press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Call Me by Your Name

This edited collection explores how Luca Guadagnino’s film Call Me by Your Name speaks powerfully to questions of contemporary sexual identity and romance. Adapted by James Ivory from André Aciman’s n...

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LGBTQIA+ Screen Studies @lgbtqscreenstudies.bsky.social · Jun 17

We're highlighting some recent publications in LGBTQIA+ screen studies for Pride month. Message us if there's work you'd like us to share

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Bloomsbury Film & Media @bloomsburymedia.bsky.social · May 1

Explore 100 films that shaped the trajectory of queer cinema and showcased the artistry of queer filmmaking. 100 QUEER FILMS SINCE STONEWALL is out now.

Look inside: bloomsburycp3.codemantra.com/viewer/680a0...

Find out more: www.bloomsbury.com/100-queer-fi...

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LGBTQIA+ Screen Studies @lgbtqscreenstudies.bsky.social · Jun 12

What new LGBTQIA+ screen studies scholarship should we be celebrating this pride month? What classic work should we revisit? Tell us about your new projects, or send us your recommendations for books, articles and video essays we should know about

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LGBTQIA+ Screen Studies @lgbtqscreenstudies.bsky.social · Jun 12

What new LGBTQIA+ screen studies scholarship should we be celebrating this pride month? What classic work should we revisit? Tell us about your new projects, or send us your recommendations for books, articles and video essays we should know about

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So Mayer @suchmayer.bsky.social · Jun 11

Joelle Taylor on blast at She's Beautiful, Sexy, Angry & Liberated! Barbara Hammer's Lesbian Films of the 1970s tonight at Barbican Cinemas.

Opening night of Queer 70s, running until 16 July.

Joelle Taylor, a butch white woman with a grey quiff wearing a sharply tailored grey suit, stands behind a white lectern on a red stage.

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Trans+ Virtual Centre of Excellence @tvce.bsky.social · Jun 10

Over the coming days we will be sharing highlights from the programme. Join the waitlist: tvce2025.eventbrite.com #TransPride #Pride #Pride2025 #Symposium #Conference #AcademicSky 🌈🎓

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Cael M Keegan @caelkeegan.bsky.social · May 16

Excited to share that our TSQ issue on trans speculation is live! Please share/check it out: Both intros and River Pruitt's piece are currently free to dl at the link!
read.dukeupress.edu/tsq/issue/12...

Volume 12 Issue 1 | TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly | Duke University Press

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LGBTQIA+ Screen Studies @lgbtqscreenstudies.bsky.social · Apr 25

We're proud that @baftss.bsky.social has issued a strong statement in solidarity with our trans, non-binary and intersex members, in light of the UK Supreme Court ruling last week. You can read the full statement here: www.baftss.org/uk-supreme-c...

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LGBTQIA+ Screen Studies @lgbtqscreenstudies.bsky.social · Apr 25

A starter pack of fabulous folk working in LGBTQIA+ screen studies. If you'd like to be added, let us know! go.bsky.app/Asce99Z

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Paisley Currah @paisleycurrah.com · Apr 21

In light of the, um, attention that trans studies is getting, let's make this list even longer. go.bsky.app/UAtsVTH

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Cael M Keegan @caelkeegan.bsky.social · Mar 12

Trying to get above the noise to share that our entire special issue on Queer World Cinema is currently open access!

brill.com/view/journal...

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