Senthorun S. Raj
@senthorun.bsky.social
A/Prof in Human Rights Law ✨ Professional Gay🦩
Books:
📕 The Emotions of LGBT Rights and Reforms
📕 Queer Judgments
📕 The Queer Outside in Law
📕 Feeling Queer Jurisprudence
Links: https://linktr.ee/senthorun
(He/Him)
Books:
📕 The Emotions of LGBT Rights and Reforms
📕 Queer Judgments
📕 The Queer Outside in Law
📕 Feeling Queer Jurisprudence
Links: https://linktr.ee/senthorun
(He/Him)
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@senthorun.bsky.social
· May 13
My book is published! It’s a critical take on how emotions shape conflicts about LGBT rights and repair in equality law, gender recognition, bans on conversion practices, and sex education in schools. You can download it free via @edinburghup.bsky.social: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-emo...
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A reminder: migrants do not have to be “grateful” or “successful” to be able to live safely. We are entitled to freedom regardless of whether other people like us.
July 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A reminder: migrants do not have to be “grateful” or “successful” to be able to live safely. We are entitled to freedom regardless of whether other people like us.
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“We must name this threat for what it is: a deliberate and coordinated attack on human rights, led by actors who are weaponising misinformation, fabricating moral panic about abortion care and LGBTI people…”
New Amnesty UK report shows how anti-rights groups are funding attacks on bodily autonomy.
New Amnesty UK report shows how anti-rights groups are funding attacks on bodily autonomy.
A powerful anti-rights movement is growing in the UK
A powerful anti-rights movement is growing in the UK, threatening to roll back our hard-won freedoms and rewrite the rules on whose rights, bodies and lives deserve protection. But - we refuse to be d...
www.amnesty.org.uk
July 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
“We must name this threat for what it is: a deliberate and coordinated attack on human rights, led by actors who are weaponising misinformation, fabricating moral panic about abortion care and LGBTI people…”
New Amnesty UK report shows how anti-rights groups are funding attacks on bodily autonomy.
New Amnesty UK report shows how anti-rights groups are funding attacks on bodily autonomy.
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My new book explores how emotions like pain, shame, and anxiety shape the ways we conceive rights and pursue reforms to protect LGBT people. I think/feel through how we might live with discomfort as we seek justice.
You can read the book for free here: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-emo...
You can read the book for free here: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-emo...
September 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
My new book explores how emotions like pain, shame, and anxiety shape the ways we conceive rights and pursue reforms to protect LGBT people. I think/feel through how we might live with discomfort as we seek justice.
You can read the book for free here: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-emo...
You can read the book for free here: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-emo...
The NSW government will talk about the importance of maintaining “social cohesion” while perpetrating violence against citizens who seek to exercise their right to protest. This is horrific.
Video shows a man pinned to the ground as Australian police strike him repeatedly during an arrest. The man appears already subdued as blows continue. The incident occurred at protests in Sydney against Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
Video: Jared Kimpton via X (@jared_kimpton)
Video: Jared Kimpton via X (@jared_kimpton)
February 9, 2026 at 10:00 PM
The NSW government will talk about the importance of maintaining “social cohesion” while perpetrating violence against citizens who seek to exercise their right to protest. This is horrific.
“Rather than being threatened with a criminal sentence, he should be commended for his courage in organising the largest Pécs Pride in history.”
Solidarity with Géza Buzás-Hábel and the many other activists in Hungary fighting for their freedoms. Everyone should be free to celebrate Pride.
🇭🇺🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Solidarity with Géza Buzás-Hábel and the many other activists in Hungary fighting for their freedoms. Everyone should be free to celebrate Pride.
🇭🇺🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Hungary: Pride organiser faces prison in latest attack on LGBTI rights
We uncover truth and hold the powerful to account. Take action, donate and join the Amnesty movement to protect human rights.
www.amnesty.org.uk
February 9, 2026 at 8:05 PM
“Rather than being threatened with a criminal sentence, he should be commended for his courage in organising the largest Pécs Pride in history.”
Solidarity with Géza Buzás-Hábel and the many other activists in Hungary fighting for their freedoms. Everyone should be free to celebrate Pride.
🇭🇺🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Solidarity with Géza Buzás-Hábel and the many other activists in Hungary fighting for their freedoms. Everyone should be free to celebrate Pride.
🇭🇺🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Are you a data nerd who enjoys thinking/being queer? Then share your work at the Queer Data Showcase in Manchester.
🏳️⚧️📊🏳️🌈
🏳️⚧️📊🏳️🌈
📢 Are you interested in queer data? The QUEER DATA SHOWCASE is returning in 2026 – and this time it’s coming to Manchester!
The CALL FOR PRESENTERS is now live! www.ai-ethics.org/queer-data-s...
The CALL FOR PRESENTERS is now live! www.ai-ethics.org/queer-data-s...
February 9, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Are you a data nerd who enjoys thinking/being queer? Then share your work at the Queer Data Showcase in Manchester.
🏳️⚧️📊🏳️🌈
🏳️⚧️📊🏳️🌈
“The book encourages parents to put children in anti-affirmation medical and educational spaces, and to cut off loved ones who support their child's transition.”
Writing about trans youth as a product of “ideology” is dehumanising. This is the language of conversion practices. It’s child abuse.
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Writing about trans youth as a product of “ideology” is dehumanising. This is the language of conversion practices. It’s child abuse.
🏳️⚧️
58 UK public libraries have parenting books with advice to encourage children to detransition
An anti-trans book that encourages ‘desistance’, the practice of ‘reverting back to a cisgender identity’, is available to parents all across the UK
www.wearequeeraf.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM
“The book encourages parents to put children in anti-affirmation medical and educational spaces, and to cut off loved ones who support their child's transition.”
Writing about trans youth as a product of “ideology” is dehumanising. This is the language of conversion practices. It’s child abuse.
🏳️⚧️
Writing about trans youth as a product of “ideology” is dehumanising. This is the language of conversion practices. It’s child abuse.
🏳️⚧️
“A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare…”
The political attacks on healthcare for young trans people has horrific outcomes. Trans youth deserve to thrive.
🏳️⚧️
The political attacks on healthcare for young trans people has horrific outcomes. Trans youth deserve to thrive.
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New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project
A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare
goodlawproject.org
February 7, 2026 at 12:55 PM
“A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare…”
The political attacks on healthcare for young trans people has horrific outcomes. Trans youth deserve to thrive.
🏳️⚧️
The political attacks on healthcare for young trans people has horrific outcomes. Trans youth deserve to thrive.
🏳️⚧️
Just finished reading this queer nostalgia-inducing treat by @sachacoward.bsky.social. This book illuminates how queerness shapes the monsters, fairies, mermaids, superheroes of our childhood and how our attachments to folk stories nourish our weird, fabulous, and curious ways. Check it out.
📖🦄🧜🏾♂️🌈✨
📖🦄🧜🏾♂️🌈✨
February 7, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Just finished reading this queer nostalgia-inducing treat by @sachacoward.bsky.social. This book illuminates how queerness shapes the monsters, fairies, mermaids, superheroes of our childhood and how our attachments to folk stories nourish our weird, fabulous, and curious ways. Check it out.
📖🦄🧜🏾♂️🌈✨
📖🦄🧜🏾♂️🌈✨
Channelling my dandy energy in Oxford.
February 6, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Channelling my dandy energy in Oxford.
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It's a pleasure attending the amazing @senthorun.bsky.social's book talk in Oxford, organized by the no less amazing @davideichert.bsky.social! 🥰
February 6, 2026 at 2:37 PM
It's a pleasure attending the amazing @senthorun.bsky.social's book talk in Oxford, organized by the no less amazing @davideichert.bsky.social! 🥰
Borrowed my boyfriend’s very gay t-shirt and pranced over to Oxford to talk about my very gay book.
February 5, 2026 at 6:25 AM
Borrowed my boyfriend’s very gay t-shirt and pranced over to Oxford to talk about my very gay book.
Another year older. Another year gayer.
Always flamboyant.
🦩🎈
Always flamboyant.
🦩🎈
February 3, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Another year older. Another year gayer.
Always flamboyant.
🦩🎈
Always flamboyant.
🦩🎈
Made a flamingo today. 🦩
February 1, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Made a flamingo today. 🦩
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“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.”
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
January 31, 2026 at 7:57 PM
“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.”
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay
Today is the start of LGBT+ History Month in the UK. I joined some cool people a while ago to reflect on why queer and trans histories are rich and powerful. Our histories can illuminate the possibilities of activism and politics, as we work to build a better world.
Keep the conversation going.
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Keep the conversation going.
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, Queer Histories
How do we apply modern LGBT+ language and identities to historical figures?
www.bbc.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Today is the start of LGBT+ History Month in the UK. I joined some cool people a while ago to reflect on why queer and trans histories are rich and powerful. Our histories can illuminate the possibilities of activism and politics, as we work to build a better world.
Keep the conversation going.
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Keep the conversation going.
🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
“The Assembly has now called on member states to act swiftly, arguing that ending conversion practices requires not only legal bans, but sustained political will, properly funded services for survivors, and public education to prevent further harm.”
This is welcome news from Europe. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
This is welcome news from Europe. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Council of Europe Assembly backs ban on conversion practices | ILGA-Europe
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has adopted a landmark resolution calling on states to ban conversion practices.
www.ilga-europe.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:00 AM
“The Assembly has now called on member states to act swiftly, arguing that ending conversion practices requires not only legal bans, but sustained political will, properly funded services for survivors, and public education to prevent further harm.”
This is welcome news from Europe. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
This is welcome news from Europe. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Today is artist Derek Jarman’s birthday. A few years ago, my boyfriend and I took part in Jez Dolan’s re-creation of Jarman’s 1989 installation of two men in bed in a gallery. So, we got into bed (literally!) in the middle of Manchester Art Gallery and… chatted. We love taking up space with our gay.
January 31, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Today is artist Derek Jarman’s birthday. A few years ago, my boyfriend and I took part in Jez Dolan’s re-creation of Jarman’s 1989 installation of two men in bed in a gallery. So, we got into bed (literally!) in the middle of Manchester Art Gallery and… chatted. We love taking up space with our gay.
My niece called me to tell me that she has to do a project at school about a “global issue” and she’s chosen to do it on LGBTQ+ rights. She needs a mentor for it and asked if I’d be hers. It’s so heartwarming to know our chats about equality (aka “gay propaganda”) over the years has had an impact. 🌈
January 31, 2026 at 11:10 AM
My niece called me to tell me that she has to do a project at school about a “global issue” and she’s chosen to do it on LGBTQ+ rights. She needs a mentor for it and asked if I’d be hers. It’s so heartwarming to know our chats about equality (aka “gay propaganda”) over the years has had an impact. 🌈
“Texas A&M University on Friday announced it is ending its programs in women's and gender studies…”
This is chilling censorship. Universities in the US (and other parts of the world) are facing political attacks for offering subjects that challenge those in power. We must defend critical thought.
This is chilling censorship. Universities in the US (and other parts of the world) are facing political attacks for offering subjects that challenge those in power. We must defend critical thought.
Texas A&M University cancels programs in women's and gender studies
The university said it had also modified hundreds of courses and cancelled six in efforts to eliminate teaching related to diversity, equity and inclusion.
www.npr.org
January 30, 2026 at 10:20 PM
“Texas A&M University on Friday announced it is ending its programs in women's and gender studies…”
This is chilling censorship. Universities in the US (and other parts of the world) are facing political attacks for offering subjects that challenge those in power. We must defend critical thought.
This is chilling censorship. Universities in the US (and other parts of the world) are facing political attacks for offering subjects that challenge those in power. We must defend critical thought.
“Allowing Rafiki to screen at home challenges this idea. It opens a space, even if it’s a fragile one, for Kenyan audiences to encounter queer lives. Not as abstract political controversies but as intimate, everyday narratives.”
This is a welcome shift against censorship of queer film in Kenya.
🇰🇪🏳️🌈
This is a welcome shift against censorship of queer film in Kenya.
🇰🇪🏳️🌈
Rafiki unbanned on appeal: why it’s an important moment for African film
Sexuality – especially queer sexuality – has always been one of the most heavily policed themes in African film.
theconversation.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:25 PM
“Allowing Rafiki to screen at home challenges this idea. It opens a space, even if it’s a fragile one, for Kenyan audiences to encounter queer lives. Not as abstract political controversies but as intimate, everyday narratives.”
This is a welcome shift against censorship of queer film in Kenya.
🇰🇪🏳️🌈
This is a welcome shift against censorship of queer film in Kenya.
🇰🇪🏳️🌈
So excited to share that I will be returning to Australia next month as a visiting fellow at the UNSW Faculty of Law & Justice.
See you soon, Sydney!
See you soon, Sydney!
January 30, 2026 at 8:30 PM
So excited to share that I will be returning to Australia next month as a visiting fellow at the UNSW Faculty of Law & Justice.
See you soon, Sydney!
See you soon, Sydney!
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NEW: The Israeli military today accepted the Gaza Health Ministry's estimate of 70,000+ killed.
But in 2024, 62 Dems joined 207 Republicans to ban the State Dept. from citing the Ministry's stats.
Now, even Israel accepts them — perhaps because they realize what is feared: the toll is even higher.
But in 2024, 62 Dems joined 207 Republicans to ban the State Dept. from citing the Ministry's stats.
Now, even Israel accepts them — perhaps because they realize what is feared: the toll is even higher.
January 29, 2026 at 4:19 PM
NEW: The Israeli military today accepted the Gaza Health Ministry's estimate of 70,000+ killed.
But in 2024, 62 Dems joined 207 Republicans to ban the State Dept. from citing the Ministry's stats.
Now, even Israel accepts them — perhaps because they realize what is feared: the toll is even higher.
But in 2024, 62 Dems joined 207 Republicans to ban the State Dept. from citing the Ministry's stats.
Now, even Israel accepts them — perhaps because they realize what is feared: the toll is even higher.
“The High Court has blocked a legal challenge from transphobic group Sex Matters, siding with thousands of swimmers who fought to keep the ponds inclusive.”
Good news! Transphobic litigation is pursued by a few people who seek to force their bigotry upon others. Glad to see people resist it.
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Good news! Transphobic litigation is pursued by a few people who seek to force their bigotry upon others. Glad to see people resist it.
🏳️⚧️
Hampstead Heath Ponds to remain inclusive
The High Court has blocked a legal challenge from transphobic group Sex Matters, siding with thousands of swimmers who fought to keep the ponds inclusive
goodlawproject.org
January 29, 2026 at 12:20 PM
“The High Court has blocked a legal challenge from transphobic group Sex Matters, siding with thousands of swimmers who fought to keep the ponds inclusive.”
Good news! Transphobic litigation is pursued by a few people who seek to force their bigotry upon others. Glad to see people resist it.
🏳️⚧️
Good news! Transphobic litigation is pursued by a few people who seek to force their bigotry upon others. Glad to see people resist it.
🏳️⚧️
“At Monday's rally, a 31-year-old man allegedly tossed an improvised explosive device (IED) containing an unknown liquid and shrapnel into the crowd, where people had gathered to protest.”
Racist terrorism in Australia against Indigenous Peoples is not new but it’s always frightening.
Racist terrorism in Australia against Indigenous Peoples is not new but it’s always frightening.
Bomb allegedly thrown at Perth Invasion Day rally investigated as 'potential terrorist act'
Western Australian police said the Joint Counter Terrorism Team was investigating the incident.
www.sbs.com.au
January 29, 2026 at 8:50 AM
“At Monday's rally, a 31-year-old man allegedly tossed an improvised explosive device (IED) containing an unknown liquid and shrapnel into the crowd, where people had gathered to protest.”
Racist terrorism in Australia against Indigenous Peoples is not new but it’s always frightening.
Racist terrorism in Australia against Indigenous Peoples is not new but it’s always frightening.