Thrilled to share I’ll be launching my new book in London next month. I’ll be joined by fab feminist and queer legal scholars who’ll share their thoughts on it. The launch takes place 6.30pm Tuesday 11th November in King’s College London. There will be drinks and chats. Register and come along!

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“To assemble, to say no, to do no, throws so much open … doing what we can, when we can, however we can, in the wear and tear, for as long as it takes.”

Just read @saranahmed.bsky.social’s energising new book on complaining as a collective task of feminist and queer world (un)building. Get a copy!

The Centre for Innovation and Research in Childhood and Youth (CIRCY) at the University of Sussex showcased chapters from our Queer Judgments edited collection that relate to children. These include matters relating to gender affirming healthcare, adoption, reproduction, parental status and consent.

The Queer Judgments Project is about queer friendship & creativity. Recently, one of our contributors, Dr Joy Twemlow, crocheted this queer flower bouquet which she gifted to one of the editors, Dr Sen Raj. This bouquet represents the beauty, innovation, kinship & flourishing of queer communities. 💐

Feminist Legal Studies is pleased to offer open access to our 2025 prize-winning article by Leon Laidlaw. This powerful article examines how colonial gender norms underpin prison systems, harming trans, Indigenous, and cis women.

You can read it for free here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

My fabulous new friend and colleague crocheted me a queer flower bouquet. 💐🌈

We’re thrilled to announce Queer Judgments is out today!

This collection covers topics relating to decriminalising gay sex, HIV, asylum, healthcare, reproductive justice, gender transition, and much more!

It is available to download on a pay what you feel basis: counterpress.org.uk/publications...

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...

I have the honour of interviewing the fabulous @saranahmed.bsky.social about her new book, No Is Not A Lonely Utterance: The Art & Activism of Complaining next month (22nd October). Come join us at The Whitworth in Manchester for a critical discussion of refusals, community building, and solidarity.

Working as a legal academic and writing on LGBT rights is not an abstract intellectual exercise. It’s deeply emotional. It requires political accountability and intellectual vulnerability.

📣🏳️‍⚧️ Call for Papers

We are inviting papers for our special issue, “Feminist Responses to the Regression of Trans Rights: Strategies, Alliances, Hope.” The issue will be dedicated to trans-inclusive feminist legal analysis that addresses attacks on trans rights & lives.

Details below. Please share.

“Europeans who do not fit the typical definition of male or female are grappling with an ‘alarming’ rise in violence, the EU’s leading rights agency has said, as concerted campaigns seek to sow disinformation and fuel hatred towards them.”

We must stop the political/social abuses of intersex folks.

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...

Academic selfie: unapologetically queer with the amazing and delightful @senthorun.bsky.social edition

”Reductionist views which subscribe to and perpetuate misleadingly binary constructs of sex play into misogynistic right-wing politics which harm us all… this is not a theoretical debate, it impacts lived realities and the liveability of our lives.”

Feminist scholars demand trans equality.

It’s lovely to be in Canberra this month as a visiting fellow at the ANU Law School. On Thursday 18th September, I’ll be presenting some of the work from my new book which explores emotions and conflicts over LGBT rights. Come along if you’re around! Details here: law.anu.edu.au/news-and-eve... 🌈🎓

FYI: @senthorun.bsky.social published a paper in our journal that explores how the emotional dynamics of accountability and vulnerability emerge in the legal classroom and shape the teaching of LGBT rights. You can read it open access here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

A new book rewrites judgments in cases decided by the ICC from a feminist perspective.

Trans Legal Clinic need your support in funding this case. We all have a duty to do something, even sharing this will help, share it other platforms and to allies.

If you can please donate to help fund this case, this is the most important part of the restoration of the our rights:

A few of us have been working to set up a research network of legal scholars innovating in the teaching of race, colonialism & empire. We have received provisional approval as a new Collaborative Research Network (CRN) of the Law and Society Association (LSA)!

www.lawandsociety.org/crn-58critic...

I’m happy to report that you can’t “convert” people’s sexuality. I grew up seeing straight folk kiss on TV, hold hands on the street, publicise their weddings and talk about their families every day. And despite the rampant attempts to indoctrinate me into heterosexuality, I stayed flamboyantly gay!

Queer life cannot flourish in a world with racism and genocide.

We must fight all forms of state violence.

Today and every day.

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I’m very excited to be launching my new book in Sydney next week! It’s happening in Sydney University at 5pm on Friday 29th August. We will be taking emotions, LGBT rights, justice, and solidarity. Come along if you’re around. It’s free to attend. Register here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/symposium-...