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Senthorun S. Raj

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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)

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Senthorun S. Raj @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...

Author wearing a rainbow dyed t-shirt takes a photo of them showing off their book, The Emotions of LGBT Rights and Reforms: Repairing Law.

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 8h

Happy International Lesbian Day! ☀️

Women on a march hold up sign which says, “A day without lesbians is like a day without sunshine.”

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 4d

“This new data confirms what we already knew: there is a trans+ healthcare crisis in the UK. But the actual numbers are stark. The system of NHS gender clinics, which is failing to give people an appointment in their entire lifetime, is limiting the number of people who can transition.”

Appalling.

Some people in Scotland will never get gender clinic appointment on 224-year waitlist

Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care

www.wearequeeraf.com

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 8h

Happy International Lesbian Day! ☀️

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 20h

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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The Emotions of LGBT Rights and Reforms: Repairing Law | King's College London

This Queer@King’s event celebrates Dr Senthorun Raj’s new monograph, The Emotions of LGBT Rights and Reforms: Repairing Law (Edinburgh University Press, 2025), and invites responses from esteemed femi...

www.kcl.ac.uk

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 22h

“As the first comprehensive international human rights instrument dedicated to the protection of persons with variations of sex characteristics, the Recommendation marks a historic and much-needed milestone.”

This is a very encouraging move in Europe to better protect intersex people.

Council of Europe Adopts Landmark Intersex Rights Recommendation

The Council of Europe adopts a landmark Recommendation on Equal Rights for Intersex Persons, setting a new gold standard for intersex human rights across Europe.

www.ilga-europe.org

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 2d

“Good medicine is guided by the values of the patient, not those of a clinician, politician or commentator.”

Australian researchers have clearly rejected the institutionalised transphobia of the Cass Review. Trans folks should not be ignored in political or medical decisions about their healthcare.

Australian report says UK’s Cass review should not guide transgender healthcare

QNews LGBTIQA+ News

qnews.com.au

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 2d

“The current members of the Supreme Court, ten men and two women, all of them white, seem to regard the Human Rights Act as an unwelcome remnant of a past era.”

Prof Conor Gearty’s final essay in @lrb.co.uk is a painfully clear analysis of how the UK Supreme Court is depressing human rights norms.

Conor Gearty · Unwelcome Remnant: Erasing the Human Rights Act

The Supreme Court is quietly editing the Human Rights Act out of existence. In cases where human rights cannot be...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 3d

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 3d

“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!

Hand holds up the book, “No Is Not A Lonely Utterance: The Art and Activism of Complaining.”

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 3d

“Police forces will be granted powers to put conditions on repeat protests…”

It’s scary that the British government is making it harder for people to protest. You can’t end one form of racism by encouraging another. The safety of minoritised groups will not be achieved by giving police more powers.

Police to get broader powers to crack down on repeated protests

Officers will be able to tell organisers to move demonstrations if protests have caused

www.bbc.co.uk

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 3d

Wish I could ask the same!

Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 4d

Some people in Scotland will never get gender clinic appointment on 224-year waitlist

Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care

www.wearequeeraf.com

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 4d

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 5d

A reminder: you cannot stop bigotry with more bigotry. Solidarity is key to ending all forms of institutionalised racism.

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Queer Judgments Project @queerjudgments.bsky.social · 5d

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.

Screenshot of article.

Link here: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gateway/file.php?name=circy-annual-report-2024-25.pdf&site=387

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Na'amod @naamoduk.bsky.social · 5d

Our hearts are with the victims and their families at this terrible time.

We are heartbroken to emerge from Yom Kippur into news of the attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in Manchester. No one should face violence for attending synagogue services and our hearts are with the victims and their families at this terrible time.
For many in our community, this news may only just be reaching you after a day spent in prayer, reflection, and fasting. To be confronted with such awfulness in this moment is particularly painful: please know that you are not alone.

In moments like this, it is vital that our communities - Jewish and non-Jewish alike hold one another close. Our safety and liberation depend on solidarity between all those who are marginalised and targeted, and we must not allow those who seek to divide us to succeed. Every person deserves to live, gather, and worship in safety and dignity. We condemn this act of violence unequivocally, and restate our commitment to building a world where this kind of horror is no longer possible.

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Natalie Sedacca @nataliesedacca.bsky.social · 6d

Horrified by the deadly attack on a synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur 💔 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Manchester synagogue attack: What we know so far

Three people have died including the suspect in a car and stabbing attack on the holiest day in the Jewish religious calendar.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social · 5d

Academic selfie: dinner in the Gay Village with Kay and @senthorun.bsky.social edition

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Queer Judgments Project @queerjudgments.bsky.social · 6d

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. 💐

Hand holds up a crocheted rainbow flower bouquet.

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Feminist Legal Studies @flsjournal.bsky.social · 6d

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...

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 8d

A reminder: no one should have to “earn” the right to live and move freely. Human rights do not depend on how much (or little!) someone contributes to the country.

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 8d

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

Hand holds up a colourful crocheted flower bouquet.

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 8d

At a time when political resentments and despair shape caricatures of diversity and inclusion, it feels so refreshing to be back teaching Equalities Law to a group of thoughtful and critically engaged students.

Man takes selfie in office while holding up a university guide on Equalities Law.

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 10d

Some people sincerely feel that:

— Migrants are destroying communities. It’s still racist.

— LGBT folk are corrupting children. It’s still homo/transphobic.

— Disabled people are burdens in workplaces. It’s still ableist.

Emotional sincerity without critical reflection makes dangerous politics.

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 10d

4 years of being unapologetically gay together. 💕🌈

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