George tells the story of Melissa, a ten-year-old girl who the world sees as a boy named George. Such books will, hopefully, move from being anomalies to part of the status quo.
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A new book documents how the gay rights movement has catered to a certain type of LGBT person: white, gay, male and middle-class.
The bathroom has become a battleground for transgender rights — and rightfully so. Research shows that bathroom restrictions threaten the health and safety of the transgender community.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people experience family and sexual violence at rates similar to, or higher than, heterosexual women.
A vote in favour of marriage equality in Northern Ireland was stymied by a mechanism designed to protect minorities.
Germaine Greer’s comments that “post-operative transgender men are not women” have provoked outcry from transgender activists. So let’s have a meaningful discussion about gender, sex and the complex relationship between the two.
About 220,000 kids under the age of 18 are being raised in same-sex families in the US. The Supreme Court’s recent ruling failed to provide them with equal protection under the law.
Fanfiction is nebulous, confusing and often mocked. It’s also explosively popular. So what is it?
At a time when queer culture is big business in mainstream film and television, two dedicated film festivals have appeared in Scotland this year. Here’s an explanation.
Gay fathers often operate outside traditional gender roles and provide a model of “conscious parenting” that could offer some important lessons to heterosexual partnerships.
Opponents of same-sex marriage have turned the debate into one that is about far more than just extending the term “marriage” to already existing long-term relationships.
South Africa, whose constitution protects gay rights, is well positioned to defend the continent’s LGBTI citizens. But it is reluctant to take positions at odds with the majority of African states.
It is estimated that there are 175 million LGBTI persons living in persecutory environments worldwide. Only around 2500 asylum claims founded on sexual orientation or gender identity are successful annually.
A bloc of conservative countries is mounting a new push to enshrine “family values” in the UN’s Human Rights Council. What they really want is rather more sinister.
How do lesbian, bisexual and gay students experience life in a South African university residence? Sadly, with a great deal of fear.
Australia has an apparent conflict between religious freedom and sexual anti-discrimination legislation. It is particularly prominent in three areas: marriage, education, and social service provision.
LGBTI students at South Africa’s universities are living double lives to protect themselves from heterosexual students who ridicule and attack them.
Government policies regulating sexuality play a significant role in shaping citizens’ attitudes about sexual orientation and same-sex relationships.
Let’s hope Ireland votes Yes, but the government could have made sure marriage equality happened years ago.
The fight over whether gay people deserve service taps into old sectarian divisions in Northern Ireland.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Human Rights Law, Monash University
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VC Fellow, La Trobe University
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Professor of Law, Conflict and Global Development, University of Reading
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Timothy W. Jones é um amigo do The Conversation.
Associate Professor in History, La Trobe University
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Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Oregon
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Research fellow, Swinburne University of Technology
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Dean of Economics, Politics & History, The University of Austin
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Director and Professor of International Human Rights Law, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
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Associate Professor in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, La Trobe University
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UAA Endowed Professor of Sport Management, University of Florida
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Professor of History, University of Washington
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Professor of Inclusive Education, PVC Dean Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University
