The power of the mainstream Regardless whether we think acceptance by the mainstream is something desirable or not, mainstream society’s view on sexual and gender diversity make a difference for LGBTQI* people’s daily lived experience. In my work, I...
In the past few months Utrecht University (UU) has been developing a conversation on the global COVID-19 pandemic with a group of international partners initiated by professor David Oppenheimer (Berkeley, Centre on Equality and Discrimination Law)...
ILGA World seeks a Senior Programme Officer to head-up its Gender Identity & Expression and Sex Characteristics Programme (GIESC Programme). The GIESC programme emanates from the programme covering Gender Identity and Gender Expression. It roots...
Up until recently, cultural institutions such as museums, libraries and archives, were considered as places for the conservation of tradition, often disconnected from the actual needs of society at large and therefore far away from the urgent issues...
“We have to challenge ourselves to think of how to support people in environments where they feel unsafe”1 These are challenging times for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) community. LGBTQ youth experience more...
The call for proposals for the focus area “Societal dynamics” within the COVID-19 Programme is now open. Consortia, research groups and independent researchers from several disciplines can submit ideas for research aimed at the societal effects of...
In what ways do the performance of, referral to, and position on masculinity and homosexuality help explain the differences in the success of the populist radical right leaders and parties (i.e. LPF, PVV and FvD) in Dutch society and its constituent...
In this article, Nynke Feenstra and Looi van Kessel think through the challenges of putting intersectional theory in practice by tracing a history of role models at the intersection of deaf and LGBTQ+ identifications in the Netherlands and the...
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (Germany) and Ghent University Hospital (Belgium) would like to learn from trans people aged 16 or older how they are personally affected by the situation around COVID-19 and what consequences this has for...
Intersex people’s healthcare, social and human rights issues are often overlooked. They continue to face exposure to multiple forms of human rights violations and discrimination, requiring cross-sectoral policy responses in fields including...