This analysis looks at the representation and visibility of bisexual women in Dutch magazines aimed at women who love women during 1980-1999. In the United States, the debate about bisexual women in the lesbian community was widespread in the 1980s...
The presentation of the biennial thesis award for LGBTQI+ history will take place in Amsterdam on 21 March. Every year, dozens of students at universities write a thesis on a subject in the field of LGBTQI+ history. Unfortunately, much of this...
The Later-in-Life Intimacy project focuses on older women’s later in life experiences with regard to sexuality and intimacy. After (roughly) the age of 50, women are desexualized and seen as less sexually desirable than their younger counterparts...
The Later-in-Life Intimacy project focuses on older women’s later in life experiences with regard to sexuality and intimacy. After (roughly) the age of 50, women are desexualized and seen as less sexually desirable than their younger counterparts...
In the humanities, queer theory scholars are currently engaged in an emerging discourse of “queer temporality”, their dialogue concerns the many ways in which the heterosexual (and thus, “hegemonic”) worldview has shaped the experiences and...
Why are LGBTQ+ people more likely to be sexually assaulted, harassed, and abused then cisgender and heterosexual people (Florez)? During this blogpost series, the ways in which LGBTQ+ people are vulnerable to sexual abuse and the impact it has on...
Before I get into the third installment of this series, I’d like to do a brief recap. So far, we’ve spoken (I’ve written, you’ve read) about international human rights law (IHRL) with specific focus on the right to freedom of expression, the right...
Why are LGBTQ+ people more likely to be sexually assaulted, harassed, and abused then cisgender and heterosexual people (Florez)? During this blogpost series, the ways in which LGBTQ+ people are vulnerable to sexual abuse and the impact it has on...
Why are LGBTQ+ people more likely to be sexually assaulted, harassed, and abused then cisgender and heterosexual people (Florez)? During this blogpost series, the ways in which LGBTQ+ people are vulnerable to sexual abuse and the impact it has on...
Last time I wrote about how “hate speech” is nowhere found in international human rights law (“IHRL”). I did that in order to clarify that when one considers how IHRL may regulate hate speech, it will have to be done through an interpretation of...