Sexuality and gender define what it is to be human: they are at the core of our existence. But how does society define and reinforce these concepts? How do these concepts impact our relationships within society, and what analytical tools have been developed to study their role in social and familial relationships? This three-week summer […]

Please join us for a conversation on the shifts in approaches to lesbian parenting and family formations throughout history. Touching on themes like assisted reproduction, co-motherhood, and the fight against the dominance of heterosexist family values in British society, we will discuss the various ways in which lesbian mothers have imagined and built relationships with […]

This dissertation examines the reimagination of sexual citizenship by same-sex desiring and trans* subjects in the Dutch Caribbean through cultural practices, focusing primarily on Curaçao. Analysing archival documents, performances, novels, photographs, letters to the editors of newspapers, and erotic lexicons, I propose approaching these subjects' cultural practices through the theoretical lens of what I call […]

As the world slowly emerges from the global pandemic and at the same time digests the major social changes regarding gender, race, and polarisation, we all know that we have crossed a threshold from which there is no way back. The workplace has been profoundly affected by these events and few groups have felt this […]

During this programme, participants build on their longstanding knowledge of sexuality as it intertwines with issues of ethnicity, nationality, class, and religion, deepening their familiarity with how sexuality is conceptualized. Participants will build on their previous coursework or professional experience in sexuality studies to investigate sexual health programming, and advocacy across a range of venues.

The ten-day summer school on SOGI in International Law is held each summer in The Hague and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The course focuses on the emergence of SOGI and intersex issues in different areas of international law. Participants learn about the history of the rights of LGBTQI+ persons in the international sphere, about current developments […]

Neglect and erasure of queer history has been the norm in all national histories until quite recently. In this conference we address how this highly problematic practice of history can also enable the eradication of LGBT+ rights in contemporary societies. For, in some places LGBT communities are seen as a national threat while in others, […]

This conference aims to help promote research on the social, cultural, political, and financial implications of HIV/AIDS across the globe from a transnational and comparative perspective. While there has been substantial research on this topic, such literature tends so far to focus on national contexts within Western Europe and North America. In this vein, relevant scholarship […]

On the occasion of EuroPride, which will be held this year from September 12 to 18 in Belgrade, Wikimedia Serbia is organizing a online edit-a-thon in which Wikipedia volunteers in Europe and all over the world will write and improve articles on topics of LGBTIQ+ terms, persons, organizations, festivals, books, cinematography and all other topics that support human […]

While global historical events shaped the LGBTIAQ+ community as a whole forever, regional communities are also deeply shaped by their own countries history and culture and have their own distinct queer history to tell. On the 18th of September, the last day of EuroPride 2022 we want to invite the LGBTIAQ+ wiki community to discuss […]