Hosted by the GW4 Queer Frontiers Network
Bringing together scholars, activists and advocates, the event will ask participants to engage with two core questions:
- Are there LGBTQI people and groups in the United Kingdom who still do not enjoy full citizenship because of their sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or sex characteristics?
- Where LGBTQI people have achieved greater rights and social participation in the UK over the last 30 years, what (if any) compromises have they been required to make in terms of expressing their sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics?
Our aim is to ask who has been left behind by the modern movement for LGBTQI rights, and to reflect upon whether the successes of that movement – where achieved – have required queer people to compromise how they understand and express their gender and sexuality.
As part of the event, we will be inviting stakeholders from across queer civil society, with a particular emphasis on local and community groups in the South-West and Wales. By connecting academic and civil society communities, we hope not only to map the lived-experience of citizenship for queer people in the UK, but also to identify what (if any) role the academy can play in documenting, analysing and resolving gaps where they exist.
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