Welcome to the Critical issues in Sex and Sexuality project
home page. The project seeks to examine issues of sexuality
across a range of critical and cultural perspectives. In an effort
to promote innovative inter- and multidisciplinary exchange, the project
will bring together people working in any relevant disciplines along
with queer activists and professionals
in non-profit and non-governmental organizations.
The project will critically engage with a number of core themes:
- Sexuality and Politics: the mainstreaming of lesbian and gay issues; lobbying; queer activism, transgender movements and transsexual movements
- Sexuality and Cultural Texts: representations of sexuality in literature, film, art, religion, history, psychology, and law
- Sexuality and Work: sex work, sexuality and the workplace, sexual education
- Collective Identities: race, class, gender, and the production of sexuality
- Sexualities and Theories: queer theory, feminisms, transtheory, psychoanalysis, cultural studies, interdisciplinary approaches
- Sexuality and Power: role playing, legal issues/cases, legislation/policy making
Related themes will also be identified for development and exploration. Out of our deliberations it is anticipated that a series of related cross-context research projects will develop.