The Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies will be launching our first digital fellowship - more information here:
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Just one photo I know I have permission to use. Me presenting mine and Qiqi Huang’s paper on fertility avoidance strategies in China.

Pioneering LGBTQ+ research: celebrating Pride Month at the School of Sociology and Social Policy To celebrate Pride Month, we are highlighting how colleagues across the School of Sociology and Social Policy are pioneering LGBTQ+ research, and promoting diversity and inclusion through their work.

🌟 New Article Alert! 🌟

Exciting news from the School of Sociology and Social Policy! Our colleagues are making strides in promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Interested in learning more? 📖 ➡️ essl.leeds.ac.uk/sociology/ne...

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Just such a brilliant day at the #SexGenNorth event @cigsleeds.bsky.social today!! Excellent speakers including the amazing Toni Haastrup, Alison Phipps, @matildaf.bsky.social, and a host of other speakers and contributors from Hull, Edinburgh, York, Manchester etc. Go North!!

Join us next week to the One day conference Gender in Global perspective

I am extremely happy to share this article that I co-authored with Yuri Fraccaroli. This article is the result of Yuri's visit to the @sspatleeds.bsky.social , supported by the ‪@acls1919.bsky.social‬

Link journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Present at the 'Gender in Global Perspective' Conference!

On the 12th June 2025, @cigsleeds.bsky.social are hosting 'Gender In Global Perspective'.

They are currently welcoming proposals to present at the conference.

To get involved and for more information click here: ow.ly/foHI50VRQTy

One-day conference: Gender in Global perspective
June 12th 2025 (9:30am - 5pm).
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CIGS join other research centres' Statement about Supreme Court judgment on the meaning of ‘sex’ in the Equality Act 2010

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Silicone agency and the making of female trans bodies in Argentina Silicone injection has been a key feature of trans’ gender affirmation practices in Argentina and Latin America, an experience shaped by the criminalization of this community. Despite the growing s...

We are pleased to share Dr @psimonetto.bsky.social most recent article 'Silicone agency and the making of female trans bodies in Argentina' which has been published in the Journal of Gender Studies.

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PGR student travels to the USA for the 18th annual Feminist Theory workshop Postgraduate research student attended the annual Feminist Theory workshop in the USA, sponsored by the School of Sociology and Social Policy, and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies.

University of Leeds Postgraduate Research Student travelled to Duke University, USA, for the Annual Feminist Theory Workshop ✏️ #Feministtheory

The trip was sponsored by @cigsleeds.bsky.social & @sspatleeds.bsky.social

Read about the trip in the article below:

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Join us and the Black Women's Project and the SSP Ethnic Minority Network in this interactive panel and workshop seeking to connect academic knowledge with students' activism.

7 May

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PGR student travels to the USA for the 18th annual Feminist Theory workshop Postgraduate research student attended the annual Feminist Theory workshop in the USA, sponsored by the School of Sociology and Social Policy, and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies.

Postgraduate research student Xingyi was sponsored by the School of Sociology and Social Policy, and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies, to attend the 18th annual feminist theory workshop held at Duke University - read her experience
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You can find a very rich agenda of activities here leeds365.sharepoint.com/sites/UoL-In...

This month you can keep joining our activities as part of the LGTBIQ+ history month
Next week you can join us in the Making Trans Histories Public: Wiki Edit-A-Thon

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Thanks to everyone who joined us to the Panel: Queer Migration & Digital Practices - Co-hosted by CERS and CIGS

Lecturer in gender and social policy given award for groundbreaking book on transgender history Dr Patricio Simonetto of the School of Sociology and Social Policy has been selected for the Sylvia Rivera Award in Transgender Studies.

SSP's @psimonetto.bsky.social, Lecturer in Gender and Social Policy and @cigsleeds.bsky.social Director, has been awarded the Sylvia Rivera Award in Transgender Studies by CLAGS @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social🎉🏳️‍⚧️

Read more about the award and Dr Simonetto's work:

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We're delighted to share that SSP's @psimonetto.bsky.social will be co-editing a new book series in Queer and Trans Histories by @manchesterup.bsky.social!

Find out more about the series and details of how to submit a proposal below 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

@cigsleeds.bsky.social
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Panel: Queer Migration & Digital Practices (Co-hosted by CERS and CIGS) Join us for this special seminar, co-hosted by CERS and CIGS, which includes two external speakers and a panel discussion.

Join us for our next School Research Seminar which will take place in-person on 12 February from 12:15pm.

Co-hosted by @cigsleeds.bsky.social and CERS, @yenerbayramoglu.bsky.social and @lukaszszulc.bsky.social will discuss queer migration and digital practices.

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Just had an excellent workshop on gender and security with my fantastic colleague Louise Pears and my outstanding #GenderStudies students @cigsleeds.bsky.social!!

Just loving the teaching this year!!

A presenter points to the smartboard, which shows an illustration of the back of a jeep or truck with a figure standing beside it and a tree behind. 14 audience members are shows, sitting around tables in a horseshoe layout, all attentively looking towards the presenter and screen.

Two hands are shown stitching green and yellow thread onto green card. Another hand is shown in an expressive gesture, palm turned upwards and fingers spread out. Papers, some with notes, some with printed pictures/words, and bundles of thread are strewn across two tables, along with coffee cups and biscuit packets.

Last week, @cigsleeds.bsky.social hosted "Tracing Threads: Queer Storytelling Through Embroidery", a special workshop organised by Yuri Fraccaroli (Visiting Postgraduate Researcher in CIGS/SSP) to celebrate queer memory.

Watch this space for photos of the final pieces from the workshop coming soon!