I consider the queer possibilities of theory that emerges in moments when we let our bodily organs speak to us through experiences of pleasure and pain.

I suggest that an amphimixis of eroticisms, as a queer erotic relational landscape, has the potential to travel beyond clearly defined queer cruising spaces into broader erotic life.

I use these examples of queer autoethnography to consider a Ferenczian sexual theory where genitals are not assigned a privileged erotic status or assumed to belong to a binary gender or sex.

Very happy to see this The Polyphony! Thanks

I bring together Ralcua Soreanu’s work on Sándor Ferenczi’s theory of sexuality with Florêncio’s recent writing (with Liz Rosenfeld) about experiences of cruising, and Just’s use of horror writing to explore her experiences of endometriosis.

How to respond to the EHRC consultation Good Law Project has taken advice from a leading public law King’s Counsel on how to respond to the EHRC’s consultation. What follows is a form which, after you complete it, will automatically be sent...

With 38 hrs to go to the EHRC consultation deadline I'm seeing posts from people feeling bad they're too stressed to engage.
The GLP⬇️has removed all but the last step, a general comment box. This is a far easier task. I hope it helps those who want to, to get their voice heard without too much pain.

United, undeterred and unafraid, trans people rally over court ruling Thousands gather in London’s Parliament Square to protest at judges’ decision The Observer20 Apr 2025James Tapper Stephen Chung/ LNP LEFT Crowds gather outside Parliament in a huge show of unity and solidarity. After last week’s supreme court decision, activists had been worried trans people might become fearful of going out in public in case they were abused. They weren’t afraid in London yesterday. Thousands of trans and nonbinary people thronged Parliament Square, alongside families and supporters waving baby blue, white and pink flags to demonstrate their anger at the judges’ ruling. The numbers seemed to take the organisers and police by surprise. Protesters from a hastily assembled coalition of 24 groups gathered in a ring against the barriers surrounding the grass and began speeches. But after the roads became clogged with people, a woman wearing a “Nobody knows I’m a lesbian” top ran across with her dog and soon the square was full. “It’s one hell of a turnout and there is a really strong sense of unity and solidarity,” said Jamie Strudwick, one of the organisers. “I think it’s impossible to compare it – it’s like nothing I’ve ever seen before.”

Unexpected full page in today's Observer on yesterday's protests and it doesn't interview a single GC for 'balance'

UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren’t Women under the Equality Act 2010 The legal definition of a woman in the UK now excludes trans people: This is what it means for Trans+ rights in the country

My analysis of today's UK Supreme Court judgment.

The UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren't Women Under the Equality Act 2010

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You are warmly welcome to an online launch of our double special issue, Queering intimacies, families and companionships, on 23 April 2025, from 15:00 to 16:15 (EEST)

Link to the event: uef.zoom.us/j/6136398447...
Meeting ID: 613 6398 4474
Passcode: 304373

Alt text: Illustration with the text “Celebrate Trans Lives” above five diverse people standing side by side, smiling and holding small trans and non-binary flags. The group includes a person in a wheelchair, a Black woman, and people of different ages, races, and gender expressions, representing trans pride and solidarity on a teal background.

None of my trans mates feel safe enough to celebrate #TransDayOfVisibility this year. That says everything. Sending love and fierce solidarity—especially to the disabled trans community in the UK. You deserve safety, joy, and care.

Flyer for patients / clients in psychotherapy

Flyer for psychotherapists ……

This Thursday!

Research study participant recruitment: A queer phenomenological analysis of experiences of sexual and erotic feelings between female-identified patients and psychotherapists (ERAMS ETH2324-1980)

Potential participants can contact me either directly or using this link bit.ly/QETCFP

The Intermediaries: A Weimar Story A Weimar Story

PRE-ORDERS OPEN! A #transgender rights history about #LGBTQ+ standing up to Nazis in the shadow of the Third Reich! Magnus Hirschfeld’s Institute and the lives of #trans patients proving that joy + life lived as your authentic self is an act of radical #resistance. 🧪🗃️📚🏳️‍⚧️

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Freudian Research Seminar - Slave Play in the Psychoanalytic clinic: a self-theorisation of overwhelming experiences of queer, inter-racial erotic transference - Freud Museum London All registrants will receive their link to join via ZOOM. Attendees will also receive access to the recording on the Monday after the event, available to

….how the jouissance of colonial and post-colonial violence might be invoked in psychotherapy...the role of whiteness....
and the necessity of the therapist’s ‘exigent sadism’
All welcome - pay what you can - www.freud.org.uk/event/freudi...

Next Thursday 20th March at 6pm I will be leading the next Freudian Research Seminar Series with the @freudmuseumlondon.bsky.social
I’ll be thinking about why race disappears from conversations about erotic transference in psychotherapy.........

New German, Swiss, And Austrian Guidelines Recommend Trans Youth Care, Slam Cass Review The recommendations, released by the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany, come at a time when US politicians erroneously claim that Europe is "pulling back" on transgender care.

1. Major news in transgender care.

Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines.

They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the
Cass Review in England.

Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care.

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State Department visa policy could bar trans people from traveling to U.S. Violations could result in travel bans beyond just athletes

Finally.

A major media outlet has finally reported on Trump’s total travel ban for transgender visa applicants seeking the United States.

I had to scream for two days to get someone else to report on it.

It is NOT just for athletes.

www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Only six more days to submit your abstract to the Conference in Feminist and Gender Theory!

Join the Queer Encounters research network for a special visit to the psychoanalytic archive to see contributions from Klein, Winnicott and others to the 1957 ‘Wolfenden Report’. March 28th 2pm GMT. Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-enco...

Psychoanalysis, gender, and sexualities: from feminism to trans* A reading group to explore key chapters from this collection edited by Patricia Gherovici and Manya Steinkoler

Register here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/psychoanal...

& Calvin Thomas' hilarious and angry 'Lacanistas in the stalls: Urinary segregation, transgendered abjection, and the queerly ambulant dead'.

Both chapters offer tremendous potential for resistance and queer/trans becoming in times of state repression - we look forward to a vibrant discussion!

Queer Encounters reading group 27/02/25: Dina Al-Kassim's reflection on Afsaneh Najmabadi's 'Professing Selves'.

Join us to discuss the complexities of religion-and state-sanctioned gender transition in Iran through Al-Kassim's Laplanchean lens of the 'enigma of gendered embodiment and desire'

We can't outspend Sieg Heil Elon - but we desperately need more firepower. Please, if you don't want to see his values dominate in the UK, help us fight back: goodlawproject.org/donate/

Important lessons here for any psych professional who takes on a gatekeeping role for gender transition. Gatekeeping doesn’t protect anyone!

See us online at 2pm today with Patricia Gherovici, @noreengiffney.bsky.social @hzeavin.bsky.social and chair Raluca Soreanu for a discussion about how Anna Freud and Dorothy Burlingham’s relationship is portrayed in the movie Freud’s Last Session - tickets from @freudmuseumlondon.bsky.social

Queer Encounters with Psychoanalytic History at the Freud Museum - 31.01.2025
- Anna Freud and Dorothy Burlingham's long relationship, and how it is represented in the Freud Museum space - speakers myself and Agnes Meadows for Queer Encounters @freudmuseumlondon.bsky.social

Queer Encounters with psychoanalytic history at the Freud Museum – the relationship between Anna Freud and Dorothy Burlingham (Online Symposium) - Freud Museum London All registrants will receive their link to join via ZOOM. Attendees will also receive access to the recording on the Monday after the event, available to

I’ll be reflecting on the film, Freud’s Last Session, tomorrow with @harrietmossop.bsky.social, Raluca Soreanu, @hzeavin.bsky.social & Patricia Gherovici www.freud.org.uk/event/queer-... Organised by Harrie & hosted by @freudmuseumlondon.bsky.social

Thanks Noreen! Can’t wait for tomorrow 😊