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Queer Judgments Project @queerjudgments.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“Could queering offer another form of judgment, one more colourful, poetic, musical, and playful than that offered by law and legal format – judgment as discernment rather than decision?” Sean Mulcahy reviews Queer Judgments in Alternative Law Journal. Read: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Queer Judgments Project @queerjudgments.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The Queer Judge is taking a new shape and going places. It was written in the stars that the Queer Judge had to visit the UK Surpreme Court sooner or later. We got up to listening to poetry and doing some dancing. Watch this space - the Queer Judgments Project is letting its creative juices flow!

Two people in rainbow costumes and tutus pose in front of the UK Supreme Court building.

Rainbow flag draped over Judicial Committee of the Pricy Council sign.

Woman in a kaftan with rainbow colours poses like a bird in front of the UK Supreme Court.

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Queer Judgments Project @queerjudgments.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Our fabulous co-curator Marica Moscati presents the Queer Judgments Project at Re:Law conference at Humboldt University in Berlin.

Group of people sit on chairs facing the camera with a background screen that says Feminist and Queer Judgments Movement.

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Queer Judgments Project @queerjudgments.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

We’re thrilled to share the next output from the Queer Judgments Project: a special section of “Amicus Curiae.” We have published critical & creative pieces on gender, marriage, work, asylum, local council, international documents & disability. Read them all here: journals.sas.ac.uk/amicus/issue...

Screenshot of the first page of the special section.

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Queer Judgments Project @queerjudgments.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

The Centre for Innovation and Research in Childhood and Youth (CIRCY) at the University of Sussex showcased chapters from our Queer Judgments edited collection that relate to children. These include matters relating to gender affirming healthcare, adoption, reproduction, parental status and consent.

Screenshot of article.

Link here: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gateway/file.php?name=circy-annual-report-2024-25.pdf&site=387

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Queer Judgments Project @queerjudgments.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

The Queer Judgments Project is about queer friendship & creativity. Recently, one of our contributors, Dr Joy Twemlow, crocheted this queer flower bouquet which she gifted to one of the editors, Dr Sen Raj. This bouquet represents the beauty, innovation, kinship & flourishing of queer communities. 💐

Hand holds up a crocheted rainbow flower bouquet.

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Queer Judgments Project @queerjudgments.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

NLSIU’s Queer Archive for Memory Reflection and Activism (QAMRA) in collaboration with the Queer Judgments Project (QJP), are hosting a book discussion at the NLS Library on ‘Queer Judgments’ on Friday, August 1, 2025, 5:30 pm at National Law School of India. Register: www.nls.ac.in/news-events/...

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Queer Judgments Project @queerjudgments.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Wonderful to see our book advertised in the London Review of Books (@lrb.co.uk). You can purchase our book or download it on a pay what you feel basis here: counterpress.org.uk/publications...

Advertisement in newspaper showing the cover of Queer Judgments.

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Queer Judgments Project @queerjudgments.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

We are very excited to be at the @lawandsociety.bsky.social conference in Chicago this week. Come join us for a roundtable discussion and hear from contributors to Queer Judgments at 12.45pm Thursday 22nd May. You can get the book online (and pay what you feel). counterpress.org.uk/publications...

Queer Judgments

Location: East Tower, Grand Suite 2B
Date: Thursday, May 22 12:45 pm
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes
Session Type: Roundtable Session

The Queer Judgments Project is an initiative that evolved from disparate scholarly conversations about how legal judgments related to sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics could have been written in more appropriate terms in light of the legal framework at the time. Started in 2021, the Queer Judgments Project brought together scholars, activists, lawyers, and judges to reimagine, recreate, and rewrite judgments from queer and complementary critical perspectives. This roundtable will serve to launch the new Queer Judgments edited collection (Counterpress, 2024) with talks from some of the contributors. The roundtable will also be an opportunity to discuss future scholarly and creative directions for the project. We encourage anyone with an interest in queer legal work and critical judgments to attend.

Speakers

Chair
Senthorun Raj
Manchester Metropolitan University

Participant
Waruguru Gaitho
University of Cambridge, Centre for Gender Studies

Participant
Andrew Gilden
Willamette University College of Law

Participant
Kay Lalor
Manchester Metropolitan University

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Queer Judgments Project @queerjudgments.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

We were thrilled to be part of a kitchen table chat today in Sydney with scholars who are doing critical judgments work from Feminist, Indigenous, Green, Queer, and other perspectives. Thanks to @rosemarygrey.bsky.social and @senthorun.bsky.social for co-hosting these enriching conversations. 🌈🎓

Smiling individuals, wearing different outfits, stand in front of a screen.

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Queer Judgments Project @queerjudgments.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

A queer delight to celebrate queer legal scholarship today in Melbourne & launch our family of books: Queer Judgments, Queer Engagements with International Law, & Queer Encounters with International Law. @claerwen.bsky.social @senthorun.bsky.social @juliadehm.bsky.social @dansheikh.bsky.social 🌈🎓

Photo of different people, in colourful outfits, holding up books on queer approaches to law.

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Queer Judgments Project @queerjudgments.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

We had a wonderful time dancing and launching queer judgments at the @slsauk.bsky.social conference today. Thanks to everyone who joined us! 🌈🎓

Three people stand in front of a screen showcasing the book Queer Judgments.

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Queer Judgments Project @queerjudgments.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Today we joined some outstanding current and former law students at UNSW who engaged with writing queer judgments as part of their coursework. It was a particular queer delight to hear the care, joy, fun, and hopefulness that underpinned their written work at law school. Here’s to more of this! 🌈🎓

Group of people standing in front of a purple wall showing off the Queer Judgments book.

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Queer Judgments Project @queerjudgments.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Dr Sen Raj (@senthorun.bsky.social) talks about our new Queer Judgments edited collection and what it means to do a “queer” re-imagining of law. You can download the book here (on a pay what you feel basis, so it’s free if needed): counterpress.org.uk/publications... 🌈🎓

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Queer Judgments Project @queerjudgments.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

We are very excited to be at @slsauk.bsky.social in Liverpool next month to launch Queer Judgments. Please come to our session if you are attending. Find out more here: virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/73983/...

Copies of Queer Judgments arranged around a cake that says “Queer Judgments.”

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Queer Judgments Project @queerjudgments.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

For those of you in Hong Kong, co-editor @senthorun.bsky.social will be speaking with Prof Mandy Fang about the Queer Judgments edited collection on Friday 14th March. Feel free to come if you’re around!

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Book Details
Queer Judgments (co-edited by Professor Nuno Ferreira, Dr Maria Federica Moscati & Dr Senthorun Raj) brings together scholars, lawyers, and activists from around the world who are interested in re-imagining and re-writing legal judgments by using queer and related critical perspectives. This edited collection has an international reach and multi-disciplinary scope, and takes the reader through 26 judgments and commentaries on various legal fields: from crime and sodomy cases to privacy and discrimination cases, from family and parenthood cases to health and reproduction cases, and ending with asylum and migration cases. Queer Judgments is intended to be a teaching, research, and advocacy resource for anyone interested in critical perspectives on jurisprudence, queerness, and social justice.

Bio
Dr Senthorun (Sen) Raj is a Reader of Human Rights Law at Manchester Law School and Doctoral College Deputy Faculty Head. Sen’s academic and advocacy work take an intersectional approach to examining the relationship between emotion, culture, race, gender, sexuality, and law across different jurisdictions. He is the author of two monographs, Feeling Queer Jurisprudence: Injury, Intimacy, Identity (Routledge, 2020) and The Emotions of LGBT Rights and Reforms: Repairing Law (Edinburgh University Press, 2025). He is also co-editor of The Queer Outside in Law: Recognising LGBTIQ People in the United Kingdom (Palgrave, 2020) and Queer Judgments (Counterpress, 2025). He currently serves on the editorial board of Feminist Legal Studies and Palgrave’s Socio-Legal Studies Book Series.

Date: 14th March 2025 (Friday)

Time: 4.30-6.30pm

Venue: LI - 6310 (SLW Moot Court)

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Queer Judgments Project @queerjudgments.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

For LGBT History Month, our co-editors wrote a blog reflecting on how the Queer Judgments Project re-imagines and re-writes cases to better support LGBT people who seek asylum and same-sex couples who migrate. blogs.sussex.ac.uk/sussex-centr... 🌈🎓 #LGBTHistoryMonth #AcademicSky #LawSky

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Queer Judgments Project @queerjudgments.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

We had an amazing time launching our edited collection in Brighton today! Thanks to everyone who joined us online or in person for this celebration. You can download the book on a pay what you feel basis (free if you need!) via our publisher: counterpress.org.uk/publications... #AcademicSky 🌈🎓

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Queer Judgments Project @queerjudgments.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

We’re thrilled to announce Queer Judgments is out today! This collection covers topics relating to decriminalising gay sex, HIV, asylum, healthcare, reproductive justice, gender transition, and much more! It is available to download on a pay what you feel basis: counterpress.org.uk/publications...

The three authors of Queer Judgments huddle around a table with the Queer Judgments book standing upright on the table.

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Queer Judgments Project @queerjudgments.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

The fabulous @lovedayh.bsky.social is giving a lecture on queer engagements with international law later this month (26th Feb) at the University of Leicester. You can register for a free ticket here: www.tickettailor.com/events/cssah... 🌈🎓

Screenshot of link with details of the event, “Human Rights and Other Catastrophes: Reflections on Queer Engagements with International Law.”

Photo of Loveday and rainbow flag next to text.

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Queer Judgments Project @queerjudgments.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

We’re very excited that our first edited collection (published with Counterpress) is almost out! We have a fantastic collection of re-imagined judgments covering topics like sexual freedom, bodily autonomy, family, healthcare, community, migration, and much more. counterpress.org.uk/publications...

Photo of “Queer Judgments” book with a rainbow flower on the front cover.

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