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Cancellation of QP 2020 in Kyoto

Dear QP friends, Unfortunately,  we have to cancel the QP colloquium in Kyoto (planned for May 2020) due to the ongoing global pandemic of Covid-19. We hope we get to see all of you in the not too distant future … Continue reading

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QP7 – Press and Social Media round up

Here is a round up of the QP7 press and Social Media coverage: 31/03/2016 http://www.caymanreporter.com/2016/03/31/cayman-host-lgbtiq-conference/ 31/03/2016 https://www.caymancompass.com/2016/03/31/cayman-to-host-lgbt-conference/ 04/04/2016 https://caymannewsservice.com/2016/04/bishop-to-speak-on-religion-and-homosexuality/ 05/04/2016 http://anglicanmainstream.org/bishop-alan-wilson-to-speak-at-conference-in-cayman-islands/ 18/04/2016 http://cayman27.ky/2016/04/upcoming-lgbt-conference-draws-ire-of-bodden-town-mla/ 29/04/2016 http://cayman27.ky/2016/04/upcoming-lgbt-conference-draws-supportive-crowd/ 06/06/2016 http://www.radiocayman.gov.ky/seventh-queering-paradigms-conference-in-the-cayman-islands—11th-12th-june-2016 06/06/2016 http://cayman27.ky/2016/06/lgbt-conference-forced-to-change-venue/ 06/06/2016 https://caymannewsservice.com/2016/06/local-and-regional-lgbt-prejudices-top-bill-at-conference/ 06/06/2016 https://caymannewsservice.com/2016/06/mlas-call-for-gay-rights-referendum/ 06/06/2016 https://www.caymancompass.com/2016/06/06/conference-will-address-lgbt-issues-in-cayman-and-beyond/ 07/06/2016 http://cayman27.ky/2016/06/anthony-eden-calls-for-referendum-on-same-sex-marriage/ 07/06/2016 http://www.caymanreporter.com/2016/06/07/bush-vows-reject-legislative-changes-sex-unions/ 07/06/2016 … Continue reading

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QP6 book forthcoming!

Queering Paradigms VI: Interventions, Ethics, and Glocalities (Oxford: Peter Lang) is now submitted and in production (expected publication end of September/ early October 2016). Following the successful QP6 conference (CCCU, July 2015) the volume edited by QP founder Bee Scherer offers queer … Continue reading

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Canterbury Christ Church University academics push for human rights change in the Caymans

[CCCU/INCISE press release 16 May 2016] Canterbury Christ Church University will next month sponsor the Seventh Queering Paradigms conference on Grand Cayman. The conference, co-organised by Christ Church academics and local Human Rights activists, addresses the social injustices faced by Lesbian, Gay, … Continue reading

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QP7 appoaching

Only one month left before QP7 on Grand Caymans! We are sorting out the programme and finalising the venue – here a preview of some of the highlights: The Rt Hon Dr Alan  Wilson, Bishop of Buckingham will share the UK … Continue reading

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QUEERING PARADIGMS 7 – CfP

Queering Paradigms 7 CALL FOR PAPERS (updated) PDF Call for Papers We are delighted to announce that the 7th Queering Paradigms Conference will be held on 11-12 June 2016 on Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands Venue: Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort, 389 West … Continue reading

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Transgender Day of Remembrance 2015

TDoR 20 November 2015, CCCU, U.K.                                                                     … Continue reading

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Long-standing QP activist Dr Leonardo Raznovich faced with the possibility of deportation from the Caymans

https://caymannewsservice.com/2015/09/same-sex-couple-plan-immigration-challenge/ http://www.compasscayman.com/caycompass/2015/09/03/Gay-couple-challenge-Immigration-decision/ http://www.caymanreporter.com/2015/09/03/law-professor-mount-gay-marriage-immigration-appeal/ https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2015/09/07/lgbt-rights-activist-faces-deportation-from-the-cayman-islands/ Dr Leonardo Raznovich, a prominent QPer of the first hour, is faced with the possibility of deportation from the Caymans, since an application filed by his 16 year partner, Dr James Reeve with whom he is … Continue reading

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#QP5 organizer assaulted; awaiting #deportation from #Ecuador – #IndigenousRights #QueerActivism

QP5 co-organizer Dr. Manuela Picq (a French-Brazilian national) appears to have been violently assaulted and incurred head injuries from batons (Ecuadorean Spanish: tolete) during the recent indigenous rights protests in Quito. Now she is threatened by deportation. If you read … Continue reading

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QP6: Preliminary Programme at CCCU, 23-24 July 2015

Queering Paradigms 6 ETHICS BEYOND TROUBLING: TOWARDS QUEER(ED) (VARI)ABILITY Programme at Canterbury Christ Church University, U.K. 23 – 24 July 2015 Location: Powell, ground floor Pg09 (North Holmes Road Campus) Thursday, 23 July 2015 8:45am Registration, distribution of conference packs … Continue reading

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