Queer and Trans Politics in Comparative Perspective

Session Submission Type: Created Panel

Session Description

This panel addresses topics and questions from LGBTQ+ movements, activists, and candidates for political office around the world: What strategies do LGBTQ+ candidates use and which strategies appear to work? How do LGBTQ+ issues impact elections? What strategies can activists use to combat backlash? Which institutions are protective of LGBTQ+ rights? Panelists draw on data from activists and candidates in Brazil, Taiwan, and Canada, as well as cross-national data to address these pressing questions.

Sub Unit

• Related Groups / Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Caucus (LGBTQ Caucus)

Individual Presentations

• Laughing Our Way to Liberation: The Radical Politics of Trans Joy - Addye Susnick, University of British Columbia

• Are Democracies More LGBTQI Human Rights Protective? - Susan Dicklitch-Nelson, Franklin & Marshall College

Chair

• Callan Hummel University of British Columbia

Discussant

• Dave Sinardet Free University of Brussels