SAGE Publishing, in collaboration with The Conversation and the Campaign for Social Science, is hosting an exciting panel event to celebrate LGBTQIA+ History Month in the UK.
With expertise in teaching, government legislation, and activism, the panellists will be discussing campaigns of the past, present, and future impacting the LGBTQIA+ community in the UK.
This event will be moderated by Stephen Harris, News Editor at The Conversation, an independent news platform, with content sourced by researchers and academics. Some of the key themes we’ll be covering in the event include:
- How historical legislation impacted — and is still impacting — the LGBTQIA+ community, such as Section 28, marriage equality, and Gender Recognition Act.
- How current legislation impacts the LGBTQIA+ community, such as the conversion therapy ban, gender self-identification, and sex and relationships education in schools, with lessons to learn for the future.
- Future campaigns, projects and research from our panelists that will impact the LGBTQIA+ community, as well as how we can maintain human rights for LGBTQIA+ people around the world.
Our panel
Adam Jowett, PhD is Associate Head of the School of Psychological, Social & Behavioural Sciences at Coventry University. He is a social psychologist and has published research on a range of LGBT+ issues including equal marriage and conversion therapy. He is Chair of the British Psychological Society's Sexualities Section and was lead investigator of government commissioned research on conversion therapy.
Catherine Lee is a National Teaching Fellow and Deputy Dean (Education) at Anglia Ruskin University. She is also Professor of Inclusive Education and Leadership. A teacher by background, Catherine has published extensively on LGBTQ+ inclusion in education and her research has created national and international impact. Working with school leaders, in 2016, Catherine set up Courageous Leaders, the UK’s first leadership development programme specifically for LGBTQ+ teachers. The programme has worked with over 100 teachers to date and has been nominated for national diversity awards. Catherine has also appeared on the 2019 Pride Power List as one of the top 100 LGBTQ+ people in the UK. Catherine is currently developing a LGBTQ+ leadership development programme for staff in higher education.
Meg-John Barker is the author of a number of popular books on sex, gender, and relationships, including graphic guides to Queer, Gender, and Sexuality, How To Understand Your Gender, Life Isn’t Binary, Enjoy Sex (How, When, and IF You Want To), Rewriting the Rules, and Hell Yeah Self Care. They have also written a number of books for scholars and counsellors on these topics, drawing on their own years of academic work and therapeutic practice. Website: rewriting-the-rules.com. Twitter: @megjohnbarker, YouTube: MegJohnBarkerPsych