[csaa-forum] CFP: Activating Human Rights: Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Intersex Status – National Ally Network Conference 2018

[Baden Offord]

Activating Human Rights: Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Intersex Status

National Ally Network Conference
27-28 September 2018

Call for Papers deadline – 13 May 2018

http://humanrights.curtin.edu.au/events/ally-conference/cfp/

The successful carriage of marriage equality into Australian law in 2017 reflected a triumph for LGBTIQ+ inclusion. However, the recognition of marriage equality as a right is only part of the story as LGBTIQ+ people face ongoing and entrenched social, cultural, political, religious and economic discrimination and exclusion from being full participants in society. The challenges regarding the human rights for people based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics occur in the everyday, through the lived experience at home, in the workplace and in education.

The 2018 Ally Conference will open up a national and international conversation on how to activate human rights in relation to sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics for all people well into the future, setting new pathways to policy, innovation and enduring change.

The Conference will bring together academic and professional staff, students, activists and practitioners from across Ally and LGBTIQ+ communities in the education sectors and industry and beyond, and will showcase best practice of Ally networks in diverse institutional contexts.

We invite relevant presentations in our key focus areas: Students and Staff; the Workplace and the Classroom; Trans and Intersex; Intersectionality. Contributions outside these areas are also welcome.

Suggested topics include (but are not limited to):
Queer(y)ing the purpose of Ally
LGBTIQ+ activism, advocacy, and education
Identifying and addressing issues facing LGBTIQ+ students and staff
Sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics and community engagement
Australian and international LGBTIQ+ / Ally theory and realistic national and international benchmarking
LGBTIQ+ Indigenous issues and lived experience
Negotiating diversity and inclusion in University spaces and ultimate workplace transition for LGBTIQ+ students
Lessons learnt from human rights and social justice in relation to sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics
Interdisciplinary, trans-disciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches to sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics
LGBTQI+ feminism and #MeToo movement
Inclusive teaching and other strategies in Higher Education
The role of student unions / guilds in supporting LGBTIQ+ students
Learning from Ally Networks in the workplace / queering the workplace
Visibility / transitioning in Higher Education
Navigating LGBTIQ+ racism, sexism, ableism, xenophobia, and classism
Supporting and engaging LGBTIQ+ international students
Imagining Ally Networks in the 2020s
Learning from the history of Ally Networks

Call for Papers and Panels
We welcome papers/presentations from all interested persons including academics, professional staff, activists, students, industry, and others. This can include updates on projects, policies and practices; theoretical and/or applied research; creative and/or artistic explorations, creative artefacts, interactive Q&A, workshops, or short screenings with discussion that can be situated thematically within the list of suggested topics

Individual Papers
Individual paper presentations are 20 mins long.
Collaborative Panels
Panel proposals are also welcome. Panels need to include 3-4 papers. In addition to submitting a 250 word abstract for each presenter, please submit an abstract (100 words) and a title (15 words max.) for the panel as a whole. Please indicate lead panel contact person.

Submission must be sent via email to: AllyConference2018 at curtin.edu.au
Please include a short bio or bios (if panel) note at the end of your abstract or panel.

http://humanrights.curtin.edu.au/events/ally-conference/cfp/



Professor Baden Offord
Director | Dr Haruhisa Handa Chair of Human Rights Education
Professor of Cultural Studies and Human Rights
Centre for Human Rights Education
School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry
Faculty of Humanities

Curtin University
T: | +61 8 9266 7186
E: | baden.offord at curtin.edu.au
W|http://humanrights.curtin.edu.au
CRICOS Provider Code 00301J (WA).

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