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<div>Activating Human Rights: <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Intersex Status </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"></b></div>
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<div>27-28 September 2018</div>
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<div><b>Call for Papers deadline – 13 May 2018</b></div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>Suggested topics include (but are not limited to):</div>
<div>Queer(y)ing the purpose of Ally</div>
<div>LGBTIQ+ activism, advocacy, and education</div>
<div>Identifying and addressing issues facing LGBTIQ+ students and staff</div>
<div>Sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics and community engagement</div>
<div>Australian and international LGBTIQ+ / Ally theory and realistic national and international benchmarking</div>
<div>LGBTIQ+ Indigenous issues and lived experience</div>
<div>Negotiating diversity and inclusion in University spaces and ultimate workplace transition for LGBTIQ+ students</div>
<div>Lessons learnt from human rights and social justice in relation to sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics</div>
<div>Interdisciplinary, trans-disciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches to sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics</div>
<div>LGBTQI+ feminism and #MeToo movement</div>
<div>Inclusive teaching and other strategies in Higher Education</div>
<div>The role of student unions / guilds in supporting LGBTIQ+ students</div>
<div>Learning from Ally Networks in the workplace / queering the workplace</div>
<div>Visibility / transitioning in Higher Education</div>
<div>Navigating LGBTIQ+ racism, sexism, ableism, xenophobia, and classism</div>
<div>Supporting and engaging LGBTIQ+ international students</div>
<div>Imagining Ally Networks in the 2020s</div>
<div>Learning from the history of Ally Networks</div>
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<div>Call for Papers and Panels</div>
<div>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</div>
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<div>Individual Papers</div>
<div>Individual paper presentations are 20 mins long.</div>
<div>Collaborative Panels</div>
<div>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.</div>
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<div>Submission must be sent via email to: AllyConference2018@curtin.edu.au</div>
<div>Please include a short bio or bios (if panel) note at the end of your abstract or panel.</div>
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