Events
Works in Progress
The Global Sexual and Gender Identities Policy Lab’s Works-in-progress series provides a forum for scholars to present their research at all stages of development, from early ideas for new projects to complete papers near to submission.
These seminars are open to LSE staff and students
Up coming events in the series will be added here in due course.
Works-in-progress series-26 November 2025
Tuna Ogut, Department of Geography and Environment, "Conceiving of access to politics in geographical terms: Infrastructures of trans people's organising".
Works-in-progress series-29 October 2025
Fuyun Wei, Visiting Research Student in Department of Sociology LSE and Zhejiang University, China, "Belonging before Justifying: Men’s Affective Attachments and Male Effeminacy in Feminized Fields".
Works-in-progress series- 15 November 2024
Dr Kevin Zapata-Celestino, "Living hell in paradise? LGBT experiences in the rural Caribbean".
MSc dissertation proposal roundtable- 7 February 2024
A free-form roundtable discussion with MSc students who are in the early stages of their dissertation research on issues relevant to sexuality and gender identity.
Works-in-progress series- 26 January 2024
Carlos Alberto ALZA, "Morality Politics and Policy Change in Latin America. The Case of Marriage Equality".
Works-in-progress series- 24 November 2023
Guodong Ju, "What LGBTQ+ discuss on Chinese social media: a structure topic model analysis from 2005-2022".
Works-in-progress series- 13 October 2023
Eliz Wong, "Family Dynamics and Parental Recognition in Same-sex Marriage Formation in Taipei and Hong Kong".
Works-in-progress series- 5 May 2023
Guodong Ju and Songyin Liu, "Making Sense of Queer Backwardness: A Structured Topic Analysis of Online Debates on Taiwan’s Gay Marriage Legislation on Zhihu".
Works-in-progress series- 31 March 2023
Joe Strong, "Sexuality and social control among men in Ghana".
Works-in-progress series- 3 March 2023
Eliz Wong, "The power and limits of same-sex marriage legislation on marital intention and experience: A comparative study of Chinese same-sex couples in Taipei and Hong Kong".
Seminars
Thursday 12 February 2026
Rainbow Trap: Diversity Policies, LGBTQ Categories and the Dangers of Inclusion
Global Sexual & Gender Identities Policy Lab Seminar
Presenter: Dr Kevin Guyan (University of Edinburgh)
Chair: Professor Hakan Seckinelgin (Department of Social Policy, LSE)
Watch the recording here