A Queer(er) Genocide Studies

This paper examines how queerness interacts with and is implicated in traditional genocides, i.e. those directed at racial, religious, national, and ethnic groups - the groups defined as protected classes in the Genocide Convention. It poses the following question: How can scholars of Genocide Studies learn from the queer theory-Genocide Studies nexus? To answer, this paper demonstrate how three distinct queer theory concepts can be woven with Genocide Studies to reveal novel insights into some of the field’s preeminent questions. Specifically, it draws on queer intellectual curiosity, heteronormativity, and reproductive futurism. Connecting queer theory with Genocide Studies yields empirical, analytical, and normative insights into the latter. Deploying queer theory concepts in Genocide Studies ensures the field is more attentive to queer lives, something all academic disciplines should strive for, and advances the field’s understanding of genocide as a phenomenon

Queering peace and security: recommendations to the United Nations Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

This document offers a vision and set of recommendations for the United Nations Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (IE-SOGI) to advance queer liberation and cultivate a burgeoning queer peace and security agenda. Acknowledging the links between this mandate and other UN priorities including the Social Development Goals, Women, Peace and Security (WPS), and the Secretary General’s Call to Action for Human Rights, it focuses on both priority issues and cross-agency actions that should be addressed by current and future IESOGI mandate holders to bolster queer people’s security and move towards peace for all. The recommendations are divided into four categories: engagement with civil society, engagement with Member States, engagement across the UN, and suggested annual report themes and activities

Queering peace and security:recommendations to the United Nations Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

This document offers a vision and set of recommendations for the United Nations Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (IE-SOGI) to advance queer liberation and cultivate a burgeoning queer peace and security agenda. Acknowledging the links between this mandate and other UN priorities including the Social Development Goals, Women, Peace and Security (WPS), and the Secretary General’s Call to Action for Human Rights, it focuses on both priority issues and cross-agency actions that should be addressed by current and future IESOGI mandate holders to bolster queer people’s security and move towards peace for all. The recommendations are divided into four categories: engagement with civil society, engagement with Member States, engagement across the UN, and suggested annual report themes and activities