Queer Legal Geographies
by
Kay Lalor | 24 July 2024
Episode Description
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Kay Lalor (Manchester Metropolitan University) about queer legal geographies, walking as a creative method, contestations around the term ‘queer’ and much more.
Readings recommended by Dr Kay Lalor
- Gorman, Cynthia S. 2019. “Feminist legal archeology, domestic violence and the raced-gendered juridical boundaries of U.S. asylum law.” Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 51 (5):1050-1067.
- Layard, A., and L. Bennett. 2015. “Legal Geography: Becoming Spatial Detectives.” Geography Compass 9 (7):406-422.
- Rao, Rahul. 2014. “The locations of homophobia.” London Review of International Law, 2 (2):169-199.
- Lalor, K., Browne, K. 2018. “Here Versus There: Creating British Sexual Politics Elsewhere” Feminist Legal Studies 26(2): 205–213.
About the Speaker
Kay Lalor
Kay Lalor is a Reader in Human Rights Law at Manchester Law School. Her work explores the growth of LGBTQI+ rights activism in international legal arenas, with a focus on how legally informed activism is translated into non- and quasi-legal projects, and what this means for the development of human rights theory, law, and practice. She is the Production Editor for the journal Feminist Legal Studies and a Trustee of the Socio-Legal Studies Association.