Am I the only person on the team who’s straight? Queer voices in Young Avengers

The politics of LGBTQ+ discourse has had a significant paradigm shift over the last few decades. With this change has come a deeper critique of queer representation and a focus towards intersectionality, with the goal of understanding notions of multiple identities and forms of oppression. Using the characters of Marvel’s Young Avengers as reference points, Ibtisam Ahmed (School of Politics and International Relations) proposes to examine four distinct questions of intersectionality currently facing the queer community.

Tags: comics, culture, Ibtisam Ahmed, LGBT, LGBT History Month, LGBT History Month 2016, lieterature, popular culture, Popular Culture Lecture Series

LGBT rights are human rights

Join the Centre for Research in Race and Rights and The University of Nottingham Research Priority Area in Rights and Justice for a discussion focusing on LGBT rights around the world. Part of our LGBT History Month celebrations 2016.

Tags: Centre for Research in Race and Rights, Emma Long, Ibtisam Ahmed, Juan Anzola, law, LBET History Month, LGBT, LGBT History Month 2016, politics, rights, Rights and Justice, School of Politics and International Relations, School of Sociology and Social Policy