Abstract Book of the 7th International Conference on Gender Studies and Sexuality

Seeing Ourselves: Bioethical Frameworks for AI Body Visualization in Gender-Affirming Care

Nadia Mazloum
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA
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Beyond Choice: A Comprehensive Review of Reproductive Justice in the US

Sydney Shevat
University of Tennessee, USA
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Policies, Trends, and Practices: Insights into Reproductive Rights in Post-Socialist Romania

Crinela-Silvia Dragan
University of Bucharest Faculty of Sociology and Social Assistance (PHD), Romania
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Narcissism, Identity (Ies), And Sexuality(Ies) Among Transfeminine Individuals Engaging In Sex Work

Claire Sentandreu, Romuald Jean Dit Pannel
Université Marie et Louis Pasteur, France
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Tracing the Legal Invisibility and Challenges of Same-sex Couples in India

Apurva Mahajan, Dr. Adinarayana J.
CHRIST (Deemed to be University), India
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Nuclear Concern, Identity, and Vulnerability

Helen Wilds
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA
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“When Joy Comes Your Way, You Have to Grab It!” Troubling How Queer Joy Features in The Lives Of LGBT+ School-Attending Youth in South Africa

Prof Dr Dennis Francis
University of Glasgow, UK
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When QTPOC Run, QTPOC Win: Intersectional Ambition and the Fight for State Legislative Power in America

Zachary Baum
Rutgers University – New Brunswick, USA
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Navigating Partnered Sex: Women's Experiences of Faking Orgasm and Exaggerating Pleasure – A Qualitative Study

Mahsa Ghaffari Targhi, Dr. Olga Smolia; Dr. Robin Milhausen
University of Alberta, Canada
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Between Enumeration and Erasure: Gender and Caste Visibility in Indian Census

Nivedita Chawda
University of Cambridge, UK
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Assessing Public Perceptions on The Proposed 2025 Zimbabwe Abortion Provisions: A Qualitative Study

Dr Efiritha Chauraya, Abraham Maposa
Midlands State University, Zimbabwe
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Rewriting the Script: BDSM Negotiation as a Laboratory for Relational Agency and Explicit Consent

Sophie Doucet, Isabel Côté
Université du Québec en Outaouais, Canada
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A March in Common: Transmasculine Street Mobilization in São Paulo, Brazil

Luke Ribeiro Mazzei França Barros, Diego Madi Dias
School of Public Health, University of São Paulo (Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo – FSP/USP), Brazil
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Beyond Legal Neutrality: Feminist Legal Theory, Gender-Based Violence, and Carceral Feminism

Margherita Gossi
Independent Researcher, Italy
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Visibility at the Margins: Navigating Cultural Burdens and Belonging Among South Asian Queer Muslim Women

Prof Dr Souzeina Mushtaq
University of Wisconsin-River Falls, USA
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Who Carries Responsibility for Safety? Gender, Care Labour, And Safeguarding

Dr Gabrielle Hunt
Australian Catholic University, Australia
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Social Context and Identity: Coping with Minority Stress in Gay and Bisexual Men. A Systematic Review

Guillermo Laguna Murcia
Universidad de Castilla – La Mancha, Spain
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Constructions Of Polyamory on Mainstream Social Media: A Critical Discursive Analysis

Cameron Glen
Nottingham Trent University, UK
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The Price of Belonging: Towards a Typology of Sexual Abuse Among LGBTQ+ Individuals

Hadas Bloemendal, Prof.Dafna Tener, Prof. Yochay Nadan
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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Validation of a Revised Gender-Neutral Gender Identity/Gender Dysphoria Questionnaire for Adults and Adolescents (GIGDQ-AA-GN)

Jay Balaam, Clare Melvin, Joni Holmes
University of East Anglia, UK
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Bridging Gender Gaps in Youth Engagement: Women’s Participation in Cultural and Youth Programs in Algeria – The Case of El Anis Association

Lahbib Yasmina
El Anis Association For Youth, Algeria
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Eligibility For the Inclusive Future: Design and Impel Equitable and Safe Research Environment

Dr Doyoung Lee
Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, South Korea
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Abolition Feminism and Gendered Violence: Beyond Transformative Justice

Dr Nikki Godden-Rasul
Newcastle University, UK
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“Good Thing We Survived”: Portuguese Transgender Adults’ Perspectives on Ageing and Future Care Needs

Prof Dr Sara Guerra, João Martins; Inês Mota Silva
University of Aveiro, Portugal
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Christian Evangelical Theology and the Stigmatization of Sexual Minorities in Ghana: Perspectives from the Methodist and Presbyterian Churches

Emmanuel Osei Sarfo-Kantanka
Cambridge Theological Federation, UK
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I Feel Myself Beautiful, The Metamorphoses of Body Performativity in The Transition to Wearing Dissident Underwear

Guillermo Leon Ramirez-Martinez
Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico
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“You Have to Learn to Be Selfish, To Not Need Love…” Gendered Subjectivity, Love Power and Relational Colonization in Youth’s Romantic Relationships

Unnur Edda Garðarsdóttir, Berglind Rós Magnúsdóttir
University of Iceland
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The Effects of Primary School Sex Education in Private and Charter Schools in the Los Angeles Area

Dr Justin Siu, Justin Siu, Dr. Alexis Kogan, Danielle Haase, Kendra Sobania, Emmalinda MacLean, Feliks Eskilson, Robin Darling
Keck School of Medicine of USC, USA
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At the Threshold of Norms: Confronting Clinical Bias and Rethinking Compulsivity in Non-Normative Sexuality

Shabana Wollin
University of Wisconsin, USA
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“Minorities of the Minorities”: Intersectional Identities and Intercultural Communication among Chinese Mainland Queer Overseas Students

Qiji Nie
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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“I’d Rather Take Some ‘Pills’”: LGBTQIA+ Perspectives on Residential Assisted Living Homes in Portugal

Rita Carvalho, Sara Guerra, Liliana Sousa, João Tavares
University of Aveiro, Portugal
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Transgressing the Frame: Filmic Technique, Eros, and Boundary-Blurring in Carolee Schneemann’s Fuses

Robert Blankemeyer
University of Pennsylvania, USA
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Negotiating the Gecekondu: Women’s Experiences of Home and Domesticity in Orhan Pamuk’s A Strangeness in My Mind

Deniz Engin Küçükali, Kıvanç Kılınç
Yaşar University, Turkey
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Cost of Inclusion?: Democratic Representation and Re-gendering the Party System in Iceland

Dr Jun Shiota
University of Ryukyus, Japan
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Analyzing Abuse in Narratives: A Linguistic Case Study of DV in Cross-National Households in Japan

Polina Lukyantseva
Kyoto University, Japan
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Credibility of Pain: A Case to Navigate Academic and Judicial Structural Impediments through Testimony and Believing

Dr Yuko Yoshida
Shiga University, Japan
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