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Tag: UK

Essay: How trans rights activists changed Argentina

As trans people face mounting attacks from every angle, Argentina’s history of trans-inclusive feminist liberation has lessons for the UK left. A long read co-authored with Alessandra Viggiano.

abortion, Argentina, lgbt, politics, protest, self-id, trans, travesti, UK

Op Ed: Rwanda, rhetoric and a government march to the far-right

Article for The New Arab situating UK plans to deport people seeking asylum in histories of colonialism, nationalism and Conservative Party embrace of far right policy and rhetoric

asylum, colonialism, deportation, detention, immigration, Nationality and Borders Bill, Priti Patel, Rwanda plan, UK

Podcast: Interviewed by Left/Over

A conversation about migration, borders, capitalism, the problem with ‘inefficiency’ – and why we should all be abolitionists

Home Office, immigration, politics, Priti Patel, refugees, turnback, UK

Film Review: “Pride”

Now available online: a short review of the recent UK hit film, Pride, which was originally published a few months … More

film, Journalism, lgbt, Pride, review, UK

MA Thesis Film Available Online

I completed my MA Visual Anthropology documentary in late 2009, but didn’t make it widely available, at the request of the primary research participants. … More

asylum, asylum seeker, documentary, ethnography, film, UK, women

Out of the furnace, into the fire? Article on Uganda & LGBT asylum seekers in the UK

In March 2014, the vindictive, incendiary Ugandan tabloid “Red Pepper” published the details of 200 people it deemed to be “homosexual,” … More

articles, asylum, Journalism, lgbt, migration, red pepper, Uganda, UK

Article on the UK Marriage (Same-Sex) Act 2013

My latest article for Red Pepper, “Married Strife” written in response to the UK government passing the “Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) … More

against equality, articles, lgbt, marriage, politics, Siobhan McGuirk, UK

Reflections on IUAES Congress 2013

This summer, my alma mater the University of Manchester played host to the 17th Congress of the International Union of … More

conferences, EASA, IUAES, mobilities, Siobhan McGuirk, UK

Article in defense of Thatcher “Death Parties”

Being a lefty British woman in DC, I tired quickly of people offering me their condolences and/or offering me their … More

articles, commentary, party, politics, red pepper, Siobhan McGuirk, Thatcher, UK

About

Lecturer in Anthropology, Goldsmiths, University of London.

Researching gender & sexuality, migration, social justice activism, and sensorial / creative research methods.

Editor and columnist for Red Pepper magazine.

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