About the Issue
Feminist Legal Studies invites contributions for a special issue addressing the ongoing backlash against trans rights and its impact on legal and social narratives of sex, gender, and identity. Recent UK decisions such as For Women Scotland and the Office for Students’ ruling on Sussex University highlight a growing discourse that frames trans inclusion as undermining other rights. This issue seeks to foreground feminist legal scholarship that is trans-inclusive, critical, and imaginative in response to such regression.
Scope
We welcome work that explores:
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Feminist responses to anti-trans legal developments across jurisdictions
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Intersection of trans rights with feminist theory, queer theory, and reproductive rights
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Legal and social structures of coloniality, heteronormativity, and cisnormativity
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Creative and constructive strategies for building alliances and reinforcing feminist legal imaginaries
Submission Guidelines
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Scholarly articles: 8,000–10,000 words
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Creative content (art, poetry, creative writing, reimagining of judgments/statutes/reports): ~5,000 words
Timeline
Submit an expression of interest with abstract by 31st October 2025.
Editors
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Matilda Arvidsson (matilda.arvidsson@law.gu.se)
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Nicola Barker (nicola.barker@liverpool.ac.uk)
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Loveday Hodson (lch8@leicester.ac.uk)
Link to official notification- LINK
