Sex! A Feminist Perspectives Conference

Sex is a crucial terrain of struggles over power, identity, and freedom in the digital age. New technologies are reshaping sexual practices from AI companions and VR simulated intimacy, to sexual deepfakes and algorithmic moderation of sexual content online. The sex work industry has been altered by the rise of digital platform labour, whilst age-old debates over (de)criminalisation rage strong. Across the globe, religio-conservative interest groups are mobilising to fight against comprehensive sex education, as well as LGBTQIA+ inclusive curricula, at a time when digital access to sexual (health) information is also increasing. Similarly, the fight for reproductive justice has intensified as sexual and reproductive rights have been rolled back in many countries, and reproductive governance remains informed by racialised injustices across the globe. This conference attends to the interlocking and conflicting facets of contemporary sexual politics.

This conference brings together academics, activists, artists and practitioners who work on contemporary issues of sex from across the globe. We will have panels on sex education, sex work, sexual violence, digitally mediated desire and sex tech, sex in art and culture, masculinities, sexual subjectivities, and pushing the boundaries of desire.

Our keynote speaker will be KCL's own Dr Chloe Locatelli who will talk about her cutting edge research on sextech.

Code of conduct: Sex! Conference is committed to being a feminist, trans-inclusive, sex-worker inclusive, and anti-racist space. We expect attendees to join us in this commitment.

If you have any questions please get in touch with our conference organisers Dr Lea Happ and Dr Saskia Zielińska at [email protected].

Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.

Get App

Host or Publisher Feminist Perspectives KCL