Guest lecture and Q&A with Dr GerShun Avilez
Join the Centre for Transforming Sexuality and Gender (CTSG), University of Brighton, on Thursday, April 22 for a free lecture from Dr GerShun Avilez
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Study finds no evidence for banning trans inclusion in sports
A study has found there is no evidence as to why trans athletes should be banned from participating in sports.
Beyond Fairness: The biology of inclusion for transgender and intersex athletes
The inclusion of transgender athletes and hyperandrogenism in sport has long been seen as controversial, particularly in the realm of women’s sport, where claims of unfairness have been levelled at transgender competitors who are often considered to have a physiological advantage.
What does International Women’s Day mean?
International Women’s Day will be celebrated on Thursday, March 8 – but what does it mean? Paris Lees, the award-winning writer, TV personality, presenter, and equality campaigner, will explore the day’s significance at a panel discussion organised by the University of Brighton.
New campaign to help eliminate HIV
The University of Brighton is working on a national campaign which aims to help eliminate HIV within a generation. In partnership with clinicians and researchers, the campaign’s goal will be to improve the nation’s knowledge and understanding of HIV, and by doing so reduce the stigma associated with
Men must stop behaving badly
Men should start behaving themselves was the message from University of Brighton honorary doctorate Paris Lees, who has become the first openly transgender person to feature in the British Vogue magazine.
How can we include transgender and intersex athletes?
Inclusion of transgender and intersex people in athletics to be discussed at a free event at the University of Brighton.  Joanna Harper, a medical physicist and transgender athlete from the USA, and Professor Yannis Pitsiladis, the University’s Professor of Sport and Exercise Science, will discuss c