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Colleagues, Trust all is well. Quick message to make you aware of the online free conference organised by the Gender Research Group at Nottingham Trent University. Please, see programme details below. Shout out to our fellow GiMSIG member, Maranda Ridgway (Nottingham Trent), for sharing this information! Best, Jenny CONTEMPORARY SEXUALITIES: NEW RESEARCH A free, online conference hosted by the Gender Research Group at Nottingham Trent University Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2023 Time: 13:00 - 17:00 BST Venue: Online Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/contemporary-sexualities-tickets-549076631987 Social science sits at the core of critical examinations of how shifts in people's sexual identities and intimate erotic relationships are experienced in everyday life and understood at a societal level. In doing so, social science contributes to global, national and local level debates about sexualities and social justice in contemporary societies. This free online conference features a range of social scientists at different stages of their careers, whose work showcases the dynamism of sexuality identities, the nuances of sexual inequalities, and the challenges studying these issues can present. Presenters will engage with a range of themes, for example, consent, pleasure, safety and exploitation, sexual health, sexualities and digital media, minoritized sexualities, and sex work. Keynote speaker: Professor Teela Sanders with Dr Rachel Keighley, University of Leicester Title: Sexualities online: liberation, exploitation and responses to perpetrators Abstract: The online space offers huge potential for identity exploration, social interaction and support as well as body/sexual labour and work. Both in terms of the economy of online spaces and the freedoms and liberations associated with online communities there is a darker side to internet use, such that the online space can facilitate a wide array of legal and illegal harms. Prime examples are the ways a person's sexuality is the subject of discrimination and marginalisation. This paper draws on two empirical studies. One surveyed 175 13-25-year-old LGBTQ+ young people about their experiences of online hate targeting their sexuality. The other, engaging in critical Modern Slavery studies, explored the ways Adult Service Websites play a role in the facilitation and prevention of sexual exploitation of women. Consequently, we hope to illustrate the ways the online world both shapes our understanding of, and responses to sexualities and sexual behaviour. We contextualise these experiences within the broader conversations around online safety, and the policing of sexualities versus targeting perpetrators of hate and exploitation. Thus, we respond to the deeper societal attitudes relating to gender norms, sexual behaviour, and their dialectical relationship. This paper underlines the importance of challenging online hate and exploitation within a cohesive regulatory framework that recognises the needs of survivors of online harm. Conference Programme 13.00 -13.05 Welcome: Jane Pilcher, Gender Research Group Lead, Nottingham Trent University 13.05 - 13.25 Paper Session 1 Daisy Matthews, Nottingham Trent University Can sex workers be religious and spiritual? An exploration of how sex workers who identify as religious or spiritual manage their identities within their everyday lives 13.25 - 13.45 Paper Session 2 Anthony Gifford, Nottingham Trent University with Rusi Jaspal, Beth Jones & Daragh McDermott 'Oh, why are PrEP Gays always like this...': Psychosocial influences on UK-based MSM's relationship with, and use of, PrEP 13.45 - 14.05 Paper Session 3 Andrew Dunn, Nottingham Trent University with Ian Stephen, Treshi-Marie Perera, Gemma Bell & James Kennaway Misperceptions in partner body size preferences in heterosexual and homosexual men and women 14.05 - 14.15 10 min Q & A Chair: TBC 14.15 - 14.25 10 mins break 14.45 - 15.05 Paper Session 4 Alex Toft, Nottingham Trent University 'These made-up things mean nothing to me': Understanding the intersection of autism and bisexuality in the lives of young people 15.05 - 15.25 Paper Session 5 Sarah Seymour-Smith, Nottingham Trent University A critical discursive psychology analysis of parents' online posts about adolescent sexting 15.25 - 15.35 10 min Q & A Chair: TBC 15.35 - 15.45 10 mins break 15.55 - 16.35 Keynote : Professor Teela Sanders with Dr Rachel Keighley, University of Leicester Sexualities online: liberation, exploitation and responses to perpetrators 16.35 - 16.55 20 min Q & A Chair: TBC 16.55 - 17.00 Closing remarks Jane Pilcher IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING... - To send a message to all the people currently subscribed to the BAM-GIMSIG list, send your email to [log in to unmask] - To unsubscribe from the BAM-GIMSIG list, go to this link: https://WWW.JISCMAIL.AC.UK/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=BAM-GIMSIG&A=1 - To view the archives of the BAM-GIMSIG list, go to this link: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/BAM-GIMSIG (You may need to log into the website to view some list archives) - To manage your subscriptions and settings by email, go to this link: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/BAM-GIMSIG - To contact the owners of the BAM-GIMSIG list, send an email to [log in to unmask] - For additional help and support, please contact [log in to unmask] (they're brilliant!)