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Reading Group: Medicine, Sexuality and Reproduction
1 July 2022
This reading group provides a space to explore the relationship between medicine, sexuality and reproduction, in both the UK and non-UK contexts.
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This reading group provides a space to explore the relationship between medicine, sexuality and reproduction, in both the UK and non-UK contexts. Drawing on texts from across disciplines, as well as on personal, professional and academic experience, group members are invited to critically consider the healthcare experiences and outcomes of gender and sexually diverse individuals. While impossible to ignore the historical (and continuing) criminalisation, pathologisation and othering of sexual minorities in healthcare environments, group members will also be invited to reflect on the emancipatory potential of well-designed healthcare services, and the place for sexually diverse subjectivities within them. 听
Intended Audience听
This group is open to all, regardless of training or disciplinary background. The most important qualities to bring to this group are openness, curiosity and a willingness to grow. Through both structured and unstructured discussions of the medicalisation of sexuality and the sexualisation of medicine, this reading group will be a space to rupture rigid knowledge categories and tease playfully at the conceptual borderlines that divide healthy bodies from deviant bodies. 听
Planned Reading List听
听听听听听听听I.听听听听听听听听听听Sexual Others: Medical Geographies of Blame听
Main reading: 听
- McKay, R. M. 2017. 鈥淐hapter 2鈥� in听Patient Zero and the Making of the AIDS Epidemic.听Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.听Additional reading: 听
- McKay, R. M. 2017. 鈥淐hapters 0 & 1鈥� in听Patient Zero and the Making of the AIDS Epidemic.听Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.听
- Campbell, D. 1998. 鈥淚ntroduction & Chapter 4鈥� in听Writing Security: United States Foreign Policy and the Politics of Identity.听Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.听听
听听听听II.听听听听听听听听听听AIDS: A Pandemic of the Past?听
Main reading: 听
- D铆az, R. M., Reisen, C. A.,& Zea, M. C. 2003. 鈥淢ethodological Issues in Research on Sexual Behaviour with Latino Gay and Bisexual Men.鈥澨�The American Journal of Community Psychology听31 (3-4): 281-291.听Additional reading:听
- Bersani, L. 1987. 鈥淚s the Rectum a Grave?鈥澨�October听43: 197-222.听
- Crewe, T. 2018. 鈥淗ere Was a Plague鈥�.听London Review of Books听40 (18).听听
听听III.听听听听听听听听听听Migration and Sexual Health: Production and Measurement 听
Main reading:听
- Burns, F., Evans, A., Mercer, C. H., Parutis, V., Gerry, C. J., Mole, R. C. M., French, R. S., Imrie, J., & Hart, G. J. 2011. 鈥淪exual and HIV risk behaviour in Central and Eastern European migrants in London.鈥澨�Sexually Transmitted Infections听87: 318-324.听
- Mole, R. C. M., Parutis, V., Gerry, C. J., & Burns, F. M. 2014. 鈥淭he impact of migration on the sexual health, behaviours and attitudes of Central and East European gay/bisexual men in London.鈥澨�Ethnicity & Health听19 (1): 86-99.听Additional reading:听
- Evans, A. R., Parutis, V., Hart, G., Mercer, C. H., Gerry, C. Mole, R., French, R. S., Imrie, J.,& Burns, F. M. 2009. 鈥淭he sexual attitudes and lifestyles of London鈥檚 Eastern Europeans (SALLEE Project): design and methods.鈥澨�BMC Public Health听9: 399.听
- Evans, A., Burns, F., Mercer, C. H., Parutis, V., Gerry, C. J., Mole, R. C. M., Imrie, J., & Hart, G. J. 2011a. 鈥淐entral and East European migrant men who have sex with men: an exploration of sexual risk in the UK.鈥澨�Sexually Transmitted Infections听87: 325-330.听
- Evans, A., Burns, F., Mercer, C. H., Parutis, V., Gerry, C. J., Mole, R. C. M., & Hart, G. J. 2011b. 鈥淔actors associated with genitourinary medicine clinic attendance and sexually transmitted infection diagnosis among central and east European migrants in London.鈥澨�Sexually Transmitted Infections听87: 331-336.听
听听IV.听听听听听听听听听听Transness and Transition: Acceptable Otherness and the Medical Gaze听
Main reading:听
- Aizura, A. Z. 2018. 鈥淚ntroduction鈥� in听Mobile Subjects: Transnational Imaginaries of Gender Reassignment.听Durham, NC: Duke UP.听听Additional reading:听
- Puar, J. K. 2015. 鈥淏odies With New Organs: Becoming Trans, Becoming Disabled鈥�.听Social Text听33 (3): 45-73.听
- Illich, I. 1982.听Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health.听New York City, NY: Penguin Random House.听听
听听听听V.听听听听听听听听听听Intersex Subjectivities: Life at the Border听Main reading: 听
- Carpenter, M. 2018. 鈥淭he 鈥淣ormalization鈥� of Intersex Bodies and 鈥淥thering鈥� of Intersex Identities in Australia鈥�.听Journal of Bioethical Enquiry听15: 487-495.听
Additional reading:听
- Anzald煤a, G. E. 1987.听Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza. San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books.听
- Puar, J. K. 2012. 鈥溾�淚 would rather be a cyborg than a goddess鈥�: Becoming-Intersectional in Assemblage Theory鈥�. PhiloSOPHIA 2 (1): 49-66.听
- Scherpe, J. M. 2017.听The Legal Status of Transsexual and Transgender Persons.听Cambridge, UK: Cambridge UP.听
听听VI.听听听听听听听听听听Lesbian Motherhood and Experiences of IVF听
Main reading:听
- Gregg, I. 2018. 鈥淭he Healthcare Experiences of Lesbian Women Becoming Mothers鈥�.听Nursing for Women鈥檚 Health听22 (1): 40-50.听Additional reading:听
- Kellas, J. K., & Suter, E. A. 2012. 鈥淎ccounting for Lesbian-Headed Families: Lesbian Mothers鈥� Responses to Discursive Challenges鈥�.听Communication Monographs听79 (4): 475-498.听
VII.听听听听听听听听听听Deviant Reproduction: Men Who Give Birth听
Main reading:听
- Hoffkling, A., Obedin-Maliver, J., & Sevelius, J. 2017. 鈥淔rom erasure to opportunity: a qualitative study of the experiences of transgender men around pregnancy and recommendations for providers.鈥澨�BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth听17 (332).听Additional reading:听
- Armuand, G., Dhejne, C., Olofsson, J. I.,& Rodriguez-Wallberg, K. A. 2017. 鈥淭ransgender men鈥檚 experiences of fertility preservation: a qualitative study鈥�.听Human Reproduction听32(2): 383鈥�90.听听
- Lampe N. M, Carter S. K.,& Sumerau, J. E. 2019.听鈥淐ontinuity and change in gender frames: the case of transgender reproduction.鈥澨�Gender & Society听33(6): 865鈥�87.听
- Reis, E. 2020. 鈥淢idwives and pregnant men: labouring toward ethical care in the United States鈥�.听CMAJ听192 (7).听
- Wingo, E., Ingraham, N.,& Roberts S. C. 2018. 鈥淩eproductive health care priorities and barriers to effective care for LGBTQ people assigned female at birth: A qualitative study鈥�.听Women鈥檚 Health Issues听28(4): 350鈥�7.听
VIII.听听听听听听听听听听Correcting Sexual Deviance: Conversion and Conversion Therapies听
Main reading:听
- Candy, B., King, M.,& Wright, T. 2018. 鈥淐onversion therapies and access to transition-related healthcare in transgender people: a narrative systematic review鈥�.听BMJ Open听8.听Additional reading:听
- Kinitz, D. J., Goodyear, T., Dromer, E., Gesink, D., Ferlatte, O., Knight, R.,& Salway, T. 2021. 鈥溾�淐onversion Therapy鈥� Experiences in Their Social Contexts: A Qualitative Study of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression Change Efforts in Canada鈥�.听The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry听1 (11).听
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