Gender, Sexuality, and Struggles against Settler Colonialism

Session Submission Type: Invited Session (90 minute)

Description

This panel brings together feminist and queer scholars to explore the intersections of gender, sexuality, and struggles for Palestinian liberation. Panelists will address topics including queer and trans experiences under settler colonialism, pinkwashing, reproductive injustices, racialized and sexualized surveillance, and diasporic and transnational solidarities. Building on feminist and queer scholarship and activism, the conversation highlights critical interventions that challenge colonial, imperial, and heteronormative structures while envisioning liberatory futures rooted in solidarity with Palestine.

Sub Unit

• Global and Transnational Sociology Section / Gender, Sexuality, and Struggles against Settler Colonialism

Panelists

• Izat El Amoor, New York University

• Gala Rexer, University of Warwick

• Rabab Ibrahim Abdulhadi, San Francisco State University

• Sa'ed Atshan, Swarthmore College

Session Organizers

• Elena Shih, Brown University

• Minwoo Jung, Loyola University Chicago