Law and Sexuality


This blogger's research "explores the intersection of law, sexuality and technology and has focused upon the phenomena of public sex and male-for-male sex work."

Author: Chris Ashford is a senior lecturer in law at the University of Sunderland in Sunderland, England.

Blawg Related Categories: Civil Rights • Criminal Justice • International • Europe • United Kingdom • University of Sunderland • Law Professor

Recent Posts from Law and Sexuality


  • World Aids Day Newcastle Vigil

    Queer Media in Trouble?

    Hate Crime

    Experiences of LGBT People in Britain

    The latest issue of Equality News (the newsletter of the Equality and Human Rights Commission points to an item & report on the experiences of LGBT people in Britain. I've not yet had chance to…

  • PCC Daily Mail Investigation

    Wow, well further to my boo the other day and original report about the Daily Mail story, this thing with Stephen Gately has certainly not gone away. The web is alive with polls for this…

  • The Politics of Identity

    One of the themes that we've been exploring both in my undergraduate and postgraduate classes is the theme of identity politics along with theories - postmodernism, feminism and queer - and how they can offer…

  • Coming up this week...

    Note the spelling, don't get too excited! In Gender Sexuality and Law this week we're going to be looking at queer approaches to gay 'marriage', deconstructing the rights based development of law and policy in…

  • Blog Poll on Censorship

    I've posted a poll on the top right of this blog. It's particularly for my students but also for any other readers that come across this blog. I'm interested in getting views on what (if…

  • Freakonomics and Sex Work

    The Sunday Times has started serialising the latest book from Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, authors of the bestselling Freakonomics. This week, the extract focuses around sex work, drawing upon Levitt's ideas around the economics…

  • Hustlaball and Images of Sex Work

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