Senthorun S. Raj
@senthorun.bsky.social
Professor | Law, Humanities, Human Rights ✨
Professional Gay🦩
Books:
📕 The Emotions of LGBT Rights and Reforms
📕 Queer Judgments
📕 The Queer Outside in Law
📕 Feeling Queer Jurisprudence
Links: https://linktr.ee/senthorun
(He/Him)
Professional Gay🦩
Books:
📕 The Emotions of LGBT Rights and Reforms
📕 Queer Judgments
📕 The Queer Outside in Law
📕 Feeling Queer Jurisprudence
Links: https://linktr.ee/senthorun
(He/Him)
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Senthorun S. Raj
@senthorun.bsky.social
· Jul 23
It’s official: I’ve been promoted to Professor of Legal Humanities and Human Rights at Manchester Law School.
My ability to think/research/write/teach anything is only possible because of the communities that continue to nourish me.
So now, I’m just going to keep on sparkling.
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My ability to think/research/write/teach anything is only possible because of the communities that continue to nourish me.
So now, I’m just going to keep on sparkling.
🌈✨
“Information that ordinary people access about trans issues through asking AI models is being impacted by the volume of anti-trans lawfare in the UK.”
This is another example of why we should avoid getting important information from large language models. They reproduce systemic biases.
This is another example of why we should avoid getting important information from large language models. They reproduce systemic biases.
Revealed: Trans people framed as medical or legal issues in 94% of AI responses
"A combination of biological, psychological, and social factors". A QueerAF investigation lays bare how popular generative AI models describe Trans+ people
www.wearequeeraf.com
October 31, 2026 at 10:00 AM
“Information that ordinary people access about trans issues through asking AI models is being impacted by the volume of anti-trans lawfare in the UK.”
This is another example of why we should avoid getting important information from large language models. They reproduce systemic biases.
This is another example of why we should avoid getting important information from large language models. They reproduce systemic biases.
“There was never a moment where I made an intellectual choice that I would be a supporter of gay civil rights… It was always a natural and uncomplicated choice.”
Vale, Patrick Stewart.
Vale, Patrick Stewart.
Remembering Patrick Stewart, An LGBTQ+ Ally Who Never Needed To Be Asked
Sir Patrick Stewart, who died Oct. 28 at 86, will be remembered by millions as Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Professor Charles Xavier. For many LGBTQ+ fans,
pridesource.com
October 29, 2026 at 10:25 PM
“There was never a moment where I made an intellectual choice that I would be a supporter of gay civil rights… It was always a natural and uncomplicated choice.”
Vale, Patrick Stewart.
Vale, Patrick Stewart.
“AI has no beliefs or personality of its own. Like the map-maker in the windowless room, it knows only what it is told. If the person describing the city holds a grudge against one neighbourhood, that grudge ends up on the map.”
A timely essay by Adrian Dredge on the harms of algorithmic policing.
A timely essay by Adrian Dredge on the harms of algorithmic policing.
AI in policing risks deepening discrimination, research warns
AI tools learn from biased records and may deepen discrimination against minorities without oversight, researchers say.
www.bbc.com
October 28, 2026 at 11:05 AM
“AI has no beliefs or personality of its own. Like the map-maker in the windowless room, it knows only what it is told. If the person describing the city holds a grudge against one neighbourhood, that grudge ends up on the map.”
A timely essay by Adrian Dredge on the harms of algorithmic policing.
A timely essay by Adrian Dredge on the harms of algorithmic policing.
“One of his most significant acts of protest followed the 1983 police raid on Sydney’s Club 80. Twenty eight men signed statutory declarations stating they had engaged in sex with other men, challenging the enforcement of laws that criminalised their lives.”
Vale, Robert French. We owe much to him.
Vale, Robert French. We owe much to him.
Vale Robert French AM: Activist And Historian Who Helped Preserve Australia’s Queer Stories
Robert French AM, a prominent LGBTQIA+ rights campaigner, author and historian whose work helped secure change has died aged 79.
www.starobserver.com.au
October 27, 2026 at 11:55 AM
“One of his most significant acts of protest followed the 1983 police raid on Sydney’s Club 80. Twenty eight men signed statutory declarations stating they had engaged in sex with other men, challenging the enforcement of laws that criminalised their lives.”
Vale, Robert French. We owe much to him.
Vale, Robert French. We owe much to him.
“I feel so, so happy … There’s not enough room in my chest for all this joy. Lula’s victory represents so much. It means life for those who believe in love and in life…”
Well done, Brazil! 🇧🇷
Here’s to more democracy, organising, and hope.
Well done, Brazil! 🇧🇷
Here’s to more democracy, organising, and hope.
Lula wins fourth term as Brazil president after historic upset over far-right Flávio Bolsonaro
Leftist incumbent Lula stages unprecedented comeback weeks after narrowly losing first round of election to Bolsonaro
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2026 at 6:40 AM
“I feel so, so happy … There’s not enough room in my chest for all this joy. Lula’s victory represents so much. It means life for those who believe in love and in life…”
Well done, Brazil! 🇧🇷
Here’s to more democracy, organising, and hope.
Well done, Brazil! 🇧🇷
Here’s to more democracy, organising, and hope.
“Intersex is the word that provided me with a conceptual and interpretive framework… I went from seeing myself as a sick, abnormal and malformed person to asserting myself as a someone who embodies one of the many bodily forms of human anatomical variability.”
Happy Intersex Awareness Day!
Happy Intersex Awareness Day!
Being intersex in Juchitán: navigating a different language, culture and reality - Intersex Day
Frida Flores on growing up and being different in Juchitán, Oaxaca, a Zapotec city in Mexico.
intersexday.org
October 26, 2026 at 6:05 AM
“Intersex is the word that provided me with a conceptual and interpretive framework… I went from seeing myself as a sick, abnormal and malformed person to asserting myself as a someone who embodies one of the many bodily forms of human anatomical variability.”
Happy Intersex Awareness Day!
Happy Intersex Awareness Day!
“The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, conceded defeat on Sunday in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.”
Welcome news from Serbia! Well done to the youth. 🇷🇸
Welcome news from Serbia! Well done to the youth. 🇷🇸
Serbia’s strongman leader Vucic concedes defeat to student-led movement in seismic political shift
The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent ...
apnews.com
October 25, 2026 at 9:10 PM
“The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, conceded defeat on Sunday in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.”
Welcome news from Serbia! Well done to the youth. 🇷🇸
Welcome news from Serbia! Well done to the youth. 🇷🇸
“The High Court has ruled that regulations banning new prescriptions of puberty blockers for young people with gender dysphoria were unlawful.”
This is welcome news from NZ. We need more courts to scrutinise political decisions that undermine people’s ability to access life saving health care.
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This is welcome news from NZ. We need more courts to scrutinise political decisions that undermine people’s ability to access life saving health care.
🇳🇿🏳️⚧️
High Court overturns puberty blocker restrictions for gender-diverse youth
The Govt's restrictions unlawfully discriminated against young people, the court found.
www.nzherald.co.nz
October 25, 2026 at 6:40 PM
“The High Court has ruled that regulations banning new prescriptions of puberty blockers for young people with gender dysphoria were unlawful.”
This is welcome news from NZ. We need more courts to scrutinise political decisions that undermine people’s ability to access life saving health care.
🇳🇿🏳️⚧️
This is welcome news from NZ. We need more courts to scrutinise political decisions that undermine people’s ability to access life saving health care.
🇳🇿🏳️⚧️
Boyfriend and I are back being gay in Sydney.
October 25, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Boyfriend and I are back being gay in Sydney.
“AI use proliferates in higher education because decades of neoliberal reforms have baked into universities a certain way of thinking, entirely compatible with algorithmic models.”
The commercialisation of universities continues to erode thinking and learning. We should resist corporate automation.
The commercialisation of universities continues to erode thinking and learning. We should resist corporate automation.
Friday essay: AI is devastating higher education, but the system was already broken
AI is a project of the powerful, implemented in the name of an efficiency that has nothing to do with the good, writes Jeff Sparrow.
theconversation.com
October 23, 2026 at 12:40 AM
“AI use proliferates in higher education because decades of neoliberal reforms have baked into universities a certain way of thinking, entirely compatible with algorithmic models.”
The commercialisation of universities continues to erode thinking and learning. We should resist corporate automation.
The commercialisation of universities continues to erode thinking and learning. We should resist corporate automation.
“Under the new rules introduced by the Cook Labor Government, schools will no longer be allowed to fire teachers or expel students due to their sexuality…”
This is welcome (and long overdue!) news from Western Australia. No school should be able to discriminate against LGBT teachers and students.
This is welcome (and long overdue!) news from Western Australia. No school should be able to discriminate against LGBT teachers and students.
Western Australia Introduces New Legislation To End LGBTQ+ Discrimination In Schools
Western Australia has introduced new legislation to modernise the Equal Opportunity Act 1984, offering better protection for LGBTQ+ staff and students.
www.starobserver.com.au
October 22, 2026 at 7:50 AM
“Under the new rules introduced by the Cook Labor Government, schools will no longer be allowed to fire teachers or expel students due to their sexuality…”
This is welcome (and long overdue!) news from Western Australia. No school should be able to discriminate against LGBT teachers and students.
This is welcome (and long overdue!) news from Western Australia. No school should be able to discriminate against LGBT teachers and students.
Hello folks, the very cool Prof Jackie Stacey and Dr Gareth Gavin are recruiting two people keen to do a creative PhD in trans and queer health. These projects respond to health and wellbeing needs by centring creative forms of care developed by LGBTQ+ communities in Greater Manchester. Apply/share!
Queer and Trans Healthcare and Creativity studentships | Faculty of Humanities | The University of Manchester
Explore Queer and Trans Healthcare and Creativity studentships at The University of Manchester, supporting inclusive postgraduate research funding options.
www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk
October 20, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Hello folks, the very cool Prof Jackie Stacey and Dr Gareth Gavin are recruiting two people keen to do a creative PhD in trans and queer health. These projects respond to health and wellbeing needs by centring creative forms of care developed by LGBTQ+ communities in Greater Manchester. Apply/share!
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We run regular reflective spaces for trans and non-binary therapy practitioners to come together.
Our upcoming online spaces will focus on the ongoing impact of the Supreme Court Ruling and the EHRC's code of practice.
Sign up here: https://ow.ly/rc0f50ZYQi2
Our upcoming online spaces will focus on the ongoing impact of the Supreme Court Ruling and the EHRC's code of practice.
Sign up here: https://ow.ly/rc0f50ZYQi2
October 19, 2026 at 9:16 AM
We run regular reflective spaces for trans and non-binary therapy practitioners to come together.
Our upcoming online spaces will focus on the ongoing impact of the Supreme Court Ruling and the EHRC's code of practice.
Sign up here: https://ow.ly/rc0f50ZYQi2
Our upcoming online spaces will focus on the ongoing impact of the Supreme Court Ruling and the EHRC's code of practice.
Sign up here: https://ow.ly/rc0f50ZYQi2
“Trans people could face delays and a greater risk of ‘corridor care’ under new NHS England guidance that means they will no longer be able to use same-sex wards, according to an internal report.”
The British government could act right now and amend the law to end the segregation of trans people.
The British government could act right now and amend the law to end the segregation of trans people.
New NHS England policy for trans people could have ‘a number of adverse impacts’, report finds
Exclusive: rules on same-sex wards could lead to delays in care, discrimination and animosity between groups, finds internal assessment
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2026 at 2:55 PM
“Trans people could face delays and a greater risk of ‘corridor care’ under new NHS England guidance that means they will no longer be able to use same-sex wards, according to an internal report.”
The British government could act right now and amend the law to end the segregation of trans people.
The British government could act right now and amend the law to end the segregation of trans people.
“These tools have been rolled out without proper testing, quality assurance and training. This careless approach could have catastrophic consequences for those people whose future is in the hands of Home Office decision-making.”
New report exposes how UK asylum decision-makers are using ChatGPT.
New report exposes how UK asylum decision-makers are using ChatGPT.
The Use of ChatGPT in Asylum Decisions
Errors, Inaccuracies and Home Office Incompetence
Executive summary
Deciding whether someone can or cannot seek refuge in the UK is one of the most serious and life-changing decisions that the state ...
www.openrightsgroup.org
October 16, 2026 at 10:05 PM
“These tools have been rolled out without proper testing, quality assurance and training. This careless approach could have catastrophic consequences for those people whose future is in the hands of Home Office decision-making.”
New report exposes how UK asylum decision-makers are using ChatGPT.
New report exposes how UK asylum decision-makers are using ChatGPT.
“Forcing trans people into spaces for our sex assigned at birth will never be the most clinically appropriate decision, and would push trans people away from accessing care.”
We must continue to challenge the state mandated segregation of trans people in the UK.
We must continue to challenge the state mandated segregation of trans people in the UK.
Trans women no longer to be placed on female-only wards under new NHS England guidance
Rules mean single-sex wards, toilets and changing rooms will now be used by people based on their biological sex
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2026 at 9:05 PM
“Forcing trans people into spaces for our sex assigned at birth will never be the most clinically appropriate decision, and would push trans people away from accessing care.”
We must continue to challenge the state mandated segregation of trans people in the UK.
We must continue to challenge the state mandated segregation of trans people in the UK.
“It is not just history that haunts. It is that in these institution, elite, white, British institutions, we become the ghosts, Black and brown people, reminders of what they refuse to recognise let alone to give up.”
Thinking with Jason Arday, Sara Ahmed exposes the racism of/in higher education.
Thinking with Jason Arday, Sara Ahmed exposes the racism of/in higher education.
British Racism
In an earlier post, Stories of Institutional Violence, I shared that I hoped to write some posts in honour of Professor Jason Arday’s life and legacy.
feministkilljoys.substack.com
October 14, 2026 at 7:10 PM
“It is not just history that haunts. It is that in these institution, elite, white, British institutions, we become the ghosts, Black and brown people, reminders of what they refuse to recognise let alone to give up.”
Thinking with Jason Arday, Sara Ahmed exposes the racism of/in higher education.
Thinking with Jason Arday, Sara Ahmed exposes the racism of/in higher education.
“There is no doubt online content can be harmful. But social media platforms cannot make decisions about public health content without adequate safeguards (such as independent accountability and appeal mechanisms) or guidance from health experts.”
We need nuanced regulation of online platforms.
We need nuanced regulation of online platforms.
How the ‘digital duty of care’ bill could undermine vital sex and drug education online
Safety messages about drugs and sex are already routinely misidentified and removed from social media platforms. The proposed bill would take this further.
theconversation.com
October 14, 2026 at 6:35 AM
“There is no doubt online content can be harmful. But social media platforms cannot make decisions about public health content without adequate safeguards (such as independent accountability and appeal mechanisms) or guidance from health experts.”
We need nuanced regulation of online platforms.
We need nuanced regulation of online platforms.
Journalists also used to post photos of gay families making the same degrading comments about how “sad” it was that children were being “robbed” of having a mother and a father. The regurgitated bigotry to abuse trans people is painfully pervasive across the media.
Janet Murray is now publicly harassing a random trans woman for choosing to get gender affirming surgery, and her real life friend for donating some money towards funding it.
Janet works for the Telegraph and the Mail.
This is the state of British journalism. Harassing people for being trans.
Janet works for the Telegraph and the Mail.
This is the state of British journalism. Harassing people for being trans.
October 13, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Journalists also used to post photos of gay families making the same degrading comments about how “sad” it was that children were being “robbed” of having a mother and a father. The regurgitated bigotry to abuse trans people is painfully pervasive across the media.
My boyfriend described my job as “professor of sexual gendered queerness.” How endearingly apt. I should get that printed on a t-shirt.
October 13, 2026 at 7:00 AM
My boyfriend described my job as “professor of sexual gendered queerness.” How endearingly apt. I should get that printed on a t-shirt.
Today is National Coming Out Day. Many governments censor and police LGBTQ lives. The media caricature our existence as “ideologies.” Visibility is not easy or desirable in these circumstances. So, let’s work collectively on creating spaces where LGBTQ folk flourish without the demand to “come out.”
October 11, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Today is National Coming Out Day. Many governments censor and police LGBTQ lives. The media caricature our existence as “ideologies.” Visibility is not easy or desirable in these circumstances. So, let’s work collectively on creating spaces where LGBTQ folk flourish without the demand to “come out.”
“Universities are revoking offers en masse made to international applicants from countries including Nigeria and Pakistan as they fear the UK government’s visa crackdown will result in a ban on their recruiting international students.”
The British government trashes universities and pursues racism.
The British government trashes universities and pursues racism.
UK universities withdraw offers from international students to avoid blanket ban
Pullback comes in response to doubling in number of study visas being refused by the Home Office in the first six months of 2026
www.ft.com
October 10, 2026 at 12:35 PM
“Universities are revoking offers en masse made to international applicants from countries including Nigeria and Pakistan as they fear the UK government’s visa crackdown will result in a ban on their recruiting international students.”
The British government trashes universities and pursues racism.
The British government trashes universities and pursues racism.
“Classrooms up and down the country need to prepare young people for the wider world – an ever complex and changing world – and that only happens if their classrooms, their learning materials and their discussions reflect the diversity of experiences in that world.”
LGBT lives are not “ideologies.”
LGBT lives are not “ideologies.”
Forcing 'impartiality' in classrooms is a Trojan horse for bans on queer lives
Under the guise of ‘impartiality’, right-wing forces are increasingly focused on restricting which topics and perspectives young people have access to
www.wearequeeraf.com
October 10, 2026 at 7:30 AM
“Classrooms up and down the country need to prepare young people for the wider world – an ever complex and changing world – and that only happens if their classrooms, their learning materials and their discussions reflect the diversity of experiences in that world.”
LGBT lives are not “ideologies.”
LGBT lives are not “ideologies.”
“Ranking machines based on whether they are smarter than us accepts the eugenic premise that human intelligence and worth can be measured on a single, linear scale.”
We need to refuse the “AI” corporate propaganda and political nationalism.
We need to refuse the “AI” corporate propaganda and political nationalism.
AI Is Not 'Super Intelligence.' Why No One Should Use Trump's Term - CNET
Commentary: Words evolve based on public use and technical precision, not because a president orders people to adopt them.
www.cnet.com
October 9, 2026 at 3:25 PM
“Ranking machines based on whether they are smarter than us accepts the eugenic premise that human intelligence and worth can be measured on a single, linear scale.”
We need to refuse the “AI” corporate propaganda and political nationalism.
We need to refuse the “AI” corporate propaganda and political nationalism.
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BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
October 9, 2026 at 9:12 AM
BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law.