Equalities legislation has provided the basis for lesbian and gay-identified individuals to
create new spaces of sexual inclusion in the UK. However, national rights to sexual …

This article considers the way in which gender gains significance during ethnographic
research to reveal situated social dynamics. As a female ethnographer in a male-dominated …

COVID-19 has transformed the way we live our lives, and sex has been a significant element
of that transformation. Gay male sex in the UK has faced the most significant (re) …

The issue of how to regulate the sex industry most effectively has been much debated
throughout history and across jurisdictions. The one constant in this discourse has been a …

The policing of homosexuality in Singapore through legislation and public policy are imbued
with colonial legacies that have enshrined heteronormative values within its public sphere …

Offering an anthology of original articles on sexuality from a sociological perspective,
Selves, Symbols, and Sexualities: An Interactionist Anthology focuses on the diverse and …

This article provides an insight into the sexual world of 'dogging'; that of anonymous sex
between men, and between men and women, usually carried out in car parks. Drawing upon …

How are the concepts of obscenity and extreme pornography 'produced'and by whom? The
failed prosecution in R v Peacock (2012) revealed English law to be based on attempts to …

Fucking Law is an urgent call for everyone, not just academics and researchers, to find
inventive ways to question the ethics of sexuality. Since a sex life is full of so many diverse …

Criminal law in the United Kingdom and Australia has traditionally taken a gendered
approach to sex work. Sex work laws were drafted and applied mainly with female workers …