The 49th World Congress on Gender, Sexuality, and Identity (WCGSI 2025) explores evolving perspectives on gender identity, sexuality, and intersectionality across cultures, communities, and disciplines.
Key Topics
- Gender roles and career choices
- Intersectionality with age, class, ability, and neurodiversity
- Historical exploration of gender roles
- Visual representations of gender and sexuality through time
- Trans-affirmative healthcare and standards of care
- Fluidity and diversity of LGBTQ+ experiences
- Masculinities and gender identity
- Marriage equality and parenthood
- Men and media representation
- LGBTQ+ parenting and adoption
- Inclusive sex education and its impact
- Queer of Color critiques
- Online platforms` role in shaping beauty standards
- Colonialism`s impact on traditional gender and sexuality norms
- Feminist ethics and philosophy
- Changing gender roles in families
- How media shapes views on gender identity
- Intersection of gender studies with other disciplines
- Post-structuralist perspectives on gender
- History of bisexuality as an identity
- Comparison of laws and culture worldwide
- Community engagement and activism in gender and sexuality
- Social media as a lifeline for LGBTQ+ community support
- Gender as a co-constitutive and intersectional element of discrimination
- Language evolution in non-binary expression
- Integration of LGBTQ+ people in different faiths
- Men’s health (physical and mental)
- Transgender rights and challenges
- New elements brought to faith traditions by LGBTQ+ individuals
- History of LGBTQ+ movements and activism
- Bullying in schools and anti-bullying efforts
- Globalization and shifting attitudes towards gender and sexuality
- Anti-gender movements and their impact
- Inclusive workplace policies and representation
- Understanding non-binary lives across the lifespan
- Combating gender-based violence
- Queer theory and its evolution
- Experiences of LGBTQ+ individuals in online gaming communities
- Virtual support and its impact on LGBTQ+ mental health
- Lesbian and gay history and the development of identity
- New efforts at asexual visibility and coming-out processes
- Men in education and the workplace
- Global and transnational perspectives on LGBTQ+ issues
- Challenges to the concept of "coming out"
- LGBTQ+ health and well-being issues
- Fatherhood and parenting
- Policies and progress in shaping workplace experiences
- Exploring genderqueer narratives and experiences
- Use of religious texts to justify mistreatment of LGBTQ+ people</
