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Thank you to everyone for all your support over the years. Q+ is now entering a dormant period, but this is by no means the end. This site will stay up for you to see what we've done and have access to the resources collected here. Check out our YouTube channel for recordings of past events in the meantime, and you will see us again!

- The Q+ team

Judith Butler Week 2023

15 August 2024

In Spring 2023, we were honoured to welcome Professor Judith Butler for a week of activities and events from April 25th - 28th. This was fortuitously timed with the announcement of Butler’s new book, Who’s Afraid of Gender? , and Sara Ahmed’s new publication, The Feminist Killjoy Handbook. This presented an unmissable...

lgbtQ+@cam Director

Professor Sarah Franklin, FBA, FRSB, FAcSS is the founding Director of Q+, which she began organising in 2016 and has overseen as part of her roles as both Head and Chair of Sociology at Cambridge. A queer scholar, activist and researcher throughout her career, Franklin was the Principle Investigator of the ‘Out at Cambridge’ project and is the Director of the Reproductive Sociology Research Group (ReproSoc). Franklin a...

Lanyards

We have released control of our popular official University of Cambridge pride flag lanyards over to EDI at Old Schools. If you'd like a trans or progress pride flag lanyard, just get in touch with Diane !

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What we're up to

Visit Our Work to find our latest projects, including our report 'Out at Cambridge' which describes experiences of disclosure for lgbtq+ staff and students at the University of Cambridge.

lgbtQ+@cam Welcomes Sandi Toksvig as New Q+ Fellow

9 October 2023

This year, we are delighted to welcome Sandi Toksvig OBE to join us at the Department of Sociology to take up the inaugural Qantabrigian Fellowship for 2023-24. Sandi of course needs no introduction - her contributions to comedy, literature, and political activism are well known, having earned her a myriad of commendations...

Welcome to Q+

lgbtQ+@cam was an initiative that ran from 2018 - 2024 to promote interdisciplinary research, outreach and network building related to queer, trans and sexuality studies at the University of Cambridge.