Sex, Sexuality and the Rights of People with Disability

Disability activists, people with lived experience of disability, and academics will come together to four speakers with diverse backgrounds and expertise will discuss their perspectives on the rights of people with disability in relation to sex, sexuality and relationships, with an emphasis on challenges and priorities for research and advocacy.

Speakers:
Jax Jacki Brown (Disability & LGBTI Activist)
Professor Michael Perlin (New York Law School)
Linda Stokoe (Deakin University)
Dr George Taleporos (Summer Foundation)

The evening will be chaired by Dr Anna Arstein-Kerslake who is a lecturer in Melbourne Law School at the University of Melbourne and the Academic Convenor of the Disability Research Initiative.

Presented by the University of Melbourne Disability Research Initiative and RMIT University

Banner artwork by Tanya Raabe - Michèle Taylor: Consultant, Trainer and Performer, 2011, oil on canvas, 36″ x 30″

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