JJ Wright, Ph.D.

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Sociology & Gender Studies Prof MacEwan U. PhD OISE - U Toronto. Primarily researching gender-based violence prevention education. Director Queer Joy Lab @queerjoy.bsky.social 🌈🏳️‍⚧️. Queer + Trans Joy, #EndGBV, Consent, Disability Justice | she/they

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Queer joy, centred sexuality, education: offering a novel framework for gender based violence prevention by JJ Wright, Jay Fallon, and Ella's Greenberg in the international Journal of LGBTQ plus youth. A new publication!
Call for presentations. Mobilizing queer joy and challenging anti-2SLGBTQ+ hate conference. October 10-12, 2025. Happening at MacEwan University in Edmonton. Proposals are due July 18. Click this link in the tweet to submit your proposal. The image is of hey pop up on a computer screen with the text displayed in a box. There is a small square with a rainbow heart appearing to like the pop-up window.
new publication: Lateral Gender-Based Violence in 2SLGBTQ+ Communities: The Stifling of Queer Joy Through Intersectional Oppression, “Pitiful” Sexuality Education, and Media (Mis)Representation. jj wright in the journal of homosexuality. open access
A forum presented by the Australian research centre in sex, health and society, presented by Latrobe University. The forum is titled beyond deficit thinking: strength based approaches to LGBTQ plus research and practice forum. Discover the latest research from the Australian research centre in sex, health and society, highlighting strength space approaches to LGBTQ plus research. Hear from rainbow health Australia, on how this evidence is being transformed into practical frameworks for gender based violence, prevention, training, and practice. With guest keynote speaker, assistant, professor, JJ Wright from McEwan University. Their talk is titled on queer sexual joy as resistance to gender based violence in Canada. The talk is Tuesday, 11th of March 2025 from one to 4:30 PM at Latrobe city campus, 360. Collin St., Melbourne CBD register at the link above.
The queer Joy project is excited to announce our website launch! Check out how to SLGBTQ plus youth are using DIY art to resist rising hate. www.queerjoy.ca. The background is pink, yellow and rose swirls with a yellow sun and clouds moving apart at the bottom of the image to reveal the name of the website. They’re also twinkling stars.
New article. Mobilizing queer joy: establishing queer joy studies. JJ wright and Casey burkhoder. editorial introduction to a special issue of the journal sexualities. two pieces of illustrated dried flowers are on either side of the text.
A teach-in: understanding Alberta's new anti-2SLGBTQ+ Laws. Wednesday, December 11th, 6:730pm, zoom webinar.Florence Ashley, assistant professor, University of Alberta; Zack Marshall, associate professor, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary; Danielle Peers, associate professor, Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta; Kristy Harcourt, social worker, instructor, MacEwan University; JJ Wright, assistant professor, sociology and gender studies, MacEwan University; KD King, research associate, Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta. Presented by Queer Joy Lab and MacEwan's Centre for Sexual and Gender Diversity. An orange background with a brown cowboy hat top left; the centre of the poster has a lasso rope decoration.