Reproductive Justice, Queerly: Volume 16 (Reproductive Justice: A New Vision for the 21st Century) - Softcover

Thomsen, Carly

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520385357 ISBN 13: 9780520385351

Publisher: University of California Press, 2026

Synopsis

An invitation into doing reproductive justice queerly.

Queer theory and reproductive justice need each other―now more than ever. As liberals and leftists increasingly frame reproductive justice in terms of LGBTQ+ rights, often adopting the language of “queerness,” it has become difficult to see that their political demands and strategies are often quite conservative. In Reproductive Justice, Queerly, Carly Thomsen examines typical reproductive justice issues―including abortion, surrogacy, crisis pregnancy centers, paid parental leave, and parenting―in queer ways. She shows what can happen when we bring queer theory and reproductive justice together: a queerer, more powerful articulation of what we are fighting for.

About this title

About the Author

Carly Thomsen is Associate Professor in the Department of English and Creative Writing and the Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Rice University. She is author of Visibility Interrupted: Rural Queer Life and the Politics of Unbecoming and coeditor of Feminist Studies: An Introductory Reader. She is also the proud creator of the world’s first reproductive justice mini golf course. 

Edition details

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520385357
• ISBN 13: 9780520385351
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 359