She will begin by describing her early work about transgender, before moving through her research about LGBT issues, including collaborations with colleagues from the Global South. She will then discuss patterns of bisexual erasure revealed by her “reading from the margins”. This will be followed by an overview of her international collaborative work about the issues facing intersex people and those with variations of sex characteristics.

Each of these areas is cross-cut by topical debates about identity, health, citizenship, feminisms, intersectionality and postcoloniality. Surya will use the last part of her lecture to explore what role each of us plays in making the world a more inclusive and equal place. Epistemic justice is a pressing issue within academia – with important implications beyond the fields that Surya focuses on – and academic knowledge can be a force for good within the wider world.