About

Queer Legal Theory is an independent scholarly resource dedicated to the critical study of law and sexuality. It exists in the conviction that queer theory has much to offer legal scholarship — and that legal materials have much to offer queer theory — and that neither field is well served by keeping these conversations separate.

The site gathers original essays, an annotated legal archive, teaching and research resources, and Cee Vee’s Reading Circle — a curated theoretical reading list for those who want to engage with the broader intellectual field alongside the legal materials.

The project is maintained by a single scholar working across legal theory, gender studies, and critical jurisprudence. It is not affiliated with any law school, journal, or advocacy organisation — and that independence is deliberate. The aim is a space for thinking that is not beholden to institutional pressures or the demands of strategic litigation.

The name “Cee Vee” is a nod to Catharine MacKinnon and Vito Russo — two figures whose work, in very different registers, insisted on the political stakes of theory. The reading circle is dedicated to that same insistence: that how we read matters, and that critical reading is already a form of legal intervention.

New materials are added regularly, though not on a fixed schedule. Suggestions for the archive, the reading list, and the research resources are warmly received.