The anthology draws inspiration from the conference in Queer Studies that was held at Canterbury Christ Church University in 2009. Paradigmatic discourses in academia and public life are discussed in six larger areas: identities, politics, public discourses, education, popular culture and literature. Among the themes are same-sex marriage, psychiatry, domestic violence, education, queer anti-capitalist activism, lesbians and gays in Botswana, and queer analysis of different forms of fiction such as literature and television series. Questions of identity, performativity and transgender are discussed.