Matthew Mitchell
@mattjmitchell.bsky.social
Lecturer in Criminology at Deakin University.
Researching LGBTQ people and the law, media representations of anti-queer violence, & tech-facilitated violence.
🌈 Pre-order my new book! https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/governing-gender
Researching LGBTQ people and the law, media representations of anti-queer violence, & tech-facilitated violence.
🌈 Pre-order my new book! https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/governing-gender
💖 Another article out in the same week! Feels like academic Christmas.
TL;DR three queer researchers struggle to understand what it might mean to do queer criminology, to be queer within criminology, and to queer criminology.
🔗 Available open access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
TL;DR three queer researchers struggle to understand what it might mean to do queer criminology, to be queer within criminology, and to queer criminology.
🔗 Available open access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Be gay, do criminology? Affect, subjectivity, and relationality in anti-queer violence research - Matthew Mitchell, Tully O’Neill, Curtis Redd, 2025
As a nascent sub-discipline, queer criminology has been fundamentally concerned with questions about its identity and scope. Within these debates, several schol...
journals.sagepub.com
August 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
💖 Another article out in the same week! Feels like academic Christmas.
TL;DR three queer researchers struggle to understand what it might mean to do queer criminology, to be queer within criminology, and to queer criminology.
🔗 Available open access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
TL;DR three queer researchers struggle to understand what it might mean to do queer criminology, to be queer within criminology, and to queer criminology.
🔗 Available open access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
🌈 New article out now, “Anti-Queer Violence in Australia: An Intersectional Analysis of Victimization Among LGBTQA+ Adults”
TL;DR Anti-queer violence is pervasive and intersectional.
Addressing it will require structural reform beyond tackling homo- and transphobia alone.
doi.org/10.1080/0091...
TL;DR Anti-queer violence is pervasive and intersectional.
Addressing it will require structural reform beyond tackling homo- and transphobia alone.
doi.org/10.1080/0091...
Anti-Queer Violence in Australia: An Intersectional Analysis of Victimization Among LGBTQA+ Adults
Anti-queer violence is a significant criminological, public health, and social justice concern. While international research has shown that LGBTQA+ people generally experience higher rates of victi...
doi.org
August 14, 2025 at 5:19 AM
🌈 New article out now, “Anti-Queer Violence in Australia: An Intersectional Analysis of Victimization Among LGBTQA+ Adults”
TL;DR Anti-queer violence is pervasive and intersectional.
Addressing it will require structural reform beyond tackling homo- and transphobia alone.
doi.org/10.1080/0091...
TL;DR Anti-queer violence is pervasive and intersectional.
Addressing it will require structural reform beyond tackling homo- and transphobia alone.
doi.org/10.1080/0091...
I had a great time speaking on Done By Law at 3CR about the national review into gender-affirming care for trans and gender-diverse youth.
Tune in to hear some myth-busting around gender-affirming care and learn why it matters!
(NB: there are some audio issues at the start, but it picks up)
Tune in to hear some myth-busting around gender-affirming care and learn why it matters!
(NB: there are some audio issues at the start, but it picks up)
Gender Affirming Care for Transgender Youth
This episode discusses gender-affirming care for transgender young people. We might mention suicide and self-harm. Listeners are advised.At the end of January this year, Federal Health Minister Mark B...
www.3cr.org.au
April 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I had a great time speaking on Done By Law at 3CR about the national review into gender-affirming care for trans and gender-diverse youth.
Tune in to hear some myth-busting around gender-affirming care and learn why it matters!
(NB: there are some audio issues at the start, but it picks up)
Tune in to hear some myth-busting around gender-affirming care and learn why it matters!
(NB: there are some audio issues at the start, but it picks up)
Tune in to hear us talk Playing with Social Theory on the SAGE Teaching Sociology podcast! 🎙️
We chat play, theory, and a bit of dancing 💃
🎧 Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: sagesociology.libsyn.com/teaching-soc...
We chat play, theory, and a bit of dancing 💃
🎧 Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: sagesociology.libsyn.com/teaching-soc...
Sage Sociology: Teaching Sociology - Playing with Social Theory: Creative and Reflexive Methods for Teaching and Practice
Authors Matthew Mitchell, Flynn Pervan, Josiah Lulham and Will Arpke-Wales discuss the article, "Playing with Social Theory: Creative and Reflexive Methods for Teaching and Practice," published in the...
sagesociology.libsyn.com
March 27, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Tune in to hear us talk Playing with Social Theory on the SAGE Teaching Sociology podcast! 🎙️
We chat play, theory, and a bit of dancing 💃
🎧 Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: sagesociology.libsyn.com/teaching-soc...
We chat play, theory, and a bit of dancing 💃
🎧 Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: sagesociology.libsyn.com/teaching-soc...
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"Playing with Social Theory" is out!
We explore teaching social theory through play—freestyle dance, writing fictional histories, and live gender performance in the classroom.
me + @josiahlulham.bsky.social + @ftcpervan.bsky.social + will arpke-wales
Link below!
doi.org/10.1177/0092...
"Playing with Social Theory" is out!
We explore teaching social theory through play—freestyle dance, writing fictional histories, and live gender performance in the classroom.
me + @josiahlulham.bsky.social + @ftcpervan.bsky.social + will arpke-wales
Link below!
doi.org/10.1177/0092...
Playing with Social Theory: Creative and Reflexive Methods for Teaching and Practice - Matthew Mitchell, Josiah Lulham, Flynn Pervan, Will Arpke-Wales, 2025
What does good theorizing look like? And how can or should theorizing be taught? This article challenges the static and exegetic approaches to theorizing that h...
doi.org
March 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
🎉🎉🎉
"Playing with Social Theory" is out!
We explore teaching social theory through play—freestyle dance, writing fictional histories, and live gender performance in the classroom.
me + @josiahlulham.bsky.social + @ftcpervan.bsky.social + will arpke-wales
Link below!
doi.org/10.1177/0092...
"Playing with Social Theory" is out!
We explore teaching social theory through play—freestyle dance, writing fictional histories, and live gender performance in the classroom.
me + @josiahlulham.bsky.social + @ftcpervan.bsky.social + will arpke-wales
Link below!
doi.org/10.1177/0092...
It was a pleasure to speak on ABC Radio National this morning about the national review of gender-affirming care for trans and gender-diverse young people and the significant legal scrutiny it has already faced.
📻 Listen below!
📻 Listen below!
The future of gender-affirming care - ABC listen
They make up a relatively small proportion of the population, yet their most private struggle is in the political spotlight -- again -- trans and gender diverse young people.
The timing of this Aust...
www.abc.net.au
February 6, 2025 at 6:33 AM
It was a pleasure to speak on ABC Radio National this morning about the national review of gender-affirming care for trans and gender-diverse young people and the significant legal scrutiny it has already faced.
📻 Listen below!
📻 Listen below!
Following QLD’s pause on puberty blockers and the federal gov’s new review into healthcare for trans youth, a quick piece from me on why gender-affirming care is already one of the most intensely regulated medical practices in Australia—and why we don’t need yet another review into its legitimacy.
Can a child legally take puberty blockers? What if their parents disagree?
Recent political attention might imply gender-affirming care is risky, controversial, perhaps even new. But Australian law views it as a legitimate medical treatment.
theconversation.com
January 31, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Following QLD’s pause on puberty blockers and the federal gov’s new review into healthcare for trans youth, a quick piece from me on why gender-affirming care is already one of the most intensely regulated medical practices in Australia—and why we don’t need yet another review into its legitimacy.