Melanie Judge
Biographic Data
| ID | 3611698 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melanie Judge |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melanie |
| FAMILY NAME | Judge |
| SIGNATURE | JUDGE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Town |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5038-2113 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A Tribute to Dr Susan Holland-Muter
I remember the day I first met Susan. It was the early 2000s, and I was working at Out LGBT Wellbeing. We met at Constitution Hill—she was coming to do an evaluation for us. The first thing that st
Under Construction: Toward a Theory and Praxis of Queer Peacebuilding
This article explores what queer as a concept brings to peacebuilding, presenting a guiding framework and introduction for a special issue on queer peacebuilding. It offers an initial approach to the topic, which means to center queer and trans perspectives of peace and bring queer epistemologies to bear on how peace is constituted so as to rearticulate the concept both in theory and praxis. In doing so, it addresses an unexamined gap in peacebui…
Unsettling Apologies: Critical Writings on Apology from South Africa
Unsettling Apologies: Critical Writings on Apology from South Africa
Drawing on the histories of injustice, dispossession and violence in South Africa, this book examines the cultural, political and legal role and value of an apology. It examines the multiple ways in which ‘sorry’ is instituted, articulated and performed, and critically analyses its various forms and functions in both historical and contemporary moments. How, and indeed if, apologies are made and received, denied and accepted, and how they come to…
Queer at 25: A Critical Perspective on Queerness, Politics and Futures
With a focus on contemporary South Africa, and through the lens of queer identity and politics, the article critiques the limitations and possibilities for queerness and its futures in post-apartheid South Africa. From the advent of constitutional democracy and its ushering in of human rights, the article analyses developments in the politics of sexuality in the context of enduring systems of violence, rooted in colonial and apartheid histories. …
Navigating paradox: Towards a conceptual framework for activism at the intersection of religion and sexuality
At the intersection of religion and sexuality, this article explores how lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people navigate dynamics of inclusion and exclusion within faith-based settings. Situated in a postcolonial setting, and with a specific focus on South Africa, the article delineates the oppressive dynamics at work at this intersection, along with how these are resisted through contemporary forms of activism. G…
Psychology and hate speech: A critical and restorative encounter
Blackwashing Homophobia: Violence and the Politics of Sexuality, Gender and Race
As lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex identities increasingly secure legal recognition across the globe, these formal equality gains are contradicted by the continued presence of violence. Such violence emerges as a political pressure point for contestations of identity and power within wider systems of global and local inequality. Discourses of homophobia-related violence constitute subjectivities that enact violence and that are r…
For better or worse? Same-sex marriage and the (re)making of hegemonic masculinities and femininities in South Africa
This briefing explores the implications of the achievement of formal marriage rights for same-sex couples in South Africa for masculine and feminine subjectivities. It assumes as its starting point the regulatory character of marriage equality and its role in the reproduction of normative masculine/feminine binaries. Marriage, as a legal and social discourse, is fundamental to the (re)production of hegemonic masculinities and femininities, and re…
For whom does the bell toll? The challenges and possibilities of the Civil Union Act for family law in South Africa
The campaign to include same-sex couples within the legal institution of ‘marriage’ challenges us to define the goals and purposes of such a reform of family law. Three perspectives are identified in this paper: a ‘formal-rights’ perspective, a ‘substantiverights’ perspective and a ‘transformative perspective’. We argue that family law reform should seek to achieve the goals and purposes behind all three perspectives: seeking both equal legal and…
Under Construction: Toward a Theory and Praxis of Queer Peacebuilding
This article explores what queer as a concept brings to peacebuilding, presenting a guiding framework and introduction for a special issue on queer peacebuilding. It offers an initial approach to the topic, which means to center queer and trans perspectives of peace and bring queer epistemologies to bear on how peace is constituted so as to rearticulate the concept both in theory and praxis. In doing so, it addresses an unexamined gap in peacebui…
Queer at 25: A Critical Perspective on Queerness, Politics and Futures
With a focus on contemporary South Africa, and through the lens of queer identity and politics, the article critiques the limitations and possibilities for queerness and its futures in post-apartheid South Africa. From the advent of constitutional democracy and its ushering in of human rights, the article analyses developments in the politics of sexuality in the context of enduring systems of violence, rooted in colonial and apartheid histories. …
Psychology and hate speech: A critical and restorative encounter
For better or worse? Same-sex marriage and the (re)making of hegemonic masculinities and femininities in South Africa
This briefing explores the implications of the achievement of formal marriage rights for same-sex couples in South Africa for masculine and feminine subjectivities. It assumes as its starting point the regulatory character of marriage equality and its role in the reproduction of normative masculine/feminine binaries. Marriage, as a legal and social discourse, is fundamental to the (re)production of hegemonic masculinities and femininities, and re…
For whom does the bell toll? The challenges and possibilities of the Civil Union Act for family law in South Africa
The campaign to include same-sex couples within the legal institution of ‘marriage’ challenges us to define the goals and purposes of such a reform of family law. Three perspectives are identified in this paper: a ‘formal-rights’ perspective, a ‘substantiverights’ perspective and a ‘transformative perspective’. We argue that family law reform should seek to achieve the goals and purposes behind all three perspectives: seeking both equal legal and…
For better or worse? Same-sex marriage and the (re)making of hegemonic masculinities and femininities in South Africa
This briefing explores the implications of the achievement of formal marriage rights for same-sex couples in South Africa for masculine and feminine subjectivities. It assumes as its starting point the regulatory character of marriage equality and its role in the reproduction of normative masculine/feminine binaries. Marriage, as a legal and social discourse, is fundamental to the (re)production of hegemonic masculinities and femininities, and re…
Blackwashing Homophobia: Violence and the Politics of Sexuality, Gender and Race
As lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex identities increasingly secure legal recognition across the globe, these formal equality gains are contradicted by the continued presence of violence. Such violence emerges as a political pressure point for contestations of identity and power within wider systems of global and local inequality. Discourses of homophobia-related violence constitute subjectivities that enact violence and that are r…
Psychology and hate speech: A critical and restorative encounter
Navigating paradox: Towards a conceptual framework for activism at the intersection of religion and sexuality
At the intersection of religion and sexuality, this article explores how lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people navigate dynamics of inclusion and exclusion within faith-based settings. Situated in a postcolonial setting, and with a specific focus on South Africa, the article delineates the oppressive dynamics at work at this intersection, along with how these are resisted through contemporary forms of activism. G…
Queer at 25: A Critical Perspective on Queerness, Politics and Futures
With a focus on contemporary South Africa, and through the lens of queer identity and politics, the article critiques the limitations and possibilities for queerness and its futures in post-apartheid South Africa. From the advent of constitutional democracy and its ushering in of human rights, the article analyses developments in the politics of sexuality in the context of enduring systems of violence, rooted in colonial and apartheid histories. …
Unsettling Apologies: Critical Writings on Apology from South Africa
Unsettling Apologies: Critical Writings on Apology from South Africa
Drawing on the histories of injustice, dispossession and violence in South Africa, this book examines the cultural, political and legal role and value of an apology. It examines the multiple ways in which ‘sorry’ is instituted, articulated and performed, and critically analyses its various forms and functions in both historical and contemporary moments. How, and indeed if, apologies are made and received, denied and accepted, and how they come to…
Under Construction: Toward a Theory and Praxis of Queer Peacebuilding
This article explores what queer as a concept brings to peacebuilding, presenting a guiding framework and introduction for a special issue on queer peacebuilding. It offers an initial approach to the topic, which means to center queer and trans perspectives of peace and bring queer epistemologies to bear on how peace is constituted so as to rearticulate the concept both in theory and praxis. In doing so, it addresses an unexamined gap in peacebui…
A Tribute to Dr Susan Holland-Muter
I remember the day I first met Susan. It was the early 2000s, and I was working at Out LGBT Wellbeing. We met at Constitution Hill—she was coming to do an evaluation for us. The first thing that st
Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Legal Issues in South Africa (3 works) · Lesbian (3 works)