Bisexuality, Religion and Spirituality (PDF)

Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip is Professor of Sociology at the University of Nottingham, UK. His recent books include Sexual Identities: A Multi-faith Exploration of Young Adults (with Sarah-Jane Page), Cosmopolitan Dharma: Race, Sexuality, and Gender in British Buddhism (with Sharon Smith and Sally Munt), Understanding Young Buddhists: Living out Ethical Journeys (with Sarah-Jane Page), Critical Pedagogy, Sexuality Education, and Young People (with Fida Sanjakdar) and Intersecting Sexuality and Religion: Sociological Perspectives (with Sarah-Jane Page). He is currently writing, with Carl Ridler, a book provisionally entitled Intersecting and Contested Identities: Gay and Bisexual Arab Men in Everyday Life.

Alex Toft is a Research Fellow in the Nottingham Centre for Children, Young People and Families at Nottingham Trent University. His research focuses upon sexuality, gender, disability, spirituality and identity. His publications include Young, Disabled and LGBT+: Voices, Identities and Intersections (with Anita Franklin), and he has published in journals such as Sexualities and Journal of LGBT Youth. He has worked on projects funded by organisations such as the NSPCC and the Fundamental Rights Agency (EU), and recently received British Academy funding to conduct research exploring the negotiation of identity in the lives of young disabled LGBT+ people.