Call for submissions with a special focus on affirming and inclusive perspectives on sex, gender, and sexuality in social work

2025-07-07

In the past few decades, the world has seen increased recognition and acceptance of diverse identities and expressions of sex, gender, and sexuality. However in more recent years people’s sex, gender, and sexuality have been increasingly policed, politicised, and weaponised at the micro, meso, and macro levels. In particular, people who are seen to transgress gendered and sexed norms are being targeted and weaponised, often as a vehicle for right-wing authoritarian agendas and regimes.

In this special focus, we welcome critical articles (empirical or theoretical), viewpoints, research briefs, and book reviews exploring aspects of sex, gender, and sexuality in social work. The focus can be contemporary, historical, or include both. We especially welcome submissions that are authored by and/or centre and affirm knowledges and practice from our transgender, nonbinary, asexual and intersex communities. We are keen to hear from scholars who centre Indigenous understandings of gender, sex, and sexuality, such as Takatāpui, MVPFAFF, Sistergirls and Brotherboys.

Submissions will be considered in three formats:

  • full articles of 7000 words
  • research briefs, 3500 words
  • viewpoints 2000 words
  • practice notes 3000 words

Follow this link to find out more about submission formats

https://anzswjournal.nz/anzsw/about/submissions#authorGuidelines

Full articles and research reports will be anonymously reviewed by two readers from a panel of reviewers.  Shorter pieces will be reviewed by an editor and one reviewer.  Reviewers are asked to offer constructive feedback to authors.

Please submit your article for review by 30th November 2025

Please submit your article as per the guidelines linked to above but contact the special focus editors to let them know it connects to the special focus. You can also contact the special focus editors with any questions about the relevance of a paper to the focus, balancing positionality, disclosure, and safety, or to submit an abstract in advance of your paper.

Contact: eileen.joy@auckland.ac.nz or justin.canty@utas.edu.au