Pride and Prejudices:
Queer Lives and the Law
Pride and Prejudices:
Queer Lives and the Law
Overview
Internationally acclaimed human rights lawyer Keio Yoshida uncovers the ongoing battle for LGBTQ+ rights, how far we’ve come, and how much further we have to go.
The right to life and the right to live life free from discrimination are rights that are codified and legally protected, but—unlike those on women’s rights, disability rights, children’s rights, freedom from torture, and racial discrimination—there is no dedicated and binding treaty or convention in international human rights law with respect to LGBTQ+ rights.
In Pride and Prejudices, Yoshida analyzes case law from around the world, including Rosanna Flamer Caldera v Sri Lanka, the first global precedent to call for the decriminalization of same-sex intimacy between women, in which Yoshida acted as counsel, as well as other timely cases such as the bitter debate over self-ID for trans people in the UK and Florida’s recent ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill.
This pivotal book addresses the legal problems that still persist and contribute to the violence and discrimination that the international LGBTQ+ population experiences on a daily basis, and demonstrates what more needs to be done to protect LGBTQ+ communities.
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- Paperback
- 5.3in x 8.5in
- 256 pages
- 9781964992259
- USD$24.00
- 3 March 2026
- World English Language
- United Agents
Praise
“There’s a lot of talk recently about LGBT rights coming under attack. Pride and Prejudices shows that LGBT rights have always been under attack: around the world, queer and gender-nonconforming people have always been subject to prejudice, censorship, and criminalization, abuse, and injustice. But what this book also shows is that there have always been courageous, clever, relentless activists like Keio Yoshida who work for a better, brighter, more inclusive future for everyone. Read this book, see how much has been achieved and how much there is to be done. Read—and resist!”
“An inspiring account of the global struggle for LGBT+ human rights.”
About the Author
Keio Yoshida is an international human rights lawyer and barrister. In February 2025, they were named by Attitude magazine as one of the 101 LGBTQ+ trailblazers ranking as top 10 in the area of law and business. Yoshida is the co-author of Silenced Women (Octopus, 2024) and co-editor of Feminist Conversations on Peace (Bristol University Press, 2022)—Pride and Prejudices is Yoshida’s first book to be published in North America. Yoshida sits on the international advisory board of the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice, Queen’s University Belfast, and previously sat on the advisory board of the Center for Women, Peace and Security at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
