#  WGS Alum's Thesis Excerpt Published in Sexualities Journal 

 





June 06, 2022

 

 

 WGS graduate student [Luca Istodor](https://conferences.wcfia.harvard.edu/undergraduate_thesis/people/luca-istodor) published part of their thesis research in the journal *Sexualities*, which centers on LGBTQ+ rights in Guyana. Their thesis, *[Beyond the Timeline of Progress: Comparing Online Sources with Lived LGBTQ+ Experiences in Guyana](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13634607221106671)*, calls for an approach to LGBTQ+ Global South representations that center "the nuances and complexities of intersectional local voices and activism, going beyond liberal Western ideals around LGBTQ+ rights."

 Please join WGS in congratulating Luca on their publication!

 Luca Istodor is an activist and researcher. Currently based in Bucharest, Romania, they work as a project coordinator for Accept, the largest LGBTQ+ organization in Romania and organize the art200 queer film festival in Bucharest. Their research on LGBTQ+ rights in Guyana was part of their undergraduate thesis project at Harvard College: *From Decolonization To LGBTQ+ Liberation: Activism, Colonial History And National Identity In Guyana*. Their first book, *A Space of Our Own*, an oral history project featuring queer Romanian love stories, came out in 2020 at Hecate Publishing House in Bucharest.



 

 

 



 

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