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DESCRIPTION:Le Regroupement Droit\, Changements et Gouvernance (www.rdcg.or
 g) accueille Eliza Bateman (doctorante à la Faculté de droit de 91³Ô¹Ï) po
 ur un Midi-conférence des jeunes chercheurs. [En anglais seulement]\n\nRés
 umé\n\nIn this section of my research\, I analyze tensions and attempted r
 econciliations that LGBTQ-identifying religious women experience in terms 
 of their religious and sexual selfhood. This analysis is situated in the r
 ights discourse of liberal democracies (such as the USA and Canada) where 
 state law increasingly recognises the equality rights of LGBTQ people\, in
 cluding marriage equality\, while also respecting the religious freedom ri
 ghts of religions (or branches of religion) that disavow or forbid homosex
 uality. This interplay creates a tension for devout lesbian religious wome
 n between their formal (state) equality rights and conflicting rules that 
 exist within their religious communities. I apply a legal pluralist lens t
 o the experiences of Orthodox lesbian Jewish women in the USA and Canada\,
  to identify the legal norms that are operative on these women. I then sug
 gest that rights-respecting outcomes\, congruous with these women’s religi
 ous identity rather than in conflict with it\, may be possible through neg
 otiations with religious pluralist orders rather than through a strict app
 lication of state law to the individual.\n\nBy focusing on the legal norms
  that operate within Orthodox Jewish communities (that challenge state law
  positions on LGBTQ rights)\, I unpack first how the act of lesbian sexual
 ity is legally ‘unseen’ by the Torah\, and how this regulatory gap has bee
 n filled by Talmudic rulings and community norms. I then investigate wheth
 er negotiations within this religious legal order between Rabbis\, the rel
 igious community and lesbian women can give these women a new space as leg
 al ‘subjects’ or agents\, who remake or reinterpret the law that operates 
 upon them\, thereby achieving a lawful reconciliation between their sexual
  and religious selves.\n\nLa conférencière\n\nEliza Bateman is a doctoral 
 candidate in the Faculty of Law at 91³Ô¹Ï. She researches and writes in th
 e areas of human rights\, legal theory and gender identity politics. Her d
 issertation focuses on how LGBTQ+-identifying members of religious communi
 ties act as legal subjects within communities that disavow or forbid their
  sexuality. This work applies a feminist method and centres on the experie
 nce of religious women who identify as LGBTQ+ or who connect to LGBTQ+ peo
 ple through marriage or family. Eliza is admitted to the Bar in the state 
 of Victoria\, Australia. She previously worked as a lawyer specializing in
  administrative law and equal opportunity and human rights matters: as a s
 enior legal advisor for the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights C
 ommission and then as a senior lawyer at Victoria Legal Aid. Eliza has als
 o worked as a senior policy officer\, sensitive case manager and lawyer fo
 r the Australian Federal Government.\n
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DTEND:20170207T193000Z
LOCATION:NCDH 201\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 36
 44 rue Peel
SUMMARY:Between Shul and State: Lesbian Orthodox women negotiate religion a
 nd law
URL:/law/fr/channels/event/between-shul-and-state-lesb
 ian-orthodox-women-negotiate-religion-and-law-265129
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