On Wednesday 14 October, Prof. Marceline Naudi, Prof. Mark Harwood and Dr Claire Azzopardi Lane presented ‘Mapping the Rainbow, Vol. 4’ to the Rector, Prof. Frank Bezzina.
The book, edited by all three, is the product of the fourth symposium on LGBTIQ research that was held at the University in May 2025. The symposium and book are a collaboration between the Human Rights Directorate within the Ministry for Equality and Civil Rights, the Department of Gender and Sexualities within the Faculty of Social Wellbeing, the Institute for European Studies and MGRM.
The book comprises eleven articles and covers a range of topics, from 'LGBTIQ+ persons in residential long-term care' to 'Intersex and anti-transgender discourse' as well as 'the lived experience of mental health practitioners who practice LGBTIQ+ affirmative therapy' and 'colonial morality and white homonormativity' amongst other topics.
The book is available , for free.
Volume 1 to 3 can be downloaded from the .