Mr Luan Carpes Barros CassalPhD candidate, University of Manchester, United KingdomEmail: cassal@manchester.ac.ukProfileExpertiseProfileI am a Brazilian psychologist and queer activist by background, and currently, a PhD candidate, Graduate Teaching Assistant, and Research Assistant at the University of Manchester. My research interests involve discourses of childhood, LGBTIQ+ rights, violence, mental health, and gender recognition. My pronouns are he/him.ResearchExpertiseQueer and trans studies; gender and sexuality; educational and counselling psychology; LGBTIQ+ rights; discourse analysis