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#Wednesday Gender Seminars

Joint Distinguished Bioethics & Wednesday Gender SeminarRights vs. Wrong: Debating sexual services for people with disabilities

Date: 21 January 2026 (Wednesday)
Time: 12:30pm – 2pm
Venue: LT3, UG/F, Chen Kou Bun Building, CUHK
Mode: In person

This seminar, Rights vs. Wrong: Debating Sexual Services for People with Disabilities, is co-organized by the CUHK Centre for Bioethics, the Department of Anthropology, the Gender Research Centre and Gender Studies Programme. It featured a keynote by renowned anthropologist Professor Don Kulick from Uppsala University.

This seminar invites world-renowned anthropologist Professor Don Kulick to trace how the idea of a “right to sex” has emerged, evolved, and been repeatedly invoked in debates about disability. Moving beyond the familiar narrative, the session explores why people with disabilities are so often positioned as symbols in these arguments — and what gets overlooked when their voices and experiences are treated as rhetorical tools rather than realities. Through this lens, the seminar opens space to rethink how society approaches intimacy, support, and dignity.  Prof Kulick will base his presentation on the findings from his book Loneliness and Its Opposite: Sex, Disability, and the Ethics of Engagement [Duke U Press].

A panel discussion followed with Ms. Wing Yick (author) and Dr. Clayton Lo (editor) of What Disabilities Teach Us About Intimacy, moderated by Professor Roger Chung.