DIANE RICHARDSON Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at Newcastle University, UK. She is well established as an international and national authority in the area of the sociology of sexuality, with many related publications. In particular, she has made a significant contribution to three different areas of this body of knowledge: theories of sexual identity; sociological understandings of HIV/AIDS; and feminist accounts of sexuality.nbsp; SURYA MONRO Research Fellow at the University of Huddersfield, UK. She has a strong publications record in the fields of gender and sexuality, notably on the topics of gender diversity, lesbian, gay and bisexual equalities and local governance, and… citizenship and democracy.