Boka En, BA (Hons) MSc

Gender Research Office

E-Mail: boka.en@univie.ac.at
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Boka En (they/them) has been publishing and teaching in Gen­der & Sexuality Stu­dies since 2011, particularly on intimacies/​sexualities/​relationships, LGBTIQ* move­ments  and im-/possi­bilities of emanci­patory learning spa­ces. They a founding member of the Non-Mono­gamies and Contemporary Intimacies conference series, which seeks to bring together academics, activists, artists, thera­pists/coun­sellors and (other) practitioners, as well as the working group Inter*​Trans_​Nonbinary in the Austrian Gender Studies Association. Boka’s PhD project is centred around inclusions and exclusions within and across LGBTIQ*-related activism and academia, particularly in relation to knowledge politics, legiti­macy and ethical expectations. Currently, they also work as coordinator at the Gender Research Office at the University of Vienna.

Recent publications

• forthcoming. Baumgartinger, Persson Perry; En, Boka; Hornstein, René_ Rain; Hübscher, Evianne; Humer, Tobias. Trans*Inter*Nichtbinaritäts-Aktivismen in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. In: Hornstein, René_ Rain & Balthes-Löhr, Christel (Hrsg.): trans*, inter* und nicht-binäre Geschlechtlichkeiten. Transcript.
• 2025. En, Boka. “It Helps if I Don’t Come Across as the Intersex Person but as the Regular Guy”. LGBTIQ* Movements, Credibility, and Mis-Fitting in Knowledge Spaces in Austria. Open Gender Journal, 9 (2025).
• 2025. Grenz, Sabine; Guth, Doris; En, Boka; Uysal, Fatma (Hrsg.). Gender and Postsecularity in Visual Culture and Knowledge Production. Sternberg Press.
• 2023. En, Boka. Geschlechtervielfalt in der Lehre. In: Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg (Hrsg.): Sprachbox für inklusivere Kommunikation.
• 2022. En, Boka & En, Michael. (Un)doing relationships: Boundary-drawing and queer(ing) ways of relating. In: Rees, Emma (Hrsg.): The Routledge Companion to Gender, Sexuality and Culture. Routledge.
• 2022. En, Boka & En-Griffiths, David. Power as usual? Intersectionality, Performativity, and BDSM in the West. In: Biele Mefebue, Astrid; Bührmann, Andrea; Grenz, Sabine (Hrsg.) Handbuch Intersektionalitätsforschung. Springer.