Laura-Theresa Godau is a Research Associate and a doctoral candidate at the Chair of Professor Alexander Proelß (International Law of the Sea and International Environmental Law, Public International Law and Public Law) at the University of Hamburg. Laura’s doctoral thesis performs a frame analysis of judgments at the intersection of gender, diversity and family issues. Laura’s research interests focus on queer and feminist critiques of domestic and international law. In addition, Laura has worked for the local AIDS health care organisation, and is a delegate for sexual self-determination at the German Women Lawyers Association.