In the Aftermath of Empire examines the impact of colonial lawfare on embodied, gendered subjects across Ireland, India and Pakistan, countries that are all shaped by British imperial rule.

By giving voice to queer and trans legal subjects, the book examines the impact of colonial laws on the marginalisation of these communities and the material effects that it has on them in terms of their legibility as citizens and their conditions of life.

It further analyses the role of these communities in struggles to remove repressive colonial laws, exploring the continuing influence of the post-imperial United Kingdom within the queer and trans sociolegal landscape. It shows that, while narratives of progress are not straightforward or linear, reform is possible.