Pride is a celebration of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, resilience, and joy. At INQYR, we’re proud to support research and partnerships that advance the wellbeing of queer and trans youth. #PrideMonth #2SLGBTQIA #INQYR

One of our ISTN members, Santiago Aguilera, collaborated on a new study published in The Journal of Sex Research Check it out: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #HIVPrevention #PublicHealth #LGBTQResearch

Thank you to everyone who submitted to INQYR Beyond Limits 2026! We received so many amazing submissions and are excited to see all the works shared with us 📅 Decision notifications: June 3, 2026 #INQYR #BeyondLimits

⏳ 1 day left! This is your final chance to submit your proposal for INQYR Beyond Limits 2026 Join a global community working to advance 2SLGBTQIA+ youth joy and resilience through research, creativity, and community work. 📅 Deadline: April 30 Don’t miss it—submit now #INQYR #BeyondLimits

🚨 New publication alert! As part of INQYR’s commitment to advancing community-engaged research, some of our members were involved in this work—and we’re excited to share that this article is finally out! Check it out and celebrate this important contribution! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

5 days left! There’s still time to submit your proposal for INQYR Beyond Limits 2026 Join a global community of researchers, practitioners, and creatives working to support 2SLGBTQIA+ youth joy and resilience 📅 Deadline: April 30, 2026 Don’t miss your chance to be part of the conversation

Help us spread the word! Our INQYR Media Pack is live—featuring ready-to-use graphics to share with your community 💜 📲 Access: linktr.ee/inqyr and help amplify 2SLGBTQIA+ youth wellbeing. #INQYR #BeyondLimits

9 days left! There are only 9 days remaining to submit your proposal for the INQYR Beyond Limits Conference 2026! This is your chance to share your research, creative work, or community-based projects that support and uplift 2SLGBTQIA+ youth. 📅 Submission deadline: April 30, 2026

We need your support! Last day to vote for GLO app. If you’re able, please take a moment to vote before April 16: vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...

We’re hiring Research Assistants (Summer 2026)! 2 positions available @ UofT—great chance to gain hands-on research experience and be part of meaningful work Deadline: June 3 Apply via Work Study portal & share!

Asexuality is part of the spectrum 💜 Valid, real, and deserving of visibility. #Asexual #AceVisibility #LGBTQIA

We need your vote! The GLO app, featuring mental health content by INQYR’s own Shelley Craig, is nominated for a Webby Award—and it’s in the running for the People’s Voice Award! GLO supports 2SLGBTQ+ youth with accessible, affirming mental health tools. Vote before April 16: bit.ly/48j3eaH

On #TransDayOfVisibility, we highlight INQYR researcher Eli Verdugo’s project in La Paz, Mexico. Using photo-voice, trans* youth share their experiences, making their voices visible and informing more inclusive support and policy. Learn more at inqyr.org

Not sure if your topic fits the conference? It probably does. INQYR Beyond Limits 2026 is built around 3 themes: ✨ Global issues & collaboration 💛 Health & community care 💻 Tech, AI & digital life There’s space for you. 📅 Submit by April 30 More examples coming soon 👀 #INQYR2026 #BeyondLimits

¡Novedades! Hemos extendido el plazo para la Conferencia INQYR: Más allá de los límites Únete a nosotros en Toronto (2 de octubre de 2026) para un encuentro presencial de un día centrado en la juventud, la comunidad y la acción 2SLGBTQIA+ Seguimos aceptando propuestas NUEVA FECHA LÍMITE: 30/04

Update from us! We’ve extended the deadline for INQYR Conference: Beyond Limits Join us in Toronto (Oct 2, 2026) for a one-day, in-person gathering focused on 2SLGBTQIA+ youth, community, and action We’re still accepting proposals Apply via link in bio NEW DEADLINE: April 30, 2026

PART 1: Our INQYR 2026 keynote speaker is here. We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Ilan H. Meyer @ilanmeyer to INQYR Beyond Limits. The developer of the minority stress model. Keynoting on October 2 in Toronto. #INQYR2026 #BeyondLimits #MinorityStress

Check out our new article in Sexuality & Culture entitled "Identity Through Images: How Gay and Lesbian Youth Depict their Self-Representation." This study utilizes photo-elicitation to help lesbian and gay youth in Mexico explore images related to their identities. 🌈🎓 🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s121...

Something exciting is coming to #INQYR2026. We are getting ready to announce our keynote speaker for INQYR Beyond Limits, October 2, 2026, Toronto. Watch this space. Full reveal coming March 13th. #BeyondLimits #QueerYouthResilience

February 25th is Pink Shirt Day: a global movement that acts as an annual reminder to stand up to bullying. Head to our website to read this article involving parents who lost children to suicide. They remind us that there is still much work to be done to protect diverse youth. 🌈🎓 #PinkShirtDay

SPANISH ¡Llega INQYR Beyond Limits! El 2 de octubre de 2026 en Toronto celebramos nuestra primera conferencia presencial sobre derechos, alegría y resiliencia de jóvenes 2SLGBTQIA+. Envía tu propuesta. Fecha límite: 8 de abril de 2026.

ENGLISH INQYR Beyond Limits is here! Join us Oct 2, 2026 in Toronto for our first in-person conference advancing the rights, joy & resilience of 2SLGBTQIA+ youth. Submit your proposal. Deadline: April 8, 2026. Link in bio.

Exciting opportunity with @itgetsbettercanada.bsky.social ! 🌈🎓 Apply here by March 2: itgetsbettercanada.org/youth-adviso...

Are you 18 years of age or older and identify as LGBTQIA2+? This research project aims to explore the potential of Protective Optimization Technologies and critical pedagogies to address ethical challenges in AI and promote responsible practices. Scan the QR code to take the 10 min survey! 🌈🎓

Saying goodbye to 2025 with one of our most important posts: INQYR's holiday pets! ❤️ Wishing you all a happy and safe New Year; we will see you in 2026! 🥂🎉

Happy holidays from INQYR 🤍🌈 However you feel during this time of year, remember to take care of yourself as much as you can. If you or someone you know could use extra support, check out our last post about the GLO app for resources & tools. We hope you have a safe and restful holiday season 🫂✨

🌈🎓 GLO is a new mobile-based app presented by It Gets Better Canada that features an evidence-based curriculum developed by our very own PI Dr. Shelley Craig! Take an in-depth look at each module and read Shelley's full statement here: www.inqyr.org/glo-app 💜

🚨 Call for Participants 🚨 @phillip-joy.bsky.social and Mount Saint Vincent University are recruiting for a dietetic research study exploring food, identity, and health through the co-construction of music. To get involved in this project, email [email protected] ! 🌈🎓

Today is #WorldAIDSDay, a time to remember those lost, honour those living with HIV, and acknowledge the ongoing fight against stigma and health inequity. HIV rates are rising in Canada, and marginalized communities remain most impacted. Let today be an invitation to learn and talk openly about HIV.

Transgender Day of Remembrance 🕯️🏳️‍⚧️ We honour the trans and gender-diverse lives lost to violence–a crisis that continues to intensify worldwide. Today, we grieve with loved ones. Tomorrow, we continue the fight for safety, dignity, and justice for all trans people.

🏳️‍⚧️ 📸 ✨For Trans Awareness Week we are highlighting snapshoT: a study using photo-elicitation to explore the lives of trans and non-binary youth in the U.S. Through images and interviews, the project examines identity, culture, resilience, and online/offline experiences. 🌈🎓

🏳️‍⚧️ 🛼✨ Roller derby is more than a sport; it’s a space where many trans and gender diverse skaters thrive. Kaitrin Doll’s research shows how community-driven derby fosters trans joy, connection, and liberation through support, play, embodiment, and gender affirmation. #rollerderby #genderdiversity 🌈🎓

🚨 🌈🎓 🚨 The University of Edinburgh is recruiting for a funded full-time post-doc researcher to help with the "Rain within the Rainbow" project exploring LGBTQ+ suicide and suicide prevention through the life course in the UK. Apply here by November 21st: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH708/r...

🏳️‍⚧️✨ It’s Transgender Awareness Week! All week we’re sharing research that uplifts and centres trans identities. Today we’re highlighting Neuro-Queeriosity, a study exploring mental wellness among Gender and Neuro Minority (GNM) people in Canada. 🌈🎓 #AcademicSky

Happy Intersex Awareness Day! It’s our responsibility to advocate for better workplaces, health care, and education for our community, including intersex people. This week, we’re partnering with @interact.bsky.social to share our stories, uplift voices, and resources for #IntersexAwarenessWeek!

Today is Intersex Awareness Day. Intersex Awareness Day aims to gain recognition and support for intersex people in their right to live authentically and unapologetically. We stand in solidarity with our intersex siblings, team members and supporters! #IntersexAwarenessDay #IntersexAwareness

Happy International Pronouns Day! 💖 INQYR’s LEVEL UP! study shows how pronoun options in games like The Sims 4 & Monster Prom help LGBTQ+ youth feel seen, connected, & affirmed in their identities. 🌈🎓 #InternationalPronounsDay #LGBTQGaming #PronounsMatter #LGBTQyouth

Coming out is a personal choice that shouldn’t feel pressured. Digital spaces can offer queer and trans youth connection, learning, and resilience to make coming out feel safer. You are a valid part of the community, no matter where you are on your coming out journey. ❤️ #NationalComingOutDay 🌈🎓

Today we celebrate #InternationalLesbianDay to uplift and honour lesbian voices, identities, and communities around the world. 🧡🤍💜 In 2024, for Lesbian Visibility Day (Apr. 26), we spoke to Dr. Shelley Craig about being a queer woman in research and the founding of INQYR! #LesbianVisibility

Are you a researcher working on LGBTQ+ research and experienced recent changes to your funding? Colleagues at the Population Council are doing a study to better understand the experiences of LGBTQ+ researchers whose funding was paused or cut earlier this year. Fill in the survey by October 15th 🌈🎓

ISTN-3 Grads Rory O'Brien and Eli Verdugo were involved in this timely new work exploring the unique experiences of being young, queer, and in care. Check out the open-access book at the link below!

Congratulations to Dr. Kaitrin Doll on successfully passing their PhD oral examination! Their research on #rollerderby “as an affirming, community driven sports space” is a necessary contribution to justice-oriented, resilience-based social work and sport studies. 🌈🎓 #queerstudies #genderidentity

Happy Celebrate Bisexuality Day! This day is the last day of #BisexualAwarenessWeek, which seeks to amplify the voices of the bi+ (bisexual, pansexual, fluid, etc.) community to combat bi-erasure. Check out the research we highlighted this #BiWeek in support of the beautiful bi+ community! 🩷💜💙

💜💙🩷 Bisexual Awareness Week Participants in our video gaming study, LEVEL UP! 🎮, taught us that representation matters. Too often, bisexuality is framed as a “phase." In The Last of Us 2, Dina is a thoughtful exception to this trend. Here’s to seeing more representation like this in media! 🌈🎓

This #BisexualAwarenessWeek, we're spotlighting research from @drliamcahill.bsky.social! His study shows how bisexual men are often grouped as "sexual minority men," ignoring the nuance of their experiences. This article reminds us to continue to resist bi erasure! 🩷💜💙 #BiVisibility #BiWeek

INQYR’s latest study reveals how LGBTQ+ affirmative CBT improves mental health through 3 key mechanisms. Through AFFIRM, depression / anxiety in LGBTQ+ youth showed lasting improvement one year later! Read the full article at @bmc.springernature.com Psychology! #AFFIRM #LGBTQ #mentalhealth

✨ Meet our ISTN-3 Grads ✨ Chase Staras (he/they) is a PhD candidate at Nottingham Trent University. Their doctoral research aims to use social prescribing to develop new healthcare initiatives for trans and gender diverse people. Read at inqyr.org/blog-posts/meet-chase

🤫 INQYR Behind the Scenes 🤫 Get a peek into the behind the scenes of research in this blog post by our Research Associate @dr-ashley-brooks.bsky.social. In it, he explores how the LEVEL UP! team dealt with participant fraud in their survey, offering researchers valuable insights for their own work.

✨ Meet our ISTN-3 Grads ✨ Eli Verdugo (they/them) is a master's student at the University of Victoria. They advocate for LGBTQ+ rights in their home country and community in La Paz, Mexico, where they founded the LGBTQ+ non-profit, La Paz es Diversa. Read more at www.inqyr.org/blog-posts/m...

📰 INQYR's 11th newsletter is live! This issue includes loads of incredible milestones and accomplishments from across our regional networks. Read now at www.inqyr.org/newsletter