We're so looking forward to hosting editor @yvettetaylor.bsky.social and contributors to the new book QUEER IN A WEE PLACE: SMALL NATIONS, SEXUALITY AND SCOTLAND at our sold-out launch tonight! You can still get online tickets, or email us for the waitlist! lighthousebookshop.com/events/queer...

✨ Happy publication day to Queer in a Wee Place: Small Nations, Sexuality & Scotland! In my chapter, I use hate crime as a starting point for a broader discussion of the cracks in Scotland’s liberal and inclusive imaginary as a queer, wee place. www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph-de...

🔔 final reminder! I promise! 🔔 LavLang 32 abstract submission deadline is THIS SATURDAY - get scribbling, come join us in Edinburgh in September for a brilliant conference ft. Dr. Nikki Lane, Dr. @kevinguyan.bsky.social, Prof. Erez Levon, Dr. Stamatina Katsiveli, Dr. @mxeddie.bsky.social and YOU? 🤩

We're hiring! Come and work with us 🏳️‍⚧️ Applications close on 10th April 📩

Trans people will just not disclose... As many have always done and more will rightly not disclose because it is not safe. There are ways to get this kind of data that could be safer, but this is not it.

Police Scotland has confirmed its revised approach to sex and gender data, where data collected about suspects and victims of all crimes and offences will ask about ‘biological sex registered at birth’. kevinguyan.com/2026/... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

This is horrific and will drive trans people away from seeking justice when they are the victim of a crime. Heads up @maggiechapman.bsky.social

Far be it from me to tell police how to do their jobs (lol) but uh, won’t this make it harder to get information and solve shit? (That presumes they care)

in the UK, "dignity and respect" is a phrase which means "as much cruelty as we can get away with"

Aside from being obnoxious & cruel, this will create bad data, especially for hate crimes.

A catastrophically bad decision, and Kevin explains why very clearly here. It is in fact likely to undermine data accuracy and undermine the ability to police effectively.

This annoyed me even more considering Scottish LGBTI Police Association have been around for so long, while their counterparts across the U.K. have been forgotten, so I expect a decent statement from them about this nonsense

Police Scotland has confirmed its revised approach to sex and gender data, where data collected about suspects and victims of all crimes and offences will ask about ‘biological sex registered at birth’ 🔢 #data #gender #trans #police #Scotland

Sunshine in St Andrews 🦀

Last night, the Scottish Parliament approved a Scottish Statutory Instrument (SSI) to add ‘sex’ as a protected characteristic to Scottish hate crime law. Sounds like a pretty good thing right? We strongly support all steps taken to address the violence and misogyny that women face.

🗳️ Ahead of the Scottish Parliament election on 7 May 2026, join us for a conversation about LGBTQ lives and politics in Scotland. This event marks the launch of Queer in a Wee Place – a new collection reflecting on queer lives and experiences in Scotland! #LGBTQ #Queer #Scotland #Books

Must read from @janus.bsky.social about how “age verification” laws are paving the way for the online version of what just happened to trans people in Kansas (gift link!) www.theverge.com/policy/89207...

"A development programme for non-fiction writing on health and being human" £2,000 bursary Sessions with publishing team, library research specialists and editorial team Mentoring by a published author & a non-fiction editor Meeting with an agent Travel and Access fund Etc

Rare good news about trans rights in the UK

The UK government's consultation on a digital ID system is now live! And – GOOD NEWS – the government does not intend to include sex or gender information in the digital ID. "Information about sex and gender is not necessary for the intended purpose of the digital ID." www.gov.uk/government/c...

Spring reading 🌱

📢 Queer researchers in Oslo! The Queer Symposium is taking place at Kristiania University of Applied Sciences on 2 June. And there is an OPEN CALL for presentations and panel proposals exploring queer research and challenges today. Deadline: 1 March. www.kristiania.no/en/research/...

Queer data taking centre stage stage at the @scottishgreens.org conference this morning, thanks to @kevinguyan.bsky.social 🏳️‍🌈

Just under a week left to apply to share work at the 2026 Queer Data Showcase in Manchester! 📆 Application deadline: 26 Feb www.ai-ethics.org/queer-data-s...

Queer demography at the British Society for Population Studies conference! ✨👇

In our seminar last week, @kevinguyan.bsky.social revealed how the fight for LGBTQ equalities is shaped – and constrained – by the classifications we encounter every day. Catch up here:

The vice-chancellor of City St George’s, University of London has publicly lent his support to the Sullivan Review. Read @jaytoddgla.bsky.social’s and my critical article to understand the full stakes of this Review rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... (Covered by the THE)

So proud of our author @kevinguyan.bsky.social for being included in the 2026 Attitude 101, empowered by Bentley! Huge congratulations! 🥳 If you want to learn more about Kevin’s trailblazing work collecting and analysing queer data, check out his books🌈👇 @attitudemag.bsky.social #Attitude101

✨ Delighted to feature on the @attitudemag.bsky.social 101 list, which spotlights LGBTQ+ trailblazers from a variety of industries. I'm recognised for my work in STEM, which feels especially meaningful as someone from an arts and humanities background. #Attitude101 #LGBTQ #STEM #data

Join us tomorrow at 10am for a workshop on queer methods in social research! 🌈📚 We’re delighted to be joined by writer & researcher Dr @kevinguyan.bsky.social whose work explores the intersection of data and identity. sociology.web.ox.ac.uk/event/queer-...

📚 Big news for box breakers and fans of LGBTQ data! Rainbow Trap is publishing in paperback in June 2026. I want to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who's championed the book so far and I'm excited to get out there and spread the word about queer lives, categories and classifications.

CFP for a special issue on the global politics of anti-trans moral panics from transfeminist perspectives. Timely and necessary. www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...

📣 In our seminar this week, @kevinguyan.bsky.social reveals how the fight for LGBTQ equalities is shaped – and constrained – by the classifications we encounter every day. 📆 12 Feb ➡️

"We welcome presenters from any background, with particular interest in hearing from artists, data practitioners/professionals, activists, & critical thinkers. We strongly encourage contributions that engage queer, trans, feminist, and non-conformist approaches to data" £150 + expenses for speakers

Are you a data nerd who enjoys thinking/being queer? Then share your work at the Queer Data Showcase in Manchester. 🏳️‍⚧️📊🏳️‍🌈

📢 Are you interested in queer data? The QUEER DATA SHOWCASE is returning in 2026 – and this time it’s coming to Manchester! The CALL FOR PRESENTERS is now live! www.ai-ethics.org/queer-data-s...

How do we measure LGBTQ representation in the arts? 📊 I'm in London next week talking about LGBTQ data in the creative industries: 📍 @unioftheartslondon.bsky.social 📅 12 Feb, 4pm 👋 All welcome Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ual-lgbtq-...

📆Friday 13th February: "Queer Data: Methods, Approaches, and What is Queer Social Research Anyway?" with @kevinguyan.bsky.social and @sociologyoxford.bsky.social. A workshop exploring how we think about and use data. Don't miss it!

Thread- Has there been a 'loss of data on sex', as the Sullivan Review argues? @kevinguyan.bsky.social's work unpicks this. Guyan notes: for Sullivan, ‘sex’ data only counts when trans people are *forced* to record sex aligned with what was assigned at birth. doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2025.2611975

The idea that the 'mere presence' of a trans woman in a female prison automatically breaches others’ human rights 'should be rejected', Scotland’s human rights agency has told a court

I’m out and about this month to share ideas from Rainbow Trap! You can join us in LONDON, OXFORD and GLASGOW to explore all things queer data ✨ 📊

If you were interested in @jaytoddgla.bsky.social’s and my critical response to the “Sullivan Review” yesterday, make sure you read @kevinguyan.bsky.social’s very recently published “Trans-exclusionary data activism in the UK” www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Mandating a binary, immutable definition of sex in research is epistemic vandalism. It doesn’t just erase trans people, it wreaks havoc on the tools of knowledge production, leading to less nuanced, less accurate, and less rigorous science.

U Glasgow has covered Jay Todd's @jaytoddgla.bsky.social & my critical paper on the 'Sullivan Review' rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Many social scientists whom Jay & I talk to are (still) unaware of the Sullivan Review and its potential implications. Our paper aims to change this

📣 Today @felicitycallard.bsky.social and I have published the first peer-reviewed response to the 'Sullivan Review' of research and data on sex and gender. doi.org/10.1111/tran... The Review could threaten trans rights and inclusion, erode academic freedom, and undermine research quality.

📢 New peer-reviewed academic response to the Sullivan Review into sex and gender in research and data. @jaytoddgla.bsky.social and @felicitycallard.bsky.social have published a critical response to the Sullivan Review. doi.org/10.1111/tran...

I've just read this paper and it is very much worth half hour of your time if you are at all interested in data and the impacts on our trans siblings.

🎉 Delighted by the level of interest in my research article Trans-exclusionary Data Activism in the UK. Since publishing last week, it's had over 3,000 views! doi.org/10.1080/0958...

CFP REMINDER! Submissions are welcome of original research, by scholars of all backgrounds, broadly related to the study of language, sexuality, queerness & gender, particularly work which addresses the theme of ‘Queer (dis)belonging’. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🪻 Deadline is 28/03, 2 months to go! lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk

Striking numbers which demonstrate, in spades, how tiny is the popular support for the culture of hate that Britain's institutions seem determined to impose on a kind and accepting majority. (Expect the BBC to ignore it or qualify it to oblivion.)