This is tonight! Excited to have @rossbrooks.co.uk and @kevinguyan.bsky.social at the shop. We've had a few dropouts, so if you were thinking of joining us, there are only *two* tickets left!

Inevitable. Ethical data collection has always been based on self-definition.

Shocked to learn that the Scottish parliament has set up a filter to allow the public view the trans status of MSPs. You only have to imagine for a moment what it would mean to allow such a filter for other minorities to see why it's totally inappropriate, and dangerous.

The Scottish Parliament is one of the most left governments in the west—this shows how insidious the pervasive the moral panic of transphobia is

The Scottish Parliament's decision to collect and present data based on 'biological sex' has made it harder for researchers to use data to understand and tackle inequalities. 📝 I've written to the Scottish Parliament requesting information on this change: kevinguyan.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

Congrats to the Scottish Parliament, who by instantly caving to transphobic demands managed to trash their own data. Congrats to transphobes who, yet again, wrecked feminist policy in order to try and give trans people a kicking. www.thenational.scot/news/2627138...

EXCLUSIVE: A Scottish Parliament survey has exposed a wider problem with collecting data on the basis of biological sex and could undermine 'decades worth' of work on women’s representation, an expert has said 🗣️ Read more: www.thenational.scot/news/2...

There is growing evidence that a person having their sex questioned over use of single sex spaces is far from "rare and exceptional", as Stephenson claims

Trying to make sense of gender pay gap reporting after the UK Supreme Court ruling on 'sex'? 🔢 @jenitennison.com has written a guest post for the Gender + Sexuality Data Lab explaining why organisations should continue to report gender data. gensexdatalab.business-school.ed.ac.uk/updates/orga...

I'm chairing the @lighthousebks.bsky.social launch for @rossbrooks.co.uk fab new book: Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life: A History of Sex and Science 🗓️ Tues 14 Jul 🌍 Edinburgh + online 👋 All welcome Register here: lighthousebookshop.com/events/darwi...

Excellent piece from @agcreports.bsky.social on the Scottish Parliament and its mess around sex and gender data 🔢

2/2 Later that day, at 7pm, I'll be chatting about my new book with the brilliant @kevinguyan.bsky.social at Edinburgh's iconic radical bookshop, @lighthousebks.bsky.social. ADVANCE COPIES WILL BE AVAILABLE! 🏳️‍🌈📚🦋🏳️‍⚧️🗃️ lighthousebookshop.com/events/darwi... #books #booksky #histsci #sts #queerhistory

MPs are running out of time to sign the EDM and must act now! Over 100 MPs have signed an early day motion to reject the EHRC's Code of Practice. If your MP hasn't signed yet, it takes two minutes to email and ask them to take action. equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/rejectthecode

Had a great time speaking about data and desire at the @royalsociety.org 💕 📊 #summerscience #pride #data

The NHS is £billions underfunded. People are dying on trolleys in corridors & because ambulances take too long, maternity services are understaffed & cancer care is a lottery. But Mary-Ann Stephenson of the EHRC wants the NHS to prioritise spending money on excluding & segregating trans people…

Thank you for the lovely review of Rainbow Trap! I'm delighted you enjoyed the book 🌈

As an academic whose research focuses on sex and gender equality data, the @scottishgreens.org have made the right call here! The UK's regressive turn to a 'biology-first' approach to sex and gender data is discouraging people from disclosing information. www.scotsman.com/news/politic...

Followed by @rossbrooks.co.uk on Darwin & the queer origins of life, chaired by @kevinguyan.bsky.social on Tuesday 14th July from 7-8pm! lighthousebookshop.com/events/darwi...

More than 100 MPs have now signed the motion I tabled alongside colleagues to disapprove the Equality Act 2010: Draft Code of Practice for Services, public functions and associations. Please email your MP asking them to sign EDM 240 if they haven’t already.

A cameo appearance from Queer Data in the University of Glasgow's Research Strategy for 2026-36 👀

I’m so proud of this powerful speech exposing the bigot and fake academic, Michael Foran. He has no place in our communities.

Last few tickets left for The Queer Data Showcase! 🔢 Hear from a curated group of artists, academics and activists working with queer data. Taking place this Wednesday (10 June) in Manchester. Hosted by Mystika Glamoor. All welcome! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-data...

Fantastic day in Oslo sharing ideas from Rainbow Trap ahead of its paperback release on 11 June 📚 Thank you to the brilliant team at Rosa Bøker for stocking copies of the book (and selling out!) ✨

Opening the book "Gender Trap" by @kevinguyan.bsky.social and are met with two wonderful impactful quotes on classification. #librarysky

A delight to be in Oslo to deliver a keynote on Rainbow Trap at the 2026 Queer Symposium @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social @bloomsburypol.bsky.social

We need to start getting trans people and allies together to start planning civil disobedience in different local areas, targeting venues/organisations that operate a trans-exclusionary policy. Civil disobedience needs to be thought out carefully to achieve maximum effectiveness.

Thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to join the conversation! A fantastic initiative and I'm delighted that Queer Data was picked to be part of the book club 📖

🌈 The paperback edition of Rainbow Trap is out on 11 June. I'm speaking about queer lives, classifications and the dangers of inclusion at talks/events this summer – hopefully see you there! 📚 Rainbow Trap in paperback: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/rainbow-t... 📅 Events info: kevinguyan.com/events/

Grab your ticket for the Queer Data Showcase – taking place in Manchester on 10 June 🎟️ Featuring a curated selection of short talks by artists, academics and activists working with queer data. 🗓️ 10 June 2026 🌍 HOME, Manchester 👋 All welcome! Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-data...

Never underestimate a quine fae the broch! 💚

Joanna Cherry suggesting that Angus Robertson’s downfall was identity politics when he was beaten by LORNA SLATER OF THE GREENS is very funny.

First ever Green constituency, a huge moment! I am sure James Kelly will wish to issue a profuse apology to me. I shan't be reading his website for it, mind you. Also I got pelters for saying Angus Robertson was leading a dishonest campaign. This was yesterday. Vindication through. the. roof. ^AF

Woohoo - what a fantastic result in Edinburgh Central! Well done Lorna Slater and everyone involved 💚

Have any media commentators noted the electoral effect of Scottish Labour’s anti-trans manifesto? My sense is that for pro-union voters who believe trans people are not second-class citizens, it was a huge turn-off. Anti-trans politics is not a vote winner.

Very close but an excellent result! 🗳️

I'm approaching the end of a placement with the British Film Institute where I've been exploring asexuality in their archives, building a new BFI Mediatheque collection that traces 20 years of asexual British screen histories, and more! Read about my experiences 👉 www.bfi.org.uk/inside-the-a...

Our final @ipsosinscotland.bsky.social poll of the Scottish Parliament election campaign is now live, with the SNP leading on 35%/26% of the const./list votes, Reform and Labour neck-and-neck on 18%/18% and 20%/15%, and the Greens third on the list with 17%:

To be perfectly honest, while it's awful that Reform may be the second largest party at Holyrood, it would be awful for Labour to be the same. Between them, Reform and Labour seem to be offering slightly different flavours of the same racism, sexism, homophobia, and transphobia.

The Scottish Parliament elections are tomorrow and there's a good chance Reform UK will become the second biggest party at Holyrood 🤮 Does this result matter? What went wrong for Scottish Labour? And does the outcome change anything for LGBTQ equalities in Scotland? kevinguyan.com/2026/04/29/r...

DAMN RIGHT IT ISN'T

The UK Government's consultation on a Digital ID system closes tomorrow (5 May) and anti-trans campaign group Sex Matters is pushing for the system to include a voluntary sex field, which would capture data about 'biological sex' 🪪 sex-matters.org/campaigns/di...

TICKETS ARE NOW LIVE for the 2026 Queer Data Showcase in Manchester! We’re spotlighting a fantastic group of artists, academics and activists all working with – or interested in – the idea of queer data. 🗓️ Weds 10 June 2026 🌍 HOME, Manchester 👋 All welcome! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-data...

This looks like a fab cfp!

I really like this idea!

"Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life before Gay Liberation" is published TODAY by @cornellupress.bsky.social! I tell the story of how queer men didn't just exist in Belfast but could be accepted by friends, family & colleagues... at least until a moral panic about homosexuality in the 1950s. 🧵

Tickets going fast for next week's panel event exploring LGBTQ lives and the 2026 Scottish election. 🗓️ 21 April, 3pm BST 🌍 @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social 👋 All welcome @uoe-sps.bsky.social | queerinaweeplace.eventbrite.co.uk

Save the date | 10 June | Manchester The 2026 Queer Data Showcase is coming! 🎟️ Tickets go live next week! #queer #data #manchester

🔥 CALL FOR PAPERS: The Cultural Lives and Afterlives of Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Data. I'm co-editing a Special Issue of Sexuality & Culture with Amin Ghaziani. 📝 Full details: link.springer.com/collections/hcbbadjbha #CfP #callforpapers #sexuality #gender #data

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...