🌈 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...

🔔 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