Excited to announce that myself and @altirishhistorian.bsky.social are organising a Queer Studies Symposium in the University of Galway on August 4th 2026. See the Call for Papers below if you'd like to get involved! For any questions, please DM me or email [email protected].

📣New queer geographies podcast! 🌈🎓 Introducing 'Space & Sexuality': Every 2 weeks, I share conversations with leading & emerging scholars across queer/trans geographies of sex and sexualities. Available wherever you get your podcasts. Listen to the first 2 ep's: open.spotify.com/show/033DRqR...

We are delighted to welcome Yasmin Benoit (@theyasminbenoit.bsky.social) Sally from Asexual Kenya and Sofia from Aces Uruguay as our panelists on the topic of Asexual Activism, on Friday, 26 June at 3pm UK. Link: www.aroaceresearch.com/events Don't miss it!

‘Sad day for Ireland’s future’: In a letter to Higher Education Minister, 2,300 academics criticise Research Ireland’s strategy, saying it is an assault on Ireland’s research ecosystem, with too much focus on industry interests www.independent.ie/irish-news/e...

"I am part of multiple rapidly expanding global networks of people & communities who are resisting AI & objecting to the power of the big tech companies. Within these resistance networks, women are leading the way" a must-read from my colleague Jennie Stephens www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

All welcome to join this hybrid event on Wednesday June 10th 2-3:30pm Irish time to discuss concerns about Research Ireland's new strategy and work plan. Discussion on the open letter and the work of CJUU's higher ed working group In person at Trinity College Dublin Davis Theatre and virtual […]

Still buzzing from our @aroaceresearch.bsky.social talk! It was such a pleasure to reflect with @joejukes.bsky.social on why we love geography, and share some of our work with such an engaged audience. If you'd like to learn more about Asexual Geographies, check out our co-written article here:

Today!

The Aromanticism & Asexuality Research Network's Online Talk Series starts today at 3pm Irish/UK time! Join us as we introduce the emerging sub-field of Asexual Geographies & talk about all things space, place, and asexuality 💜 🌍 ✨ Link here: www.aroaceresearch.com/events

Come join is online tomorrow to learn about ace geographies!

My letter to Minister Lawless about Research Ireland's decision to devolve the awarding of doctoral scholarships & postdoctoral fellowships to universities. A disastrous move. Please consider raising this issue in your own institutions and with elected representatives and the media.

'Ireland’s new research funding strategy risks damaging “truly innovative and ground-breaking” discovery research while support for arts, humanities and social science studies may also be significantly cut, researchers have warned.' 1/2

Happy Pride Month! Really looking forward to kicking off the Aro/Ace Online Talk Series with @joejukes.bsky.social this Friday, 5 June. Everyone is welcome, details below ✨

We are delighted to welcome @rachelbayer.bsky.social and @joejukes.bsky.social for the first session of the Aro/Ace Online Talk Series who will introduce us to #asexual #geographies! The talk will take place on zoom next Friday, 5 June, at 3pm (UK). Link here: www.aroaceresearch.com/events

AHSS research is already massively underfunded in Ireland, proposals to restructure funding models and prioritise commercialisation of research will disproportionately impact the humanities - Irish academics, post-docs & post-grads past, current and future please add your voice in opposition 👇

If you're concerned about Research Ireland’s Strategy and Programme Plan then consider signing an open letter to the Minister openletter.earth/concern-abou...

I've always felt the best way to get people subscribe to @dublininquirer.com, is just to publish good articles and wait and hope. But I'm told, that people are busy and might have other things on their minds than us, so I'd better make a pitch, better ask. So here goes. 1/

Gorgeous few days down in Cork for the Conference of Irish Geographers at UCC, where I got to present some of my PhD findings on Ace Liveabilities in Ireland 💜

PhD is officially submitted!! Now off to Cork to celebrate at the Conference of Irish Geographers! @ucddublin.bsky.social @researchireland.ie @ucdsocscilaw.bsky.social

My chapter 'Towards Asexual Geographies' seems to be consistently read, but my co-written article with @rachelbayer.bsky.social is arguably more accessible/useful to a broader range of scholars! 💜New directions for asexual geographies, 2025 (Sexualities) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The Journal of the Finnish Society for Queer Studies (SQS) is welcoming abstracts for a Special Issue on: 📍QUEER SPACES AND CARTOGRAPHIES🌍 Submissions can be in Finnish, Swedish or English. Deadline 4th May! More info (in FI and EN): sqsseura.fi/cfp-queer-sp...

Introducing: Rachel Bayer @rachelbayer.bsky.social is a Geographer at University College Dublin, Ireland, working on asexualities and queer geographies, and compulsory sexuality.

Very pleased to have a chapter in 'Queer Geographies - Key Debates and Contending Perspectives' out now! I write about LGBTQ+ friendships as sites of mutual aid and think specifically about queer rural relations and spaces. It's my first publication from my PhD www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b...

Back from another fab Fieldstudies in Ireland field trip with the 2nd year @ucddublin.bsky.social Geography students! Over 3 days, we explored the physical & human landscapes of the border region focusing on the theme of peripherality to think about the emergence of ‘left behind’ places #geosky

We are thrilled to introduce the Aromanticism & Asexuality Research Network this #AceWeek! The network is based at @clsrleeds.bsky.social in the UK and brings together researchers who are working on #asexuality and #aromanticism. 🔗Find out more at aroaceresearch.com

Great reaction to the Saving The City podcast, and it's at #2 in the Irish charts! If you haven't got to it yet, have a listen. We've got global and national experts and doers, and look at solutions for post-pandemic cities across housing, public space, gentrification, biodiversity, and loads more.

Btw, you can read that article open access (for free) here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... "Asexual geographies promise to both respond to the identitarian richness of ace, and other, lives, as well as attend to the space around, ground below, & possibilities beyond identity alone. Join us."

Last week saw the Royal Geographical Society's inaugural Asexual Geographies panel! @rachelbayer.bsky.social & I were delighted to present alongside Wenmei and Zofia, following our previous article's invitation for scholars to #joinus in this new field of inquiry. Thanks to the 20+ attendees too!

I had such a wonderful time this week at #RGSIBG25 at the @unibirmingham.bsky.social with friends & colleagues old and new. Loved exploring the city, and feeling energized by all the brilliant, creative, challenging, and inspiring discussions over the last few days.

Today I presented at the #RGSIBG25 conference in the very first panel on asexual geographies! Such an honour to share my work alongside brilliant (and lovely!) colleagues and contribute to making space for asexuality within geography. Really excited to see what’s coming next!!! #asexualgeographies

I was really excited to attend the Asexual Geographies panel at the @rgsibg.bsky.social earlier today organised by @rachelbayer.bsky.social and @joejukes.bsky.social 👏 Truly wonderful to hear from four researchers about their work on asexuality, even though I'm not a geographer! Lots to reflect on!

I can hardly believe the @rgsibg.bsky.social annual conference is already upon us! I’m so excited to be heading off to Birmingham today, and even more excited to be convening the inaugural Asexual Geographies session at the RGS with @joejukes.bsky.social on Thursday!! 💜 🌍 🌈 ✨

we have a new listserv, and have just sent a very important campaign update to our members--sign up below with a non-institutional email address! geog4pal.org/join/

Please share widely! I'm seeking to interview people about their experiences of Irish Higher Education Institutions when they disclosed, reported, or did not disclose sexual violence and harassment. More information and sign up here: borg.ie/current-proj... Please spread the word!!

Really important to send a strong message the geographical community stands together and with trans and gender diverse people at this time. Please sign:

We've written an open letter to RGS/IBG re: Supreme Court ruling + EHRC update. If you're an academic geographer (broadly conceived) at any career stage anywhere in the world, please read, consider signing, and share (closes 1700 GMT 30 April) docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Look how happy we were at our launch of the lambda nordica Special Issue of Queering Intimacies, Families and Companionships! I'd recommend the Issue if you're interested in intimate relations such as asexuality, non-monogamy and friendship. Open Access: www.lambdanordica.org/index.php/la...

Trans & Intersex Pride Dublin are running a fundraiser to make their march happen this July. Please consider donating if you can.

Today, the UK Supreme Court ruled that the terms ‘woman’ and ‘sex’ refer exclusively to 'biological sex', deciding that trans women are not legally women under the Equality Act. To all the trans women in the UK, we want you to know that we stand in solidarity with you. 🧵

It's that time again! The Call for Papers for the 2025 ROLES Sexuality and Gender Studies Conference is now open! More info below, and visit rolesbham.wixsite.com/home/confere... for more info/to submit! Welcome to all researching in Gender and Sexuality Studies!

Had a wonderful field-trip with #GEOG30900 students in Berlin last week. The 3rd year students investigated various spatial imaginaries of the city through group projects that explored a range of topics from gentrification and queer inclusivity to political divisions and nightlife spaces! #geosky

History of LGBT Activism in Ireland (3rd April,UCD) the @researchireland.bsky.social LGBT Activism in Ireland, 1973–2023 workshops 🔗 Register for Workshop 1 (April 3rd): lnkd.in/epC2rAwG We’re looking forward to this important gathering of activists, advocates, and scholars. #speirgorm

I’ll be presenting some findings from my PhD research, drawing from ace participants’ experiences to explore how landscapes of compulsory sexuality can be (re)created in queer spaces

Today’s the day - such an amazing line-up of queer sessions all day long! Come join us later this afternoon for our hybrid session ‘Towards Queer Geographies of Asexualities & Nonsexualities’ 🌈 💜 🌍 #aag2025 @geographers.bsky.social Session info here: aag.secure-platform.com/aag2025/soli...

Highly recommended reading for everyone interested in nonsexual forms of relationalities and intimacies.

Another amazing field trip to Berlin with the @ucddublin.bsky.social geography students, led by @queerdrew.bsky.social! Such a beautiful week for fieldwork ☀️

Thrilled to share that our article ‘New Directions for Asexual Geographies’ is out now in Sexualities! @joejukes.bsky.social Open access here: doi.org/10.1177/1363...

I’m so happy that my new article, written with the incredible @rachelbayer.bsky.social, is out now in Sexualities. We write as some of the first geographers of asexuality + suggest four ‘new directions’ to think ace lives and space together. Check it out - it’s open access! doi.org/10.1177/1363...

One more week to submit your abstracts for our Asexual Geographies session at the 2025 @rgsibg.bsky.social annual conference! More info here: forms.gle/T9euGXL5nSxj... 💜 💜 💜