The first call for papers for a special issue for Psychology & Sexuality is now live! The issue will be on the Cultural Psychology of Sexuality in the 21st Century. You can find out more (and submit) here: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues…

Very excited to co-organize the DATA LIFE conference. Please take a look at the CfP and get in touch if you want to join! 🌞

Wes Streeting MP The Labour Party This is the trans children's message which has been delivered to the Secretary of State for Education. "We are humans too. <...> We deserve to feel at home in school just like every student" We will transcribe the full letter asap in the replies. #TransKidsDeserveBetter

The half backflip on the Census still leaves Albo landing squarely on his face. The community’s ask is to count ALL of us not just maybe a single question on sexual orientation. We must stand united as a community and keep the pressure. The ask is to count ALL of us, not some.

More developments from Australia, as the Government REVERSES its decision to not count sexual orientation in the 2026 census... but plans to exclude a trans/gender identity Q! I shared some lessons Australia can learn from the Scottish census w/ ABC News abc.net.au/news/2024-08-3…

📣Call for papers for the Special Issue on Critical Data Visualization Make this special issue the home for work that challenges vis norms! (CG&A Magazine publications are often invited to present at #IEEEVIS) Editors: Georgia Panagiotidou derya Andrew McNutt | @[email protected] Nicole Hengesbach Miriah Meyer

Curious if the trans-critical discourses promoted by J.K.Rowling reflect an erosion of attitudes to LGBTQ+ rights in the West? Malin Holm and I analyze the polarized debate on 🇸🇪's new gender identity bill in EJPG. A backlash may indeed be underway. doi.org/10.1332/251510…

Hybrid and free, join us for this conversation in Nov Edinburgh Futures Institute// Contesting Computing: Imagining Feminist Technofutures -- register here: efi.ed.ac.uk/event/contesti… w Usha Raman Mar Hicks Dr Kerry McInerney (Mackereth) for Edinburgh Centre for Data, Culture & Society and GENDER.ED @ University of Edinburgh

After feedback, and evidence from Scotland's census, we've requested a reclassification of #Census2021 gender identity estimates to official statistics in development. This better reflects the findings coming from the first census question of its kind. ons.gov.uk/news/statement…

We're excited to start sharing speakers who are joining us for our Moving to LGBTIQ Inclusion Conference. Florence & Kevin will be delivering a workshop called "Who counts? LGBTQI data in Scotland: Opportunities and Challenges" Get your ticket here: bit.ly/LEAPSportsConf…

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) drops its official estimate of the trans population in England and Wales after concerns about the quality of the data #trans #data #census theguardian.com/society/2024/s…

The Politics of Numbers: Queer Data and the Counting of LGBTQ Communities 🔢 Super excited to be running this free event for Edinburgh Centre for Data, Culture & Society at Edinburgh Futures Institute on 30 October. Booking is now live: cdcs.ed.ac.uk/events/project…

How do research methods shape our understanding of LGBTQ communities? Join Dr Kevin Guyan as he explores the politics of data collection and the importance of queer approaches. Sign up now: edin.ac/3znZ8jx

Big news! I've received a $500,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to support early career scholars in the humanities who are doing - or interested in doing - archival research in trans studies. Details and application here: bit.ly/TransHistoryAp… Help me spread the word!

Whirlwind 24 hours in London meeting the lovely team Bloomsbury Academic and promoting the upcoming book at their annual showcase 🌈