Research
Dr Kevin Guyan is a Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Edinburgh and director of the Gender + Sexuality Data Lab. He is also an Affiliate of the Edinburgh Futures Institute.
Kevin is a leading scholar in critical data studies and datafication, particularly LGBTQ data. He is the author of Rainbow Trap: Queer Lives, Classifications and the Danger of Inclusion and Queer Data: Using Gender, Sex and Sexuality Data for Action, which has become a touchstone for academic work, policy and practice on LGBTQ data internationally.
Between 2021 and 2024, Kevin worked as a Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow on an international project investigating gender equity policies in the film and TV industry.
Kevin is a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s Young Academy of Scotland, sits on Young Scot’s Data Advisory Group and chairs the board of the LGBTI human rights charity Equality Network. In 2026, Kevin featured on Attitude Magazine’s 101 list, which spotlights LGBTQ+ trailblazers from a variety of industries.
Books
Kevin is the author of the books Rainbow Trap: Queer Lives, Classifications and the Dangers of Inclusion (Bloomsbury Academic, 2025) and Queer Data: Using Gender, Sex and Sexuality Data for Action (Bloomsbury Academic, 2022).
Consultancy
Kevin is an experienced researcher on diversity, equality and inclusion topics, particularly in relation to gender, sex and sexuality in the UK. He sits on several DEI Advisory Groups and has worked with governments, businesses, arts organisations and universities on a range of DEI projects.
Examples of past work
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