diversity – Kevin Guyan

Becoming a data doom-monger

Kevin standing on a stage at a Google Cloud event. He is wearing an orange jacket and black jeans. On the screen behind it says: Queer perspectives on inclusive data.

2022 has been a very different year for me. My first book Queer Data was published in January and I found myself speaking about the dangers of LGBTQ data at governments, tech companies, data conferences, charities, universities and book festivals.

Queer Data on The Good Robot Podcast

In this episode of The Good Robot podcast, Dr Kevin Guyan talks about the census, and the best ways of asking people to identify themselves. The podcast discusses why surveys that you fill in by hand offer less restrictive options for self-identification than online forms, and how queer communities are not just identified but produced through the counting of a census.

Where numbers fail: On numerical diversity and institutional intersectionality

For institutions, the diversity tick box is all the rage – but it really shouldn’t be. Kevin Guyan, author of Queer Data, reflects on the problem with upholding numerical diversity as a fix-all to inequality and oppression.

QUEER DATA at Bloomsbury Publishing

For 2022 Pride month, I shared themes from QUEER DATA with Bloomsbury Publishing’s LGBTQ+ Network. My talk explored the limitations (and potential harms) of current approaches to equality, diversity and inclusion in the publishing industry.