Why do we assume that more data will improve the lives of LGBTQ people? This article challenges this assumption and considers how data can produce inaction that maintains the status quo.
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Who Counts? Blog post for the University of Aberdeen
I discuss my research into Scotland’s 2022 census and the collection of gender, sex and sexuality data in a blog post for the University of Aberdeen. Read the full article here.
New article in the Journal of Gender Studies
My peer-reviewed article ‘Constructing a queer population? Asking about sexualorientation in Scotland’s 2022 census’ is to be published in the Journal of Gender Studies. The article is the first to discuss the design process for a question on sexual orientation in a national census. Using correspondence between National Records of Scotland, the Scottish Parliament’s Culture,Continue reading “New article in the Journal of Gender Studies”
Predictably queer
An update on the backlash against predictive list functionality for the ‘Other’ sexual orientation option in Scotland’s 2021 census.
Dr Kevin Guyan 