Our Policy & Public Affairs Coordinator Flo has written a guest blog for the wonderful folks over at @lighthousebks.bsky.social about what we can do now in the face of feeling loss and despair at the EHRC's Code of Practice. You can read it here: lighthousebookshop.com/posts/what-c...

Somewhat frustrating to see similar 'controversies' around sex and gender play out in Australia ahead of their census on 11 August as happened with UK censuses in 2021/22... What is it about the design of survey questions that so angers those opposed to the existence of trans people!? 🔢

Josh Taylor@joshtaylor.bsky.social · 7d ago

lol the irony of this will mean that LGBTQ people are overrepresented in the census data (if everyone followed the advice of this org, which they will not)

Interesting story about the unintended consequence of a diversity initiative that requires UK chess teams to include a mix of genders. Yet another example of how efforts to categorise and count identity characteristics are no longer fit for purpose... www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...

Fury as UK’s only all-female chess team promoted – then told they must recruit a man

She Plays to Win face losing one of their female players after being told team must include a male

theguardian.com

📢 The Gender + Sexuality Data Lab is hiring a Research Assistant to join its project, ‘Box Breakers: Improving Organisational Data Practices for Minoritised Communities’.

'As a storytelling business, the TV industry is not a level playing field for what stories get told and who gets to tell them' 📺 Quoted in this @radiotimes.bsky.social article on whether TV has a problem with LGBTQ+ representation. www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/pri...

Why is TV getting less queer?

Writer Jon O'Brien shares his thoughts on why the cancellations of I Kissed a Boy, Boots and Gen-V suggest the small screen now has a concerning LGBTQ+ problem.

radiotimes.com

This is tonight! Excited to have @rossbrooks.co.uk and @kevinguyan.bsky.social at the shop. We've had a few dropouts, so if you were thinking of joining us, there are only *two* tickets left!

Lighthouse - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop@lighthousebks.bsky.social · last mo.

Followed by @rossbrooks.co.uk on Darwin & the queer origins of life, chaired by @kevinguyan.bsky.social on Tuesday 14th July from 7-8pm! lighthousebookshop.com/events/darwi...

Inevitable. Ethical data collection has always been based on self-definition.

Dr Kevin Guyan@kevinguyan.bsky.social · 3w ago

The Scottish Parliament's decision to collect and present data based on 'biological sex' has made it harder for researchers to use data to understand and tackle inequalities. 📝 I've written to the Scottish Parliament requesting information on this change: kevinguyan.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

Shocked to learn that the Scottish parliament has set up a filter to allow the public view the trans status of MSPs. You only have to imagine for a moment what it would mean to allow such a filter for other minorities to see why it's totally inappropriate, and dangerous.

Dr Kevin Guyan@kevinguyan.bsky.social · 3w ago

The Scottish Parliament's decision to collect and present data based on 'biological sex' has made it harder for researchers to use data to understand and tackle inequalities. 📝 I've written to the Scottish Parliament requesting information on this change: kevinguyan.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

The Scottish Parliament's decision to collect and present data based on 'biological sex' has made it harder for researchers to use data to understand and tackle inequalities. 📝 I've written to the Scottish Parliament requesting information on this change: kevinguyan.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

Congrats to the Scottish Parliament, who by instantly caving to transphobic demands managed to trash their own data. Congrats to transphobes who, yet again, wrecked feminist policy in order to try and give trans people a kicking. www.thenational.scot/news/2627138...

Holyrood data row ‘undermines decades of work on women’s representation’

A SCOTTISH Parliament survey has exposed a wider problem with collecting data on the basis of biological sex and could undermine “decades worth”…

thenational.scot

EXCLUSIVE: A Scottish Parliament survey has exposed a wider problem with collecting data on the basis of biological sex and could undermine 'decades worth' of work on women’s representation, an expert has said 🗣️ Read more: www.thenational.scot/news/2...

There is growing evidence that a person having their sex questioned over use of single sex spaces is far from "rare and exceptional", as Stephenson claims

EHRC says 'sex questioning' will be "rare" – but evidence suggests it's increasing

The chair of the EHRC has claimed in a letter to a Labour MP that sex questioning under the updated Code of Practice will be “rare and exceptional”

wearequeeraf.com

Trying to make sense of gender pay gap reporting after the UK Supreme Court ruling on 'sex'? 🔢 @jenitennison.com has written a guest post for the Gender + Sexuality Data Lab explaining why organisations should continue to report gender data. gensexdatalab.business-school.ed.ac.uk/updates/orga...

I'm chairing the @lighthousebks.bsky.social launch for @rossbrooks.co.uk fab new book: Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life: A History of Sex and Science 🗓️ Tues 14 Jul 🌍 Edinburgh + online 👋 All welcome Register here: lighthousebookshop.com/events/darwi...

Excellent piece from @agcreports.bsky.social on the Scottish Parliament and its mess around sex and gender data 🔢

The National@scotnational.bsky.social · last mo.

Equality monitoring serves a purpose. The data collected can identify inequalities, can tell us who is and isn't being represented, and can help to remove barriers But for the Scottish Parliament, what has historically been a simple process has erupted into an almighty row 👇

2/2 Later that day, at 7pm, I'll be chatting about my new book with the brilliant @kevinguyan.bsky.social at Edinburgh's iconic radical bookshop, @lighthousebks.bsky.social. ADVANCE COPIES WILL BE AVAILABLE! 🏳️‍🌈📚🦋🏳️‍⚧️🗃️ lighthousebookshop.com/events/darwi... #books #booksky #histsci #sts #queerhistory

MPs are running out of time to sign the EDM and must act now! Over 100 MPs have signed an early day motion to reject the EHRC's Code of Practice. If your MP hasn't signed yet, it takes two minutes to email and ask them to take action. equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/rejectthecode

Email your MP to reject the Code of Practice and support EDM 240

equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk

Had a great time speaking about data and desire at the @royalsociety.org 💕 📊 #summerscience #pride #data

The NHS is £billions underfunded. People are dying on trolleys in corridors & because ambulances take too long, maternity services are understaffed & cancer care is a lottery. But Mary-Ann Stephenson of the EHRC wants the NHS to prioritise spending money on excluding & segregating trans people…

Thank you for the lovely review of Rainbow Trap! I'm delighted you enjoyed the book 🌈

Seth@sethjmeyer.bsky.social · last mo.

My book review of @kevinguyan.bsky.social new book Rainbow Trap: Queer Lives, Classifications, and the Dangers of Inclusion is now available open access at @jsepajournal.bsky.social. Overall, I thought it was a great book with a lot of implications for public admin. jsepajournal.org/index.php/js...

As an academic whose research focuses on sex and gender equality data, the @scottishgreens.org have made the right call here! The UK's regressive turn to a 'biology-first' approach to sex and gender data is discouraging people from disclosing information. www.scotsman.com/news/politic...

Scottish Greens refuse parliament equality survey claiming data will be 'weaponised'

Following the election of Holyrood’s first trans MSPs the sex category was removed from the parliament website and now some parliamentarians are refusing to take part

scotsman.com

Followed by @rossbrooks.co.uk on Darwin & the queer origins of life, chaired by @kevinguyan.bsky.social on Tuesday 14th July from 7-8pm! lighthousebookshop.com/events/darwi...

More than 100 MPs have now signed the motion I tabled alongside colleagues to disapprove the Equality Act 2010: Draft Code of Practice for Services, public functions and associations. Please email your MP asking them to sign EDM 240 if they haven’t already.

A cameo appearance from Queer Data in the University of Glasgow's Research Strategy for 2026-36 👀

Lisa DeBruine@debruine.bsky.social · 2mo ago

0:41 for my cameo and a closeup of me stacking books like @statmodeling.bsky.social & Hill’s HLM book, The 7 Deadly Sins of Psychology, @kevinguyan.bsky.social’s Queer Data “…and upholding the highest standards of research practice.” (I was instructed to say it very slow :) youtu.be/KSVZSMOUysc

I’m so proud of this powerful speech exposing the bigot and fake academic, Michael Foran. He has no place in our communities.

Ashleeee 🌊🪭@reactiveashley.cat · 2mo ago

Excellent. The good people of Oxford have told the vile bigot Michael Foran he has no place in our communities. Shame them, disrupt them, never debate them.

Last few tickets left for The Queer Data Showcase! 🔢 Hear from a curated group of artists, academics and activists working with queer data. Taking place this Wednesday (10 June) in Manchester. Hosted by Mystika Glamoor. All welcome! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-data...

Fantastic day in Oslo sharing ideas from Rainbow Trap ahead of its paperback release on 11 June 📚 Thank you to the brilliant team at Rosa Bøker for stocking copies of the book (and selling out!) ✨

Opening the book "Gender Trap" by @kevinguyan.bsky.social and are met with two wonderful impactful quotes on classification. #librarysky