Cover of queer in a wee place

Power point slide with illustration of Kirstie Ken and Harvey that says identifying the local trans masc social scientists

Speaking at #britsoc26 this week✨

Thursday: Discussing my chapter on Scotland’s census in @yvettetaylor.bsky.social book Queer in a Wee Place.

Friday: @harveyhumphrey.bsky.social & I will present how our queer approaches inform our teaching of social research methods

a bright pink background showing drawings of people enjoying music or using a rainbow megaphone, and in the centre is a copy of Yvette Taylor's book Queer in a Wee Place

We're so looking forward to hosting editor @yvettetaylor.bsky.social and contributors to the new book QUEER IN A WEE PLACE: SMALL NATIONS, SEXUALITY AND SCOTLAND at our sold-out launch tonight! You can still get online tickets, or email us for the waitlist! lighthousebookshop.com/events/queer...

A copy of queer in a wee place

The back cover of queer in a wee place featuring a review from Jackie Kay

The contents page shopping Kirstie Ken’s chapter on chapter 5 called the construction of Scotlan’d LGBTQ+ population in the census

Wild to have a chapter in a book Jackie Kay liked 🤩

Thank you @yvettetaylor.bsky.social for including me in this fantastic collection!

My chapter presents Scotland’s 2022 census as world leading for LGBTQ+ representation while argueing this hasn’t translated to positive outcomes for us.

Kirstie Ken with a copy of queer in a wee place

Was great getting to talk about my chapter in Queer in a Wee Place. I discuss how Scotland’s census is arguably world leading in terms of LGBTQ+ data representation but that doesn’t translate to positive outcomes for our community. Thank you to @yvettetaylor.bsky.social for putting this together!

The Challenging Justice Inequalities project has entered its next phase! They have been working with a group of young people (14-18) to co-produce a project about intersectionality and justice experiences.

Looking Back, Looking Forward: LGBTQ+ Equalities Let's look back, and look forward together

Excited to be running this Festival of Social Science event in Glasgow, on November 7th. If you are interested in LGBTQ+ equalities work or want to come along and learn more, sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/looking-ba...

New book out 2026. Incredible work from @yvettetaylor.bsky.social herding academic& creative queers inc @kevinguyan.bsky.social @kenglish.bsky.social @vavapoetry.bsky.social @finnfox.bsky.social @ginagwenffrewi.bsky.social @matwilkie.bsky.social @rkdasgupta.bsky.social @sindhurajasekaran.bsky.social

We cannot wait to have @yvettetaylor.bsky.social, @jenniferjaswhite.bsky.social Hussein Mitha and Fadzai Mwakutuya chaired by @joannecoates.bsky.social & Giulia Gregnanin discussing contemporary working class experiences in Britain

Not on the Reading List: Locating Queer Working-Class Knowledge: www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/e... @strath-ioe.bsky.social

Looking forward to the Salt & Silver festival @timespanhelmsdale.bsky.social Taking copies of Working-Class Queers @plutopress.bsky.social

I wrote a wee blog post reflecting on the Spring into Methods Feminist Methodologies ECR panel, you can read it here:

www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/e...

Zine cover page titled 'Becoming Academic' with pink floral background and a sub-title of 'knowledge, power and alchemy' in black bold letters. There is a 'call for entries' in the top right corner.

The following 3 zine pages are of blacked out text which tells the story, in part, of becoming academic.

Fab to be at the 'Feminist Research Methods' @sgsss.bsky.social workshop, complete with a little zine making! Great to meet new people and hear @strath-ioe.bsky.social colleagues. If you didn't get a chance this year, watch out for future activities!

So nice to see these book pals! #britsoc25
Be in touch with proposal ideas for Advances in Critical Diversities: www.routledge.com/Routledge-Ad....

Book cover of ‘Working-Class Queers’ in bold black lettering with on white cover with multicoloured spots. The book sits on top of the BSA 2025 conference programme.

Looking forward to presenting ‘Beyond Reasonable Adjustments? Mutual Aid, (Non)State Solutions and the Queer Left’ #britsoc25 based on ´Working-Class Queers. Time, Place & Politics’ @plutopress.bsky.social

Poster image of call for artist participants for the ´Exhibiting Queer Social Justice ´ project.

Exhibiting Queer Social Justice is looking for FOUR people to produce creative outputs to represent the qualitative data gathered in the Queer Social Justice project (based on 60 interviews with LGBTQ+ people). Outputs will be displayed during LGBTQ+ History Month 2026!

Poster image of call for artist participants for the ´Exhibiting Queer Social Justice ´ project.

Exhibiting Queer Social Justice is looking for FOUR people to produce creative outputs to represent the qualitative data gathered in the Queer Social Justice project (based on 60 interviews with LGBTQ+ people). Outputs will be displayed during LGBTQ+ History Month 2026!

I'm going to be joining colleagues from the Universities of Edinburgh, Stirling, Strathclyde and Queen Margaret University to run a workshop exploring feminist research methodologies! The workshop is for everyone with an interest in the practice, processes, and potential of feminist research methods

All set for #QueerAcademicPractice workshop!!

Book cover image for Desi Queers. LGBTQ+ South Asians and Cultural Belonging in Britain. Image shows LGBTQ+ South Asian protesters marching outside Westminster featuring co-author DJ Ritu.

Really looking forward to the Queer Social Justice as Academic Practice @sgsah_ event tomorrow @unistrathclyde All welcome to attend the end book launch of Desi Queers from 4.30pm (TIC bld, 721).

Cover of DESI QUEERS showing a pride march in London with South Asian members of the LGBTQ+ community.

🎉 Happy publication day to #DesiQueers, by @churnjeet.bsky.social @rkdasgupta.bsky.social &
@djritu.bsky.social
‘A timely, necessary account of S Asian #queerness in Britain. . . riveting, illuminating, life-affirming!’ @profsunnysingh.bsky.social
25% off w code DESI25 ➡️ tinyurl.com/336cphbn

Looking forward to @jlmittelmeier.bsky.social workshop today @strath-ioe.bsky.social What’s changed or stayed the same since co-authoring this on international students and widening participation students: www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

Image depicts the LGBT History Month event at the Working-Class Movement Library, with various books and zines on the table.

Thanks to @wcmlibrary.bsky.social for the LGBTQ+ History Month invite! It was great to talk about Working-Class Queers, @plutopress.bsky.social

White background with black text, which says, "The Working Class Movement Library Celebrates LGBT+ History Month. On the bottom right of the page is a band of lines in the colours of the Progress Pride Flag, with the WCML overlaid in white.

February is LGBT+ History Month and this year's theme is #activism and #socialchange. To celebrate the month, we are welcoming Yvette Taylor, author of Working-Class Queers: Time, Place and Politics to explore topics of queer life and class in contemporary Britain.