Dr Kirstie Ken English (they/them)

Dr Kirstie Ken English (they/them)

Mixed methods researcher & quantitative methods Lecturer. My work focuses on the production and use of equality, diversity and inclusion(EDI) data, gender, sexuality and human rights.

GLINTS: Glasgow Lab for Intersex, Non-Binary & Trans Studies

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GLINTS is a new lab for reserachers working across the University of Glasgow in areas relating to trans, non-binary and intersex people’s lives. I’m one of the co-director and have put together a short zine showcasing some of the work people involved in the lab have done.

View Zine here

LGBTQ+ Census Guide 2022

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The 20th of March 2022 is census day in Scotland. This census year is of particular importance to the LGBTQ+ community. Here I provide some information for LGBTQ+ people filling in the census. As a non-binary person, I’m disappointed by the binary sex question. However, that makes the optional text box in the “trans status or trans history” question more important. If your trans and feel comfortable doing so please make use of that box so our community is represented accurately.

Perspective on the Sex & Gender Data Working Group Guidance

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On the 22nd of September, the Scottish Government’s Sex & Gender Data Working Group published guidance on the production & publication of sex, gender and trans status(gender modality) data by public bodies. The guidance is updated from the daft guidance, which the working group took feedback on in December. Here I will highlight key strengths and weaknesses of the new guidance as well as questions it leaves unanswered.