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The International Partnership for Queer Youth Resilience is a SSHRC-funded partnership working to address the needs of queer youth through technology 🌈
Transgender Day of Remembrance 🕯️🏳️⚧️
We honour the trans and gender-diverse lives lost to violence–a crisis that continues to intensify worldwide.
Today, we grieve with loved ones. Tomorrow, we continue the fight for safety, dignity, and justice for all trans people.
We honour the trans and gender-diverse lives lost to violence–a crisis that continues to intensify worldwide.
Today, we grieve with loved ones. Tomorrow, we continue the fight for safety, dignity, and justice for all trans people.
November 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Transgender Day of Remembrance 🕯️🏳️⚧️
We honour the trans and gender-diverse lives lost to violence–a crisis that continues to intensify worldwide.
Today, we grieve with loved ones. Tomorrow, we continue the fight for safety, dignity, and justice for all trans people.
We honour the trans and gender-diverse lives lost to violence–a crisis that continues to intensify worldwide.
Today, we grieve with loved ones. Tomorrow, we continue the fight for safety, dignity, and justice for all trans people.
🏳️⚧️ 📸 ✨For Trans Awareness Week we are highlighting snapshoT: a study using photo-elicitation to explore the lives of trans and non-binary youth in the U.S. Through images and interviews, the project examines identity, culture, resilience, and online/offline experiences.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
🏳️⚧️ 📸 ✨For Trans Awareness Week we are highlighting snapshoT: a study using photo-elicitation to explore the lives of trans and non-binary youth in the U.S. Through images and interviews, the project examines identity, culture, resilience, and online/offline experiences.
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🏳️⚧️ 🛼✨ Roller derby is more than a sport; it’s a space where many trans and gender diverse skaters thrive. Kaitrin Doll’s research shows how community-driven derby fosters trans joy, connection, and liberation through support, play, embodiment, and gender affirmation. #rollerderby #genderdiversity
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November 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
🏳️⚧️ 🛼✨ Roller derby is more than a sport; it’s a space where many trans and gender diverse skaters thrive. Kaitrin Doll’s research shows how community-driven derby fosters trans joy, connection, and liberation through support, play, embodiment, and gender affirmation. #rollerderby #genderdiversity
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🏳️⚧️✨ It’s Transgender Awareness Week! All week we’re sharing research that uplifts and centres trans identities.
Today we’re highlighting Neuro-Queeriosity, a study exploring mental wellness among Gender and Neuro Minority (GNM) people in Canada. 🌈🎓
#AcademicSky
Today we’re highlighting Neuro-Queeriosity, a study exploring mental wellness among Gender and Neuro Minority (GNM) people in Canada. 🌈🎓
#AcademicSky
November 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
🏳️⚧️✨ It’s Transgender Awareness Week! All week we’re sharing research that uplifts and centres trans identities.
Today we’re highlighting Neuro-Queeriosity, a study exploring mental wellness among Gender and Neuro Minority (GNM) people in Canada. 🌈🎓
#AcademicSky
Today we’re highlighting Neuro-Queeriosity, a study exploring mental wellness among Gender and Neuro Minority (GNM) people in Canada. 🌈🎓
#AcademicSky
Happy International Pronouns Day! 💖
INQYR’s LEVEL UP! study shows how pronoun options in games like The Sims 4 & Monster Prom help LGBTQ+ youth feel seen, connected, & affirmed in their identities.
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#InternationalPronounsDay #LGBTQGaming #PronounsMatter #LGBTQyouth
INQYR’s LEVEL UP! study shows how pronoun options in games like The Sims 4 & Monster Prom help LGBTQ+ youth feel seen, connected, & affirmed in their identities.
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#InternationalPronounsDay #LGBTQGaming #PronounsMatter #LGBTQyouth
October 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Happy International Pronouns Day! 💖
INQYR’s LEVEL UP! study shows how pronoun options in games like The Sims 4 & Monster Prom help LGBTQ+ youth feel seen, connected, & affirmed in their identities.
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#InternationalPronounsDay #LGBTQGaming #PronounsMatter #LGBTQyouth
INQYR’s LEVEL UP! study shows how pronoun options in games like The Sims 4 & Monster Prom help LGBTQ+ youth feel seen, connected, & affirmed in their identities.
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#InternationalPronounsDay #LGBTQGaming #PronounsMatter #LGBTQyouth
Coming out is a personal choice that shouldn’t feel pressured. Digital spaces can offer queer and trans youth connection, learning, and resilience to make coming out feel safer.
You are a valid part of the community, no matter where you are on your coming out journey. ❤️
#NationalComingOutDay 🌈🎓
You are a valid part of the community, no matter where you are on your coming out journey. ❤️
#NationalComingOutDay 🌈🎓
October 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Coming out is a personal choice that shouldn’t feel pressured. Digital spaces can offer queer and trans youth connection, learning, and resilience to make coming out feel safer.
You are a valid part of the community, no matter where you are on your coming out journey. ❤️
#NationalComingOutDay 🌈🎓
You are a valid part of the community, no matter where you are on your coming out journey. ❤️
#NationalComingOutDay 🌈🎓
Today we celebrate #InternationalLesbianDay to uplift and honour lesbian voices, identities, and communities around the world. 🧡🤍💜
In 2024, for Lesbian Visibility Day (Apr. 26), we spoke to Dr. Shelley Craig about being a queer woman in research and the founding of INQYR!
#LesbianVisibility
In 2024, for Lesbian Visibility Day (Apr. 26), we spoke to Dr. Shelley Craig about being a queer woman in research and the founding of INQYR!
#LesbianVisibility
October 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Today we celebrate #InternationalLesbianDay to uplift and honour lesbian voices, identities, and communities around the world. 🧡🤍💜
In 2024, for Lesbian Visibility Day (Apr. 26), we spoke to Dr. Shelley Craig about being a queer woman in research and the founding of INQYR!
#LesbianVisibility
In 2024, for Lesbian Visibility Day (Apr. 26), we spoke to Dr. Shelley Craig about being a queer woman in research and the founding of INQYR!
#LesbianVisibility
Are you a researcher working on LGBTQ+ research and experienced recent changes to your funding?
Colleagues at the Population Council are doing a study to better understand the experiences of LGBTQ+ researchers whose funding was paused or cut earlier this year.
Fill in the survey by October 15th 🌈🎓
Colleagues at the Population Council are doing a study to better understand the experiences of LGBTQ+ researchers whose funding was paused or cut earlier this year.
Fill in the survey by October 15th 🌈🎓
October 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Are you a researcher working on LGBTQ+ research and experienced recent changes to your funding?
Colleagues at the Population Council are doing a study to better understand the experiences of LGBTQ+ researchers whose funding was paused or cut earlier this year.
Fill in the survey by October 15th 🌈🎓
Colleagues at the Population Council are doing a study to better understand the experiences of LGBTQ+ researchers whose funding was paused or cut earlier this year.
Fill in the survey by October 15th 🌈🎓
Congratulations to Dr. Kaitrin Doll on successfully passing their PhD oral examination! Their research on #rollerderby “as an affirming, community driven sports space” is a necessary contribution to justice-oriented, resilience-based social work and sport studies. 🌈🎓
#queerstudies #genderidentity
#queerstudies #genderidentity
October 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Kaitrin Doll on successfully passing their PhD oral examination! Their research on #rollerderby “as an affirming, community driven sports space” is a necessary contribution to justice-oriented, resilience-based social work and sport studies. 🌈🎓
#queerstudies #genderidentity
#queerstudies #genderidentity
Happy Celebrate Bisexuality Day! This day is the last day of #BisexualAwarenessWeek, which seeks to amplify the voices of the bi+ (bisexual, pansexual, fluid, etc.) community to combat bi-erasure.
Check out the research we highlighted this #BiWeek in support of the beautiful bi+ community! 🩷💜💙
Check out the research we highlighted this #BiWeek in support of the beautiful bi+ community! 🩷💜💙
September 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Happy Celebrate Bisexuality Day! This day is the last day of #BisexualAwarenessWeek, which seeks to amplify the voices of the bi+ (bisexual, pansexual, fluid, etc.) community to combat bi-erasure.
Check out the research we highlighted this #BiWeek in support of the beautiful bi+ community! 🩷💜💙
Check out the research we highlighted this #BiWeek in support of the beautiful bi+ community! 🩷💜💙
💜💙🩷 Bisexual Awareness Week
Participants in our video gaming study, LEVEL UP! 🎮, taught us that representation matters. Too often, bisexuality is framed as a “phase." In The Last of Us 2, Dina is a thoughtful exception to this trend.
Here’s to seeing more representation like this in media!
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Participants in our video gaming study, LEVEL UP! 🎮, taught us that representation matters. Too often, bisexuality is framed as a “phase." In The Last of Us 2, Dina is a thoughtful exception to this trend.
Here’s to seeing more representation like this in media!
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September 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
💜💙🩷 Bisexual Awareness Week
Participants in our video gaming study, LEVEL UP! 🎮, taught us that representation matters. Too often, bisexuality is framed as a “phase." In The Last of Us 2, Dina is a thoughtful exception to this trend.
Here’s to seeing more representation like this in media!
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Participants in our video gaming study, LEVEL UP! 🎮, taught us that representation matters. Too often, bisexuality is framed as a “phase." In The Last of Us 2, Dina is a thoughtful exception to this trend.
Here’s to seeing more representation like this in media!
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This #BisexualAwarenessWeek, we're spotlighting research from @drliamcahill.bsky.social! His study shows how bisexual men are often grouped as "sexual minority men," ignoring the nuance of their experiences. This article reminds us to continue to resist bi erasure! 🩷💜💙
#BiVisibility #BiWeek
#BiVisibility #BiWeek
September 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This #BisexualAwarenessWeek, we're spotlighting research from @drliamcahill.bsky.social! His study shows how bisexual men are often grouped as "sexual minority men," ignoring the nuance of their experiences. This article reminds us to continue to resist bi erasure! 🩷💜💙
#BiVisibility #BiWeek
#BiVisibility #BiWeek
INQYR’s latest study reveals how LGBTQ+ affirmative CBT improves mental health through 3 key mechanisms.
Through AFFIRM, depression / anxiety in LGBTQ+ youth showed lasting improvement one year later!
Read the full article at @bmc.springernature.com Psychology!
#AFFIRM #LGBTQ #mentalhealth
Through AFFIRM, depression / anxiety in LGBTQ+ youth showed lasting improvement one year later!
Read the full article at @bmc.springernature.com Psychology!
#AFFIRM #LGBTQ #mentalhealth
September 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
INQYR’s latest study reveals how LGBTQ+ affirmative CBT improves mental health through 3 key mechanisms.
Through AFFIRM, depression / anxiety in LGBTQ+ youth showed lasting improvement one year later!
Read the full article at @bmc.springernature.com Psychology!
#AFFIRM #LGBTQ #mentalhealth
Through AFFIRM, depression / anxiety in LGBTQ+ youth showed lasting improvement one year later!
Read the full article at @bmc.springernature.com Psychology!
#AFFIRM #LGBTQ #mentalhealth
✨ Meet our ISTN-3 Grads ✨
Chase Staras (he/they) is a PhD candidate at Nottingham Trent University. Their doctoral research aims to use social prescribing to develop new healthcare initiatives for trans and gender diverse people. Read at inqyr.org/blog-posts/meet-chase
Chase Staras (he/they) is a PhD candidate at Nottingham Trent University. Their doctoral research aims to use social prescribing to develop new healthcare initiatives for trans and gender diverse people. Read at inqyr.org/blog-posts/meet-chase
July 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
✨ Meet our ISTN-3 Grads ✨
Chase Staras (he/they) is a PhD candidate at Nottingham Trent University. Their doctoral research aims to use social prescribing to develop new healthcare initiatives for trans and gender diverse people. Read at inqyr.org/blog-posts/meet-chase
Chase Staras (he/they) is a PhD candidate at Nottingham Trent University. Their doctoral research aims to use social prescribing to develop new healthcare initiatives for trans and gender diverse people. Read at inqyr.org/blog-posts/meet-chase
🤫 INQYR Behind the Scenes 🤫
Get a peek into the behind the scenes of research in this blog post by our Research Associate @dr-ashley-brooks.bsky.social. In it, he explores how the LEVEL UP! team dealt with participant fraud in their survey, offering researchers valuable insights for their own work.
Get a peek into the behind the scenes of research in this blog post by our Research Associate @dr-ashley-brooks.bsky.social. In it, he explores how the LEVEL UP! team dealt with participant fraud in their survey, offering researchers valuable insights for their own work.
July 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
🤫 INQYR Behind the Scenes 🤫
Get a peek into the behind the scenes of research in this blog post by our Research Associate @dr-ashley-brooks.bsky.social. In it, he explores how the LEVEL UP! team dealt with participant fraud in their survey, offering researchers valuable insights for their own work.
Get a peek into the behind the scenes of research in this blog post by our Research Associate @dr-ashley-brooks.bsky.social. In it, he explores how the LEVEL UP! team dealt with participant fraud in their survey, offering researchers valuable insights for their own work.
✨ Meet our ISTN-3 Grads ✨
Eli Verdugo (they/them) is a master's student at the University of Victoria. They advocate for LGBTQ+ rights in their home country and community in La Paz, Mexico, where they founded the LGBTQ+ non-profit, La Paz es Diversa. Read more at www.inqyr.org/blog-posts/m...
Eli Verdugo (they/them) is a master's student at the University of Victoria. They advocate for LGBTQ+ rights in their home country and community in La Paz, Mexico, where they founded the LGBTQ+ non-profit, La Paz es Diversa. Read more at www.inqyr.org/blog-posts/m...
July 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM
✨ Meet our ISTN-3 Grads ✨
Eli Verdugo (they/them) is a master's student at the University of Victoria. They advocate for LGBTQ+ rights in their home country and community in La Paz, Mexico, where they founded the LGBTQ+ non-profit, La Paz es Diversa. Read more at www.inqyr.org/blog-posts/m...
Eli Verdugo (they/them) is a master's student at the University of Victoria. They advocate for LGBTQ+ rights in their home country and community in La Paz, Mexico, where they founded the LGBTQ+ non-profit, La Paz es Diversa. Read more at www.inqyr.org/blog-posts/m...
📰 INQYR's 11th newsletter is live! This issue includes loads of incredible milestones and accomplishments from across our regional networks. Read now at www.inqyr.org/newsletter
July 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
📰 INQYR's 11th newsletter is live! This issue includes loads of incredible milestones and accomplishments from across our regional networks. Read now at www.inqyr.org/newsletter
Our Mexico Regional Network Co-Chair Dr. Ignacio Lozano Verduzco discusses global challenges that our sexual & gender minority (SGM) communities are facing in our current day.
June 17, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Our Mexico Regional Network Co-Chair Dr. Ignacio Lozano Verduzco discusses global challenges that our sexual & gender minority (SGM) communities are facing in our current day.
Dr. Shelley Craig, our PI, discusses the history of INQYR noting the core question that led to its formation:
"It's really about how to build community across borders, across disciplines, that can help us feel like we have each other."
"It's really about how to build community across borders, across disciplines, that can help us feel like we have each other."
June 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Dr. Shelley Craig, our PI, discusses the history of INQYR noting the core question that led to its formation:
"It's really about how to build community across borders, across disciplines, that can help us feel like we have each other."
"It's really about how to build community across borders, across disciplines, that can help us feel like we have each other."
Our event "Mobilizing Hope Through Resistance" is happening in ~15 minutes! Register at mobilizinghope.eventbrite.com to get access to the Zoom link. English-Spanish interpretation will be provided.
#LGBTResearch #QueerResearch #AcademicSky
#LGBTResearch #QueerResearch #AcademicSky
June 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Our event "Mobilizing Hope Through Resistance" is happening in ~15 minutes! Register at mobilizinghope.eventbrite.com to get access to the Zoom link. English-Spanish interpretation will be provided.
#LGBTResearch #QueerResearch #AcademicSky
#LGBTResearch #QueerResearch #AcademicSky
🚨 NEW PUBLICATION ALERT! 🚨
This new open-access publication evaluates the implementation of INQYR's International Youth Advisory Board (IYAB) and provides recommendations for future implementations. Read at www.inqyr.org/research-hub
#LGBTResearch #QueerYouth #AcademicSky
This new open-access publication evaluates the implementation of INQYR's International Youth Advisory Board (IYAB) and provides recommendations for future implementations. Read at www.inqyr.org/research-hub
#LGBTResearch #QueerYouth #AcademicSky
June 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
🚨 NEW PUBLICATION ALERT! 🚨
This new open-access publication evaluates the implementation of INQYR's International Youth Advisory Board (IYAB) and provides recommendations for future implementations. Read at www.inqyr.org/research-hub
#LGBTResearch #QueerYouth #AcademicSky
This new open-access publication evaluates the implementation of INQYR's International Youth Advisory Board (IYAB) and provides recommendations for future implementations. Read at www.inqyr.org/research-hub
#LGBTResearch #QueerYouth #AcademicSky
Our PI Dr. Shelley Craig will be providing the keynote address at the upcoming Hong Kong International LGBTQ+ Affirmative Practices Conference 2025!
June 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Our PI Dr. Shelley Craig will be providing the keynote address at the upcoming Hong Kong International LGBTQ+ Affirmative Practices Conference 2025!
Join us for this upcoming virtual panel organized by INQYR! This event features Dr. Shelley Craig, Dr. Lauren McInroy, Dr. Dane Marco Di Cesare, Dr. Ignacio Lozano-Verduzco, Dr. Yael Perry, and Dr. Liam Cahill. Reserve your ticket at mobilizinghope.eventbrite.com (1/6)
June 5, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Join us for this upcoming virtual panel organized by INQYR! This event features Dr. Shelley Craig, Dr. Lauren McInroy, Dr. Dane Marco Di Cesare, Dr. Ignacio Lozano-Verduzco, Dr. Yael Perry, and Dr. Liam Cahill. Reserve your ticket at mobilizinghope.eventbrite.com (1/6)
✨ Meet our ISTN-3 Grads ✨
Mel McDonald (they/them) is a dual MSW/PhD candidate in Social Work at Ohio State University. We spoke with Mel about their research, their experiences in the ISTN, and the insights they’ll carry into their future work. Read at www.inqyr.org/blog-posts/m...
Mel McDonald (they/them) is a dual MSW/PhD candidate in Social Work at Ohio State University. We spoke with Mel about their research, their experiences in the ISTN, and the insights they’ll carry into their future work. Read at www.inqyr.org/blog-posts/m...
May 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
✨ Meet our ISTN-3 Grads ✨
Mel McDonald (they/them) is a dual MSW/PhD candidate in Social Work at Ohio State University. We spoke with Mel about their research, their experiences in the ISTN, and the insights they’ll carry into their future work. Read at www.inqyr.org/blog-posts/m...
Mel McDonald (they/them) is a dual MSW/PhD candidate in Social Work at Ohio State University. We spoke with Mel about their research, their experiences in the ISTN, and the insights they’ll carry into their future work. Read at www.inqyr.org/blog-posts/m...
The recording for our event "Different Lenses, Shared Vision" is now available to watch on our website at www.inqyr.org/panels-talks.
The recording is available in both English and Spanish Interpretation. We hope you enjoy this rich conversation featuring four members of our INQYR family.
The recording is available in both English and Spanish Interpretation. We hope you enjoy this rich conversation featuring four members of our INQYR family.
May 1, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The recording for our event "Different Lenses, Shared Vision" is now available to watch on our website at www.inqyr.org/panels-talks.
The recording is available in both English and Spanish Interpretation. We hope you enjoy this rich conversation featuring four members of our INQYR family.
The recording is available in both English and Spanish Interpretation. We hope you enjoy this rich conversation featuring four members of our INQYR family.