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Dr Kevin Guyan
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Author of RAINBOW TRAP and QUEER DATA 🌈 Researching LGBTQ data at the University of Edinburgh 📊 he/him/his ➡️ linktr.ee/kevinguyan
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📢 GENDER AND THE MACHINE

Join us in Edinburgh on 20 Nov to explore entanglements of gender, marginalisation and emotion across tech and AI.

🗓️ Thurs 20 Nov 2025
📍 Edinburgh
👋 All welcome

Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...

#data #AI #tech #emotion #trans #LGBTQ #queer
Event poster for Gender and the Machine. Event poster for Gender and the Machine.
November 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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A big THANK YOU to everyone who joined for the Belfast launch of Rainbow Trap! A packed room + lots of great conversations.

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#RainbowTrap #boxbreakers #LGBTQ #data #queerdata #research #policy #tech #books #newbooks
Kevin wearing a wooly tank top and standing behind a pile of Rainbow Trap books.
October 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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This week in Belfast + London ⬇️
#RainbowTrap #LGBTQ #books

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An event poster for upcoming Rainbow Trap events.
October 21, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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Doing a few online events with universities in the US and Canada this month, including this talk today at 3pm EDT👇
A poster for Kevin's talk Box Breakers: Queer Data, Categories, and Who Counts? at Virginia Commonwealth University
October 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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When designing data projects, start with the box breakers.

Putting them first reveals the effects of classifications – determining what is possible and impossible, determining who is possible and impossible.

📖 Find out more in Rainbow Trap, available now:
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/rainbow-t...
When designing data projects, start with the box breakers. Putting them first reveals the effects of classifications – determining what is possible and impossible, determining who is possible and impossible. Find out more in Rainbow Trap, available now.
October 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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2. They disrupt

When forced into a box not of their choosing, box breakers expose how categories of gender, sex and sexuality are all invented.
2. They disrupt When forced into a box not of their choosing, box breakers expose how categories of gender, sex and sexuality are all invented.
October 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Box breakers do two things:

1. They resist

When they say ‘no’ to the choices presented, box breakers are not being difficult but challenging the narrow options understood as possible.
Box breakers do two things: 1. They resist When they say ‘no’ to the choices presented, box breakers are not being difficult but challenging the narrow options understood as possible.
October 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Box breakers live outside the narrow demands of gender, sex and sexuality categories.

They are the residue of design practices – the people left behind after everyone else has been organised into neat, tidy boxes.
Box breakers live outside the narrow demands of gender, sex and sexuality categories. They are the residue of design practices – the people left behind after everyone else has been organised into neat, tidy boxes.
October 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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🌈 It’s been fascinating to see which ideas from Rainbow Trap *stick* with readers – and the idea of box breakers has been one of those sticky ideas!

So... who are box breakers? 🧵
Blue background with white text that reads: Who are box breakers?
October 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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London friends! I'm sharing ideas from Rainbow Trap at Queer@King's @kingsartshums.bsky.social on 23 OCTOBER and it would be great to see you there! ✨

🗓️ Thurs 23 October
🕕 18:30-20:00
🌍 Strand campus, London
👋 All welcome

www.kcl.ac.uk/events/rainb...
An event poster for Kevin Guyan's Rainbow Trap talk at King's College London on 23 October 2025.
October 10, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Finishing a writing piece that's been long in the works, charting the emergence + strategies of anti-trans data activism in the UK.

It's looking for a home, so please share recommendations for places publishing punchy long reads on gender / queer / data 📝
A draft version of a writing piece with the title How Data Became a Battleground for Trans Rights in the UK or Trans-exclusionary Data Activism in the UK.
September 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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I'm in Belfast on 21 Oct for a Rainbow Trap launch event! 🌈

Ulster University | 6-8pm
All welcome 👋

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rainbow-tr...
The event poster for a Rainbow Trap launch event in Belfast on 21 October.
September 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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NYC memories 📸
Kevin in New York City, in the distance is the skyline of Jersey City.
September 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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The design of categories are at the forefront in the fight for LGBTQ equalities ✊

I'll be exploring the politics of identity categories at this free event TODAY
(13 Sept) at the Royal Society of Edinburgh!

💻 Online and in Edinburgh
🕒 6.30 - 7.30pm BST

🔗 More info: rse.org.uk/event/caught...
A headshot of Kevin wearing a green jacket and peach t-shirt The event poster for Caught in a Rainbow Trap!
September 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Fab time at Buffalo Street Books in Ithaca, New York sharing ideas from Rainbow Trap

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Kevin holding a copy of Rainbow Trap standing in Buffalo Street Books The events board at Buffalo Street Books
September 6, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Very excited for this week's Rainbow Trap book launch and panel discussion at NYU.

We'll be exploring all things LGBTQ data and what happens when queer lives meet categories of gender, sex and sexuality 📊

Weds 3 Sept | Kimball Hall, NYC

All welcome 👋

kevinguyan.com/2025/07/15/r...
Kevin's hand holding a copy of Rainbow Trap in Washington Square Park, New York.
September 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Next week! I’m excited to join this BRILLIANT panel for the US launch of Rainbow Trap @nyu.edu on Weds 3 Sept.

📊 We’ll be exploring all things LGBTQ data and what happens when queer lives meet categories of gender, sex and sexuality.

#books #LGBTQ #data #policy #research #queer #queerdata #NYC
Event poster for Rainbow Trap launch event in New York on 3 September. Panelists for Rainbow Trap launch event at NYU on Wednesday 3 September.
August 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Made the authors' wall at the Edinburgh International Book Festival #EdBookFest 📚
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August 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Had a great time sharing ideas from Rainbow Trap at the Edinburgh International Book Festival #EdBookFest

Thank you everyone who joined us to explore how queer lives intersect with policy, data and the law! ✨

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Kevin singing copies of his book Rainbow Trap. He is wearing a yellow shirt and with the author Keio Yoshida. Kevin on stage at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
August 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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✨ If you’re in Edinburgh and want something (i) bookish and (ii) queer…

I’m at the Edinburgh International Book Festival this THURS 14 AUG with human rights lawyer Keio Yoshida, chaired by Caro Clarke.

#LGBTQ #Edinburgh #books #festival #fringe #gay #queer #trans #research #nonfiction #edbookfest
Kevin holding copies of Pride and Prejudices and Rainbow Trap The two books in front of the backdrop of the Edinburgh Futures Institute
August 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Next week I'm at the Edinburgh International Book Festival exploring the politics of gender, sex and sexuality categories - and what this means for queer lives and the law! 🌈 ⚖️

Enjoyed reading Keio Yoshida's Pride and Prejudices and excited for our conversation! #EdBookFest

🗓️ 14 Aug, 17.45-18.45
The books Rainbow Trap by Kevin Guyan and Pride and Prejudices by Keio Yoshida
August 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Edinburgh, looking pretty 💕
Kevin standing at the top of The News Steps in Edinburgh, in the background is the Balmoral Hotel. It is sunny and Kevin is wearing sunglasses.
August 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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New York, baby ❤️

Please share with any NYC queer data nerds.

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Text reads: RAINBOW TRAP: QUEER LIVES, CLASSIFICATIONS AND THE DANGERS OF INCLUSION 3 SEPTEMBER, 5-6.30PM, KIMBALL HALL, 246 GREENE ST. NYC Co-organised by the Gender + Sexuality Data Lab and NYU PRIISM
July 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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From courtrooms to census forms, what queer lives count? And who decides? ✨

Making my debut appearance at the Edinburgh International Book Festival on 14 August (17.45-18.45) to explore queer rights and realities with human rights lawyer Keio Yoshida 👇
Writer-researcher Kevin Guyan and human rights lawyer Keio Yoshida both grapple with the complex realities – the challenges and triumphs – of queer existence in contemporary society. Guyan’s Rainbow Trap delves into the societal pressures and expectations that can constrain queer identities, while Yoshida’s Pride and Prejudices examines the flawed legal frameworks shaping LGBTQ+ experiences. Join them for a vital conversation with Caro Clarke about justice, visibility, and the ongoing fight for equality.
July 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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In Glasgow today to visit the FANTASTIC queer, indie bookshop Category Is Books 📚
Kevin holding a copy of Rainbow Trap outside the front of Category Is Books. The sign says: Trans Liberation Now!
July 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM