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Hazel Marzetti @hazelmarzetti.bsky.social · Sep 1

It's September and so the Queer Minds Scotland online seminar series returns!

This month we're excited to have @kevinguyan.bsky.social presenting the 'Rainbow Trap: Queer Lives, Categories and the Dangers of Inclusion'

Please join us 25th September 4-5

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Queer Lives, Data and the Dangers of Inclusion

Join author Kevin Guyan to explore ideas from his new book Rainbow Trap: Queer Lives, Categories and the Dangers of Inclusion

events.bookitbee.com

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GIRES UK @giresuk.bsky.social · Jul 12

Are you running an in-person event about transgender support, research, education, knowledge sharing, or training?

We’d love it if you could download, print, and post our Crowdfunder poster to help us protect our decades of trans research & resources 🙏

PDF 👉 www.gires.org.uk/wp-content/u...

GIRES NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT
Help us protect trans research and resources
a Legacy of Kindness
Telling the Story of
GIRES
For decades, GIRES has been generating and actively preserving trans research, education, and recording people's lived experience - and making it accessible to educators, organisations, and the wider trans community.
But, like many charities, we're facing serious financial pressures, which is why we are taking action to safeguard our future.
Help us raise £10,000 so that GIRES can keep supporting the trans community
To respond to the needs of the trans community, we're repositioning GIRES to meet today's challenges - transforming into a research-based support hub for trans organisations, educators, EDI professionals.
DONATE TO HELP US BUILD
FOR THE FUTURE
www.gires.org.uk
Gender Identity Research
& Education Society
Registered Charity No. 1068137

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Prof Viv Hope @vivprof.bsky.social · Jul 7

q:LJMU will hold it first seminar Connecting LGBTQ+ Research & Community on 17/07. LJMU research with LGBTQ+ communities will be presented, with guest speaker @hazelmarzetti.bsky.social. The event will be of interest to researchers, academics, professionals, and community organisations. #lgbtq+

q:LJMU Seminar - Connecting LGBTQ+ Research & Community

Join q:LJMU for a seminar connecting researchers and community to discuss LGBTQ+ research, collaboration and impact.

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Hazel Marzetti @hazelmarzetti.bsky.social · Jul 3

I am so pleased to see this out in the world and such a wonderful bunch of people to work with 😊 !!

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Meeting of minds: imagining the future of child and youth mental health research from an early career perspective | BJPsych Bulletin | Cambridge Core

Meeting of minds: imagining the future of child and youth mental health research from an early career perspective

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Hazel Marzetti @hazelmarzetti.bsky.social · Jun 19

Our brilliant speakers Prof Trish Hafford-Letchfield, Zander McGuchan Johnston, and Queer Culture Club's Jay Andrew and Maddi Cassell will be discuss queer approaches to ageing and collective community organising around this.

We'd love to see you there! There will be snacks 😊 ...

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Hazel Marzetti @hazelmarzetti.bsky.social · Jun 19

🏳️‍🌈Are you interested in intergenerational LGBTQ+ conversations?

🏳️‍🌈Are you based in and around Glasgow?

Come along to our next *in person* Queer Minds Scotland Event!

events.bookitbee.com/gcu/queer-mi...

26th June 5.30 - 7.30

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Mental Health Research Incubator @mhrincubator.bsky.social · May 14

We're incredibly excited to launch BRIDGE - a community initiative led by Incubator alumni that connects UK #mentalhealth early career #researchers with the Global South!

⏰ Applications are OPEN until 9 JUNE.

For more info & to apply, visit the page below 👇
mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/bridge/

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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · May 8

We’re hosting an online info session and Q&A on Friday 16th May 12-13:00 BST, all about the latest opportunity to join the #DiscoveringLiveability Team as a Research Assistant (with funding for a PhD) at the University of Lincoln!

Sign up via email [email protected] ✍️

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Hazel Marzetti @hazelmarzetti.bsky.social · May 5

Join our next Queer Minds Scotland online seminar: Queer and Trans Lives in Turbulent Times

Mariya Levitanus will share her research on the migration of Russian queer and trans individuals to Central Asia post Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

28th May at 4pm (UK time): bit.ly/3SjSC2W

Queer and Trans Lives in Turbulent Times

Decolonial Queer Perspectives from Central Asia

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Hazel Marzetti @hazelmarzetti.bsky.social · May 1

Lovely Vic is looking for folks to talk about their experiences of being involved in patient and public involvement to try and learn more about it. If you've been involved before and would be willing to take part, get in touch: [email protected]

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Sarah Huque @sarahhuque.bsky.social · Apr 28

A tiny bit of writing about finding joy in mental health/suicide research:
internationaljournalofsocialresearchmethodology.wordpress.com/2025/04/26/q...

Qualitative Mental Health Research Piece – Sarah Huque

One of the International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IJSRM) Reviewer College members, Sarah Huque (School of Health in Social Science, University of Edinburgh; [email protected]), has kin…

internationaljournalofsocialresearchmethodology.wordpress.com

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · Apr 23

The Supreme Court ruling left out trans people. We're stepping in — with lawyers, resources, and action 🏳️‍⚧️⚖️

Donate to our fighting fund 💪
goodlaw.social/9235c1

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Corbin J. Standley, PhD @corbinstandley.bsky.social · Apr 24

Maintaining funding for 988's LGBTQ+ services ensures continued effective and lifesaving work.

“Suicide prevention is about risk, not identity.” – @trevorproject.bsky.social

“These crisis response services are effective and save young lives.” – @afspnational.bsky.social

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Trump Administration Proposes Defunding Suicide Lifeline for LGBTQ+ Youth Beginning October 2025

A leaked budget draft revealed the federal government has proposed to eliminate all funding for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s LGBTQ+ Youth Specialized Services – a federal program that provides ...

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Chris Frederick @projectsoulstride.bsky.social · Apr 25

UCL are recruiting UK-based men aged 40 to 65 for research study - Men Talking About Suicide.

Click on this link to read more, including details of reimbursement:
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The findings will help in #suicideprevention.
@alexandrapitman.bsky.social

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Men Talking About Suicide (MTAS) Screening Questionnaire

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Discovering Liveability @d-liveability.bsky.social · Apr 24

New blog post! 💻
This month’s #DiscoveringLiveability blog post comes from Work Package 4 researchers, Emily Yue and Alex Oaten. They reflect on two pieces of academic literature that speak about the concept of ‘liveability’.
Click on the link below to read!

Initial Reflections on Conceptualising ‘Liveability’ – Discovering Liveability: Co-producing Alternatives to Suicide Prevention

blogs.ed.ac.uk

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Hazel Marzetti @hazelmarzetti.bsky.social · Apr 24

Such an interesting call for papers!! I don't think I've ever seen something that so explicitly centres care in suicide studies...

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Hazel Marzetti @hazelmarzetti.bsky.social · Apr 23

You do not need to be a network member, or based in Scotland to attend our seminars - all friendly faces are welcome!

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Hazel Marzetti @hazelmarzetti.bsky.social · Apr 23

A quick reminder that next week Flo from Scottish Trans will be giving our monthly Queer Minds Scotland seminar about the findings of Scottish Trans' research on the experiences of trans and non-binary people in Scotland

30th April, 4pm (UK time)
Join us: events.bookitbee.com/university-o...

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Switchboard - LGBTQIA+ Support Line @switchboard.bsky.social · Apr 16

We know today may feel especially heavy for our trans and non-binary siblings.

If you’re feeling overwhelmed or affected by the UK Supreme Court’s decision, please know you’re not alone. We’re here for you every day from 10am to 10pm.

#TransRights #Trans #NonBinary #SupremeCourt #Gender

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Willem Stander @willemjstander.bsky.social · Apr 8

Funded PhD opportunity about LGBTQ+ people & adult social care with an incredible supervisory team at the University of Bristol consisting of Profs @jasonschaub.bsky.social & David Abbott. Applications due 15/05/25 with PhD starting September 2025. More info here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMP621/p...

PhD Studentship: LGBTQ+ people and adult social care at University of Bristol

Discover a PhD Studentship: LGBTQ+ people and adult social care on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other PhD opportunities.

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Hazel Marzetti @hazelmarzetti.bsky.social · Apr 14

This is SO helpful!! Some of the journal sites seem to really bury this information.

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Hazel Marzetti @hazelmarzetti.bsky.social · Apr 14

A really big thank you to @oliviajkirtley.bsky.social for the encouragement and @errwallace.bsky.social for starting the conversation and NetECR for, as ever, making these conversations possible!

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Hazel Marzetti @hazelmarzetti.bsky.social · Apr 14

I wanted to post as I have a feeling there are a bunch of folks in similar positions, feeling a bit abstractly nervous about pre-printing, but also wanting to be able to share work earlier than the slow machine that is academic publishing allows and also wanting to get feedback from colleagues.

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Hazel Marzetti @hazelmarzetti.bsky.social · Apr 14

It was really simple, and really speedy - and hopefully we'll be able to maximise the amount of feedback we get on it before this article goes to it's final resting place in a journal.

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Hazel Marzetti @hazelmarzetti.bsky.social · Apr 14

Now I know I'm super late to the pre-printing party, but pre-printing qualitative work wasn't at all on my radar until really recently- in my head, wrongly, I'd thought it was a quantiative research thing! So for anyone else feeling similarly nervous....

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