🌍 Recent Conferences and Events on LGBTI+ Studies 🌈

We organized and participated in a range of impactful conferences and events across Europe, focusing on LGBTI+ socio-economic (in)equalities and other critical topics. Here’s a summary of the significant events:

🔹 Events at Major Conferences

• 🌟 LGBTI+ Socio-economic (In)equalities Over the Life Cycle
  A panel at the 32nd IAFFE Conference in Rome, 2024. The panel featured presentations from Action members on various topics including:
  • Ageing Queer Bodies
  • Income Distribution in Families Headed by Same-Sex Couples in the US
  • Inequalities Concerning LGBTIQ+ in Turkey
  • Economic Rights for LGBTQ+ People in Belize
  • Gay Varsity LGBTQI+ Students at UK Universities
  • LGBTQI+ Inequalities in Working Conditions
  • Lived Experiences of Gender and Sexual Minorities in Higher Education in Vietnam

🔹 Specific Events

• 🏛️ LGBTIQ+ Employee Resource Groups: Benefits, Challenges, and Opportunities
  A symposium hosted by Leiden University, Netherlands. The event saw 80 attendees in person and 120 online, with a follow-up small-group meeting involving academics focused on LGBTIQ+ social and economic inequalities.
• 🌐 Centring Intersex: Global and Local Dimensions
  An international conference hosted by the University of Huddersfield, UK, with over 200 international delegates including activists, policymakers, health practitioners, and academics.
• 🔬 LGBTQI+ Methodologies
  An international conference hosted by the Royal Holloway College of London. The event involved 50 delegates, included academic contributions on queer methodologies, input from the National Office for Statistics on the census, and a panel discussion with representatives from the Terrence Higgins Trust, Switchboard: National LGBTQIA+ Support Line, and GALOP.
• 🌟 Alias Career – Guidelines, Implementation Experiences, and New Experiments
  An international collaboration meeting hosted by Unimore University. The event featured delegates from LGBTQI+ activist groups, including participants from the “Centroamérica Diversa” project in four Central American countries.

🔹 Selected Presentations at International Conferences

• 📊 ESRA 7/2023 Milano
  Presentation by Schoenflugh and Klapeer on “If Queers Were Counted: An Updated Inquiry into European Socioeconomic Data on LGB(TI)Qs.”
• 🏳️‍🌈 EGOS 2023 Cagliari
  Presentation by Einarsdottir on “Involvement of Allies in LGBT+ Employee Networks.”
• 🏛️ EL*C Third Conference, Budapest
  Presentation by Mestre on “Intersectional Policy Making for Lesbians: What Are the Institutions Doing? Interinstitutional Dialogue on Lesbian Rights.”

🎤✨ These conferences and events provided a platform for sharing critical research, discussing key issues, and fostering connections within the LGBTI+ academic and activist communities. For more details on these events, please visit the respective conference websites.