It’s Lesbian Visibility Week so we thought we’d share some of our projects preliminary findings about welfare equality for lesbians. Often LGBT+ data analysis just lumps LGBT+, or LGB, people together, ignoring the vast differences between them. This has been a problem for lesbians throughout the centuries of LGBT+ activism – the privilege of gay
Today, 31 March, is Trans Day of Visibility. In this research project, a large portion of our work is secondary analysis of existing datasets based on population-level surveys of Great Britain – particularly Understanding Society and the ONS Wealth and Assets Survey. However, these datasets only ask about sexual identity – whether someone is heterosexual,
I am a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Economics at Vanderbilt University where I work with the LGBT+ Policy Lab on several projects relating to the effect of LGBT+ policies on the outcomes of LGBT+ people. I have extensive experience in using UK and international datasets to explore the outcomes of sexual minorities, how
I’m Dr Lee Gregory, Associate Professor in Social Policy and the University of Nottingham. As part of the project, I bring a research interest into issues of poverty, asset-based welfare and social security design which have shaped much of my research and teaching over my career to date. Previously I have been a core
Hi I’m Camilla (she/her). I am an early career researcher at the University of Stirling. My main research interests are in the fields of social stratification and inequality, with a particular focus on gender-based inequalities; and quantitative research methodologies. In 2020, I virtually graduated from my PhD, I’m told I might get an in person
Hi! I’m Eleanor (she/her), most people call me El, and I’m a Reader in Sociology and Youth Studies at Sheffield Hallam University. I’m a cis lesbian woman, and have two main (overlapping) research interests: Understandings and experiences of LGBT+ communities, including LGBT+ people’s feelings of belonging (or not), and their experiences of particular spaces, such
This is the first of a series of blog posts by the academic partners on the LGBT Assets and Welfare project to introduce ourselves. I thought I’d go first as I’m the project leader – Dr Peter Matthews, Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Stirling. Each post will have a different tone,
This is the blog site for the research project Welfare Access, Assets And Debts Of LGBT+ People In The UK funded by The Nuffield Foundation. The working title for the project will be LGBTQ+ Assets and Welfare. Check back for further updates as the project progresses.
