CoPQTI

UNSW Community of Practice for Inclusive Research with Queer and Trans people, and people with variations of sex characteristics (Intersex).

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The CoPQTI comprises UNSW academics, professional staff, and students, both LGBTQI+ and allies, who work with queer and trans people, and people with variations of sex characteristics, to make research and practice more inclusive.

About the CoP

The continued explicit or implicit exclusion of queer and trans people, and people with variations of sex characteristics, from public, social, and cultural life has long-reaching implications. This exclusion often starts with the language used in research and associated practice. Despite the proliferation of inclusive language guides in various domains, there is no 'one size fits all' model that can conceivably respond to the varied, complex and intersectional aspects of inclusivity. As such, language change needs to be accompanied by effective research practice.

The CoPQTI aims to generate and support enhanced capacity in sector-leading inclusive practice with queer and trans people, and people with variations of sex characteristics, to:

1. Advise researchers

from across UNSW and beyond on the implementation of the national standards.

2. Provide HDR and staff training

on inclusive research practice across a range of policy areas, such as public health, medicine, law, and social sciences.

3. Develop an interdisciplinary research cluster

to investigate the considerable impact inclusive research will have on future research findings and public policy development.

4. Serve as a central platform

to generate interdisciplinary consideration of complex requests for advice from UNSW and beyond.

Our team

Co-Leads
Members

Research Fellow

Kerryn Drysdale

Research Fellow

Associate Professor

Andy Kaladelfos

Senior Lecturer

Professor and Associate Dean (Engagement and Impact)

Anthony K J Smith

Research Associate

Yssy Burton-Clark

Research Assistant

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Professor

Educational Developer

Senior Project Officer & PhD Student

PhD Candidate & Research Associate | (they/them)

Associate Professor

PhD Student & Research Assistant

Manager – Student Experience (ADA), PhD Candidate

Masters Candidate

Benjamin Bavinton

Senior Research Fellow and Group Leader

PhD candidate/Casual Academic

Anthony K J Smith

Dr / Research Associate

Doctoral Candidate

PhD Candidate/Tutor

Professor Associate Dean, Research Quality & Culture

Andy Kaladelfos

Senior Lecturer, Co-Convenor Gender Based Violence Network

Kerryn Drysdale

Senior Research Fellow

HDR Candidate, Teaching Fellow

Professor, Head of Gynaecological Cancer Research Group

Professor of Health, Gender and Sexuality, and Associate Dean Engagement an

Data and Evaluation Officer

Research Assistant

Lecturer (he/him)

Heather McCormack

Scientia Research Fellow

Research Assistant, PhD Candidiate

PhD Candidate (she/her)

Soph Kloosterman

Research Officer

Resources

Aggleton P, Cover R, Logie CH, Newman CE & Parker R (2023) Routledge Handbook of Sexuality, Gender, Health and Rights, Milton Park: Routledge.

Anderst J, McMillan K, Gorman H, O'Connor M & Worth H (2022) ‘’When they do that kind of bad things to me, I feel that they encourage me to be strong and be who I am': How transfeminine people in Samoa, Tonga and the Cook Islands experience discrimination, acceptance and a sense of place', Culture, Health & Sexuality 24(3): 421-436. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13691058.2020.1852313

Brady B, Rosenberg S, Newman CE, Kaladelfos A, Kenning G, Duck-Chong E & Bennett J (2022) ‘Gender is dynamic for all people’, Discover Psychology 2: 41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s44202-022-00054-2

Bryant J, Smith AKJ, Persson A, valentine k, Drysdale K, Wallace J, Hamilton M & Newman CE (2023) ‘Logics of control and self-management in narratives of people living with HIV, hepatitis C and hepatitis B’, Culture, Health & Sexuality 25(9): 1214-1229. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2022.2149858

Callander D, Newman CE, Holt M, Rosenberg S, Duncan DT, Pony M, Timmins L, Cornelisse V, Duck-Chong L, Wang B & Cook T (2021) ‘The complexities of categorizing gender: a hierarchical clustering analysis of data from the first Australian Trans & Gender Diverse Sexual Health Survey’, Transgender Health 6(2): 74-81. https://doi.org/10.1089/trgh.2020.0050

Davis MDM, Schermuly A, Smith AKJ & Newman C (2023) ‘Diversity via datafication? Digital patient records and citizenship for sexuality and gender diverse people’, BioSocieties 18(2): 451-472. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41292-022-00277-5

Del Tufo A, Foster R, Haire B, Newman CE, Smith AKJ, Crowley M, Burn D & McNulty A (2023) ‘Understanding the health care needs of transgender and gender diverse people engaging with rural Australian sexual health centres: a qualitative interview study’, Sexual Health 20(4): 339-346. https://doi.org/10.1071/SH22159

Drysdale K (2019) Intimate Investments in Drag King Cultures: The Rise and Fall of a Lesbian Social Scene, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15777-7

Drysdale K (2021) ‘’Scene' as a critical framing device: Extending analysis of chemsex cultures', Sexualities 26(5-6): 604-619. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1363460721995467

Drysdale K, Bryant J, Dowsett GW, Lea T, Treloar C, Aggleton P & Holt M (2021) ‘Priorities and practices of risk reduction among gay and bisexual men in Australia who use crystal methamphetamine for sex’, International Journal of Drug Policy 93: 103163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103163

Drysdale K, Bryant J, Hopwood M, Dowsett GW, Holt M, Lea T, Aggleton P & Treloar C (2020) ‘Destabilising the ’problem' of chemsex: Diversity in settings, relations and practices revealed in Australian gay and bisexual men's crystal methamphetamine use', International Journal of Drug Policy 78: 102697. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102697

Drysdale K, Cama E, Botfield J, Bear B, Cerio R & Newman CE (2021) ‘Targeting cancer prevention and screening interventions to LGBTQ communities: A scoping review’, Health and Social Care 29(5): 1233-1248. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13257

Drysdale K & Filmer J (2023) ‘Sensing scenes: doing sensory ethnography in queer space and time’, in Vannini P (ed) The Routledge International Handbook of Sensory Ethnography, London: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-International-Handbook-of-Sensory-Ethnography/Vannini/p/book/9781032328737

Drysdale K, Persson A, Smith AKJ, Wallace J, valentine k, Gray RM, Bryant J, Hamilton M & Newman CE (2023) ‘Professional perspectives on serodiscordant family service provision in the context of blood-borne viruses’, Health Sociology Review 32(2): 145-160. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2022.2110922

Drysdale K, Rance J, Cama E, Treloar C & Mao L (2022) ‘What is known about the care and support provided for an ageing population with lived experience of chronic viral hepatitis as they near end-of-life: A scoping review’, Health and Social Care 30(6): e9775-e3788. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.14066

Drysdale K, Robinson S & Gorman-Murray A (2022) ‘Sex in placemaking activism: lesbians’ and queer women's sex-based sociality in Sydney, Australia' Gender, Place & Culture. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2022.2119943

Drysdale K, Wells N, Smith AKJ, Gunatillaka N, Sturgiss EA & Wark T (2023) ‘Beyond the challenge to research integrity: imposter participation in incentivised qualitative research and its impact on community engagement’, Health Sociology Review 32(3): 372-380. https://doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2023.2261433

Drysdale K & Wong KA (2019) ‘Sensory Ethnography’, in Atkinson P, Delamont S, Cernat A, Sakshuag JW & Williams RA (eds) The SAGE Encyclopedia of Research Methods, Newcastle: SAGE. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781526421036775965

Fonseca LC, Tedrus GMAS, Prandi LR, Almeida AM & Furlanetto DS (2011) ‘Alzheimer’s disease: relationship between cognitive aspects and power and coherence EEG measures', Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria 69(6): 875-881. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0004-282x2011000700005

Furlanetto DS (2022) ‘Voices from Beyond: A psychopathological analysis of the onset anomalous experiences in spiritists mediums’, Revista Latinoamericana de Psicopatologia Fundamental 25(1): 20-42. https://doi.org/10.1590/1415-4714.2022v25n1p20.2

Furlanetto DS, Niel MM, Junior QC & Trevizol AP (2022) ‘From Cursed to Blessed: the Impact of Spirituality on the Life Course of 10 Brazilian Spiritist Mediums’, Journal of Religion & Health 61(3): 2514-2526. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-020-01061-0

Gibson, AF, Drysdale K, Botfield J, Mooney-Somers J, Cook T & Newman CE (2022) ‘Navigating trans visibilities, trauma and trust in a new cervical screening clinic’, Culture, Health & Sexuality 24(10): 1366-1379. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2021.1952307

Grant R, Smith AKJ, Newett L, Nash M, Turner R & Owen L (2021) ‘Tasmanian healthcare professionals’ & students' capacity for LGBTI + inclusive care: A qualitative inquiry', Health and Social Care 29(4): 957-966. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13130

Harvey S, Mitchell M, Keeble J, Nicholls CM & Rahim N (2014) Barriers faced by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People in Accessing Domestic Abuse, Stalking, Harassment and Sexual Violence Services, Cardiff: Welsh Government. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/345559116_Barriers_Faced_by_Lesbian_Gay_Bisexual_and_Transgender_People_in_Accessing_Domestic_Abuse_Stalking_and_Harassment_and_Sexual_Violence_Services

Holt M, Chan C, Broady TR, MacGibbon J, Mao L, Smith AKJ, Rule J & Bavinton B (2023) ‘Variations in HIV Prevention Coverage in Subpopulations of Australian Gay and Bisexual Men, 2017-2021: Implications for Reducing Inequities in the Combination Prevention Era’, AIDS and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-023-04172-3

Kaladelfos A & Smaal Y (2019) ‘Sexual violence and male prisons: an Australian queer genealogy’, Current Issues in Criminal Justice 31(3): 349-364. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10345329.2019.1641881

Liu E, Prankumar S, Wong H & Mao L (2023) Ageing at the intersection of diversities: Assessing and addressing formal and informal care needs when diversities intersect, the Healthy Urban Environments (HUE) Collaboratory, Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise (Maridulu Budyari Gumal).

Lixinski L, (2020) 'Rights Litigation Piggybacking: Legal Mobilization Strategies in LGBTIQ International Human Rights Jurisprudence', Florida Journal of International Law 31(3): 273 - 314. https://fjil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/348376-FJIL_31-3_Lixinski_1.pdf

MacGibbon J, Bavinton BR, Drysdale K, Murphy D, Broady TR, Kolstee J, Molyneux A, Power C, Paynter H, de Wit J & Holt M (2023) ‘Explicit Relationship Agreements and HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Use by Gay and Bisexual Men in Relationships’, Archives of Sexual Behavior 52(2): 761-771. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-022-02382-9

Mao L, Kirby E, Drysdale K, Rance J, Treloar C, Tu T, Fowlie C & Howard C (2021) Resilient ageing and end of life planning among people living with or affected by chronic HBV, HCV or HIV in Australia, Sydney: UNSW Centre for Social Research in Health. http://doi.org/10.26190/f13r-7p71

Mooney-Somers J, Anderst J & Deacon R (2023) ‘How a 25-year-old periodic survey for lesbian, bisexual and queer women responded and adapted to gender diversity: a reflexive analysis’, Journal of Gender Studies. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09589236.2022.2162864

Murray D, Mao L, Wong HTH, Chen T, Mackie B, Kao SC, Mahee AH, Dabbhadatta J, Prihaswan P, Stackpool G, Brooks M, Brown G & Lewis D (2020) ‘High levels of engagement with testing for HIV and sexually transmissable infection among gay Asian men in Sydney and Melbourne: an observational study’, Sexual Health 17(2): 121-128. https://doi.org/10.1071/sh18216

Newman C (2019) ‘Queer families: valuing stories of adversity, diversity and belonging’, Culture, Health and Sexuality 21(3): 352-359. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2018.1468032

Newman CE (2019) ‘Waiting for the Yes’, in J Sapp & P Chamness Iida (eds) Negotiating Spiritual Violence in the LGBTQ Community, Charlotte, NC: IAP, 25-32.

Newman CE, Persson A, Prankumar SK, Lea T & Aggleton P (2020) ‘Experiences of Family Belonging among Two Generations of Sexually Diverse Australians’, Family Relations 69(2): 292-307. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12411

Newman CE, Prankumar SK, Cover R, Rasmussen M, Marshall D & Aggleton P (2021) ‘Inclusive health care for LGBTQ+ youth: support, belonging and inclusivity labour’, Critical Public Health 31(4): 441-450. https://doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2020.1725443

Newman CE, Smith AKJ, Duck-Chong E, Vivienne S, Davies C, Robinson KH & Aggleton P (2021) ‘Waiting to be seen: social perspectives on trans health’, Health Sociology Review 30(1): 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2020.1868900

Newman CE, Smith AKJ, Harvey S & Duck-Chong E (forthcoming) ‘Transgender and gender diverse lives: transgressions, translations, transformations’, Culture, Health & Sexuality.

Smith AKJ, Davis MDM, MacGibbon J, Broady TR, Ellard J, Rule J, Cook T, Duck-Chong E, Holt M & Newman CE (2023) ‘Engaging Stigmatised Communities in Australia with Digital Health Systems: Towards Data Justice in Public Health’, Sexuality Research and Social Policy 20(3):1220-1231. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-023-00791-6

Smith AKJ & Newman CE (2023) ‘LGBTQ+ Health and Social Research’, in K Drew & S Donovan (eds) Elgar Encyclopedia of Health Research in the Social Sciences, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 181-186.

Smith AKJ, Newman CE, Haire B & Holt M (2022) ‘Clinician imaginaries of HIV PrEP users in and beyond the gay community in Australia’, Culture, Health & Sexuality 24(10): 1423-1437. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2021.1957152

Smith AKJ, Persson A, Drysdale K, Bryant J, valentine k, Wallace J, Hamilton M, Gray RM & Newman CE (2021) ‘Family imaginaries in the disclosure of a blood-borne virus’, Sociology of Health & Illness 43(6): 1422-1436. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13316

Smith L, Chesher I, Fredriksen Goldsen K, Ward R, Phillipson L, Newman CE & Delhomme F (2022) ‘Investigating the lived experience of LGBT+ people with dementia and their care partners: A Scoping Review’, Ageing & Society. https://www.doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X22000538

Treloar C, Hopwood M, Drysdale K, Lea T, Holt M, Dowsett GW, Aggleton P & Bryant J (2021) ‘Stigma as understood by key informants: A social ecological approach to gay and bisexual men’s use of crystal methamphetamine for sex', International Journal of Drug Policy 94: 103229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103229

Uddin KA (2020) ‘Heteronationalistic Necropower: Pandemic Double Disenfranchisement and Alienation of Hijras’ Socioscapes: International Journal of Societies, Politics and Cultures 2(1): 48-60. http://www.socioscapes.org/index.php/sc/article/view/60/62

Uddin KA (2014) ‘Swinging between ‘Ratan’ and ‘Ratna’: Gender Ambiguity in Anan Zaman's Shikhandi Katha', Harvest, Jahangirnagar Studies in Language and Literature 30: 97-105. https://www.juniv.edu/teachers/ashraf

valentine k, Smith AKJ, Persson A, Gray R, Bryant J, Hamilton M, Wallace J, Drysdale K & Newman CE (2023) ‘The freighted social histories of HIV and hepatitis C: exploring service providers’ perspectives on stigma in the current epidemics', Medical Humanities 49(1): 48-54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medhum-2022-012382

Wong HTH, Kumar S, Chen T, Sarasola H, Wark T, Power C, Bavinton B, Dong K, Haque M, Mao L on behalf of the Sydney CALD Gay Men Action Group (2022) 2021 NSW Gay Asian Men Online Survey: key findings, Sydney: UNSW Centre for Social Research in Health. http://doi.org/10.26190/y2r6-2p17
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Alpert AB, Rivers L, Manzano C, Ruddick R, Adams S, Obedin-Maliver J, Harvey RD, Griggs JJ & Operario D (2023) ‘Debunking Sex and Disentangling Gender From Oncology’, Journal of Clinical Oncology 41(22): 3791-3795.

Grant R, Russell A, Dane S & Dunn I (2023) ‘Navigating access to medical gender affirmation in Tasmania, Australia: an exploratory study’, International Journal of Transgender Health.

Hoskin RA, Blair KL, Scott J, Serafini T & Zhang C (2023) The Femmephobia 101 Workbook, Morrisville NC: Lulu.

Lacombe-Duncan A, Hughson L, Kay ES, Duncan S & Willbrandt C (2023) ‘Peer-based interventions to support transgender and gender diverse people’s health and healthcare access: A scoping review', International Journal of Transgender Health.

Rich L (2023) ‘Gender Transgressions: Nonbinary Spaces in Greco-Roman Antiquity and Ancient China’, Women's Studies Quarterley 51(3 & 4): 113-129.

Shankland M & Bourgeault IL (2023) ‘Queer and Trans Perspectives on Obstetric and Gynecological Violence: Centring Those at the Margins to Capture the Intersectional Effects of the Phenomenon’, in R Monchalin (ed) Critical Perspectives in Public Health Feminisms, Toronto: Canadian Scholars, 85-97.
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Please contact the CoPQTI leads if you have any questions or to join, or if you would like to discuss ways that the CoPQTI can contribute to or support your research.