Rainbow Trap: NYC Book Launch + Panel Discussion

Join us for an exciting exploration of the perils and possibilities of gender, sex and sexuality categories.

By Gender + Sexuality Data Lab

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Location

Kimball Hall

246 Greene Street New York, NY 10003

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About this event

Event lasts 1 hour 30 minutes

To mark the launch of Kevin Guyan’s new book Rainbow Trap (Bloomsbury Academic, 2025), join us for a panel discussion exploring queer lives, classifications and the dangers of inclusion.

From the laws that shape our rights to the algorithms that predict our behaviors, gender, sex and sexuality categories are everywhere – but who decides what gets counted and why?

The panel will explore how gender, sex sexuality categories are designed and (mis)used across policy, law and data. And what lies ahead? Should we try to fix categories to make them fairer or are these classification systems beyond repair?

Access to the event space requires you to register as a visitor:

Please register for the launch event + panel discussion via this link.

The event is co-organised by the Gender + Sexuality Data Lab (University of Edinburgh) and Queer Data Lab (NYU).

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Gender + Sexuality Data Lab

The Gender + Sexuality Data Lab is a north star for researchers, practitioners, activists and creatives engaged in critical work on collecting, analysing and using gender, sex and sexuality data. It is for people who feel outside the data systems that shape our everyday lives – and want to change them.