Oliver Haimson

Trans Technologies is available now! My book examines how technology creates new possibilities for transgender people, and how trans experiences, in turn, create new possibilities for technology. "An absolute must-read for anyone that cares about technology and trans liberation." - Alex Hanna

Reupping this. If you're in Boston and want to hang out with trans HCI researchers next Thursday afternoon, RSVP! It's free :D

A few really thoughtful reviews of my book, Trans Technologies: review by Thelma Wang in GLQ: read.dukeupress.edu/glq/article-... review by Kay Kender in Television & New Media: doi.org/10.1177/1527... review by Jack McLaren in International Journal of Communication: doi.org/10.65476/z3n...

I'll be in Boston next week, giving a talk at Northeastern's Digital Civics Initiative! Mostly a Trans Technologies book talk, but I'll also bring in some observations about queer/trans AI resistance. Thursday Oct. 29, 4-5:30pm at Ryder Hall: Center for Design www.eventbrite.com/e/oliver-hai...

More satirical plays at academic conferences, please!!!! 👏🏽🎭 This was phenomenal!! #CSCW2026

Today is the day! Please join us for ✨AI Powder✨, a live play at #CSCW2026! starring: Charlotte Lee, Casey Fiesler, Rishi Vanukuru, Jessica Vitak, Rizu Paudel, Sarah Gilbert, Wen Duan, Ben Zefeng Zhang, Andrea Forte, Michaelanne Thomas, Chiara Ullstein, Eric Gilbert, and David Haimson

Tomorrow at #CSCW2026, @cal-liang.bsky.social will be presenting our paper "A Scoping Review of Queer Health and Well-Being Technology Research" in the LGBTQ+ Experiences and Technology session! 🌈 dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

So proud of @mayworms.info presenting our research on digital trans care and survival on community built online communities at @4sweb.bsky.social this morning. 🤩 Collab w/ Raksha Hungund, supported by co-advisor @haimson.bsky.social

✨✨AI Powder✨ ✨, our speculative fiction story, is finally officially published in Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience journal! Thanks and congrats to collaborators @naz-andalibi.bsky.social Nazanin Andalibi, David Haimson, and @meglane.bsky.social! catalystjournal.org/index.php/ca...

Come see my return to the stage as Dr. Putnam, in the original play, AI Powder, at #CSCW2026!

This is a post of appreciation for my PhD advisees, some of my favorite collaborators! Here's a photo from our recent lab retreat. From left to right: Denny Starks, Senami Kojah, me @mayworms.info, @hibbythach.com, Mel Monier, @lameiro.bsky.social

First was “Trans Technologies” by @haimson.bsky.social. This is a unique, insightful book, using a critical studies and HCI lens to examine different trans technologies and the thoughts of their creators. Highly recommend Full review: bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/... (2/5)

"Just sprinkle some AI on it..." We're staging a live PLAY🎭 at #CSCW2026 and looking for amateur actors - no experience needed! It's based on AI Powder, our speculative fiction piece on AI techno-solutionism (forthcoming in Catalyst), paired with an academic panel. Reply/message if interested!

When I published my book Trans Technologies, I pledged to donate half of my author royalties to a trans BIPOC organization. This year I donated to BTFA Collective - Black Trans Femmes in the Arts. Learn more and donate here: fundraise.givesmart.com/form/P_jkVg?...

Also finished Trans Technologies by @haimson.bsky.social (2025). Not a trans history book, but relevant for a peripheral argument I’m making in my comps exam. That said, incredibly cool to have a book that provides perhaps the most comprehensive list of trans technologies.

I completely missed posting this during June, but thanks to @acm.org and ACM Digital Library for highlighting some of our research for Pride Month! 🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ www.acm.org/diversity-in... www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-d...

I'm looking for a new PhD student to come join me at UAlberta & Amii to study trans perspectives on AI policy & the future of AI as part of my new lab. The position is fully funded and offers access to a range of supports - more details in the poster below!

Next week I'm speaking as part of this Bergen Pride event on Queer Games and AI Resistance. Looking forward to being in conversation with co-panelists Daniella Gati and Joakim Johansen Østbye. Thanks to @jilltxt.bsky.social for the invitation! www4.uib.no/en/research/...

At 18:30-21:00 on June 2 at Pride House (Kvarteret) in Bergen you can hear Daniella Gáti who's writing a book, "A Queer Theory of AI and Algorithmic Knowledge", Joakim Johansen Østbye, an expert on queer gaming and Oliver Haimsaon, whose book Trans Technologies came out last year. Plus free food!!!

On June 2, CDN and Bergen Pride invite you to an evening of Queer Games and AI Resistance featuring talks by Daniella Gáti, Oliver Haimson, Joakim Johansen Østbye and CDN scholars Sérgio Roxo and Tom Legierse, with Lin Prøitz as moderator. www4.uib.no/en/research/...

Excited to have a paper accepted for #DIS2026 next month! led by Aloe DeGuia (her first first-authored paper 🤩!) and co-authored with @sociologymary.bsky.social, Tee Chuanromanee, Gaines Blasdel, @julesmadzia.bsky.social, and @meglane.bsky.social deepblue.lib.umich.edu/items/5a1c02...

Go Denny Starks! They just presented our paper (with Aloe Deguia, Tawanna Dillahunt, and @haimson.bsky.social), Safety With Community: Technologies of Care, Connection, Collective Safety, and Mutual Aid for Transgender Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (TBIPOC) at #CHI2026 in Barcelona.

Go Denny Starks AGAIN! They just presented our paper (with Aloe Deguia, Tawanna Dillahunt, and @haimson.bsky.social), Navigating Safety and Technology: The Everyday Safety Labor of Transgender Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in the United States at #CHI2026 in Barcelona.

I had the pleasure of presenting my co-authors (Sena Kojah, @haimson.bsky.social, and @michaelannephd.bsky.social) and I’s paper, The Burden of Bearing Witness: Digital Practices of Marginalized Social Media Users in High-Stakes Contexts at #CHI2026 in Barcelona.