Kit Colliver

I’m part of a small group working to create a supportive community for trans and non-binary scholars in the UK. Open to folks working in any field. If this is of interest to you or you’d like more info you can DM me :) #academicsky 🌈🎓

Can you help us reach more people than ever before? Respond to our Trans Lives Survey today, and share on your social media, so we can get a full picture of the experiences and views of trans people in the UK. Take the survey here: form.typeform.com/to/BRppksJ3 #TransLives #TransSurvey #Trans

The gap between the support low-income private tenants can get and market rents in their area has now reached 21%. It's approaching the record gap of 23% when support was last increased in 2024, but the government has given no plans to increase support until 2030.

First time making falafel using @polphilpod.bsky.social’s recipe went great!

At SPA conference, Baroness Ruth Lister just described surviving the Thatcher years as maintaining “finger in the dyke” politics. I’d like to check the provenance of the phrase but I’m afraid to Google it in a professional setting.

RTiE has put out a statement on Edinburgh Council’s decision to condemn the EHRC guidance, including the powerful deputation by Zoe Harding @rtie.org rtie.org/2026/06/25/e...

Edinburgh Council condemn EHRC guidance, passed 34 to 19. Thanks to excellent drafting by @alexstaniforth.bsky.social and four powerful deputations from @rtie.org @scottishtrans.bsky.social @transpridescotland.bsky.social and the Education Institute Scot democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/documents/s1...

Ironically, it appears that AI chatbots hallucinate for the same reason that students feel compelled to use them: They were socialized in a high-stakes testing culture that rewards guessing and maybe getting it right over admitting when there's something you just don't know.

How much did this failed experiment in social cleansing cost, we wonder? God forbid they engage in meaningful consultation before titting about like this.

Gratifying to see a legal view line up with my own instinctive interpretation. @reactiveashley.bsky.social is arguing that the Supreme Court ruling is consistent with implementing a ‘bigots toilet’ and retaining trans-inclusive single-sex facilities.

In the time it’s taken me to write up my research on the impact of voter ID on trans people, the UK has managed to slide from a position of impinging on trans citizenship rights to setting off alarm bells at anti-genocide organisations.

My overall impression is that the EHRC guidance does not make it clear how to deliver trans inclusive services. It is effectively advice on how organisations can exclude trans and gender diverse people from services, which is an unusual approach for a human rights organisation to take.

Spent the entire evening writing up the EHRC response for @rtie.org And that’s with members’ feedback already collated. That guidance and the consultation are trash - lengthy, confusing, mired in bigotry - and I feel like my eyes are bleeding.

Its the final day to complete the EHRC's consultation on their draft code of practice. If you want to fill it in and share your voice in support of trans inclusion, today’s your last chance! We've created a full guide w/ Mermaids & TransActual, on our website - www.scottishtrans.org/supreme-cour...

I've added FOUR new peer-reviewed academic articles to my round-up post, "What's wrong with the Cass Review?" Together, these highlight serious ethical issues with the Cass Review's design, recommendations, and implementations. It's important to keep this story live! ruthpearce.net/2024/04/16/w...

For Pride month, @ashstokoe.bsky.social and I have a blog in Transforming Society, 'From bathrooms to the ballot box: UK trends undermining trans* citizenship'. We're looking at the Supreme Court's 'sex' ruling in light of our voter ID research. www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2025/06/11/f...

Big Trans Picnic @ Porty Pride 07 June 1-3pm! Bring blankets, food, water and sunscreen to share or just for yourself, well behaved children and badly behaved pets. This is an outdoor event. If the rain gets bad we will use our contingency venue @ Porty Town Hall - look out for our stories!

The Queer Data showcase is fantastic. Lots of excellent funny, thought-provoking presentations and my highlight so far has been @katherinewyers.bsky.social with improv sax accompanying her story of the emotional toll of queer fieldwork.

A single sociologist. Not a medic. Not even an expert in gender and sexuality. A guy whose academic contribution and teaching is on social movements and protest actions, gone entirely off-piste for the sake of bigotry.

Data collection has sure gotten me about a bit. smstone0.github.io#/uk-map

One sock. Now two socks.

Our new report on the Household Support Fund, part of the @safety-nets.bsky.social‬ project, is out today. It draws on analysis of HSF admin data and interviews with LAs and @changingrealities.bsky.social‬ participants to identify how the HSF can be improved in a long-term settlement /Thread

Voting ID requirements cause significant anxiety for trans* individuals🏳️‍⚧️ 🗳️ In this new paper, @presentlyincorrect.bsky.social & Ash Stokoe explain how this impacts participation intentions ✨OPEN ACCESS✨ doi.org/10.1332/2515... PoliSky GenderSky

The number of people living in temporary accommodation has reached record levels in the UK. Those from Black African, Black Caribbean and Arab backgrounds are heavily over-represented in the homeless population. Learn more about ethnic inequalities in housing affordability here ⤵️ buff.ly/4U3ZPBb

New paper out, open access 🎉 @johnhudson.bsky.social and I argue that criminal justice regimes are an under-acknowledged dimension of the varieties of capitalism, lining up with ideal type patterns including welfare regimes and economic coordination doi:10.1017/ics.2025.15 #academicsky

The #RainbowMap 2025 is live! Find out how 49 European countries rank on LGBTI human rights and see which ones are leading, or falling behind. Check it out now! rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org

This work by @ashstokoe.bsky.social and I highlights the importance of administrative records - and ways they are scrutinised and policed - on trans people’s participation in public life. It’s a topic that feels increasingly relevant in the UK 🎓🌈

UCU's LGBT+ UK standing committee (of which I'm a member) is drafting a statement. Unity, sharing and solidarity are vital. Please do reach out to the national committee (me or others) to know what's going on at a national level, so that we've got each other's backs: www.ucu.org.uk/article/2971...

Saturday 19th April 1pm Foot of the Mound - Resist transphobia! Resist erasure! Resist the UK Supreme Court ruling! We will gather at 1pm at the Foot of the Mound - in front of the National Gallery. We will rally with speeches for 30 minutes, and then march to the UK Government building.

I’m excited to be setting off to #HSA2025 this morning, despite the slings and arrows of the rail system.

Do please read and share our new briefing, out today & together let's turn the dial on child poverty changingrealities.org/writings/cut... 🧵ends

The Gender + Sexuality Data Lab is advertising for a research intern to explore LGBTQ data at the University of Edinburgh this summer! 🌈 The paid internship is open to current University of Edinburgh PhD students and runs for 12 weeks from late April. Closing date: 11 March.

not a big fan of the fact that when I see the phrase "academic freedom" these days, I have to think "probably a far-right dogwhistle"