Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Data and difference
  • Part I. Collecting queer data
  • 1. Gaps and absences : a history of queer data
  • 2. Moving targets : queer collection methods
  • 3. Queer the census : sex, sexual orientation and trans questions in Scotland's census
  • 4. Beyond borders : queer data around the world
  • Part II. Analysing queer data
  • 5. Straightwashing : the cleaning and analysis of queer data
  • 6. Queer validation
  • data practices and the recognition of LGBTQ identity claims
  • Part III. Using queer data
  • 7. Loud voices : communicating queer data in online spaces
  • 8. Fight back! Using queery data for action
  • Conclusion: Who counts?