A critical social psychology inquiry into equality and identity
Equal Rights? Conflicting Representations of LGBTQ+ Equality Among Three Key Stakeholders
To understand and progress LGBTQ+ rights in the UK, it is important to understand how rights are contested and viewed by those in and outside of the community, including those in power.
This study, which was conducted as part of my master’s degree at Keele University, identified how people view the current status of equality in regards to the LGBTQ+ community within the UK today and how people envision equality progressing in the future. This allowed for particular pathways for social change to be identified.
This piece of research is currently available as a preprint – click below.
Exploring LGBTQ+ issues with community stakeholders
Building on previous master’s research, it was identified that contemporary LGBTQ+ issues still needed to be understood through the lens of community organisers and stakeholders.
This will allow for pathways for social change in relation to the LGBTQ+ community to be shaped in a way that benefits the community. So far, participants have included multiple local and national community stakeholders.
If you are an LGBTQ+ community organiser, stakeholder or leader, and would like to be involved in understanding the LGBTQ+ community’s issues and needs within the UK today, or you would like more information, please get in touch!
Picturing Equality: A Critical Qualitative Challenge to the Inequalities Faced by non-normative gender identities in the UK
Building upon findings of my master’s thesis, I started to pursue further avenues of research and consulted with numerous leaders/ stakeholder of LGBTQ+ community groups/ organisations throughout the UK on what they pictured to be the most prevalent issues for the community within contemporary society.
Therefore, taking this new knowledge into account, my PhD research consists of three studies to ultimately understand trans*/ gender non-conforming everyday experiences, the challenges they face and how trans* people are understood by those in positions of power. Ultimately, these will come together to create a social change campaign to challenge negative representations and raise awareness.
The first study will ask participant’s to take photographs to illustrate their experiences of being trans* or gender non-conforming. The second will explore the government representations of trans* people and equalit
Annabel D. Roberts 