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Data Revolution in Research on Lgbti Population
Data Revolution in Research on Lgbti Population
Abstract Submissions Closed
Thursday, 25 February 2021: 09:00-10:30
Location:
RC41 Sociology of Population (host committee)
Language: French and English
Session Type: Oral
A number of studies on non-heterosexual populations have emerged in the two last decades, in part due to the increased visibility of homosexuality in the context of AIDS, then a politicization of homosexuality brought on by the legal recognition of same-sex couples and same-sex families. Until the years 2000s quantitative sources were mainly limited on surveys about sexual behaviors and practices. Since then, new types of sources have emerged. This session aims to study how changes in legislation and an unprecedented social visibility contribute to enlarge sources and create new possibilities to study LGBT groups.
Presentations on the three following topics are particularly welcome:
- Census, registers and surveys: how quantitative sources have been adapted to make LGBT groups statistically visible? Which blind spots remain and why ?
- What can we learn from these news sources? In which way new data enlarge research opportunities on non-heterosexual populations in several domain beyond sexuality: education, work, health, culture, social mobility, migration, discrimination…
- Quantitative data and qualitative methods. Qualitative data used to be hegemonic in the field of LGBT studies because of the lack of quantitative data. Does this new context make possible to mix methods?
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