Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Issues

I’m Scar Winter Kelsey, a data analyst with the EDIT Program at Northwestern University. I invite my readers to investigate the double-edged sword of queer data collection and analysis and what it means for successful evaluation. Queer representation in our data systems is becoming more prominent – but what does this mean for queer liberation? …

LGBT Issues TIG Week: The Double-Edged Sword of Queer Data by Scar Winter Kelsey Read More »

Positionality is a relatively new term for me but, apparently, I have lots of it.  I’m Carlos Romero from Apex in Albuquerque.  Our evaluation portfolio focuses on equity work– education, health, food, and housing programs.  I’m Latino. Gay. And, growing up, my family was on the wrong side of many social determinants of health. So, …

LGBT Issues TIG Week: Positionality: Mission, Methods, Motivations by Carlos Romero Read More »

Hi all! My name is Michael Curtis (he/him), and I’m speaking (kind of) to you from the Evaluation, Data Integration, and Technical Assistance (EDIT) team at Northwestern University. During 2020’s LGBT TIG week, my colleagues at EDIT wrote a piece focused on how important it was for evaluators to engage with the concept of intersectionality actively …

LGBT TIG Week: Intersectionality in Practice by Michael G. Curtis Read More »

Hey everybody! This is Dylan Felt (she/her) – I’m a research and evaluation Project Manager and Assistant Director of the EDIT Program at Northwestern University. I’m here today to talk about sex, baby! More specifically, I want to talk about how sex is a social category which is weaponized against transgender people, and how you …

LGBT TIG Week: Sex-Critical Data for Evaluation by Dylan Felt Read More »

Hello! We are Esrea Perez-Bill (she/her/they/them) with the EDIT Program at Northwestern University and Michael Petillo (he/him/they/them) with CES Partnership, LLC. We are emerging evaluators and creative researchers inviting you to coalition in radical solidarity with us against the othering/erasure of LGBTQ2S+ people (title invoking Gil Scott-Heron).     Learn about land acknowledgement and the Indigenous …

LGBT TIG Week: The Revolution Will Not Be Surveyed: Resisting Erasure and Othering of LGBTQ2S+ Community by Esrea Perez-Bill & Michael Petillo Read More »

Hi everyone. I’m Ash Philliber (they/them), a Senior Research Associate at Philliber Research and Evaluation. Recently, I was lucky enough to work with Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands on the randomized control evaluation of IN·clued: Inclusive Health Care – Youth and Providers Empowered. This program is an educational intervention designed …

LGBT TIG Week: LGBTQ sex ed can work!: Lessons and tips from evaluating an LGBTQ sex ed program by Ash Philliber Read More »

Curators’ note: Identity is such a crucial component in LGBTQ evaluation. With that in mind, we’re rerunning this article from 2020 to highlight a unique take on identity as a “Best of AEA365” feature. Hello! We are Andrew Hartman, Brian Hoessler, Carolyn Camman and Vincent Tom – 2SLGBTQ evaluators from upper Turtle Island located throughout Western Canada. …

Best of AEA365 LGBT TIG Week: Identity as a Compass within 2SLGBTQ Evaluations: Finding Your Compass by Andrew Hartman, Brian Hoessler, Carolyn Camman & Vincent Tom Read More »