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Susie Bower-Brown @susiebowerbrown.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ+ participants needed! 🏳️‍⚧️ We're looking for LGBTQ+ adults in the UK to take part in an international study exploring stress within romantic relationships. Please share with anyone who might be interested!

Research flyer for a study about LGBTQ+ adults' experience of minority stress within romantic relationships. Eligibility criteria include being an LGBTQ+ adult (non-parent) living in the UK, currently partner with an LGBTQ+ person for 6+ months.

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Gendered Intelligence @genderedintelligence.co.uk · 30/04/2026

Are you non-binary, over 18 and living in the UK? Fill in the online survey about family relationships, disclosure, stigma and community: bit.ly/FBB-survey Find out more at familybeyondthebinary.com

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Family Beyond the Binary: A study of non-binary people's family experience from UCL and Gendered Intelligence.

Are you non-binary, over 18 and living in the UK? Fill in the online survey about family relationships, disclosure, stigma and community.

Take part: bit.ly/FBB-survey

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Susie Bower-Brown @susiebowerbrown.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

⭐ Are you non-binary, 18+ and living in the UK? We'd love to hear from you! ⭐ V excited to launch the Family Beyond the Binary survey! It takes approx 30 mins and covers different aspects of family life. Link in bio ⬆️ @genderedintelligence.co.uk @fiercemum.bsky.social Please share widely! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

A research flyer calling for non-binary adults (18+) living in the UK to participate in “Family Beyond the Binary,” a study by UCL and Gendered Intelligence about family experiences. It explains the survey takes around 30 minutes and covers topics like relationships, disclosure, wellbeing, stigma, and community, with the option of a follow-up interview. Contact details for Susie Bower-Brown (s.bower-brown@ucl.ac.uk) and a website link (www.familybeyondthebinary.co.uk) are provided for more information.

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

A postdoc position is now available in my project Markets and Mobility: How Employers Structure Economic Opportunity. Start date flexible within the next 12 months, apply by 9 May. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Susie Bower-Brown @susiebowerbrown.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

New article out now with @clarestovell.bsky.social, which may be of interest to qualitative family researchers! 👇 We consider the idea of internal confidentiality in family research, and how we can protect participant confidentiality when interviewing more than one person in a couple or family.

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Journal of Family Theory & Review | NCFR Family Science Journal | Wiley Online Library

This article draws attention to the ethical and methodological complexities of internal confidentiality in family research and provides field-specific recommendations. Conducting individual (rather t....

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UCL Institute of Education @ioe.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Susie Bower-Brown's research focuses on the experiences of trans and non-binary (TNB) parents in the UK. Her work is helping create more inclusive parenting spaces and is influencing policy developments. #TransAwarenessWeek @tcru-ucl.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/research...

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Gendered Intelligence @genderedintelligence.co.uk · 13/10/2025

Are you non-binary? If so, we’ve got an opportunity for you. We’re collaborating on a 3-year project exploring non-binary people’s expectations and experience of family life in the UK. Find out more and join here: tinyurl.com/FamilyBeyondBinary

Join the “Family Beyond the Binary” Community Advisory Board

We’re seeking non-binary individuals to ensure our research project, exploring non-binary families, is community-led.

Apply by 31 Oct.

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UCL Thomas Coram Research Unit @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

This week in our Meet the Researcher series, we’re introducing Susie Bower-Brown. Susie’s research explores LGBTQ+ identities and family life. profiles.ucl.ac.uk/91721-susie-... @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social

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EADP (European Association for Developmental Psychology) @eadp.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Invited symposium: LGBTQ+ families and youth🌈 @susiebowerbrown.bsky.social: media and policy backlash against gender-diverse youth @jessiehillekens.bsky.social: demographics and exclusion of #nonbinary youth @maisiematthews.bsky.social: factors affecting well-being of #bisexual fathers #ecdp2025

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UCL Thomas Coram Research Unit @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

🚨 New post-doc opportunity at TCRU! @susiebowerbrown.bsky.social is recruiting a Quantitative Research Fellow (0.5 FTE, 15 months) for the ESRC-funded Family Beyond the Binary project, exploring non-binary families in the UK. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Apply by 21 Aug 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... @sriucl.bsky.social

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UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Susie Bower-Brown @susiebowerbrown.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Come work with me on 'Family Beyond the Binary' – a new ESRC-funded project exploring non-binary families in the UK! 🌈🏳️‍⚧️ We’re recruiting a Quantitative Research Fellow (0.5 FTE, 15 months). 🗓 Deadline: 21 Aug Apply here 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... Please share with your networks!

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UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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UCL Thomas Coram Research Unit @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

New job vacancy at TCRU! For a Lecturer (Teaching) in Social Psychology - 2.5 year post (www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...). Please share widely! @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social @bps-social-psych.bsky.social

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Susie Bower-Brown @susiebowerbrown.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

It was lovely to be at the International Child and Family Conference in Bristol this week, presenting research on LGBTQ+ three-parent families, catching up with colleagues and listening to lots of fascinating talks #ICFC2025 @sarahefoley.bsky.social @maisiematthews.bsky.social

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UCL Thomas Coram Research Unit @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

The TCRU team are at the Children & Families Research Conference – starting today! We're proud to be contributing across multiple panels, sharing work on family policy, parenting, LGBTQ+ family life, and more. Explore our sessions here: tinyurl.com/yxcpwwtt @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social

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TCRU researchers lead the conversation at International Child and Family Conference

An expert team from UCL’s Thomas Coram Research Unit (TCRU) will be presenting front and centre at the conference taking place at the University of Bristol next week.

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UCL Social Research Institute @sriucl.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

This Pride Month, catch up with some of the SRI's latest LGBTQ+ research! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 👇

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Prof. Virginia Braun (she/her they/them) @ginnybraun.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Pleased to see my sexuality and gender scholar peers (as editors) taking this stance, and challenging the political encroachment on academic freedom under the current US Administration. @cygraham.bsky.social & colleagues 👏✊ Statement on the Importance of Sexuality and Gender Research

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Statement on the Importance of Sexuality and Gender Research

Published in The Journal of Sex Research (Ahead of Print, 2025)

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Susie Bower-Brown @susiebowerbrown.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

It was great to write a chapter on fertility and conception for this much needed book on LGBTQ+ inclusive reproductive healthcare - now available open access 🔓 ! www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...

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A Guide to Providing LGBTQ+ Inclusive Reproductive Health Care | Pride

This evidence-based guide brings together a wide range of information and practical tools for midwives, obstetricians, nurses, health visitors and birthworkers,

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UCL Social Research Institute @sriucl.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Findings highlight flexible coparenting arrangements, the importance of communication, and the limitations of the legally assumed two-parent model.

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Susie Bower-Brown @susiebowerbrown.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

New open-access article out now on LGBTQ+ three parent families! 🏳️‍🌈 The article explores what it's like to navigate parenting as a trio, in a world designed for two-parent families psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202... @sarahefoley.bsky.social

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Dr Sarah Foley @sarahefoley.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Check our our 🔓 new "The three musketeers" paper exploring the experiences of LGBTQ+ three-parent families in the UK, led by fantastic Susie Bower-Brown doi.org/10.1037/fam0...

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