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TemaNord 2026:506
Public data gathering on LGBTI+ people in Nordic countries
TemaNord 2026:506
Public data gathering on LGBTI+ people in Nordic countries
Public data gathering on LGBTI+ people in Nordic countries
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Introduction
1. Plenary session: Opportunities and challenges in public data gathering on LGBTI+ people in the Nordic countries
1.1. Troubling histories and current pressures of public data gathering on LGBTI+ people
1.2. Anti-gender politics and influencing: A threat to evidence based, interdisciplinary research on LGBTQI+ people
1.3. Nordic challenge: Youth and elderly participation in public data gathering on LGBTI+ people
1.4. Transgender lives at the population level – evidence from Danish administrative data
2. LGBTI-related reporting in official statistics
2.1. Eurostat equality and non-discrimination statistics task force: A focus on SOGIESC and measures of discrimination
2.2. LGBTI-related reporting in Finland
2.3. LGBTI-related reporting in Norway
2.4. LGBTQI-related reporting in Sweden
3. LGBTI-related data gathering in national surveys related to health and wellbeing
3.1. Youth in Iceland
3.2. European Social Survey
3.3. Ungdata (Norway)
3.4. Quality of Life Survey and other Norwegian adult population surveys
3.5. The National Public Health Survey (Sweden)
3.6. Danish data on LGBT+, health and wellbeing
3.7. School Health Promotion Study and Healthy Finland Study
4. What are the possibilities and limitations of public data gathering from the perspective of LGBTI+ people and organizations?
4.1. Applying A Human Rights Based Approach to Targeted Surveys – The case of Trans, Labour Market, Wallet
4.2 Reflections on promoting epistemic justice in the design of research and data collection concerning gender minorities
4.3. Panel discussion
5. Legal and ethical aspects and concerns related to data gathering and reporting
5.1. Legal and ethical aspects on collecting data on LGBTIQ people
5.2. Ethical aspects of public authorities’ possibilities for mutual sharing of information about citizens
5.3. Ethical issues in using diverse data when studying LGBTIQ+ experiences
5.4. Non-binary data gathering & reporting in Iceland
6. How can the methodology, reporting and resources of public data gathering be improved?
7. Enhancing Nordic collaboration: What are the next steps?
7.1. Experiences on Nordic collaboration
7.2. Advancing Equality Together: Nordic Co-operation on Gender Equality and LGBTI Rights
7.3. Nordic support for collaboration
8. Conclusions
9. References
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