Championing LGBTQ voices, the Queer Data Showcase reimagines how conversations around queer data are shaped and how data shapes the world.

When used in art, governance, healthcare, and other contexts, data can help us, and our communities, imagine better versions of the world. However, current conversations about LGBTQ communities and data often focus on exclusion and erasure.

The Queer Data Showcase aims to shift this narrative by placing LGBTQ people at the centre of the conversation. The event is an open invitation to artists, academics, activists, and anyone working with or interested in queer data—as a material, concept, process, or problem—to share and showcase their work.

Highlights

The inaugural event, held on 5 June 2025, at the Pleasance in Edinburgh, featured contributions from people engaged in a variety of queer data projects. These contributions ranged from a multimedia jazz improvisation to a discussion on queer time machines.

Edinburgh drag icon, Mystika Glamoor, on stage, hosting the Showcase.
Katherine Wyers performs an improvised jazz solo on the saxophone.
JT Welsch presenting next to a large screen. The words '1% of the population is asexual' appear in large comic book-style lettering.

Queer Data Showcase 2025

Read our blog for a full recap of the inaugural event, which includes a video recording of Rodrigo Tadeu Guimarães Jales' contribution.

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Impact

The Queer Data Showcase is designed to shift the narrative around LGBTQ data from one of exclusion to empowerment. Future events promise to delve deeper into the intersectionality of data and identity and broaden the scope of participation. If you're interested in contributing to or attending upcoming showcases, please reach out through our contact page.